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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1932
Page
4
The notice lists a position for foreign advertising representative at John Cullen Company. It names BIC4GG and Be Michigan Ave, NEW TORE, and references Fifth Ave Detroit with the General Motors Building. It appears as a classified notice or employment advertisement in a historical newspaper.
President Hoover grants unconditional pardon to William Kirby Robinson, 65, who rotted a four year term for a 1898 Arkansas post office robbery. He escaped to California, lived honestly as a tourist camp owner, then surrendered last year. His case illustrates the folly of crime and the mercy of paying one debt to society.
A British millionaire buys diverse, bulky objects from a water chute to a light cruiser and multiple factories and jails. The piece suggests American philanthropists could use their wealth to repurpose old buildings into libraries and museums, while noting the difficulty of demolishing aging public structures. It ends with satirical clippings about public figures and headlines, including Huey Long and Einstein, and a quip about changing times from folding beds to hat boxes.
A reflective narrator recalls deserts, rivers, minarets, and distant shores as the world’s wonders fade from view. Now confined to an office chair, the speaker sees how small a room can feel when the walls were once the sky and sea, as life’s vast travels become a quiet memory.
In Gateway Oregon C F P U Ren is feeding many hundreds of pounds of peaches daily to his hogs after a bumper crop was largely stolen by hoboes and some fruit wasted. He sold two tons of peaches while another ton or more vanished.
Ruth Rockwood of La Grange Ohio questions a $750 payment to defense attorneys C F Adams and Lawrence Job for a murder case. She argues such wages burden taxpayers and schools, noting tax cuts for several groups but not for defense costs, and warns of broader social costs if similar cases rise.
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES L1755-Gilbert Stuart born Narragansett R I died Boston July 27 1828 L777-Isaac T Hopper born Deptford NJ died New York May 7 1852 1826-George B McClellan born Philadelphia died Orange N J 1885 1831-James G Fair born Ireland died San Francisco 1894 1838-Cleveland Abbe born New York City died Chevy Chase Md 1914 1842-Phoebe A Hearst born Missouri died Pleasanton Cal 1919 TODAY IN HISTORY 787 Ohio Company left Ipswich Mass 1828 Illinois statehood 1893 Colorado women get suffrage TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Newton D Baker of Cleveland
The item lists several prominent figures born long ago in Martinsburg Burlington Smyrna Yonkers and Cambridge along with their ages plus a brief horoscope noting a diplomatic yet assertive disposition and potential for ambitious plans to be derailed by enemies.
In North Ridgeville on December 3, church members voted to skip the midwinter meeting. the next will be December 14. Rose Club members from Ridgeville attended a meeting at Elyria. Elizabeth Gilbert will host the next gathering. A December 6 town hall protest against tax raises is set, with Myron Welty as speaker. The Fields PTA program features F A Yost and Miss Jessie Burns from Elyria. Various residents are noted visiting, traveling, or hospitalized, including Joseph Snyder returning from New York and John Madison in Elyria for serious illness, with other social visits and guests listed.
Avon Lake hosts a series of social events with multiple groups. The Christian Endeavor Society of First Congregational plans a comedy performance When a feller needs a Friend for December 7 at 8 o clock in the School Auditorium. Other gatherings include a pinochle party at Cleveland hosted by Ed Osterland and Carl Falkenstein, T N T club luncheon at 1 PM hosted by Mrs. Otto Katterhenry, a bridge party hosted by Miss Ladrach with prizes to Miss Bilman, Mrs. King, and Mrs. Oppelt, and upcoming circle meeting at Mrs. Henry Moore’s home on Steve Moore road.
Honors were won by Mrs. Anton Fruster, Mrs. Ed Onterland and Mrs. Ed Mitchell at a Luncheon Bridge party. In two weeks Mrs. Jacob Stauder will entertain the Circle. Cleveland shoppers Thursday featured Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Nussdorfer of Center Road. Mrs. Wm. Schumaker and son William dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Davidson in Elyria. Betty Osterland is absent from school due to illness. Harry Viets, Walter Mitchell and Frank Eckstein were in Cleveland Thursday evening. The Duke of Wellington's dinner after Waterloo reportedly cost about $10,000.
Elyria stores report the largest guitar shipment yet with prices from 5 to 125 dollars and free lessons arranged with teachers on select instruments. A Mahogany Gulbran piano with bench and rolls is offered at under half price. Christmas gift ideas fill the second floor with dishes, pewter ware, lamps, and Ever Ready lighting options.
Advertised radios emphasize value for price with Gulbransen leading in perceived worth. Models highlight superheterodynes at 69.50 in walnut cabinetry with twin speakers and automatic volume, plus new tubes. Other radios range from 329.50 for long and short wave combos to a 12 tube DeLuxe Console at 129.50.
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