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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1924
Page
3
A 1924 editorial denounces bootleg whiskey as poison, describing how bootleggers dilute and adulterate Canadian whiskey with denatured alcohol and water to boost profits. It argues prohibition efforts limit legitimate supply and warns that continued consumption causes severe organ damage and death, with rising fatal incidents cited in major cities.
Court testimony links the Dellings Company collapse to securities misdeeds in Chin and nearby states. Ohio citizens are urged to tighten protections as the securities department faces calls to reinforce safeguards, since hundreds of small investors including widows and clerks suffered losses after trusting regular dividends.
A critic argues the Ohio Securities Department failed to shield residents from fake stock and calls for a cleanup of state oversight. The speaker urges accountability and reform of the agency.
Former Governor James M. Cox plans to declare anew his support for entry into the League of Nations at the Jackson Day dinner in Columbus. Ohio Republicans recall Cox-Durbin tactics and disapproval of his campaigns, while Cox seeks anti-White House alignment through Wilson.
A compact recapitulation of historical moments tied to Ohio and other notable events. Highlights include 1815 Battle of New Orleans victory by General Andrew Jackson, 1825 Whitney cotton gin inventor death, 1853 statue of General Andrew unveiled, 1864 Arkansas constitution move, 1895 Honolulu royalist crackdown, 1902 New York tunnel disaster, 1915 Alpine front advances, 1922 Odd Fellows founder Joseph Oliver’s death.
One year ago today British and American debt funding commissions opened a conference in Washington. Germany united in opposition to a French plan to occupy the Ruhr. Today marks birthdays for Sir James Craig former Northern Ireland prime minister. Hon Donald D McKenzie ex Canada solicitor general. William A Clarke ex U S senator from Montana. and others, with scattered notes on places and ages.
In a rustic anecdote ABE MARTIN recalls a moment near the last stop where a gentle cheer rose and a mother’s patience shone. The narrator notes a quick, steady grace akin to a hired girl’s efficiency.
Observers note celebrations for the birth of Willie Collins in England and the 109th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans in Louisiana. The new British Parliament convenes, while Louisiana gears up for the Democratic primary as governors and party figures schedule events in Tennessee Mississippi and Kentucky. announcements cover speakers including Charles M Schwab and Newton D Baker with related dinners and organizational meetings across several cities.
Professor Gillman challenges Dr Laughlin on immigration and crime statistics in a congressional report. The study cites racial differences in insanity and crime, noting Ireland and Mexico variances, and recalls 18th century anti immigration laws as context for fears of foreign arrivals.
County commissioners name Bill Richmond as chair amid party chatter and rival Joe Jackson faces slim chances. City Council holds first meeting peaceful, while local sports talk touches on Red Sox memories and a Pennant likely hints. Rags Cliley reappears near a restaurant drawing public attention.
An excerpted reflection on personal growth and ambition urging readers to seize opportunity. It discusses self discipline, fear, and the notion that true success comes from developing character and purposeful effort.
A New York businessman advocates card indexes for every day to plan each minute. Critics say the idea overreaches and favors machinery over humanity, arguing for focusing on important tasks and neglecting trivialities.
A garbled poem text presents the classic hymn Abide with Me by Henry Francis Lyte with mis-typed lines and corrupted phrases. The piece centers on asking the Lord to stay beside in darkness and death and to guide toward heaven.
Fifteen years ago the Business Men of the City urged a city council to set a wage scale to be posted at a storefront and entrusted to a competent person. Miss Bessie Smallwood fractured her left wrist in a fall, and Mrs. L. B. Smith cut a gash on her head. Philip Perry left for New York to enter the American Academy of Dramatic Art. James Kinney, living on the Sitoe place north of town, reported frogs poisoned by garbage eaten from the city. he valued his losses at 1200 dollars. Michael J. McAvoy, longtime businessman and musician, died at his Ninth Street home after a long illness. Tom Potter was appointed to the board of panic service charge of ring meters. The city debt stood at 1 211 367.84 dollars, with the water works share and payments listed.
Sir Esme Wm. Howard, newly appointed Crisis ambassador to the U S, will not travel to Washington. He is a seasoned diplomat with posts in Rome Berlin Crete Vienna Budapest Switzerland Sweden and Spain and was a member of the British delegation to the Paris peace conference. His wife Lady Isabella Giustiniani-Bandini is from Italian nobility.
The first complete platform adopted by the Democratic party came at the Baltimore national convention in 1840, renominating Van Buren for president. Its parts shaped later conventions and its core ideas resurfaced in many party platforms over the subsequent 60 years.
Under the Soviet government, marriage in Siberia is simply obtaining a license to wed, and divorce is equally easy, reflecting the简ified civil procedures and state control over family matters.
The probate office this week saw several administrators named for estates in Lorain Amherst Wellington and Oberlin. Appointments include Frank Mavin for Hattie Mavin Ridgeville bond 200 Melvin Gleason for Frank Gleason Lorain bond 1800 Anna Schotsch for John Folbert Lorain bond 1000 George L Glitsch for Marie Melton Amherst bond 1000 Theodore Walker for Fred P Webber Lorain bond 3500 Susan P Faron for Maria Loveland Wellington bond 299 Francis Gibson named trustee under Mae Peabody Oberlin bond 8500 Elizabeth Gibson for John W Gibson Lorain bond 5000. Will filings include Peter Pitty Avon Lake will and an Exemplified copy of William Robertson Troy probate.
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