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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
10
Orr ville Huffman a 26 year old bread salesman and father of two was arrested in Columbus on charges of attacking a young girl. The child identified him and police reported nine prior complaints against Huffman dating back to previous times.
Ellsworth R. Ward, 28, walked into the sheriff’s office in Akron Ohio and confessed to shooting Ben Johnson during an argument at a gambling resort Sunday morning. Ward fled in his car and hid in woods until surrendering as cold weather forced him to. He wrecked his auto by driving into a ditch after the escape. Johnson had tried to confront Ward over remarks about his wife. Ward barricaded himself in a room and fired through a door crack when Johnson attempted entry.
A classic marketing note praises Castoria as a trusted remedy for children guiding sleepless nights. It claims five million homes rely on it, warning stronger medicines can be dangerous for infants and urging mothers to remember the product name for emergencies and everyday ailments.
Police said Ward would be charged with first degree murder after remarks about the Johnsons estrangement and Mrs John son’s prior marriage, according to recounts of the case.
Charles Browne, longtime leading man for Roberson Smith Players, now headlines with John A. Himmelein players at Sandusky theatre. Opening Sunday, he plays Hard Balled Witzel in White Cargo, drawing praise from friends eager for Elyria return.
Hollywood story angle writ large in a Captiol bill. Fox films executive recollects a New York blackmail case leading to the screen production Romance of the Underworld starring Mary Astor and Ben Bard with Irving Cummings directing.
Heralded UFA mystery play comes to Rialto and introduces American audiences to a new entertainment that has swept the Continent. It depicts prize fights staged between dances in Berlin and other German cafes, a novelty that spread rapidly from a Berlin cabaret idea to a wide vogue, though America has not yet adopted it.
In North Olmsted Mrs G E Stearns leaves town to care for ill relatives while 25 attend a Congregational church men s club supper where Attorney Edward Blythin of Cleveland spoke. The Busy Circle plans a covered dish lunch, the Tuesday Study Club elects officers, Boy Scouts hike to Cedar Point Hill, and families relocate nearby towns. Several residents visit Berea and Cleveland for hospital and social events.
In Wakeman on January 24 Doris Perkins remains about the same. Mrs. Charles Whitney hosted guests at Elyria visits. Wanda Bell Felton returns to school. Mervyn Kenyon sidelined by a severe cold. Loren Buckley and Harold Whitney toured Baltimore and major cities. Miss Juanita Bursley visits the Whitneys. Emma Kenyon and Charles Finlay motored to Elyria. The Kenyon and Ward families motor to Cleveland for their meeting. Jean Margaret Stoll visits relatives in Norwalk. Ruth Sirsker resumes at the cellphone exchange after illness. Robbie Stryker improving. A moving picture Judgment shown at the town hall by the high school athletic association to fund new basketball uniforms. Junior Class begins rehearsals for Dollars and Chickens to be staged in March directed by Miss Thelma Toby. Wakeman high school basketball hosts Townsend on Friday January 25.
Officials from Lake Shore Electric Lines and Greyhound Lines press on with the Bellevue crash investigation that killed nineteen and injured fourteen at a grade crossing east of Bellevue, amid coroner hearings and a land dispute delaying crossing elimination. Relatives rush to claim bodies as fourteen remain hospitalized. among the dead is Teddy Obrowski who died after confessing to bank robberies and leaving $46,000 hidden along a river. Police seek to notify Obrowski’s wife in Brooklyn after messages signed Frances arrived from Brooklyn.
Daniel Morgan aged 65 died after his bed mattress ignited, likely from a cigarette or pipe. He was rescued from his Columbus home but succumbed moments later. He had been found alive at the scene before his death.
Mrs. Katherine Stang age 82 died Tuesday at 2 46 PM at her daughter Mrs Charles Goldberg home in Elyria where she was visiting She had lived in Elyria for fifty years and leaves six children ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral will be from her late home in South Ridge Friday afternoon The obituary notes additional social visits and local gatherings including family and friends events across South Ridge Amherst and Oberlin Road with several neighbors and relatives mentioned.
Mr and Mrs Elsie Roe and son Alvin of Strongsville visited Sadie Beal and family on Sunday, with the Spiegelbere family noted in Middle Ridge. The social visit highlights community ties and local families gathering for a weekend meet.
Columbus Ohio January 24 Will T Blake state director of industrial relations announced the appointment of George F Miles of Columbus as chief of the division of labor statistics and employment offices Miles joined the department fifteen years ago setting the stage for renewed focus on workforce data and employment services
Three Marion High School girls Mary Todd Helen Bradshaw and Juanita Clark disappeared from their homes yesterday prompting a local search. Authorities and neighbors joined in the effort as investigations continued into their whereabouts.
A report notes that several youths, ages 16 and 17, are missing and believed to have run away. Authorities say no further details are available at this time.
Miss Helen H. Jones 19 of Columbus Ohio a Wellesley College freshman died after a bicycle she rode was struck by a motor truck in Wellesley Massachusetts. The driver Joseph Marinofsky of Framingham was held on a technical charge of manslaughter pending investigation.
A concise endorsement notes cascara as the ideal laxative and Cascaret as its perfect form. It highlights regularity, peeks into common usage, and claims widespread appeal with children and adults preferring these tablets. The ad asserts every drug store carries them.
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