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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
2
Rural and metropolitan members of the General Assembly clashed over a bill to create additional common pleas judges. The controversy centered in Columbus with factions aligned for and against expanding the judiciary.
An old advertisement extols MELLO-GLO Face Powder as the first requisite for beauty. It claims a French process keeps makeup on longer, reduces shine on the nose, and prevents pastiness flakiness irritation and large pores while delivering a youthful bloom.
In a candid note, rising medical costs and doctor fees strain finances as a coal shortage, rent pressure, and a stove fire after insurance lapses complicate keeping up with expenses. The author suggests a small loan as temporary relief.
The House defeated bills to add judges in Trumbull and Akron counties by Rep. W Weler and Lex . D. Emmons, both losing the required two thirds. Five similar measures remain pending as rural lawmakers opposed most proposals. Rep. Ray C. Carpenter led a fight against Governor Cooper appointing judges before the 1930 election.
OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY Feb 11 Elmer Whiting a twenty two year old convict listed as dead since the Junction City dormitory fire of October 19 1928 is alive and risked capture to visit his child wife at Colerain Belmont county Warden P E Thomas was advised today Whiting visited his girl bride Tuesday night and after her promise she would come to him when she was her own boss disappeared as mysteriously as he appeared Sheriff Fred Moore Belmont county learned of the visit and questioned the girl bride She refused to reveal her husband hiding place She married Whiting when she was fourteen years old over parental protest They eloped and were married in Marietta where Whiting was arrested He later was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary Twenty convicts were missing.
The Ohio House of Representatives approved unanimously a bill authorizing the Sandusky Bridge Company to build a toll bridge to Cedar Point. Work must begin within two years and toll rates would be regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, preventing excessive charges.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate initial beliefs about fourteen individuals, including Whiting, being victimized or affected by the Junction City fire, with early uncertainty about the exact outcomes and who was saved or harmed.
Holstein cows led in milk production and butterfat at the Wellington Cow Testing Association January report by tester Virgil Weaver. The ten highest milk producers were all Holsteins, six grade and four registered, while five of the top ten in butterfat were registered Holsteins, two grade, two registered Jer.
In the Hetu dairy standings Guernsey headed butterfat with 672 pounds and 61 percent. Stubby the Holstein from Hawk and Hawley produced 1752 pounds of milk and 66.1 pounds of fat at 3.2 percent. George Bursley’s cow Number Two placed second in both milk and fat, delivering 1610 pounds of milk at 62.5 percent butterfat.
The text suggests North and South America were once inhabited by Mongoloid peoples who likely migrated from central Asia centuries before recorded history, framing a proto-migration theory central to early scholarly debates.
For sale 40 shares of Colson first preferred stock. Contact phone number 35882 for details and pricing.
In a Capitol setting the new Scarlet Seas opera features a mutinous crew, a rowboat drift, and a tense scene in a cabaret in Apia. The action moves between aboard a ship and portside intrigue as tensions rise and loyalties fracture.
The Ohio State Horticultural Society owns a gavel carved from wood of an apple tree planted in Ashland county by Johnny Appleseed. The tree grew on T. E. Thornburg’s Ashland area farm, and Thornburg presented the gavel to the society on February 14.
Frothy note describes a Thursday February 14 event in Cascade Pennsylvania featuring Bob Veon and His Eight Vagabonds. A BSA card party and sale by the Royal Neighbors are listed for Friday evening February 15 with public invited to Pedro hall.
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