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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1919
Page
5
Editorial page details subscription terms for Chronicle Telegram including carrier weekly and annual rates inside Elyria and outside. It notes second class mailing status, audit by associated press and republication rights reserved.
The discussion critiques the League of Nations covenant provisions on reducing armaments to protect national safety, with emphasis on council oversight, ten year review, and limits, while noting Great Britain’s stance and the risk of disarming without full agreement among major powers. It questions how disarmament would work alongside Britain’s naval needs and world peace aims.
Two women on Broad Street drew attention this morning as a near sighted reader blocked her face with a paper while a friend used a cone as a pointer. An ice cream toppled, disappeared into the near sighted woman’s waist, and prompted a startled scream. Bystanders laughed as they hurried to assess the comical mishap.
The district superintendent lauds the church at the quarterly conference and a Homecoming is planned for August 24 with a flag dedication. Nearby social notes mention visits, Jubilee attendance, and a late July intercity Kiwanian meet with national president H J Edwards to present the charter.
Oberlin residents wonder why a well known baker sells bread cheaper in Elyria than in Oberlin. The July 28 report notes shopper concerns about pricing and regional cost differences.
The Wellington Eagles defeated the Oberlin A C 7 to 3 in a lively county match. Bryant homered for Wellington as Beaver, Thetham, Grimm and Crocker worked the batteries. The crowd stayed large and enthusiastic throughout a hard fought contest. Umpire Chambers.
Eight acres yielded 300 bushels of No 1 wheat at John Perry farm averaging 341.4 bushels per acre. Roy Burge averaged 35 bushels per acre and O J Whitney 22. Local residents Mr and Mrs Alva Edwards and children visited Walter Edwards home. Esther Stone returned to Minnesota after a year with Mrs Frank Sheffield. Esther Burge visited Roy Burge. Mary Hanick joined a Cleveland trip. Mildred Sheffield started a job at Oberlin People’s Bank. Walter Edwards hosted Blanche Barnes of Waterford. Howard Moredith has returned from overseas. Mark Friend of Wellington township is in hospital for foot operation.
Elyria visitor George Loomis stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Calvin Loomis. Berea guests Mr and Mrs Harry Zander and two children visited Mrs Heath. James Zander enjoyed a week long visit. Sunday school class hosts at Wilma Johnston home. G C Bernard and wife spent Sunday in Berea. Widening Circle Met at Mr and Mrs R Underhill home with Anglers and friends. catered lunch, music and games. C L Gott and daughter visited relatives. other locals motored to Bellevue. Mrs Frank Wilkins and daughters from Cleveland spent time with her parents. L S Ault and John Yeackel of Cleveland in town. L M Adams of Elyria with brothers. Mrs C W Gott visiting Oberlin friends. Arthur Wilcox and party toured Cleveland. Dean Faena family and children also listed.
A collage of social updates from Lorain and nearby towns. Mentions include Rev G N Knapp and family visiting Berlin Heights, Mr and Mrs Hopkins from Pennsylvania visiting the Ingels, Dr A A Wilco in Cleveland, Ruth Levis and Ruth Nichols visiting relatives, and a Maccabees shower for Mrs Horace Ryan. Also notes Ella Heath to Oberlin business college and Genevieve Harrison to Berea Normal, plus Anglers class gathering at G A Rawson’s home with a large turnout and a luncheon. Further items report Mrs C H Curtis’s Tampa operation recovery, Andrew Rawson visiting E E Bounds, and a home bathroom remodel by C Adams. A reunion in Lorain features Mrs Charles Black, Mrs F F Mott, and Joan Hadden meeting Elsie Bates at 101 California Avenue, first time seeing Hadden in forty-three years.
Mrs Harley Eldred visited relatives in Cleveland on Thursday. Lee O'Lloyd and family of Elyria spent Friday with his brother Martin Lloyd. Mellon Zeman and wife Rtturned to Indianapolis by auto. Mrs P L Morgan and Ellen went to Cleveland to visit relatives. C P Smith resigns school board member duties but remains clerk. A B Shaw of Cleveland visited his mother. Mrs Evans entertained sisters from New London. Mr and Mrs Charles Qwen and daughter from Detroit visiting relatives. Lula Chambers took Browthes high school teaching post. Mrs Charles Gardner of Pittsburgh visiting Alfred Mills family. Gardner to visit later. Friend slip circle plans to meet at Edgewater park on 26th. Mrs Chambers improving at Lakeside hospital and to come home soon. Old Ridgeville resident B J French dies at North Olmsted home. burial there. widow in poor health after last spring accident.
Brighton observers include Mr and Mrs Richard Sinclair of Le igig visiting Afr and Miss E Fox in Brighton. Elyria guests Frieda and Dik with a friend, Miss Helen Jeffrey with the Twaddles in Clarksfield. Rev H W Hales on two week Pennsylvanian visit. London Canada’s John Kirkland on furlough. Mary Turbey in Oberlin with Mel Turen Lack. Many local families hosting out of town visitors and excursions to Niagara Falls.
The Brighton elevator work advances with plans for up-to-date gear once completed. Mrs. Walter Warren of Wellington and granddaughter Ruth Warren of Detroit visited Ms. Wil Matcham. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Gi of Cleveland spent a Sunday at A. M. Gill's home. Nellie Tuttis and Dorothy Hardy visited Lorain, while Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gill and Hardy GHL and family visited Norwalk.
A flurry of visits spans Elyria Cleveland Lorain and LaGrange as residents host relatives and friends. A Homemaker meeting at Grace Damiels home plans July 31 with salads and receipts exchanges. Grafton Grange ready for August 7 open meeting to discuss the new state seed law and a Lauber Day homecoming is announced.
A midnight alarm at a Peoria area farm mobilizes about one hundred armed men who race to the scene to catch burglars removing furniture. The raid ends without arrests as burglars withdraw after the alarm is learned.
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