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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1933
Page
13
Evening edition pricing appears with misread text noting second-class postage and carrier per week rates. It lists in advance prices and annual mail rates within Lorain County Ohio and outside Elyria, indicating subscription details and geographic scope for delivery and pricing.
A collection of light humor and quips in a newspaper style offers short gags about jury excuses over capital punishment, a minister and a bowing parishioner, a stenographer at conventions, and family banter at mealtime. The jokes touch on class, politeness, and social roles with brisk punchlines.
The article lauds John D. Rockefeller who will be 94, highlighting his golf hobby and wish to reach a century. It recalls his Civil War era youth, his role in industrial growth, wealth from oil, support for education and medical science, and interest in regulation shaping industry, while expressing hope he witnesses future developments.
Senator Capper of Kansas says the devil take the hindmost days are over and the nation faces a new business era. He cites 1.5 million back at work with 3 million more by September, farm prices lifting spending, and manufacturers getting orders. He warns big and small business will not return to preboom methods and urges prudent policy.
A metropolitan journal notes the grim claim that a New York man dies by his own action daily while critiquing the advice habit. It argues that those who preach ignoring troubles to endure heat often offer the same empty counsel to a friend in distress.
While observing a new moon with friends we debated old superstitions. One insisted the moon is wet when corners hang down and an Indian cannot bend his powder horn on it. Another claimed wet moon due to circular haze and halo. The discussion moves toward how stellar counts relate to the halo.
A narrator recalls a boy arguing that kicking a rival was his idea after a reprimand. In another village, a crowd watches two men fight and lists the fighters Badin Jim Jones and Bill Hicks. In the Gay Nineties the damager of wheels. A note on heaven and Uncle Tom's Cabin as a top NYC play.
An American traveler arrives by boat train at Waterloo Station London and hires a taxi to his hotel. Stacks of trunks hat boxes dispatch cases and coats fill the taxi as the driver jokes about bringing the Statue of Liberty. The piece on business ambition notes Start Something Pretty Good and Merge It With Something Better.
John Eastman of Scarsdale New York graduated from Amherst College, 100 years after his great grandfather Lucius Eastman, who also attended the institution. Between them his father and grandfather earned Amherst degrees in 1895 and 1857 respectively.
Two housewives clashed over a fence that marks the boundary between adjoining townships. The suit to determine proper jurisdiction required careful legal attention to which township held authority. The case was finally heard in the plaintiff’s township.
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES include Thomas Hooker born in England in 1586 and a founder of Connecticut, Philip S. Physick the Philadelphia surgeon born 1768, Thaddeus M. Harris born 1768 in Charlestown, George Sharswood born 1810 in Philadelphia, T. Mitchell Prudden born 1849 in Middlebury, and William E. Mason born 1850 in Illinois, noting their deaths and careers.
History notes that Waverly, the first of Sir Walter Scott’s famous novels, was published anonymously and the author remained unnamed for thirteen years. The 1865 event records the execution of four Lincoln assassination conspirators, including a woman. In 1898 the United States annexed Hawaii.
Frank B. Noyes is identified as president of the Washington Star in Washington D C and as president of the Associ ated press. The mention highlights his prominent media leadership positions in the capital.
A collection of brief notices honoring deceased and aging figures. Includes ged Press editor Abraham Cuban born in Russia, Dr. M. Lyle Spencer of the University of Washington Beattle, author Frank R. Adama of Michigan, and architect William C. Hays from Philadelphia. ages range from 52 to 73.
The reading notes a degree with a dual nature, predicting potential success and good marriage. It warns of tendencies toward idle habits, but notes that overcoming these via watchfulness and clever opportunity use can sustain success.
In Scranton Pennsylvania Queenie the zoo elephant, once bought by local school children, caused a 2 am incident when a policeman found her chained and chained and she danced and rampaged smashing a door before being subdued.
A fragment notes a formerly favored Muslim practice of washing away a verse of the Koran with water. It also cites Carnegie Foundation resources totaling 31 million dollars as reported in the last update.
In a tight race for the legislature, Jamie L. Whitten edged three seasoned attorneys and was elected as the 17th Judicial District attorney. Whitten, recently chosen for the district post, becomes the youngest prosecutor ever elected in the state.
A particularly fine camel bred on Cyprus Island attracts attention for its size and quality. Trainers report its robust build and calm temperament, highlighting Cyprus as a premier breeding locale for exemplary camels.
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