This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1921
Page
3
Ohio today discusses a reoriented National Guard plan moving from a purely military role to state service duties. The adjutant general office shifts away from custodial tasks toward building and coordinating a volunteer citizen force. The reform aligns with a national guard concept: a state military branch separate from regular army duties.
The plan raises the Ohio National Guard strength to 19 200 from 6 500 and shifts many responsibilities to the adjutant general and governor as chief officers. It outlines reorganizing duties since 45 years ago and establishing a general staff of the state army for the first time as part of a broader militia reform. Sunday visits note residents in Amherst Elyria and LaGrange as relatives travel to call on friends.
Mr and Mrs Auger attended a portrait of Frank Clark on Monday July 1st for his birthday. Rhodes and daughter Mav erlin visited on Wednesday. Mrs Clarton Sheffield of Pittsfield joined Sunday at the Lewis Avery residence. Members and neighbors, including Mrs A E Hale and Miss Cassie, traveled to Lakeside where Cassie works. Mr and Mrs Charles Rhodes stopped by, and Nathan Peabody, recently ill, was seen at M D Ardner’s home.
Aged leader Hardy Adkisson, once paroled for good behavior after a ten day hills battle with federal draft evaders, is back in the Arkansas State prison to serve a two and a half year manslaughter term. His son Bliss Adkisson, also jailed, and the elder’s release sparked protests from veterans and citizens.
Ridgeville updates include E M Knowles in Cleveland on business and visits by Mr and Mrs M K Bills of Elyria to his mother. Mrs Poffenbaugh and Marian visit the Schabers. Friends hear about an Eastbound motor trip by the Morgans and Whitcombs. Mrs Sand and Mrs E S M Knowles host guests. Father Fecht ill with pneumonia in St Johns Hospital Cleveland. latest reports are hopeful. Donna Dyer joins Elyria Telephone Co and will live with sister Mrs Mo W Evans.
Shelby traction line, out of service since March, will be sold at public auction on August 15 in Norwalk. Other local items include Norwalk union Kiwanis Club meeting, city clipping opening July 27, Citizens National Bank moving into a new five story building the first week of August, and a fatal auto accident near Lake Shore Electric car crossing. Chautauqua opens next Sunday and city firemen and policemen receive pay after three months. James Caldwell arrested twice in two days on intoxication charges.
A chaotic jumble of notices reports a wife of a pharmacist from West Salem suspected of poisoning water in city concerns. a 83 year old bacteriologist proclaims the city reservoir free from contamination after an outbreak and ongoing analysis. Crime items include a Barberton man charged with desertion and a Knox military camp attendance note. A legend of silver mines near Kinzua is recounted, with tales of Indians and hidden treasure buried by a landslide.
The article notes a claimed silver mine near Kimzua in Warren County and describes surveyors or prospectors in a nearby forest seeking traces of silver. It mentions a tower and hills, with claims of high grade ore deemed payable in early days.
The Ohio Experiment Station grows 5000 seedling potatoes this season to secure new potato varieties for Ohio conditions. Individual plants were obtained from planting seedballs found by farmers while digging potatoes. Tests begin to develop disease resistant strains of cabbage and tomatoes by plant selection.
A newly formed wireless society in England plans dances and music events to be provided via wireless methods. The initiative aims to bring entertainment to members and expand social activities through radio technology.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.