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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
9
Fragment notes three unusual coiffures and a possible ban on a comb or headwear. The text is garbled and offers few concrete details beyond mention of fashion rules and an unusual comb. No persons or organizations are clearly identified.
A faded OCR item shows a local event roundup including a parent teacher meeting a Friday afternoon a R N A hall gathering and a G A R hall entertainment. It lists several names such as Miss Rich Miss Lemoys Miss Rose Marshall and Mrs Parkview with sparse details about times locations and attendees.
The Lorain County Savings and Trust Company hosted an informal banquet for directors, employees, and their wives. Schubert’s Orchestra provided music as part of the bank’s habit of holding social events to foster acquaintances, with Mrs. Bliss hosting a Twelve O’clock Club dinner and several other society gatherings noted, including card clubs, church guilds, and neighborhood meetings.
Mrs B E Curtice returns to LaGrange after visiting relatives in town. Many from out of town visited, including Mrs Wm Ragsdale from Elmira New York, Mrs Hattie Chapple in Cleveland, and Mr and Mrs W H Blanchard of Wellington. Anniversaries, hospital stays, and moves are reported with numerous mentions of friends and family across Elyria, Lorain, Oberlin, and Cleveland.
Marriage notices list Leslie Bickel and Violet Bell of Oberlin with Rev Edwin Kirby, Carl Bartholomay and Katherine Zuhmerman of Lorain with Rev Martin, John Snider and Alice Klingshirn of Avon with Rev Smit, and Willam Firestone and Anta Whitby of Lorain with Justice of the S. J. George. Local society notes cover grange events, visits, illnesses, and a car collision on the curb near the Masonic temple caused by a poorly equipped auto driven by Frank Robinson.
Amherst February items show the Needle craft club hosted by Mrs H L Pilato with about 20 ladies in attendance for needlework and social chat at Park avenue. The Ladies' Sewing Society of the Methodist church met with 26 participants and enjoyed a luncheon in Amherst. The local Eagles club announced a dance at Redington hall featuring Scotch and American dances. Amherst personals note Mrs Olive Miller visiting Berea, Warner Zilch in Cleveland, and illnesses at home for Mrs Henry Gordon and Mrs Chas Good.
Mild weather and a chilly spell reduce attendance at the annual farmers week program at Ohio State University. Only 2,223 people attended the first two days, compared with 4,383 for the same period last year as growers stayed away to tend crops on their farms.
Lima locomotive works at capacity received a commission from Nickel Plate Rail Road of Georgia and Canadian National for building 68 engines. Crawford county studies show 56 percent of school children need medical care and 12 of 1917 students are delinquent for posture issues per Miss Margaret L. Shosbottom.
Milwaukee resident ma concludes her health improved after use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She details prior fatigue and weakness from childbearing and notes regained energy and routine functioning. The letter, among many, praises the product's value over decades.
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