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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1924
Page
6
Government tax on long distance telephone calls will be discontinued after midnight under the 1924 Revenue Act repeal. Elysia Telephone Co President A T Curren says the change will reduce customer toll and message charges as the new act applies thirty days after enactment.
The article discusses a five cent tax on telephone messages with charges between fourteen and fifty cents and a ten cent tax on charges over fifty cents. It notes the tax was borne by users in addition to other federal and state taxes and argues for its removal now that wartime expenses ease and transportation taxes were dropped.
Edwin Wyttenbach who died from injuries when a building collapsed during Saturday’s storm will be buried Thursday at the Methodist church after a service at his mother’s Henrietta home. Born in Henrietta, he worked outside the community but kept his home with his widowed mother and served in World War I. He was a Methodist and active in church groups, with two sisters Lidia Bates Akron and Elfen Kimmel Oberlin, and brothers Theodore Akron and Herbert, who died earlier from army injuries. Rex Pataw will direct church services. the Masonic lodge will conduct burial. Community expresses sympathy to the family.
In South Amherst the Amherst district held a Sunday gathering at the Methodist church with Mrs H G Port man presiding Rev B Bart lett leading devotionals and Fiji Hymns led by Cleveland. Speakers included Mr Powers on religious education and FF J Bauman on adult church work. A district picnic is planned for Linwood park July 16.
After the storm debris removal continues with help from local farmers in Lorain and nearby communities. Rex Lees and son James narrowly escaped injury in the storm while Mr Moore resumes work with Henriet ta high school orchestra and Nelson Reusser joins. Evangelistic services press on at Hill church with broad welcome. In Bellefontaine bluegill fishing praised as improved. Delaware merchants plan a half holiday on Wednesdays starting July 9.
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