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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
8
Local chatter swirls over a mysterious group dubbed Fhi Sigma Epai drawing curiosity in EB. Citizens speculate on membership and aim to attend a Thursday dance with an orchestra featuring Plano violin drums and a novel banjo.
The long column lists Thelma and Wade Mole visiting grandmother in Grafton. Miss Sheldon and brother visiting cousin Mrs W H Hill in Park Avenue. Mr Sheldon home from three and a half years overseas. Several locals and relatives are mentioned visiting, returning from service, or hosting dinners, with names and addresses across Elyria and nearby towns. Local social events include a cribbage club meeting and multiple family visits to Niagara Falls and California.
An article extols phosphated iron as a cure for weakness and nervousness in women, linking red blooded vitality to beauty and leadership. It quotes doctors praising the remedy and notes a local patient’s health progress alongside a town meeting and a disorderly house fine under a new ordinance.
An old ad promotes Lamay powder as pure for two years and free of rice powder lead or injurious substances. It claims staying power and beauty benefits, with sizes fifty cents and twenty five cents, used by over a million American women.
Advertisements tout Bitro-Phosphate as a natural tonic to boost nerve energy, strength, and weight. Clinically claimed trials at St Cathere’s Hospital report gains of 23 and 87 pounds in two patients, with supporters urging doctors and hospitals to prescribe the preparation for weakness and nervous disorders.
The Western Reserve Bible Conference will hold its first annual meeting at Linwood Park in Vermilion from July 28 to 30. Lorain county speakers include George I Cooper of the Lorain Rescue Mission leading devotional meetings and Rev C C Maple of Elyria delivering lectures from a dispensational chart. Rev J W Weddell of Oberlin will run a daily Quiet Hour. Out-of-town speakers include Ex Rabb Max Wertheimer and Dr D R Raizen of Tiffin with Rev A L Ritts of Sturgis Mich. Thursday is Sunday school day with special programs and a Doctrinal Bible study series for teachers. Public invited.
An old advertisement touts Neutrona Prescription 99 as a cure for rheumatism gout and neuralgia. It claims blood purification and lasting benefit through a clean internal remedy. The ad urges readers to visit Fhert's Drug Store for purchase.
Theodore Loromos of 1026 Broadway drove his car at about thirty miles per hour and crushed an auto owned by Harry Wurschwin and a wagon driven by Mrs. Wagnus to avoid a child. Police noted heavy damage to Loromos vehicle. Also announces Taylor's fancy celery and leading groceries back on sale at the market house.
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