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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1929
Page
12
Forty passengers escaped a flame swept interurban car after it struck a 1600 gallon truck trailer near Toledo Ohio. The car burned and 2 passengers were slightly injured by glass. The trailer was severed and destroyed as the car ignited. Sherman Gibson Lawrence Spriggs and Miles Forgerson narrowly escaped when the trolley wire fell.
The Lorain county association of Township Trustees and Clerks plans a meeting to decide on building a tuberculosis sanitarium or expanding county care facilities. Dr. C. D. Barrett cites 37 reported cases, possibly 150 in total, with 22 deaths in 1928, and notes admitted outside county limits are difficult.
Mrs Sharp returns to San Francisco with a girl she believes is her daughter Doris. The real mother, Mrs Murphy, initially rejects the claim but later confirms the child’s identity. Police question the Sharp family over how the child was obtained in Vallejo and the cryptic notes signed KR K. Officials continue to investigate ownership of the mysterious notes and the dark complexioned child trafficker.
Committees of the Ohio Federated Humane Societies endorsed the sterilization bill of P. H. Rogers in the state legislature. The act targets feeble minded individuals epileptics and habitual offenders of statutory charges. The association pledges full effort to secure passage of the measure.
W O McClellan, general Y M C A secretary, says Elyria Y M C A members receive pamphlets as part of the pre Easter program. The pamphlets include a Bible verse and a brief daily prayer for each day up to and including Easter Sunday.
Seven year old Donald Wright, son of Mr and Mrs C E Wright of 232 Prospect Street, was bitten on the leg by a dog yesterday afternoon while sliding on ice near his home. The dog from 264 Prospect Street owner L Wiszynski was cared for by the police department after the incident. The wound involved severe abrasions but skin remained unbroken.
Fred Conrad a 27 year old New Hampshire grocer who fasted forty days to win his father George Conrad to join the church ends the abstinence after losing weight from 200 to 140 pounds. He breaks the fast with raw eggs milk and diluted beef broth. The elder Conrad may join the church now that his son has ended the fast, while Rev. Dotson faces censure for the episode.
Chronicle Telegram notes an oversight in an Elyria Telephone Co ad. Names of several employees were omitted and should appear with entry dates for the company expansion. Listed are John Bens lex entered Sept 11 1227 Celian Anderson June 17 Knowles Everett July 25 and Alice Glaser June 7 P28.
In Jerusalem an attempt to Latinize Hebrew and reintroduce a Hassidi influenced script provokes concern among Jews in Palestine. Kemal Pasha backs the plan while Turkish approval is needed for the Banke project. Ietmar Ben-Avi, a Jewish journalist and advocate of Hebrew revival, explains the new supplement targets Gentiles and non readers of square script.
A Washington flag from the era of President Washington is shown today by L F Smith at 814 East Broad Street to mark the 197th anniversary of his birth. The flag, handed down through Smith’s family from a great great grandmother, features a Washington portrait on a horse beneath the Liberty Bell, surrounded by thirty-nine stars and United States shields. Also on display is a Liberty Bell glass plate owned by Mrs. Alice Smith, valued at $12, bearing the 1776 and 1876 dates and the 13 colonies, given by Reverend Father Horst of Vermilion.
William Lanier Washington, ninth direct descendant of Augustine Washington, curates a Wakefield collection of George Washington relics. He aims to keep the past alive, planning to leave Wakefield’s Washington treasures as a national museum upon death.
In Manuscript form Joel Chandler Harris wrote Qua A Romance of the Revolation about a native African prince brought to America before the revolution. Prof Howell notes Harris’s tale centers on Asa Ulerce and his bond with Andrew Werehe and Polly Tomlin. The work appears unfinished and may be published soon as publishers push for longer novels.
Elyrians remember the 1908 Western Club six man marathon walk from the Western Automatic Company to Cleveland Public Square in six hours and fifteen minutes. Participants Warren Collier Irwin Eldred Fred Gerber Huse Pankoff and Robert Dumas walked the six hour record. William Rodgers is now deceased.
Frank F. Smith died suddenly Thursday morning at ten. Born September 23, 1857, he is survived by wife Jennie Steves Smith, two sisters Mrs Charles Kirk and Mrs Willis Wright, and three brothers William Robert and James. He was a member of King Solomon's Lodge F and A M and a Modern Woodman. Services at his home Monday at 2 PM with burial in Aridgelawn Cemetery.
Word has been received in Elyria of the death of John Baillie in Cleveland on February twenty first at eighty five. He was a long time resident of Elyria and affiliated with the Lorain National Tube Company. He is survived by his wife Mrs Baillie and a daughter Mrs Arthur Fenton. Funeral services will be held in Albany New York on Saturday February twenty third.
The article recalls John Jacob Storts born 1766 Red Hill Pa who served with Colonial troops under Washington. He marched from Germantown to Valley Forge endured hunger and cold and fought in over thirty engagements including Yorktown. His daughter Mrs. Alien shares this memory of his service and a family link to Civil War volunteer Abraham Lincoln calls.
