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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1920
Page
6
Oberlin June 19 Professor George D Hubbard of the geology department left Wednesday afternoon for a six week summer expedition. After returning home he sails August 25 from San Francisco for China to visit colleges and schools. He will travel through India and European countries on the way home planning a lengthy tour.
In Lorain on June 19 a boy stranded by a swift current near the river bank managed to swim and climb onto a rock. His father, a city firefighter, and others rushed to the edge. Joseph Hudson, a fireman, was lowered to the boy on a rope and hauled to safety unharmed.
Oberlin College dispatches nine delegates led by Ralph Maxted and Ray Farman to the Lake Geneva conference from June 12 to June 24. The group includes Pavone Moyer Herberts Parkhill Harlan Metcalf Carlson and James, with Ralph B. Maxted secretary. speakers of note will address students from the Midwest and other regions at the Springfield Mass and Chattanooga Tenn meetings.
Sol Lesser produced Sky-E with Aubrey Mt Kennedy directing. A squadron of Curtis planes scouted locations above the clouds using aero cameras to select the best spots. Ambulances and a corps of gofers insured cast and crew for safety on site.
Virginia Blake, daughter of Mr and Mrs R Blake, fell backward from a second story window at their Maurt Tennessee home. Her mother rushed to aid as onlookers assisted. The girl escaped injury despite the dangerous fall.
Vermilion star Frank Tischer, long a top outfielder for Vermilion Amherst Lottain and Elyria teams, joins the Talling Orange Blossoms of Cleveland. The speedy outfielder is noted as above average at bat and fast on the bases.
Revirand received the $508 prize for the best editorial written for Columbia University journalism, dated December 30, 1919. The piece discusses the law and the jungle and the courthouse lynching of a Black individual in Omaha.
A collage of humorous exchanges and party chatter includes a kitchen bread jelly gag and a caricatured city fellow who never spends more than a quarter on amusements. A keeper’s view on a remarkable animal in gardens pivots to a joke about meal habits and habits of married life. June 19 Tokio cable reports of a battle near Changas.
Dispatches report Canton troops fired on the Japanese warship Furhmi which returned fire. casualty details and exact scores remain unclear in the fragments.
After July 1 postal clerks and carriers in the Elyria office will receive a starting salary of 1400 dollars with gradual annual increases to 1800 dollars. The change follows a recent congressional act to raise postal employee pay. Those in service for required years will qualify for the new scale, replacing earlier entrance salaries of 800 dollars.
A list of Ohio company incorporations and capital increases across Cleveland Cincinnati Youngstown and Toledo. Entries include The Berberich Woolen Co Champion Bag and Suit Co Horton Coal Co Boyer Kruse Mortuary Edward Shannon Robertson Paint and Varnish Industrial Discount Co with stated capital ranges from $1,000 to $2,000,000 and above.
City business in Norwalk lists 1919 operating costs with figures 170 and 81 and 12. Mayor C D Miles orders safe and sane Fourth of July actions. Marriages listed include Leon B Stark and Jene M Egre both of Norwalk. Names Herbert C Beecher Alma J Troseth Robert Wirman Elizabeth Carter appear in the record from Norwalk and Chatham.
At the AFL's fortieth annual convention in Denver the union weighed the League of Nations and self-determination for Ireland amid officer elections led by Samuel Gompers for the 39th time. Irish sympathizers push against endorsing the league without reservations while a compromise report aims to satisfy both sides. Education committee proposals urge Panama Canal Zone representation and DC residents a voice in government. Next convention site contenders include Birmingham Dallas Los Angeles and Denver.
Admission notes list multiple individuals with partial addresses including Lena Esch West River street H J Raay 6th street Dorothy Dudley Sullivan street Mrs J Schodedtrich R D 2 Mrs 3 Dugan West River Mrs M Laert West avenue Chester Hart Oberlin Gust Hosar Besbecourt born to Mr and Mrs A L Bower High street a daughter to Mr J and Mr J Be Squire Columbia Station a som
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