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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1929
Page
8
Assistant County Prosecutor John Harding paid an overtime parking fine of two dollars after placing a red traffic violation card on Mayor's Clerk John G. Shrock's desk. He explained a interruption by someone in a cafe interrupted him as he tried to move a machine. The mayor's clerk tucked the two dollars in the safe and resumed cafe or court duties.
New York era features Harlem con artist selling novelty squawker toys on subway trains. He uses a price disk that shows 35 cents but reveals 20 cents on the back, drawing laughs as buyers trap him with the discrepancy. The piece also notes a parade of liquor stories about raids on speakeasies and forbidden fireworks.
Two Chicago youths James Conachan and Jerry Moore bought gasoline in Colorado Springs and fled without paying. They left their dilapidated car as security after admitting they had 11 cents. A call brought authorities and the pair was apprehended.
Fresno California. L C Grimstad spotted his stolen car en route with two men inside about thirty minutes after reporting it missing. He pursued the vehicle and attempted a pursuit described as a Paddock down in a bid to recover his property before police could intervene.
Let experts clean your building inside and out for private and business premises. Langberg and Brown offer complete janitorial service at 201 Elyria Block with phone contact 2600.
A vivid column chronicles tablets of urban intrigue from phony Holland gin in earthen jugs wrapped in Amsterdam papers to a Broadway crowd. It notes a movie magnate Sam Katz building a private home in New York with a miniature cooling plant and hints at Jack Johnson and Mae West in colorful local scenes.
Max Schmeling, once hailed as the German Dempsey, formerly worked as a press agent in Hamburg. The fragment suggests a historical note linking Schmeling to journalism or publicity roles before boxing fame. No further context or events are provided.
United Press lists a Sunday lineup of radio features with network times and stations. WIZ NBC Network 1:00 EST presents Roxy Symphony Orchestra, WOR Newark 7:30 EST Lewishorn Stadium Concert, WEAF NBC Network 8:15 EST Alois Harrill bari tone, WABC CBS Network $8.09 EST Theatre of the Air, WZ NBC Network 93-15 EST National Light Opera Co.
Radio listings show Monday's features on WIZ and NBC Network-6 at 30 EST with Roxy's Gang. WOR CBS Network-7:30 EST airs U S Navy Band and a Family Party at 7:30 EST followed by Hunting Headlines at 9:30 and Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida at 10:00 EST.
Old Glory Grange held a regu lar session with thirty eight members present. The lecturer program included a calling contest for men and women with chickens won by Mrs Robbins and hogs won by Carl Younglas. Pearl Opfer will lead the next lecture hour on July 25. Ice cream cake and wafers were served to about sixty by the men.
A tense incident unfolds as Grimstad battles a driver who demands his stolen car. Police Detective Walter Kosmosky arrives with a badge, retrieves the vehicle, and the owner apologizes. Also reports on Fundy Bay big fish and local fishing highlights.
On Longfellow street Lorain County offers sensibly restricted home sections with varied designs. Homes range from 5000 to 11000 dollars and promise desirable neighbors, good transportation, handy schools, and flexible terms to fit buyers' means, with hundreds of designs or custom options.
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