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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1924
Page
11
A fragmented reminiscence recalls 1930s life in Elyria, noting familiar names like A B Webber and R. Webber Ho plean judge, a lay greeting from a brother in Can, and prices such as butter at 10 cents per pound. The piece mentions social norms and practices of the era.
A reflective piece contrasts old time labor life with modern excess and rapid change. It notes beer price and free lunch in the past, long workdays, and limited luxuries, then jarringly shifts to today with travel, entertainment, and shifting politics. The tone critiques suffrage, taxation, and prohibition.
Socialist Reichstag member Adele Schreiber spoke to the United States Senate, introduced by Senator Owen of Oklahoma, in Boston discussions also note Miss Mary V. King’s 1925 mayoral candidacy.
Louis E. Griffith a 53 year old Canton Ohio merchant is held on suspicion of murdering Ruth Hunter an 18 year old girl whose body was found on a lonely road after she disappeared from home overnight Griffith was arrested then released and rearrested after Canton citizens offered a $10000 reward for the slayer.
Charles A. Stoneham and his brother Horace face an indictment alleging 8 000 separate offenses by mail fraud and a potential 2 100 000 swindle as they deny intent to defraud. The case centers on the New York National League club and Wall Street ties.
Funeral services for Frank Waldron Sr father of Patrolman Frankie Waldron and Elmer Waldron city fireman will be held at his Wake Man home Thursday at two o clock. The report appears in notes from Chillicothe and Connorville. A legal note: Joseph Vince won 450 damages from Benjamin Oliver et al for windshield damage after bricks were thrown through a car. The appeal is to Jefferson County common pleas court at Steubenville. claimed to be the smallest judgment appealed locally. Also a cultural note on Norwegian belief about dog hair stockings curing rheumatism.
The Alyria Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars will select a name for the new post and arrange a definite program for tomorrow evening. Dr. C. E. Moyer, adjutant, says the meeting will be at the township clerk's office in the city hall building. Major Jank Murbach, commander, says new members will be obligated tomorrow night, followed by a social time.
A. D Whidden and M P Smith prepare to open a hardware auto accessory and electrical goods store in the vacant room beside the Harry H Smith shop on East Broad Street. Whidden ran a tire shop at Peerless Oil Station. Smith worked for Fox Furnace Co.
Marty H. and Frank Tt. Smith of the Harry H. Smith Co. return Saturday from Chicago and Grand Rapids furniture markets with lower few prices and generally firm rates. Buyers were plentiful, markets saw a record turnout, and optimism runs high for a record breaking year.
A group of Oberlin college students abducted a neighbor cow and drove it into a dormitory on the second floor. The manager, a small German speaker, calmly allowed them to leave after warning that they should furnish their own sense of home. Authorities note an odd atmosphere and a quirky corrective.
Two Lorain county men, J William Delgren of Oberlin and Arthur Kurtz of Lorain, recently passed the bar examination in Columbus. Among 333 applicants, 248 received certificates.
The Day's News notes the 66th birthday of Dr W H P Faunce who has led Brown University for 25 years. Son of Rev Daniel W Faunce and descendant of Thomas Faunce, he prepared in Concord New Hampshire and Lynn Massachusetts and graduated from Brown in 1880. He studied at Newton Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1884.
An old advertisement lists Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for coughs colds and croup along with Chamberlain’s Sioms Liver Tablets and panel Salts. The notice urges readers to send for a trial package and mentions a price of four cents.
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