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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1934
Page
7
The Elyria post office reports a small number of late Christmas parcels and foreign mail arriving today as gifts and cards meant for Flora residents show up after the holiday. Postmaster R. B. Lersch notes that most Christmas mail had cleared by Monday night and deliveries earlier reached on Christmas Day.
The Ohio Engineering Company of Lorain was the low bidder for repaving 2.3 miles of State Route 5 in Russia and Pittsfield townships with a bid of 60 738 dollars. The project awaits federal approval per the State Highway Department report.
A historical note describes how pendulum observations contribute to determining the Earth's weight and mass with increasing precision. The method hinges on measuring gravity and inertial effects to infer planetary dimensions and density.
Police investigate a burglary at the Bluebird restaurant. Proprietor Spero T. Valassis reports one cash register broken into Monday morning, about 59 dollars in bills taken. The other register shows tampering. rear door found open with no force marks.
A car parked at 318 Broad Street in the business district caught fire from backfire in its carburetor. The blaze, caused by ignition of gasoline and grease in the pump area, was extinguished by a fire engine. The vehicle is owned by Claregue Works Stop 31-2 Lake Ave. No injuries reported.
Members of the Y-indus Club will gather at the Y M C A for a special meeting tonight. The article does not disclose the meeting's purpose.
Plans are rapidly completed for the Charity dance sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary of Elyria Memorial Hospital. The event takes place Saturday evening December 29 at the Elyria Country Club. Tickets and proceeds support charity. available from Auxiliary members Phillips Drug Store Central Book Store and Crandall's Drug Store.
Sheriff asked to aid in a Dover sanitarium search for a 59 year old woman in a house dress. Lorain sue against Edgar G Yeckley for 4828 on a promissory note with mortgage foreclosure sought. LaGrange trustees seek 895 transfer from bond sinking fund to general fund due to no bonded debt. Ke ner Swartz and Prosser seek approval for transfer. Leo Smallwood pleads not guilty to a 124 dollars defrauding an innkeeper. bond set at 200. Manslaughter hearing for Robert Schlick postponed. bond 750. Edward Bouchton Jr charged with non support, bound to grand jury in 199.
The Lorain County Wool Growers' Association schedules its annual meeting for January 15. The wool growers committee will discuss plans Thursday night with C. I. Trummel, the agricultural extension agent, coordinating activities. Members include REF. Campbell LG. Portman A. D. Crocker H. Dohe LW. McConnell Lynn iideed and Simeon Nash.
Opponents in Washington believe they can block ratification of the Seaway Treaty with Canada in the Senate a second time. President Roosevelt submitted the treaty to the 73rd Congress on January 10 1953. The foreign relations committee continues formal hearings.
Jean A. Abel of Marion, former state president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, will speak at Elyria Aerie's final 1934 meeting at the local club rooms on Thursday. The event marks a large turnout and the completion of the membership drive with the last class to be initiated, determining the winning of the ten teams. The winning team will be invited to a banquet. Gerald C. Nau leads the membership drive committee. The ritual work will be conducted by the Wizard Aerie degree and drill team.
Mrs Martha Louise Leach of 606 West Avenue died December 25 at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a four week illness. Born April 18 1864 in Reinersville Ohio she had lived in Elyria six years. Surviving: F R Braman Tulsa Oklahoma Dan H Brown Ray H Brown Mrs Paul Hubbell Elyria and brother R O Koott Cambridge Ohio. Body at Nichols Funeral Home. funeral Thursday at 3:90 PM with Rev E J Bond officiating. Burial Ridgelawn Cemetery.
Mrs Lauvinah Griffin of Wakeman Ohio died at home yesterday morning at age 78. Born in St James England January 5 1848 she came to the United States in 1857 and lived in Wakeman the rest of her life. She leaves son Ed Griffin of Chicago two brothers Tom Rippen Hillsdale Michigan William Rippen Canada and sister Mary Ransom Hillsdale. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 00 PM from W L Pease Funeral Home with Rev A F Lindbeck officiating burial in Wakeman Cemetery.
Elizabeth Naylor 72 wife of the late Manuel Nexvior died Tuesday December 25 in Berea Ohio. She leaves two sons Charles Naylor of Stingsville and Manuel of La Grange. Remains at Earl C Haag Funeral Home Berea through Friday morning. Funeral services set for December 28 at 2 30 PM at Penfield Congregational Church Penfield Ohio.
