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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1925
Page
1
In Nome Alaska Dr Curtis Welch reports 29 diphtheria cases as 31 suspects and 100 contacts are tracked. Antitoxin teams travel 700 miles by air and ground, with supplies arriving to curb the outbreak amid a harsh landscape. The State Board seeks rapid air shipments to accelerate the fight.
Floyd Collins, trapped in the entrance of a cave since early Friday, was freed from the rock holding his foot but a rock-formed barrier still blocks the mouth. Rescuers say his foot is not crushed. he remains weak and unable to crawl out, with digging proceeding slowly along the passage.
A marriage license was issued to William Gillis of Amherst and Elizabeth Kurneat of the city this morning. Father Fey married them at St Marys parsonage. Elizabeth endured a cruel upbringing, survived assault by her former husband, who is now imprisoned, and is now to begin life with Gillis in Amherst.
Mrs. Helen Keller aged nineteen known as the long distance telephone bride was granted a divorce from William Horace Keller by Judge Lattimore. The couple wed by telephone on May 8, 1923 with Keller in Bremerton Washington and Miss Helen Leona Satterwhite in Fort Worth. Three thousand miles separated them at the time of the decree.
Mat Novacik testifies in his own defense arguing he did not know his wife was the victim when the stabbing occurred. Prosecutor Baird questions him on the moments leading to the fatal confrontation and notes statements given to police. The defense characterizes the event as an involuntary act amid hopes to leave the marriage. Both sides rest. arguments set for this afternoon.
Elvira bakers refuse to raise bread prices in the city as nearby Lorain and other areas increase costs. Local dealers say they can barely make a living at current prices while facing competition from a Cleveland firm offering a premium to buyers.
The trial of W E D Stokes, a New York millionaire, begins in Chicago as he faces charges of defaming his former wife Helen Elwood Stokes. Judge William E Gemmill presides in criminal court.
The United States Railroad Labor Board announced raises totaling about 288 thousand 188 dollars annually for 2528 conductors and trainmen across several smaller railroads in a policy decision disclosed in Chicago February 4.
The French flight from Etamps Air Field, France to Dakar, Senegal, led by Captain Archard and Lieutenant Lemaitre, reports by radio that they are within fifty miles of Dakar as the 2600 mile journey near its end.
Dr. A Gregg national civic reform union secretary speaks at Open Forum next Sunday afternoon at 3 on Henry Ford s Religion The talk will apply the Golden Rule to industry and business Gregg has given interviews to Ford and written for Leslie s and McCalls He is a strong eloquent speaker and will address questions of the day A large crowd is expected to attend the event at the auditorium.
M Mathews former prohibition agent under Henry A Dykeman continues opposition to Federal Prohibition Commissioner Roy A Haynes and Dykeman. He resigns citing complaints, appeals to Senator Willis, and alleges inefficiency and a conspiracy to violate liquor laws linked to a Bucyrus hotel.
Mrs Helen S Jackson of Toledo was found guilty of disorderly conduct by Mayor Lewis H. Nolte in Norwood Ohio. She received 15 days in Hamilton County jail with a $25 fine and costs, later suspended. Police used a tear gas device to disperse her meeting at Odd Fellows hall on January 28. Governor Donahey condemned the police action as stupidity. The Ku Klux Klan issued a critical statement.
Columbus reports cerebrospinal meningitis claims George D Thompson Canton an OSU College of Commerce senior. Charles Hull Logan and David Pucken Canton died earlier. Ernest Metcalf Canterbury Knox County also died but not epidemic type. Ohio National Guard probes bootlegging at welfare department garage.
Fearful reports from Trebizond Armenia describe a deadly blizzard that collapsed houses and killed around a hundred people. Survivors seek shelter as buildings crumble under snow.
The National Temperance League pushes Japan toward national prohibition with an active campaign and bills in the Diet. It targets youth, bans liquor for those under 25, and seeks limits on sale in stations and government buildings, plus school chapters on alcohol and tobacco. Japan cites 1923 liquor expenditures and rice and wheat use to justify limits, while noting Korea’s earlier dry period and eventual reversal.
Tenm Col Chiles R Forbes former head of the Veterans Bureau and John W Thompson a Chicago St Louis contractor were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government. Each was sentenced to two years in Leavenworth with a 30 day stay for appeal Based on alleged illegal seizure and introduction of probate papers the defense plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. friends fear prison may prove fatal due to poor health.
Vermilion February 4 Morris Snyder tells of luck after losing 15 dollars at work. He says he hung his troubles behind the stove to dry, and his pocketbook fell out of his pocket unseen. Later, while tending the fire, he shoveled the pocketbook into the stove with coal. He quips that if the world wasn’t ending Friday he’d be sore.
In Tokyo the Diet session opened with a violent clash in the chamber yesterday and white eyes and bloody noses were common today as lawmakers resumed amid a bitter parliamentary controversy that has dominated the national assembly.
A pan of grease set in the oven ignited a roast at 205 Harvard Avenue. Firemen from No. 1 station removed the burning food and prevented serious damage as Mrs Ida Blaine kept the oven door closed until help arrived.
Chemists fail to determine death cause of Mrs Lil li Genkie after a brief illness on New Year’s Day. Food, lard, and water samples tested free of poisons. The Genkie family recovered except Fred Genkie who relapsed, while blood tests showed no typhoid or paratyphoid. Harvey Heath, Elyria firefighter, is Fred’s nephew.
Tony Garf of Broad Street fell on the ice on the bridge on Fast Bridge Street last night and was knocked unconscious. Police took him to Memorial Hospital where Dr O E Townsend treated him. Garf was revived and listed in serious condition today.
Former Illinois Governor Frank O Taowden, a leader in the National Farm Movements, is slated to address attendees in Columbus on the third day of the Farmers’ peak at Ohio State University.
John Bernard of Belden fell from a line of logs he was riding yesterday afternoon and struck his head. He was taken to the hospital by Dr Appleby where doctors found a possible skull fracture and admitted him for treatment.
A complaint charging Alsa Thomp. 6007 with insanity was issued by the lunacy commission in Los Angeles on February 4. She will be tried tomorrow by Judge W. S. Gates after Mrs Jesse Platt swore out the complaint alleging the girl said she attempted to poison Mrs Platt and her children.
Sheffield Lake council deferred action on a joint water supply with nearby villages awaiting Columbus legislation to permit a community plant. Cleveland Beach considers a new water supply, and the Lake Shore Electric Co. plant will be abandoned with a new Avon Beach power plant.
National labor leaders meet in Miami for the AFL executive council first session since Samuel Gompers death. They say no extraordinary matters will be discussed and only routine business will be transacted.
A one inch brass screw swallowed twenty eight years ago was removed from the right lung of Frank Crawford by Dr Homer McCready in Pittsburgh. A mouth inserted tube and electric light aided the extraction with a long forceps. The patient’s condition was reported as good.
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