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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1920
Page
11
A cryptic sports note says Negus moved from seventh to second in a week while Trig Speaker of Clareland posts a .381 average and the overall batting pace sits at .393 for the leader.
Incomplete report indicates Oberlin High may not face Sandusky or nearby league teams next season. No games or arrangements have been finalized between Oberlin and San Quaky or other league schools, though contests could be scheduled later.
At the fifth ballot the convention hall saw slow arrivals and strong bets on Wood and Lowden. New York and Pennsylvania blocs loom large as polls show shifts, with Lowden regaining momentum after New York’s 42 vote shift and Harding making minor gains elsewhere.
On June 12 the college hosts the Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Band, a noted professional unit with a long service record from the Spanish American War to border campaigns. Director W R Palmer has led the group 29 years and earned praise from major papers for their performances on marches, expositions, and conventions.
The twenty fourth annual commencement of the Oberlin Kindergarten Training School will be held at Second Church on Monday June 14. Prof. E A Miller will deliver the address on Public Education in a Democracy. Miss Mildred Harter and Prof Breckenridge will direct the music. After exercises the graduating class and alumni will proceed to Rowland Hall for the alumni dinner. Sixteen graduates are named including Elizabeth Lindsay Ruth Bush and Marjorie.
A fragmentary line lists individuals including Len Butler and Jen Lilian Cahill among a longer set of female and male names. The text reads as a roster style line with multiple surnames such as Cahill Drayton Wasselhack Hayden Hopking John Wood Jones and others.
No bids were received for the Oberlin school board fifty thousand dollar alx per cent bonds. The entire issue was purchased by the Peoples Banking Co at par and accrued interest. The move relieved tensions from paying North Main Street site contracts and reflects tight money conditions rather than the bond's merit as an investment.
The Knights of Pythias semi pro team will face Greenwich City at Greenwich in the season opener. The Lorain roster includes ex Eagle and Maccabee players and marks the lodgemen first game of the year.
A group from Elyria departs Sunday night for a fishing excursion on the Au Sable river in Northern Michigan. The party includes Joe Kerthy and has secured fish from friends, with plans to load an express car. Federal receivers appointed for Mogi & Cov in New York on June 12.
In Lorain on June 2 youths were found playing in an old graveyard once used by early settlers. Investigators allege grave stones bearing inscriptions were repurposed as bases for a ball game, revealing the site’s abandonment since the nineteenth century.
Sheriff Rackus orders electric lights installed around Lorin Court prison to expose any escape attempts. Lights cover east west and south sides directly under the bars to remove dark corners and deter outside help.
Police Inspector Domnick Henry found guilty by a New York supreme court jury of perjury connected to the city’s vice expose. The verdict concludes a high profile case in June with implications for officials and investigations statewide.
Willys-Overland announces a quarterly dividend of 1.75 per share on preferred stock payable to stockholders of record at the close of business June 21. Several local residents and workers are noted in company notices, while a heat-related accident in Lorain leaves James Oldham hospitalized.
In Minneapolis on June 13 Bully Miske of St. Paul knocked out Jacl Moran of St. Louis in the goal round of a 10 round bout. Moran was halted in the later stage as Miske claimed the win in a decisive finish.
A feature on the book Time Telling Through the Ages from Doubleday describes human timekeeping origins from sun and stars to minutes and hours. It notes a public library distribution and quotes Dr. Frank Crone praising the work’s insight into how civilizations marked days and months.
A historical survey traces the evolution of timekeeping from sundials and water clocks to the pendulum and the first mechanical clocks. It highlights early pioneers, the Nuremberg Egg, and the rise of watchmaking in Europe and America, tying invention to human progress and curiosity.
The piece traces Eli Terry, a Connecticut clockmaker, as the pioneer who introduced clockmaking to America by woodworking wheels and selling from horseback. It notes skepticism from neighbors, Seth Thomas joining, and the rise of the U S watch industry culminating in modern factories producing up to 20 000 watches daily and over sixty million timepieces in twenty five years.
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