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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1924
Page
7
Feb 5 news briefs report furnace revival in Ohio with J Loc purchasing timber to produce 500 bushels every two weeks. Reports of prosperity among miners in Corning, a Civil War veteran Reed dead near here, and rising enamel company employment as furnace operations resume. Other items mention injuries near Baltimore and tax matters in various towns.
Atlee Pomerene a Democrat and ex Ohio senator now a Cleveland lawyer becomes special counsel to prepare the government’s oil lease case with Silas Strawn after Thomas W. Gregory resigned amid testimony linking him to the Doheny interests.
Belmont County commissioners report property values remain unchanged for 19 years with Auditor Harrod Finley noting Powhatan district keeps property on the duplicate near real value. Lima reports a drive to end corporal punishment in public schools led by the Federation of Women's Clubs. Ottawa reports Continental board of education mandating daily Bible reading with no teacher commentary. Neffs notes Theresa Beich wins replevin against her husband over worn apparel. Athens details Mayor Koons ordering strict traffic law enforcement and a tall night patrolman fined for violations. Chillicothe covers a car wreck where a Huntington couple escaped serious injury after their vehicle was dragged by a Baltimore and Ohio yard engine.
Cleveland audience expected to witness a Chicago Civic Opera Company engagement at Public Auditorium starting Monday February 11. Openings night features Le Juive, then Mefistofele with Chalia pin, and Salome with Mary Garden, Edith Mason, and Forrest Lamont in Ohio debuts and star turns. Final gala double bill includes Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci with leading artists Raisa, Muzio, Marshall, and Rimini.
The Colonial Theatre presents Constance Talmadge in Daley a lively serio comedy about a damp wife causing mishaps plus Anna Q Nilsson James Kirkwood Tully Marshall Ruth Clifford and others in Panjola a girl disguises as a man and seeks gold in Rhodesia Africa The American St Elmo with Barbara LaMarr Besie Love and John Gilbert headlines at the largest Cleveland theatre Also Dreamland features Fighting Blood with action packed rounds a new comedy and weekly news pictures
In Lima Ohio William C Zirkel testified as his wife Lucy Zirkel left to escape his presence. Mrs Zirkel called men, including her husband, a source of nervousness and said she would never live with any man again. Judge F C Becker granted the divorce on grounds of desertion by the wife.
The Rialto presents Barney Google and Spark Plug a two act musical comedy based on Billy DeBeck cartoons. The show features well known artists a beauty chorus of twenty and promises original melodies surprises and glamorous costumes. Fortunes await on the Saturday matinee and night performance date February yooid.
A cor day investigation began into the head on collision between two interurban cars near Alfont two miles east of Fortville. Thirteen people were killed and bodies recovered with possibly three others unaccounted for. Injured count not stated. The crash is described as the most disastrous in Indiana traction history.
The Bandard Off Company II Indiana directors voted to raise gasoline by two cents per gallon across the eleven states it serves. Chicago territory rates rise to 18 cents from tank wagons and 20 cents at service stations. A Los Angeles woman wins a divorce after her husband spent most of his time playing a saxophone.
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