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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1922
Page
7
A 1922 editorial argues for a new blue sky law to curb fraudulent stock schemes while warning against overreach that could choke genuine ventures. It stresses education and cautious use of mail and national action to shield investors, noting Elyria's past year losses and calling for open-minded scrutiny of investments.
Chicago educators called William Jennings Bryan a mediaevalist for defending certain scriptures and attacking evolution. Voliva of Zion City asserts the world is flat and has supposedly bested Bryan in this contest, though the writer still admires Bryan's courage and character despite disagreements.
The city auditor asked council to establish a police and fire pension fund. Antone Kolinsky, a well known citizen, was killed at East Bridge Street railroad crossing. John Clark “Dad Clark” won the city bowling tournament with Henry Hart second. Seventh Street and Harrison Street to be paved with asphalt. Company B was inspected and deemed in order.
The Garford Automobile Co shipped a truck to Brandil and two patrol wagons for New York City guard work as part of training, with orders for care arriving from many directions.
A London menagerie in Regent's Park holds more than 3,000 animals. The article notes various curiosities including eye diseases, watch balance wheel activity, and Westminster Abbey mosaics believed brought from Rome in the 13th century.
Komical Telegrams quotes Jim Armitage about the Mansfield Exchange club bowling team entering the Inter-City tournament and lampooning boosters. The column spins local jokes about politics, safety, dining, and a spring groundhog motif through anecdotes at Warren and Rudy’s cigar store.
Today sees the Maine and Massachusetts town meetings in session while Illinois Governor Len Small’s trial on embezzlement conspiracy proceeds in Waukegan. National real estate boards meet in Washington, D C, and Harald Nierengarten’s murder trial opens in Wapakoneta. Conservation leaders’ conference is called in Ottawa.
Abe Martin notes a tense corner moment as a man named Icheneas suffers a chilling incident while waiting for a corner turn. Emmie Peters acts to help as the scene unfolds with a freezing temperature and anxious witnesses.
A mosaic of poems and sketches including lines about immortality, a tale of Sylvest the pianist and his wife, picaresque quips on fashion, moth breeding jokes, a jury note, social quips on women and attire, a reference to a stolen car lock, and local press humor from an old St Louis/Pittsburgh correspondence.
A cramped rail journey to New York becomes tense as a mysterious man, claimed to be a friend of the narrator’s father, shadows her. She suspects espionage linked to government work while a station escape ends in a door swing that knocks her unconscious amid a crowded platform.
Brief timeline notes events in Ohio and other facts from 1785 to 1877 including the Ohio Company formation, Lake County creation, a Chillicothe hanging, Cincinnati steamboat fires, and a Peoria theater destruction. It also cites juvenile intoxicant penalties, early material science snippets, and Leigh Hunt’s imprisonment linked to Rimini.
A florid passenger asks for a drink during a locomotive delay in New Jersey. The conductor offers a ride to avoid being stranded, then literally takes the man along. The piece shifts to winter survival advice, praising hardening outdoors and recalling Cameron of Lochiel scolding his son for a snow pillow.
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