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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1933
Page
6
The records show 78 marriage licenses issued in June, more than double May, with past years detailing 95 in 1931 and 144 in 1929. The old and young marry, divorces fall this June as money scarcity slows separations, while matrimonial recovery is noted amid economic stress.
An advertisement touts a weight loss scheme claiming celebrities shed 16 pounds in 18 days with a pill and cream regime. It portrays a Hollywood plan removing fat and oils, urging early morning consumption to quicken results, and promises no-cost trials.
Karl Fritz, 41, arrives in Washington seeking a wife he describes as honest, high moral character, conservative, and home minded. Educated in a Leipzig monastery, he has worked as a male nurse, is unemployed, and plans a Washington honeymoon after marriage, noting government offices are full of women.
Seattle records show Mrs Della Joy sought divorce after husband Ned Best Dress threatened her with a knife and gun then burned her best dress to stop her from going out. Judge Frater granted Mrs Joy equity in the home and furniture.
A narrator laments Manhattan’s hurry and extols Brooklyn's charm from Flatbush Avenue to Prospect Park. He notes trolley dodgers, mellow restaurants, and a tranquil streetscape with open book stalls, dim brownstone rows, and porch views over Columbia Heights.
Burglars stole a motion picture sound machine from the Portola theatre in Seattle. The note left by the thieves claimed the articles would be used in beneficial research work and was signed The Scientists. Police believed the prowlers were skilled technicians as they dismantled the equipment.
Provo Utah plan grants plumbers a $35 rebate if they pay the $50 annual license by July 1 under a city council ruling. The program aims to encourage timely renewal and support plumbing professionals in the city.
A Brooklyn street scene near Fulton displays seven signs including Mid-Wife and Rooms with use of bath. The article notes lone, neglected women on the crumbling edge of life, while a breezy agency girl delays work with vanity and calls to George. It shifts to Hollywood trivia, then to neurotic fears of revolving doors and agoraphobia, concluding with a Philadelphia report on an American Indian empire planned by Ekuakint Gavin seeking a Pan American Indian union under federal supervision.
A house at 427 North Street nearly burned as the Lake Shore flyer ran over and wrecked a length of fire hose while firemen battled the blaze. Only three arrests for intoxication were recorded in Elyria over the Fourth, versus twenty last year.
Oberlin reports the arrival of Rev. Starrett as the new pastor of the First Baptist Church. He will commence duties on August 1. In Lorain a stray cigarette is blamed for a fire that destroyed the Century Park municipal dance hall on East Erie Avenue at 5 am. The hall had hosted a dance the night before and the loss is estimated at about $12,000.
The village of Avon Lake today asked the Lorain County common pleas court for the right to pursue a municipal action. Officials seek permission to exercise authority in a matter affecting local governance and public interests.
The Oberlin village council adopted a $34,000 budget for 1929, about $3,000 less than 1928. The plan includes extending Walker Road across rights of way of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company Nickel Plate Railroad Company and the Power Construction Company to relieve Lake Road congestion with a new through highway.
Five University of Washington co-eds expressed regret after posing in bathing suits for a school pageant. The Steydards committee forgave them. Four outfits echoed 1890 styles while one wore a modern brief suit. The event was staged by members of the campus daily paper.
The Bitchin Katies held a Friday picnic supper on the Eppley farm with a short business meeting and games. An invitation list includes Marion Crobe Beatrice Burrer Maude Fridenstein Margarete Freeland Roberta Freeland and others. Visitors and local outings follow, with a final note on British Honduras logwood as currency in 1785.
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