In a local gym game Thursday afternoon the eighth grade girls from the Freshman class faced the seventh grade girls. The seventh graders won the basketball tilt with a score of 14 to 13. Also noted is a weekly trend of new pocketbooks appearing in top shops, this week an envelope style in dark leather with amber wood patterned triangular front.
Woodford Avenue butcher shop owner Joe Baro pled guilty to a second offense liquor law violation. Officers Southem and Sweet observed a customer at the back door and arrested Baro with liquor as evidence. Mayor James A. Hawitt fined Baro $750 plus costs after police reported a long watched premise.
Third and fourth floor residents of the Y M C A dormitory compete in ongoing checkers, pool, and ping pong events. Fourth floor players Clyde McMillen and Fred Hoag beat third floor contenders in checkers and pool respectively, while third floor players win two ping pong matches. Final rounds to crown champions pending with several preliminaries still to be played.
Herrick lauded the sixth Pan American conference at Havana and praised closer relations among Peru Chile and other nations. He credited Mr Hoover s Central and South American visit and foresaw air travel as key to friendship while private enterprise would boost cultural exchange across the Americas.
A heavy snowfall blanketed the metropolitan area with about eight inches, disrupting street work for 30,9900 men and delaying mail planes at Hadley Field. Communication lines stayed intact due to calm winds while Virginia to Georgia felt rain and plunging temperatures. The Leviathan faced delays off Fire Island with 837 passengers as Atlantic City cleared a five inch boardwalk for visitors.
Ladious Lazeks at 100 West River Street heard two Western Heights youths in police court for disorderly conduct. Pete Yucka pleaded guilty and John Nagy not guilty. Nagy was found guilty. Both youths were fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor James A. Howitt.
Cleveland Feb 22 butter and eggs prices listed for tableting and firsts with 52 3 4 to 54 3 4 for butter. Poultry and ducks quoted by weight with ranges. potatoes priced per 150 pound sacks and per bushel for home grown, Florida new barrels listed.
Receipts varied with hogs steady to higher, cattle steady, and sheep up to 25 cents. Hog prices ranged 8.75 to 11.55 per pound by weight. cattle beef steers 10.70 to 11.25, cows 5.75 to 8.50. lambs 17 to 17.25. Chicago quotations cover butter eggs poultry potatoes with mixed regional prices and USDA data.
Hogs receipts 600 with market up 15 to 25 cents. Hearies 10.40 to 10.75, mediums 11 to 11.75, workers 9.50 to 11.10, good pigs 9 to 9.75. Calves receipts light with steady market. Sheep and lambs receipts light with steady market.
Minneapolis grain market report shows unchanged shipments and price quotes for Bran at 28.00 with 20.00, Wheat No 1 red northern 1.95 to 1.25 for Mar 1.26 to 1.28 for July, No 1 red durum 1.05 to 1.06, corn No 3 yellow 0.99 to 1.13, oats No 3 white 0.48 to 0.49 per bushel.
Columbia Hi casers won the first game of the county high school cage tourney at Firma High School, 35 to 39 over Penfield Hi. The smaller Penfield squad rallied late but could not overtake Columbia. Eaton and Brown high schools were tied 10 to 10 in the third quarter at press time.
Fair skies should prevail over Prospect tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change, according to the United States Weather Bureau. Yesterday's forecast of heavy snowfall failed to materialize though temperatures fell sharply, a relief to state highway department workers trying to keep roads open.
Rome reports Premier Mussolini, responding to a pattern request, pardoned four priests sentenced to forced domiciles. Among the released was Father Mazzoni, a wartime chaplain and gold medal recipient who had been implicated in a bank failure at Arezzo.
Hose Company No 1 responded to a still alarm at 231 Princeton Avenue at 10 o clock last night. Firefighters found the chimney burning out and monitored it as the roof burned out, but the root burned out with no damage. The R W Faulhaber family occupied the house.
The article recounts early American liquor laws from 1778 to 1794, noting Pickett and Washington’s efforts to curb alcohol sales to Indians and enforce an excise tax. It describes western Pennsylvania farmers’ protests, the 1794 uprising with 15,000 troops, and the high cost of enforcing liquor laws, including a $1.5 million bill.
Fresh home grown Sweet Peas offered at Carek Florist with 7de and a $1.00 value. Saturday sale price listed as 49 cents.
Cascade venue advertises dance events every Thursday and Saturday hosted by Bob Veon’s Vaga bonds with details unclear due to fragmented OCR.
Four escaped inmates from Charleston County Jail in West Virginia sped through Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky toward the Tennessee border pursued by posses. They hijacked cars robbed stores kidnapped drivers and dodged blizzards and roadblocks as they fled toward Olive Hill Kentucky and beyond.
A drive chain came off a truck and was reported lost to police last night. The Belter Truckies Co. on Cleveland Street issued the report.
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