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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1926
Page
2
Boston dispatch reports Rosita Forbes, explorer, says Arabian sheiks prefer fat women and white women are safest in a desert tent. She recalls meeting rulers who disliked thin attire and white beauty, calling the real sheik dirty, greasy, and not romantic despite cinema fantasies.
La Grange community news lists visits, hospital births, funerals, club meetings, and church events. Social rounds include Rawson twins birth, Wis taria club activities, Grange matters, aid society gatherings, and local interviews. The Grange reports eight hundred seventy dollars raised for tornado victims and members prepare for a Friday dance and other upcoming events.
A flurry of small events fills the week with accidents and visits. Glee at the old time dance draws families from Elyria and Cleveland while a child suffers a fall and a chicken theft bones remove poultry losses. Local marriages, hospital stays, illness recoveries, and farm events dot the small town calendar with many names.
GRAFTON Jan 20 Mr and Mrs T Monorsmith of Oberlin called on Mrs Ellen Rice Tuesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs A H SheMeld of Lorain visited at the home of Mr and Mrs C H Johnson Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs W H Klinect and Mr and Mrs Earl Durkee spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Ralph McCillan in Akron. Mrs Ida Pleifler of Oberlin visits her sister Mrs Earl Cragin. Mrs Ellen Rice was the guest.
Mr and Mrs L D Lebmay hosted weekend guests Miss Evelyn Young and Durst of Cleveland and Mr Ralph Reed of Ridgeville with Mr and Myra C White spending Sunday evening in Elyria.
West Ridge gathers a large audience for a Parent Teachers meeting featuring student programs by 4th and 6th grades and recitations. Judge Webber praises school improvements and youth temperance efforts. Vera Rabt Simms and Alice Kolbe wed. post-ceremony dinner for the bridal party. Ladies' Aid hosts a 15-member afternoon.
A quilting group started a new project and planned future work then served refreshments. Proceeds totaled $1.50. Local club members including Mrs. Henry Pallas discussed the February meeting. Mrs. Charles Toth went to Fremont hospital Friday for surgery. Attendees at Elyria theater included several local couples and Farm Bureau members in Jim Elyria on Saturday.
A fragment notes a Friday school event described as a coast ing party and a health nurse from Obernaville visiting the school on Monday, with unclear details and stray spellings.
In New London the Odd Fellows Lodge No. 615 installed officers on January 13 with District Deputy Grand Master Glenn Z. Darby in charge. January 16 saw Yules Franko named Noble Grand and Gladys Carpenter Vico Grand at Hobyon Rebekah Lodge No. 251 by District Deputy Grand President Mrs. John C. Cassel. January 18 featured Patriarch Jessa Luxon installing Chidsey Encampment No. 275 with Jenny Parnell as Chief Patriarch.
Mrs and Mr Crider announce the birth of a daughter born Friday at Buséey 208 who will be named Lois Ray. Grandmother and neighbors hosted a pot luck supper in Clait Grifton Street to honor Mrs A Ie, formerly Miss Jennie pot luck details noted.
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