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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1925
Page
8
A seventy-person multinational colony atop a Cotswold hill eschews formal law and conventional marriage. Children are educated informally through games as adults share duties, with residency marked by communal living and open social norms.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets present a mild substitute for calomel to treat liver and bowel complaints. The tablet aims to correct constipation and a sluggish liver without harming teeth or gums and claims rapid relief from headaches dullness and heaviness. Available in 15¢ and 30¢ sizes.
The article notes a community practice where marriage is settled by mutual understanding and consent. It mentions a few couples at Whiteway who went through marriage ceremonies, yet emphasizes that formal legal status may be lacking or optional for those involved.
In a cluttered kitchen Mrs Durkee frets as Alfred taunts Madge and the narrator about a recent accident involving Leila. Alfred defends his wife while Mrs Durkee mocks the narrator as a mother in law, stirring tensions as they discuss family loyalties and judgment.
The article describes colonists who craft furniture and crafts, run a dairy with a special cheese, bake cakes for famous British hotels, and share free medical care. They live near Tolstoyan communism, trade in handicrafts, and rely on mutual aid. Despite frugality they adopt telephone and central heating, reject Grecian dress for English weather, and mend roads and buildings as needed.
Mrs Georgia Owen is ill with pneumonia at her brother Justin Sherman’s home. The Book Club met with Mrs Frank Didelius. twenty one attended with two guests. Little Miss Helen Gerber had tonsils and adenoids removed by Dr Copeland of Norwalk and is recovering. A shower for Mr and Mrs William Ward drew forty guests. Esther Shaffer visits from Perry to stay with her parents. Ladies society divisions held meetings. new officers elected in Divisions 1 and 3 with several names listed.
Mrs Earl Ketchum serves as secretary and treasurer with Division No 4 electing officers including Mrs Wyron Shelton as chairman Mrs E R Filkins as vice chairman and Mrs Claude Lyman as secretary and treasurer The Misses Jessie and Carrie Barnes recover from the flu Others from Vermilion Cleveland and Ohio visit the Beam family for the weekend
Harrisville reports an unknown man, believed Polish, found dead by hanging in an abandoned shack near the town. Police and local authorities probe the incident as a possible suicide.
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