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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1923
Page
7
The piece argues against fixed car license fees and promotes a gasoline tax tied to road use. It emphasizes taxing by mileage or fuel consumed, aiming to fund highway upkeep fairly. It cites practicality, evasion risk, and the need to match payments with direct road benefits. It also notes Texas governor remarks and references to a polarizing neglect of this issue.
A condensed look at Ohio history and national notes. Highlights include the 808-A charter for the Bank of Marietta the state’s first regular bank addition in 1800s, 1829 a Geaugaesville charter, 1862 Ohio Volunteers departure, and 1863 pioneer lawyer Nichols Longworth’s Cincinnati death. Also mentions 1894 coal miners strike settlement and broader global and national tidbits.
William Allen White born in Emporia Kansas sixty years ago today. Sir Robert A Falconer born in Charlottetown today marks sixty years since. Holm O Bursum born Fort Dodge Iowa sixty years ago today. Charles W Bryan born Salemi Till 36 years ago today. Alexandre Millerand born Paris sixty four years ago today. William T Tilden born Germantown Pennsylvania three hundred years ago today.
Alexander Millerand, President of the French Republic, enters his 65th year today. An annual meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science will be held, with scholars gathering to discuss recent research and potential local implications.
A rough, dialecty note recalls paying for things not earned and the toll of love lost. The speaker reflects on enduring jail time while awaiting acquittal, describing the experience as fierce and claiming the need to end penalties for nothing.
Local notes reveal jokes about Jim Armitage, possible postmaster contenders, and small-town quirks. Columns mention Yellow Line traffic, a courtroom joke about macaquinas, Ed Mizer at Jee's restaurant, and the House of David probe. Joe Body performed a Kiwanis solo. a marble tournament is teased by Chronicle Telegram and Y M C A.
The Lorain Housing Co transfers to Soa eph Raider lot 64. Lorain Stone Co advertises to Lorain for 5000. Adelphi Land Co transfers to Marie C. Fieed lot 27 block DD West Shore Sheffield Lake for 500. Samuel J. Price to James Reid lot 62 Sheffield. Lorain Land Co advert to Lorain 36008. William Schubert to Byron Seeley pt of lot LaGrange 6000. Byron Seeley to William Schubert pt lots 72 74 west of river Elyria 3060. Meister to Julia Kolopos lot 17 Mendelson’s Elyria 500. Sheriff F A Underhill mentions Ryder J H Gorman lots A 3 6 7 Railroad street Grafton 6750 779.
Labor Secretary James J. Davis urges immediate enlargement of immigration ports at New York Boston Seattle and San Francisco citing overcrowding at Ellis Island and Angel Island. He recommends replacing aging facilities with modern public stations including a Seattle site and a mainland San Francisco facility to improve service, safety and economy.
Charles Ernest Pellew, sole surviving son of Henry Pellew who died in Washington, announced his intention to renounce American citizenship to sit in the British House of Lords as Viscount Exmouth. A former adjunct professor of chemistry at Columbia, he retired in 1908 to devote himself to the chemical dye industry. He was born in England fifty nine years ago, came to the United States at eight, graduated from the School of Mines at Columbia, taught at College of Physicians and Surgeons 1886 to 1897, served as a captain in the Spanish American War, and later rejoined Columbia before retiring in 1908. He is president of the New York Society of Craftsmen, a member of the American Chemical Society, a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, and a lieutenant in the old 12th Regiment of the New York National Guard. He is a widower with one daughter and would inherit the title from his father, the elder Pellew, who was a grandson of the first Viscount of Exmouth.
In a sweeping critique, ABE MARTIN denounces widespread ignorance among workers, immigrants, and readers, noting millions cannot write their names or read well. He argues newspapers must place more information in headlines as most people barely read beyond them and warns against demagogues exploiting such ignorance. He mocks frenzied chatter about international issues while home affairs go unexamined, and contrasts public curiosity about sensational crimes with indifference to civic details.
Legal notice details transfers from Elizabeth Francis to John O'Keefe for lots 11 and 12 plus a house or plot described as fot 30, under the act by Thompson trustees to Lorain valued around $1000, marking a sequence ending with Joseph Francis.
The article warns that grip can lead to pneumonia during an epidemic. It advocates early treatment with Father John’s Medicine to soothe breathing passages and purge impurities, claiming safety for all ages and no alcohol or dangerous drugs.
The February Victor records list proves popular with some numbers sold out last Saturday, replaced, and the full assortment available. A console Victrola can be bought for one hundred dollars in brown or red mahogany or walnut. Visit the second floor house furnishing department to see the full range and the new kitchen items guided by Miss Foskett.
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