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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
2
Legal notice outlines a sheriff's sale of real estate with terms on bidding and minimum price set at two thirds of appraised value. The document mentions names and locations including persons such as Wilford and a house designation, indicating a pre sale listing.
Berlin Heights features an evening gathering at Ackermandeli with G J club members led by Hildred. Five men attend as a weekly social, noting a recurring home venue on Wee Groves and a brief feature mentions.
Readable fragments cover visits by Sandusky and Lorain residents, church events, school notes, holiday gatherings, and local hospitality. Mentions include Mrs. S. H. Benedict, Rev. Harold White, Berlin Heights clubs, and several families from Elyria and nearby towns during Christmas season.
The Christmas program at the Birmingham M E B church on Wednesday was well attended. Highlights included a series of recitations dialogues and hymns, a bouquet by four girls, and distribution of presents. Local family visits and moves noted include Mr. and Mrs. W M Sanders trip to Toledo and the Ryans relocating to Elyria.
The Priscilla club will hold its annual Christmas party on Wednesday January 5 at the home of Mrs Arthur Frombaugh with toy exchanges all day. Mrs T A Falconer and Mrs H C Stephan spent Wednesday in Cleveland. A Medina jail incident involving a boy led to a home visit, a chase, and the sheriff taking the youth back to Medina after thefts and jewelry were found missing.
The notice describes upcoming Christmas visits from Mr and Mrs Peaut Burdick and their son to Cleveland relatives and Mr Moore's travel to Ara Ohio for Christmas with his parents. It mentions a New Year’s Eve social with a supper, singing, an orchestra, and a speaker. The community is invited to attend what is described as an unusually good time.
Abs Ethel Snowden is named a governor of the new government broadcasting corporation taking over from the British Broadcasting Company. The post pays 4290 dollars yearly, with other governors including Sir John and the Earl of Clarendon. The body will license broadcasts and control rights to artistic works, with censorship by the postmaster general. There are over 7,000,000 registered listeners in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Parisian tailors report a failed bid to dethrone London as the leader in men’s fashion. Distinctive French silhouettes appeared briefly with close waist and flaring coats but many Parisians clung to traditional London cuts. American buyers sought only modest French tweaks while largely sticking to English standards.
A French circus owner blames H C Paris for the decline of the entertainment due to a decision or event on December 27. The report notes that the coming generation may never know the delights of the circus experience as a result.
Three major French circuses, long touring the provinces, announce closures this December after soaring moving costs and taxes. Manager M Handré Haney cites 30 000 frames to move Calais Havre and 40 000 francs tax to perform in Havre plus a 25 percent ticket tax.
Paris notes a persistent craze for Negro entertainment with jazz bands from America and Charleston routines. Josephine Baker dominates Folies Bergere as a star for 1928 while opening her own club. She hired a debutante to teach cosmopolitan guests how cakes and syrup are served on the Mississippi banks.
Arthur Bowle Chiionala received the 1525 Neabeng al award for the most contribution to American children's literature during 19387 Library era, as reported by the American literary association.
A heavy flood besets the French national library burying stacks of new books under piles of yearling volumes. The law mandates deposit of one copy of each new work, with the librarian tasked to secure a permanent repository for the nation’s literary output.
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