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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
8
The Old Age Pension Committee appointed by president Steve J. Leser of the Elyria Aorle of Eagles organized for an education campaign. Clarence Poole was elected chairman and Charles H. Kopp secretary.
News from London reports England's sixty hour fog lifted during the night restoring daylight. London also notes urban prowlers avoided while the fog cleared and the forest office awaits U S replies on Franco American debt with no concessions indicated. High seas and theater of world events appear in brief notes from Tokyo and Paris.
Mary Papp of 130 Rush Street files for divorce from Joseph Papp in Common Pleas Court alleging extreme cruelty and gross neglect. She claims habitual intoxication beating and lack of support since their 1917 Elyria marriage, seeking property rights and home custody notes. A separate Lorain case reports Margaret Smith receiving a decree against Albert Smith with custody of two children and weekly support.
Howard Rice, a Pennsylvania ticket agent at Lewisville, lost a big front gold tooth while cranking his flivver in Woodsfield Ohio. The extraction was not painless.
An incident occurred at a high school yesterday involving a student and an instructor after disobedience. The instructor slapped the student who retaliated, causing a disturbance stopped by other students. Authorities are investigating the affair.
In Cleveland on December 12 a family fire destroyed the home. Frank Cain aged three years six months was playing in the attic when flames broke out. Attempts by his mother and grandmother to save him failed but a fireman pulled him from the blaze. He died on the way to hospital as investigators sought the fire’s cause.
Bishop Joseph Schrembs of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland urged the public to tear the mask and hood from the Ku Klux Klan and reveal it in its true sight at a B'nai B'rith meeting in Cleveland last night.
A partial readable fragment mentions a local event with unknown names and dates. The text is too garbled to identify clear people places or outcomes.
The advertisement lists daily market prices for fruits, nuts, seafood, and meats. Items include Sunkist navals, New Smyrna figs, Florida oranges, bananas, lemons, apples, celery, tomatoes, lettuce, and cucumbers alongside various nuts, fish, and cuts of meat with bulk and per unit pricing.
Report notes a new leader in the Swiss Republic amid political shifts while a proverb about goats and wool appears as a local saying. The text juxtaposes governance change with a rural metaphor, reflecting public sentiment.
Cincinnati December 12 Rev George W Wise pastor of the Westwood Cheviot Christian church resigns becoming the third minister to quit the denomination in a week. No reason given though officials say the resignations are not connected to the prior departures of Rev O P Baylor and Rev E H Biddle.
Tokyo officials report Baron Shimpei Goto once renowned statesman has gone mad according to police. The claim circulated from Tokyo police sources.
The Millis vs Glattstein dispute moves from Justice John Dunaway to Common Pleas Court as Millis appeals a $60 claim for work done. A second item notes 17 year old Earl McDonald of Flint Michigan held for grand jury review after alleged auto theft on Broad Street. In a separate case Johann Peterson appeals a verdict of $125 against Mrs M Gove Cheapside for alleged failure to heat his coins lease.
Jersey City report says at least three new indictments likely today in a $50,000,000 rum smuggling case. Hudson county prosecutor aims to present the trial to higher ups before the Federal Grand Jury begins in Newark on Tuesday.
Alexander Kuszik twenty one of Akron was executed at the Ohio Penitentiary at 1 06 this morning for the murder of his 13 year old cousin Elizabeth Nagy. The death sentence was carried out six minutes after the sentence was carried out.
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