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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1927
Page
9
Baltimore officials and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad representatives gathered to mark the 100th anniversary of the charter granting the first general freight and passenger line on this continent. The event recalls the February 28 1827 charter date in Maryland.
A century old Virginia tonic advertised as a stimulant to cure fatigue and restore vigor. The ad touts easy palatability and easy dosing with a small wineglass before meals to improve appetite and bodily function, claiming quick changes in run down conditions after a few days.
Baltimore founders formed a company on February 2 1827 to build a railroad to the Ohio River, securing a charter on February 28. Construction started July 4 1828 with notable support from Charles Carroll of Carrollton and early trials used horses and sail cars before steam locomotives. The line connected Baltimore to the Ohio River, marking a milestone in continental rail expansion.
Mrs El des and Mrs. Leo Martin made a business trip to Cleveland last week. Mrs. Phila Goodman returned from Bermuda and the South. Karl Ruder visits relatives in Arizona. High school basketball team went to Spencer for a practice game. Virginia Nobiz and Evelyn Nobiz, two young children, buried after diphtheria in Cleveland hospital. mother Carrie Machina Noboz unable to attend burial. Sam Folley’s filling station at Bridge and Prospect streets Berea robbed of about $40. Alec Gibson hosts Olmsted Falls Aid Society gathering. N A D Crocker attends a Parent council meeting.
Thursday Mrs Robert Lautres will hold a public sale Monday afternoon Feb 28 Walter Hales will have charge of the program at the Grange Tuesday Covume March 1. Bunch will be served following the Tec ture hour and members are requested to bring sandwiches of cake. The death of Lucy J White formerly Livy Tomes wife of Roe shore White and mother of Mrs Vieda Klink occurred at her home on Wooster Mike Strongsville Feb 21. General services were Netty Bridsy and burial was at tered.
In Quincy Illinois on February 28 a sensational trial proceeded as Earl Cari and Bertie Shelvin faced charges. The trio, famed for bold robberies in Collinsville, were described amid murky testimony and tense exchanges. A well dressed man paused to purchase a newspaper on a street corner.
A reading boy in court mutters that the Shelton defendants are not guilty, declaring as he grows up he will be a guardian and fight for justice, voicing bold, patriotic intent amid the trial.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a powerful builder for children especially with rickets. It claims rapid weight gain and improved health, noting sugar coating makes them appealing and offering 60 tablets for 60 cents. Trial offered with a money back guarantee.
A youth asks a gangster how gunmen live and what the job is like. The man warns it is a hard, dangerous racket with frequent jail time and constant risk, sharing a scar as proof of the dangers involved.
Fragment mentions a youth injured by a bullet and a remark about choosing baseball or riding as an alternative. Mentions a man connected to a United States movement operative who helped bring the Sheltons to trial.
Testimonials claim S S S offers relief from eczema after years of suffering. Cleophas Forte of Quincy credits six bottles with curing his condition and praises the vegetable remedy extracted from medicinal plants. Available at drug stores in two sizes.
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