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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1927
Page
6
Evening plans show Federation of Y W C A meeting at six, church and lodge gatherings at Congregational church, I O O P hall and Masonic lodge. Bible school cabinet meets, travel party tours New Zealand, and girl reserves plan a father daughter banquet with eighty guests.
The Pythian Sisters postponed their card party from Wednesday January 26 to next week. Dames of Malta plan a Wednesday evening meeting at Clark Street. General Ladies' Aid Society at the Methodist church meets tomorrow at 2 15 PM in the Sunday school room. Women's Benefit Association hosts an officer installation led by Mrs Frances MacNeal this evening in Worst Hall. December and January birthday committee to oversee the entertainment.
The second lecture in a series on current literature was given by Professor Z J Sherman of Oberlin at the Wo mans club. He outlined three poet schools, praised Lysette Woodworth Reese for The Praise of Common Things, noted Sara Teasdale, Louis Untermeyer, and others, and described a trend toward new forms and social responsibility in American poetry. The Brotherhood of American Yeomen met for an entertainment planning session, with prizes awarded to several members. I P Chapman Camp No 6 Sons of Weston Veterans discussed officer installations, and the Not-A-Duce Club hosted a bridge party at Forrest Ordell’s home with plans for the next gathering on February 14. Rev G A Brown left for Cheaster, Pa., for a Summer Bible school conference and will return Saturday.
Mrs Jack Brandt hosted a large Daughters of the American Revolution gathering at her Washington avenue home. The regular meeting included two duets by Mrs Wilfred Gawdler and Mrs C BR Maple, with Mrs Went Tha Crescent Manaptly Club providing a witty Carag setae. A paper on the Life of William Penn was read by Mrs J D Adame, followed by refreshments. Next meeting announced at Mrs L G Pauver’s Washington avenue home. MARRELAGE LICENSES listed for several couples with ages and occupations, including Steve Latella and Anna Hendey, Bertram Rawle and Bernice Mundens tine, Mike Toseberry and Marie Budelk. Various addresses and witnesses noted.
Local notices list Miss Anna Louise Baker of Terrison street headed to Core Gables Florida for the winter, Edwin Gill of Washington Avenue and Miss Dorothy Wilcox of Maddisoroniuo in New York on business, and Mrs Ethel Chase returning from a New York business trip. Others include D A Daniels and Emma M Miller on trips to New York, Myra Leidweiser visiting Cleveland while husband is in Cuba, and various social engagements in Cleveland and nearby towns.
A fragmentary West Ridge School report notes students not absent or tardy, and lists names including Chesley Borague and Lester Drirendahl. A Parra Towher meeting at the school house is described with singing, a star test, and refreshments. Local officials are mentioned with a concert and a brief reference to press coverage.
A school program features talks on Temperance Day and patriotic songs. Items include Why we observe Temperance day, America the Beautiful, The pledge, There are many flags in many lands, and Closing a drink shop. Performances attributed to Aldred Valla g, Lucille Jan, Marian Quauer, Zelda Schramm, Julius Brown, Frederick Pallas, and others.
Santa Clara university voters among 300 male students favored the old fashioned girl in a survey on wife type. Seven percent chose the flapper, 64 percent backed the old fashioned type, 15 percent preferred a medium between the two, and the remaining 14 percent were undecided. Comments ranged from idealism to cynicism about modern dating.
A traveling Georgian stops in a small upstate town near a lonely hotel run by a versatile Black proprietor. Late at night a loud knock wakes him as men outside call for the 3:10 train, while locals debate religion and debts in wary, comic fashion.
Sao Paulo shows notable population rise with the city recording about 1,432 inhabitants per the latest census and a November 1926 demographic figure of $50,725 in assets. An 10 percent annual growth noted, while Rio de Janeiro cites Movember figures and new stone inventors tackle fog in production lines.
An ad from Crandall's Drug Store promotes Thoarxone Cold Tablets as a safe cold remedy. It claims the product stops symptoms without metal poisons or harmful additives and markets patent medicine relief with a honey flavor, noting it costs a quarter and seeks customer trust despite quirky wording.
At Lawrence on January 23, a University of Wisconsin society report shows coeds abandoning bobbed hair in favor of longer styles. Despite Dean Agnes Husbands’s bobbed look, a campus survey across sorority houses indicates more than half favor regrowth to original lengths as many already have grown their hair out.
In Zurich the Suicide Club reports on its annual work with six hundred candidates for self harm, noting two had already attempted suicide twice. The club attributes misery as the main cause of crises and urges reporting of serious cases. Visitors can view amusement park grounds from a flying barrel ride.
Bradford mounted police will carry small electric tail lights after a prior accident at night. Experiments support adoption of lamps on the croper, and climbers of the air will access higher ceilings with a thermos belllepy carrying liquid oxygen. The report notes Miles City Montana as recording the lowest U.S. temperature in January 1888 at 65 degrees below zero.
An advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a 19 year known fat cure. It promises visible results across all circles, claiming fat reduction by correcting a gland weakness and notes a booklet inside each box explaining the mechanism. Available from druggists for $1.
A Serbian sculptor has invented an economical building brick made from paper and seven other ingredients. The brick is described as fire proof and waterproof and remains intact when nailed, offering a durable, low-cost construction option.
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