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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1923
Page
15
Charles M. Schwab argues taxation should shrink while government expenses cut, noting war debts and high taxes limit enterprise. He urges shifting tax balance to favor productive risk taking and reducing burdens on those most able to pay for broad national prosperity.
The piece notes a shift from democratic governance to autocracy across Europe with nine dictatorships in place, citing Russia Italy Spain Austria Germany and the waning democratic spirit. It questions democracy’s viability while observing broader social changes and the evolving authority of nations and peoples.
A fragmented article fragment reflects a hearse drivers strike in New York City, noting wartime undertaker conventions, labor ad imagery, and period political chatter. It also briefly mentions G O P figures, a German exchange, and scattered cultural references from the era.
Fragmentary lines discuss Abe Martin and a senator named Peraul Bag Ud As. The text hints at political maneuvering and alibis, noting two or three good excuses ready. No clear events or identities beyond political satire are confirmed.
Yesterday and today entries recap notable dates. The list mentions figures such as Preston B. Plumb and Lloyd George, plus events like the Rock Plymouth relocation and Irish affairs plans. It blends U S political and scientific notes with European updates and birthday items.
The issue notes Doo m.2.¢ Manucy birth anniversary and Prince Georges coming of age. It records Moonie bishop and Dallas church leader entering new episcopal year, Groeswick's county seat anniversary and courthouse cornerstone, a Kent New Brunswick by election, White House dinner for foreign diplomats, Rome negotiates no new papal cardinals, Mare Island destroyer sale, Alabama agriculture conference, and stray local anecdotes on trains, cars, and railroad progress.
A comic sketch notes driving woes on trains and roads with absurd spoofs about traffic cops tires and speed. It pivots to a sprawling spoof on wartime generals and a derailed discussion of divorce alimony and assets, ending mid sentence between Toledo and.
Essayist Grove Patterson reflects on Steinmetz the electrical pioneer who served publicly without fixed pay and valued honest service. He notes Europe’s darkest valley, questions western civilization, and ponders peace, business ethics, and the fate of Pinkerton the famed detective.
A skeptical note on dictatorship from Musso lini, boss of Italy, arguing humans are not built for permanent subjugation and cannot be eternally “properly managed.” The piece questions the durability of authoritarian rule amid years of strain.
35 years ago Frederick Gamble a volunteer foreman died at his Eighth Street home from consumption after catching a cold at a Cleveland flats fire where Relief Hook and Ladder Co. served. Comrades attended his funeral in a body.
The Rt. Rev. Alexander C. Garret enters his fiftieth year as a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and leads the diocese of Dal- in Massachusetts.
The biography notes the life of Bishop Garrett born in Ireland ninety one years ago. He studied at the University of Dublin and served as estate manager before missionary work in British Columbia. He led St James’s San Francisco, then Trinity Cathedral Omaha before becoming missionary bishop of northern Texas in 1874 and oversaw fifty four church constructions plus colleges, asylums, and hospitals.
Dec. 20 Ashland reports Squire J L Mason fined Charles Ford and Rus sell Whitney ten dollars each for applying air on a B&O freight train and nearly causing a wreck. The first woman in a country’s diplomatic service is Muse Clotaide Luisi, appointed twelve years ago by the President of Uruguay as an attaché in Brussels. In England, Bradgate House grounds are said to host a Christmas ghost carriage drawn by four gray horses.
In Steubenville dispatches, Fred W Upham, treasurer of the National Republican Committee since February 1918, is described as a shrewd political figure and Chicagoan since 1894 who helped select Cleveland as the coming convention site. He has long served as a delegate and western treasurer for GOP conventions. Jefferson County rural schools report 9,965 pupils enrolled outside elites, up from 8,234 in 1920. England opens its first farm and gardening school for girls.
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