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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1925
Page
1
A massive solar eclipse draws crowds from Elyria to New York, with 97 percent totality seen locally. Scientists and laypeople describe the celestial show while viewing with smoked glasses and listening to radio briefings.
Five men were killed and others injured when a landslide hit a Concrete Washington construction camp. The dead are Charles Barkus Richard Turner L W Ander Robert Small and Andy Norman Turner hailed from Henderson North Carolina.
Thieves broke into the South Bay Shore residence of E. M. Rosenthal a St. Louis wholesale jeweler and stole diamonds valued at more than 8000 dollars including two diamond bracelets a solid gold mesh bag with sapphires and gems. The entry used a pass key in January in Miami Florida.
Owen R Lovejoy general secretary of the National Child Labor Committee speaks at the Open Forum Sunday at the Church of Christ at 3 PM on Child Labor The Vicious Circle The timing aligns with a state legislative vote on ratifying a federal child labor amendment Questions will be welcomed Lovejoy noted for his knowledge and humor
About twenty Rowanite Seventh Day Adventists in Takoma Park prepare for February 6 1925 end of the world as they sell shops and settle affairs after accepting an eclipse as confirmation. They were excommunicated by the Takoma Park church and based beliefs on Mary W Rowan's California message.
Joseph Born, a German chemist, came to England to sell rights for synthetic manufacture of costly drugs including poisons. Struggling for funds, he and his family were evicted for rent nonpayment. Found dead with a note saying he would die by his own invention. A British firm had just offered 2,000 pounds for his invention.
Prof John Martin Vincent of Johns Hopkins University Baltimore will retire at the end of the current academic year after 33 years teaching European history. A Elyria native and Oberlin alumnus, he joined Hopkins in 1887 and influenced many students including Woodrow Wilson and Albert Shaw. He authored The Methods of Historical Research and various European history monographs.
Lorain officials trustees and educators met to discuss moving the public library to the board of education. Laura Merrill of the Ohio State Library explained the plan. Final action expected February 2.
Isla Badel a 28 year old cook in a Gary restaurant died after a sixty three day fast to slim down. He weighed 165 pounds but reduced to 85 pounds when he died. Physicians refused to sign the death certificate and the coroner ruled starvation as the cause.
Lisbon reports eight foreign warships are expected as honorary visitors when the Vasco da Gama centenary celebration opens tomorrow. The ceremony marks a historic anniversary with naval participation and official events.
Owen Lovejoy national secretary of the Child Labor Committee speaks in Elyria Open Forum this week on the Child Labor Amendment. He will address the subject before the Ohio Legislature discussion and a Q&A follows the talk, with a note urging attendance for informed citizens and parents.
Paul Buechler, driver of a Canfield Oil Co. truck, narrowly escaped death when his vehicle was struck by a B. & Co. freight at the Oberlin road crossing. The engine and five cars derailed. gasoline ignited, firemen fought a long blaze as the track was torn up. Buechler suffered shock and facial injuries but his condition was not serious.
In Warsaw today a noisy demonstration celebrated the Polish Senate's unanimous ratification of the Polish American debt funding agreement. Premier Grabski voiced Poland’s gratitude for wartime aid from the United States as Dr. Alfred J. Pearson, the American minister to Poland, was introduced and cheered by legislators.
Moscow reports general Kuropatkin a famed Czarist war hero and commander of the Russian Imperial forces during the Russo Japanese War has died at age 91.
Detective Beatty arrested a 23 year old man in a Lorain pool room who claimed the name Robert McClonon. He is accused of stealing three postal money orders from Scienceville Ohio on December 20, two for 25 dollars and one for 20 dollars, cashed in Monessen Pennsylvania. He was being held for federal authorities.
Lorain County Farm Bureau hosts its eighth annual meeting at First Congregational Church parlors. An auditor reports on bureau books, H. H. Perkins outlines two years of work, and leaders’ reports are heard. A nominating committee is named with afternoon addresses by W. Palmer and C. C. Ed Rowland. An entertainment program is planned.
Minnie Refenning died this afternoon at her son Charles Refenning's home at 559 Third Street after a year of illness. She was 79 and longtime resident of the area. Surviving are three daughters Leona Kingner Amelia Horn and Anna Pluchamer and two sons B. E. Refenning and Charles Refenning. Funeral services are set for Monday at 1 PM at 559 Third Street and Tuesday in Cleveland. burial in Woodland Cemetery.
Funeral services for the late Mrs B J Feron will be held at St Marys church Monday morning at 8 00 oclock high requiem mass will be said The notice notes the schedule for a local funeral in the CHRONIGRAMS column and lists St Marys as the parish.
Policemen rush to Plum street scene in Reading to find a woman dying a bright red dress. A crowd gathers as red dye flows from a drain. officers clear the street after inspecting a quiet house with lights on and the woman at work.
Father Jerome S. Ricard of Santa Clara University warns of earthquakes and weather disturbances across the western United States following today’s solar eclipse. He says shocks will be strongest near 26 degrees north and may be felt on both coasts, based on Santa Clara observations.
A. Horace Wolf reports 39 of 42 landowners on 872 acres near West Dover are willing to sell for about 640000. The site lies 14 miles west of Cleveland and Lorain Elyria back a purchase plan awaiting Cleveland’s city backing from City Manager Hopkins.
Lorain police arrested Peter Srzinski on Amherst road after state prohibition officers found 50 gallons of rye mash at his home. He failed to appear in Municipal Court and a capias was issued for his arrest.
A tub of oil in the furnace pit at the H. M. Andrey & Son garage at 728 Broad caught fire from a spark, sending dense smoke through the building at about 11 p.m. Friday. Firemen from No. 1 station fought the blaze for half an hour in thick smoke, masks on, as chemicals and fumes made firefighting very difficult. damage limited to smoke effects.
Scarlet fever epidemics do not hinder Rev. Shirl B. Bartlett from reaching his congregation in South Amherst. He will cooperate with health authorities and cancel church services tomorrow. A printed sermon and letter of cheer will be sent to all families urging them to observe worship individually.
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