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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1924
Page
3
A London Times writer criticizes the 1924 Paris Olympics for spectatorship and nationalism. He notes among the incidents the fencing quarrel between Hungary and Italy and a clash at boxing, arguing the games must foster international goodwill rather than national rivalry.
New York dispatch reports stunt flyers frightening bathers at popular beaches. A plane dropped to dangerously low altitude causing panic among thousands and risking drownings. Critics compare the act to reckless early automobile daring and call it cruel exploitation for amusement.
Statistics from the American Child Health Association show Elyria among Ohio cities with populations over 10 000 having the lowest infant death rate in 1923. Elyria reports forty five deaths per thousand live births sharing the record with Coshocton while Ohio overall stands at seventy five per thousand. Cleveland shares the lowest rate among the ten largest birth registration area cities with New York.
A Los Angeles court sentences a teenage offender to read every city newspaper daily for six months and rewrite traffic crash reports in his own handwriting. If he dwells on accidents his imagination should be corrected, curbing his speeding behavior.
A remark on news values notes the New York Times covered a coffin monopoly while fewer readers show interest in Ji Ve related coffins and the dead. The statement questions whose interests drive coverage and suggests limited public engagement with such obituaries.
In Timely Views on World Topics the piece notes European tensions as France finances armament production through loans, raising alarms of a powder magazine effect. Morel, a British MP and foreign affairs expert, urges an international conference amid claims of French influence driving arms output in Czech Slovakia and Austria. The article weaves in broader European mobilization fears and calls for truth before war.
A compact roll call of notable dates and birthdays: from 1921 to 1922 milestones and events in Europe and America. Highlights include Gen Sheridan’s order, the first pro baseball game in England in 1895, and Henry Ford’s 61st birthday with other notable births and anniversaries.
On this day marks the sixty year remembrance of the Confederate raid on Chambersburg Pennsylvania and notes Henry Ford turning 61. Julius Kruttschnitt reaches 70 as a top railroad executive. The Kansas primaries enter a crucial clearing week amid a busy schedule of conferences and conventions including Velchrad Moraia and Pan Pacific events in Honolulu. International law topics on fishery treaties quarantine and food distribution are listed as subterms for discussion. Portland Oregon hosts the National American Wholesale Lumber Association conference while Des Moines Iowa hosts the Queenly Ofcom gathering.
Wrinkled humor and rambled vignettes recount a night of music, a dancer Miss Squires, and a sprinter claim. Interwoven tales feature a shoemaker, a boyish wrestler, and an embarrassed doctor as misadventures unfold with playful gossip and regional whimsy.
Grove Patterson discusses personal conduct and leadership mottos. He cites E H Herr on courteous treatment of staff, notes John Siddall’s policy of victory, and argues real progress comes from honest work rather than endless conferences. He warns against conning people with calls for more for less.
Ezra Meeker the famed pioneer now 76 again seeks a representative seat in the Oregon Legislature. His horse, wagon and team of steers mark the historic Oregon Trail journey he undertook in 1842 and later retraced to honor the plains crossing.
Ezra Meeker, born 1839 in Ohio, met President Roosevelt in Washington, toured major cities including Newark Philadelphia and Cincinnati, then traced Oregon Trail routes from St Louis to Kansas City Topeka and St Joseph. He shipped cattle and wagon to St Louis, returned to Oregon by train, arriving in Portland in June 1908.
Thirty years ago a portion of the Harshaw Fuller and Goodwin plant burned. Firemen received a $50 check from the company for appreciation. Elyrians faced layoffs from the steel plant shutdown affecting Shape mill rolling mill and blast furnace. Fire Chief Hafner urged $150 for the Oberlin convention and later blocked aid for two injured on duty. The City Council approved the Ondale allotment with a crossing kept at Ollyea street. Nicholas White railroad brakeman was killed near the coal chutes.
R. V. Miller will address attendees at the Baptist Church each evening at 7 30 p m. Local residents are invited to join the talks and hear the speaker discuss community matters and faith.
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