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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
8
Pickqid in Pollyantid opens at American Sunday showing a cheerful philosophy of gladness. The feature, starring Miss Pickford, portrays how even bad times can improve with a hopeful story that entertains while offering a few home truths about wage conditions and fair prices.
The Fox Film production Cleopatra starring Theda Bara is billed as surpassing any screen spectacle with massive Egyptian sets and thousands of workers. Three thousand horses figure in battle and desert scenes, while ten seamstresses craft Bara’s fifty distinct costumes for the epic.
Miss Talmadge plays Inga Sanderson in The Woman Gives at the Colonial theatre beginning Sunday. In a dramatic scene she appeals to a wife to join in saving her husband from dissipation but the wife refuses, intent on spending the hereafter with friends.
Melvin Kelsey of Wis Street was killed yesterday afternoon when a moving eastbound vehicle struck him near No. 46 on Way at the Big For. The death occurred in view of bystanders as motor traffic halted at a crosswalk. He had attended Decoration Day exercises earlier and was brother of Mrs Lashells, living with her on Prospect Street.
Dover Delaware June 2 The Delaware legislature closes its special session with the ratification bid stalled in the house committee of the whole as anti suffrage forces claim gains while suffrage advocates fear a second defeat. Both houses asked to adjourn with the measure dieing.
Miss Elwin Esther Prucha became the bride of Wilford Rhodes Gaines at the Prucha home Tuesday evening at six. Rev. N. Van der Pyle performed the ceremony in the presence of family members with a notable turnout from the community.
The wedding described a dainty supper following the ceremony. The bride wore white silk poplin and carried roses and sweet peas. Mr Gaines works for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Louisville. Mrs Gaines was a dietician at Deaconess Hospital there. They will reside in Louisville and have the best wishes of many friends.
About fifty boys and girls from Lorain County Sunday Schools attended the annual conference at the First Congregational church in Elyria. Dorothy Bell of Elyria and Robert Stubbs of Lorain were elected presidents. Irene Warker and Maurice Laddrick as vice presidents. Ruth Jones and Leroy Reisinger as secretary and treasurer. A banquet at St Paul church followed, with Miss Marie Mueller speaking on the year ahead and B L Fetridge of Dayton discussing Ringing True.
A fragment mentions dull blades and razors being re-edged under the Velvet Holger concept. Chas F. Guth is named as the contact point for the idea or service.
Elyria lodge No. 102 I C F held an initiatory degree and elected officers for July. Paul Krugman WN G A Telzerow VG G A Friday degree Master A J Robinson captain initiatory Bruce Amidon captain first degree Rd Fox captain second degree F W Barnes captain third degree Geo Martin announced a full rehearsal for Sunday June 6 at 9 30 AM. The lodge will confer the first degree on Black River lodge at Lorain June 8 and open at 7 PM to accommodate riders. Memorial service set for Sunday June 20 with committee to meet June 5.
Two trucks and two tanks traveled from Cleveland to Michigan and stopped on North Main Street Oberlin Tuesday afternoon to camp for the night. They head to the U S Proving Grounds in Lansing for heavy artillery experiments. The camouflaged vehicles drew widespread guesses from curious residents.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood toning alterative and nervine. It claims to improve digestion, boost red blood cells, and relieve catarrh by cleansing the blood, offering tablets or liquid with a mail order for a free medical booklet.
The Elyria Columbia Club of the Walther League and the Young Ladies' Society honored Dr. Walther Day with a program including songs duets and vocal solos. Rev. Meld of Lima spoke on the League’s statewide activities followed by a report on local club efforts. Master of ceremonies W H Struck led the lively program.
Miss Jennette Dempey of Cleveland Ohio describes neck enlargement since age fifteen and chronic headaches. She credits Sorbol Quadruple with reducing swelling after three weeks without side effects and urges others to seek information from Crandal Drug Store or Sorbel Company Meed Ranteabure Ohio.
Norwalk report states Adna Ghette, a Norwalk man, was arrested here for creating a disturbance and is held in a padded cell in Lorain County. Details are sparse as the case develops.
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