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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1930
Page
10
Elyria youths signaled the intention to join magic classes under Bilfo Forgette at the YMCA. The first meeting outlined conjuring fundamentals as Burgette teaches and emphasized practice to perfect tricks while noting minor mishaps may occur during learning. Enrollment remains open for boys eager to become proficient in the art.
Henrietta and Birmingham churches offer services with Sunday School at 10:05 and Divine Worship at 11:50 in Henrietta. Evangelical at 9:45 and 10:45 in Birmingham. Local social notes report guest visits, school events, union services, and upcoming entertainment by Petro Lea Verdi at the school band concert.
The report records a flurry of social visits and gatherings as local families, including the Reus, Mapes, Buchs, Regnis, Cook, Snar, Sny der, Zurcher, Emmerich, Bauman, Bonner, Hand, and others, hosted relatives and friends across Elyria, Lorain, and nearby towns. It lists weekend guests, dinners, club meetings, and informal get togethers with numerous mentions of names and places.
State briefs from Toledo report a grocery store shooting during a holdup with two suspects wounded, the proprietress killed, and the cash register looted. East Liverpool notes six freight cars toppled into the Ohio River with no injuries. Middletown item recalls a collision near the station as a New York Central flyer struck a car, with community dinners and church events also listed in a long locals page.
A fragmentary local update mentions Mrs Wake staying with John Bechtel in MV and a Friday assembly by Rossard Revers. It notes extreme cold in Great Falls and Saco with temperatures around two to three degrees below zero. It also briefly references kite origins in China and a belief about their significance.
Tre and Ind degrees were conferred on a class of three at the Ridgeville Grange meeting Tuesday evening February 1. The candidates were Mrs Boitman Florence and Melvin Fishburn. The ladies degree team led by Olivia Tassor performed well as Miss Anna Micking acted as Master. The program included speeches, a letter from State Master Walter Kirk urging member recruitment on Washington's Birthday, and notes on Workmen's Compensation. Lincoln Birthday was observed by the Ridgeville Juvenile Grange with a lecture by Doris Fortune and violin selections by Lois Fortune.
In Ocracoke North Carolina a coffin built for Mrs. Fane Howard, from a prominent local family, was placed in the parlor of her cottage at her request. A separate note from Memphis Tennessee records a love letter on the back of a bill poster probated to J H Scaife. his wife received twenty dollars.
A Scranton resident touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a reliable remedy for constipation after years of failure with other laxatives. He credits daily use with permanent relief and better health, noting added iron and pleasant flavor. Kellogg's All-Bran is advertised with a money-back guarantee and is made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
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