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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1930
Page
3
Grafton residents mingle with visitors and family updates as mail inspector Geo. Paternal was in town, and Norma Chamberlain shows improvement though mail duties may pause until warmer weather. Local deaths include Edith Sweaney at age 3, with community sympathy expressed. Activities note Miss Goldie Tran’s 12th birthday, Ladies Aid officers elected, and neighbors visiting in from Elyria and Cleveland.
Brighton notes Mrs Jane Morris a long time Wellington resident died January 9 at her cousin C E Fox home while wintering there she was 83. Funeral held with interment at Clarksfield. Other items include Burge and Draper near Norwalk on business Newhall in poor health Utopian society met Bachus home and Peck’s severe operation after a horse kick. Ice harvest reported as good quality for ice houses.
In a year of deaths North Eaton mourns several leading citizens T Healey J Humphrey F Jackson Daniel Crowell Sheldon Streator Samuel Baker Otis Osborn all heads of families. Oscar Hance is ill Ruby Tucker plans to return to Michigan Harry Troxel visited Cleveland. Mrs T King lost a colt when it died after a burst blood vessel. Myron Ross reports a failed gas well hitting gravel after 125 feet. a new location will be tried.
The Ladies Aid society held an oyster supper Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burke. Eighty attended and the proceeds totaled 17 dollars. Also noted are local illness updates: Alfred Martin suffers rheumatism under Dr. J. W. Ransell care. Earl Moore ill with appendicitis under Dr. Charles Cushing. Mrs. Wright senior is quite sick. Ruth Bassett visited Cleveland friends last week. John Tompkins and wife returned home after visiting Mrs. Capt. Lyons and Mrs. Tomson in Eaton.
Miss Pearl Meneils returns home from Kansas after visiting aunts Mrs Camel and Mrs Crow. The M E Aid Society meets Jan 21 at Mrs Bendell with church ladies serving supper. Hastings Post and Relief Corps installs officers Jan 10 with refreshments. Invites extended for an O D McKeever lecture Jan 16.
In a crowded storefront, Charles Wagner launches a new shop after facing past issues. Patrons report uneven service and mixed opinions, while managers promise careful attention to each customer and improved handling of orders as the business settles in.
Jan. 14 Bakers Crossing notices report Mr and Mrs Deshames of Cleveland welcoming a daughter Serena Edelsy J Burges moving to Cleveland Sherman Richards and Bride moving into Milo Kelseys house on East Avenue Ray Baker and Bride leaving for Texas H Berry departing for Pennsylvania for winter J Wheeler in Ashland buying furs Jessie Sage ill with ear and throat trouble M R Sage in LaGrange and Spencer buying cattle J Martin of Rochester visiting town Saturday
Sudden death of George Merritt a Berea recluse on Strongsville road is reported neighbors found him in a chair Tuesday morning fire out and a hungry dog present Coroner Burke notified and body to be taken to Cleveland Merritt about seventy with no known relatives death likely heart failure
Detroit municipal commission to start coal deliveries Friday morning at Lindemann coal yards. 2200 tons soft coal on hand plus 400 more at the yard and about 20 cars waiting between Detroit and Toledo. Price per ton set at 6.
A large crowd skating near the Washington monument plunged into the basin after ice gave way. Three people died, including Arthur Wasserbach and Henry C. Hamill, with Miss Jesse C. Thomas dying later at Emergency Hospital. Several others were treated and recovered. Police say all in the incident are accounted for.
Earthworms are not mere bait but vital soil engineers. They digest organic material, create humus, lift and aerate the ground, and its casts accumulate as ten tons per acre per year, forming fertile, friable soil. Their burrows ventilate subsoil, support plant growth, and even aid archaeology by moving artifacts to the surface.
Lady Aberdeen defined a true home at Toronto's National Council of Women meeting as more than a shelter. She described indefinable harmony shown in books, room arrangement, guest preparation, children's tones, and the couple's expression, insisting homes must offer rest, peace, and beauty.
The ways and means committee report on a one year rebate of duties on foreign coal sailed through the house by a near unanimous vote of 58 to 0. Republican opposition came from coal state members citing Chinese mined coal in Canada as a risk to their industry. Senate action mirrored the house, approving the rebate bill unanimously after transmission, and also passing a militia measure with an amendment removing a reserve force provision. Senator Tifft delivered a long denunciation of trusts and monopolies while sharply criticising the attorney general.
An ancient science note discusses the ether as the lightest presumed substance, its role in transmitting light, and concludes hydrogen as the lightest actually weighted substance with a density less than one fourteenth that of air.
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