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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1928
Page
6
Health officials report Cleveland city infant mortality rate declined in 1927 to 2 deaths per 1000 live births, down from 616 deaths in 1926, reflecting improvements in medical care and public health measures across the year. A note from December 24 mentions related health statistics.
National broadcasting networks arrange holiday offerings for tonight and tomorrow. Columbia system led by WOR presents Dickens Christmas Carol with professional actors from 10 p.m. to midnight EST. NBC airs Noel Antique at 10:30 p.m. EST, with 17th century instrumental music. WJZ features carols and a Cadman address from 11 p.m. to midnight. NBC networks share chimes of Old Trinity at midnight, then Roxy Theatre hosts a 1.5 hour interdenominational program by 300-voice mixed chorus and 100-piece orchestra. Christmas Day offers Humperdinck Haendel und Gretel before noon.
A compact note outlines a staged reading titled The Night Before Christmas presented in three acts. It highlights a festive seasonal program featuring a community theater cast and period-appropriate narration.
In Kansas City two youths aged 14 and 13 have begun preaching across Missouri and Oklahoma. Jack Yancey, 14, serves as a provisional pastor at Picker’s Central Methodist Church and has spoken to large crowds with Rev. Bucy assisting. Delbert Chestner, 13, of Diebstadt, Mo., is an ordained Missionary Baptist preacher who has preached at multiple pulpits and recently received invitations to preach in New York and other cities. He plans further religious training. Jack aims for seminary after high school.
A Seattle report notes machines process herring at 5000 per hour and extract 170 of 273 bones from a Kipper, leaving the rest harmless. Odd statistics claim Northwest apples could stretch from Seattle to New York with leftovers for a stomach ache, while phenology and oysters tied to polluted waters are briefly mentioned.
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