Fragmentary obituary notice from Cleveland area mentioning a brother and two other relatives. It refers to a burial or funeral with services planned for Saturday and lists scattered names and addresses in damaged text. The OCR yields multiple misspellings and incomplete phrases.
Frederick T Corneil aged 72 died at Rivma Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Rensseine New York in October 1862 and lived in Floria 18 years. Survived by daughter Ava, sons Phillip R. and Frederick Jr. all of Floria and three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday December 27 at 7 00 PM Nichols Funeral Home. Burial Ridge Lawn Cemetery.
Local notice lists delivery contact details for the Oberlin Chronicle and a complaint line. It names Louis Bliss at 228 N Pleasant St as a CALI contact and provides a phone line for missed issues and delivery issues.
Invitations have been received for the marriage of Miss Lillian McMillen to Richard Leonard Stokes in the Church of Heavenly Rest New York on Friday in January Miss McMillen daughter of Mrs Mary Slocomb McMillan formerly of Oberlin studied art in Cleveland and New York and is a designer for a ladies garment shop in New York Mr Stokes is a singer and member of the quartet with Show Boat ceremony at four o clock with a reception at the Park Lane East 545th Street
The Wild Rose troop with hostess badge recipients entertained at a Sunday afternoon tea at Mrs. Hurd's East Lorain street home. The event was assisted by the college Ransar troop and attended by many invited guests.
Numerous Oberlin area residents share Christmas visits and hospitality. Mr and Mrs E B Walker host at West Scrain Street with relatives including Watter Walker Alvah N Walker and Barry Weber. Several students and alumni visit from Alma College Wellesley and Bowling Green. A Legion auxiliary meeting occurs this evening at Oberlin hall.
Cleve brewery interests seek city and county purchase of a 15 foot strip of old Cleveland Southwestern right of way on Oberlin road from Middle avenue to the B and O railroad for 21900, deemed excessive by real estate observers. The county and city boards were negotiating to carry out the project as committees prepared a final report.
Col John A. Hughes resigned as director of the Ohio department of liquor control in Columbus. He handed his commission to Governor George White, who appointed him a year ago after a special session created liquor control machinery. Joseph H. Scphnell of Cleveland will head the Cleveland district in his place.
In Cincinnati a life squad ambulance rushing to aid a woman believed to have attempted self harm struck a car with five Negro occupants. One of the five was killed and four hurt. Irene Mace, 35, was found by officers already receiving treated gas inhalation.
The counts commissioners office received a large portrait of George Washington presented by retiring Commissioner C D Murray who leaves January 7. The Lincoln portrait, long obscured by a stove pipe, now hangs alongside Washington in the office.
Markets show steady poultry prices with assorted fowls and turkeys listed. lairages report strong cattle demand with prime steers at 8.00 per 100 pounds, calves up 1, and hogs steady. sheep and lambs higher with prime wethers around 2.75. Vegetables include lettuce, mushrooms, radishes, and basil with varied prices. overall market activity active in Cleveland outlets.
The vigor of ancestor worship in China makes the duty to aid poor relatives so strong that it astonishes Western observers even when families are apart.
Our Yesterdays recalls Harry Walder a renowned Scottish comedian who delighted audiences in Europe and America in the early twentieth century. Admired in London music halls he excelled at Scottish character impersonations with hits like Its Nice to Get Up in the Morning But Is Nicer to Lie in Bed and Shes Me Daisy Me Bonnie Daisy.
Mt. Carmel Item publisher W Penn Kemple printed a page wide notice urging subscribers to prepay as a sign of well being, warning that fainting spells chills jitters and other ailments indicate poor health and justify a solid obituary notice.
The passage argues that ancient Greek minds linked all life to religious ideas. Scripture anchored meaning beyond ornament, while architecture provided a permanent religious position in numerous temples.
The excerpt frames drama as a religious festival devoted to the Greek deities, indicating that performance and ritual were intertwined in worship. It emphasizes drama’s role as a sacred season and communal act within ancient Greek worship practices.
A terse opinion notes that justice in the Soviet Union is impaired by its absence, condemning lack of due process and independent courts as emblematic of state control and eroded legal rights.
Moving to a smaller farm, Lorain County's best producing dairy herd will be sold at public auction on the Dan Nesbitt farm one mile east of Grafton on State Route 57. The sale includes 23 head of dairy cattle Holsteins Guernseys and Jerseys, one fresh cow with calf, 4 close up springers, 4 due from February to June, one Holstein bull, 50 chickens 9 ducks a Chester White stock herd and farm tools with cash terms. If weather is bad the sale will be held indoors Lunch on site.
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