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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1937
Page
11
A devotional reflection on First John 2 17 warning against loving worldly things. Explains worldly mindset as lust pride and avarice while contrasting with Beatitudes in Matthew 5 1 12. Notes Buddhism view of impermanence and science dating Earth’s age as increasingly older.
Congratulations go to J. R. Holcombe of 411 West Avenue as he completes 45 years at the Elyria post office. Since starting in 1892 he has served under several postmasters, witnessed many changes, and handled millions at the money order window. Friends extend best wishes for happiness in retirement.
Joe Louis retains his heavyweight title after a thrilling contest with Tommy Farr. Both boxers display sportsmanship and courage. Farr earns admiration from Welsh and American fans, while Louis praises Farr's awkward style and skill.
In Tazewell Tennessee publisher Larry Haynes runs the Claiborne County Progress and also operates an undertaker business under the same roof. The print shop, news and ads, and undertaker offices share a single ground floor room with a casket display and embalming area nearby. Haynes, a Tennessee School of Embalming graduate, says the setup helps him cover both trades. The Progress plant sits opposite the courthouse amid a county known for violent crime. He noted he would testify in a murder trial and said he wrote the murder story at the time it happened and buried the victim.
Recognition for lampoonist William Gropper as the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquires his painting The Hunt, placing it among Whistler Van Gogh and Titian works. The piece, initially a hunting scene, reveals the quarry as a man, sparking questions about modern art’s place in the sacred canon.
A historic list of anniversaries marks 1744 John Houston revolutionary leader and Georgia governor born near Waynesboro and died near Savannah. 1769 David Horach noted New York physician. 1822 Gatusha A Grow Pennsylvania lawyer and congressman. 1842 Mary Putnam Jacobi New York physician and educator. 1844 Elizabeth Sturat Phelps Ward Boston author. 1872 Edith Rockefeller McCormick Chicago patron. plus today in history events from 1837 Emerson speech, 1846 Boston Herald first issue, 1864 McClellan nomination, 1897 Edison patent, 1910 Curtiss flight and Roosevelt speech. today’s birthdays include W Frank Persons Frederic March Dr George Sarton Herman Oliphant Charlotte Brown John C Martin and Queen Wilhelmina. horoscope note follows.
A brief portrait describes a person of keen intellect and prudence. The nature is reserved and bashful rather than sociable, with sincere affections, a pure mind, and generous disposition, someone dependable to rely on.
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