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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1926
Page
11
On February 2 1926 Arthur Golden Rule Nash publicly embraced a labor union in his clothing business by signing with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. The plant will operate as a union shop and Nash praised the union move while cautioning that unions can overtake substance if zeal becomes an end in itself.
An essay compares American individualism with abroad societies noting that foreign life fosters a sense of shared fate and mutual support. It argues Americans measure happiness by relative income and status, unlike more egalitarian communities, and cites disaster responses like Johnstown and San Francisco floods as examples of leveling shared experiences.
The Food Council of Great Britain studies data to fix an official flour price and a fair bread price schedule based on bakers costs. They warn that flour price changes three times in one work upset household budgets and may undermine any price-stabilizing effort. They argue true stability requires fixing prices from farmer land to wheat production to bread consumption.
A compact roll of notable anniversaries and birthdays dated from 1814 to today. Entries include Madison's war report to Congress in 1814, 1876 NL professional ball, Lincoln widow pension in 1882, Wendell Phillips death in Boston, 1893 Supreme Court justice Howell E Jackson, 1902 Portugal king proclamation, and a 1924 oil investigation note. Birthdays feature Robert L. Owen, Fritz Kreisler, Emory Hunt, Julius Barnes, Leigh Wade, with places and ages.
Groundhog Day marks a festival as Candlemas honors St Mary. The first Parliament assembled 125 years ago, Victoria’s funeral drew vast crowds, and 45th anniversary of Christian Endeavors is celebrated from Portland. Parliament reconvenes after Christmas, NLPC mark 50th with banquet in New York, Charity Tall benefits New York Nursery and Childs Hospital, and Conventions open in Philadelphia for the Master House Painters association.
A garbled OCR segment lists multiple regional associations and unions including the Writers' Association of Pacific, Interstate Merchants' Council, Canadian Lumbermen, Wisconsin Farm Bureau, Associated Ohio Dailies, Minnesota Retail Plumbers, Kentucky Retail Lumber Dealers, Nebraska Retail Hardware, and Michigan State Federation of Labor. Names and places appear but no cohesive event or narrative.
Dr Alexander Meiklejohn, who faced a trustees' demand for resignation at Amherst in 1923 over liberal views, now chairs philosophy at Wisconsin. Appointed by Li Glenn Frank, he is praised for productive scholarship and provocative teaching. Born in England in 186? and educated at Brown, he became Brown dean in 1901 and joined the Brown faculty in 1893.
Domestic Peace poems reflect on a silent hearth and missing warmth as happiness wanes while the moon shines outside. The speaker laments the absence of the intimate, healing warmth once shared, urging a return of mirth, love, and peace that once flowed between family members. The verse contrasts a hopeful past with a desolate present, awaiting rekindled unity and comfort.
W J Beat the Rope Mc Aleer renowned criminal lawyer with 35 years of experience is believed to be considering defending Martin J Durkin the two gun bandit in his Chicago trial. Mc Aleer charges the highest fees among criminal lawyers in the country and Hammond is noted in relation to his practice.
Ten years ago the Lorain County Knights of Pythias held a meeting at Odd Fellows hall addressed by Grand Chancellor William Schuart of Cincinnati. The Elks lodge received two Elks from the western coast and confined them at the fair grounds enclosure.
Real estate transfers spread across Elyria including Henry Heldrich to John Heldrich sub lot 229 in Tancoln Park Elyria for 4508 dollars and Edith Schulta to Henry Heldrich lot 1483 in Hastern Heights for 1500. Other deeds include Kaiser to Joe Lanten scbleger part of Lot 50 in Lersch 3 Elyria 7500, George Haeffle to Frank Steufan 131 in Eagle Point of the Lake Allotment 1000, Lorain County Savings and Trust to Peerless OH 36000, Cleveland Electric Tramint Co to Power Construction Co Sheffield blocks 101-102-104 7550, Wallner to Stefan Lot 131 Eagle Point of the Lake 2500, Agatha Bush to Alice Blackford parts of Eaton two 37000, Carey Company to Carey Properties Inc part of original Lot 66 Elyria 1000.
RC Maston, superintendent of schools, announced that two carloads of cinders were placed on the vacant lot between the Franklin and high school buildings to provide students with a parking space during school hours. The move aims to relieve the congested area in front of the buildings on Siath Street when cars line both sides. New York auction note mentions Burns letter fetched 35 pounds.
The board of education met with full membership and adopted a resolution to seek a $50,000 county advance to cover school expenses until December collections arrive. About $670,000 is expected this year. Kath Blake Apfin of Cleveland was hired as a substitute teacher for the remainder of the year. Elyria Savings & Trust Co secured with a $100,000 bond as security for deposits, which the board approved. A complimentary dinner will honor Charles Crehore and Ernest Crisp, former high school cafeteria members.
In New York two young robbers were nabbed following a pistol battle with police, while two accomplices escaped in a separate city area. The Foster Fitch Co. advertises Men’s and Boy’s underwear at 20 percent off for one week only.
January attendance favored Garford School with the district’s lowest absences and a 98 percent rate. The Roosevelt fourth grade posted the strongest showing within its school, highlighting notable attendance discipline.
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