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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
6
A citizen notes discussions of succession in business and city leadership. The piece questions Brown family influence, praises possible female candidates like Nellie F M, and highlights Chamber of Commerce activities and upcoming primaries. It also touches on Cascade Park outings and local political chatter.
Thoughtful citizens note a trend toward accepting utilities relief and public control. They urge government to allow a day in court, avoid deadlocks, and acknowledge utilities as essential public services integral to the community.
Dennis Chester, charged with the murder of Florence Barton in Kansas City, will plead not guilty via mute defense after his dramatic escape and recapture at Broken Bow Nebraska. Barton, a society girl, was shot in a luxury district car on October 3 with fiancé Howard Winter wounded.
Five hundred laborers work on three county highways from Loudonville to Columbus. Medina high baseball cancels a late game with Ashland high. Sixteen will graduate from Ashland College on June 5. Marriages include Edgar E. Keister with Ella R. Benton and Leon R. McCurdy with Bessie M. Huntsberger. Deaths noted: Dr. Joseph E. Crowell, 71. Mrs. Jane Harkins, 88. Mrs. Elmina Dick, 70. Mrs. Henry Garn, 76. William H. Roland, 58. Charter government approved at Shelby by 175 to 50. charter commission members named. George B. Hicks sues Ashland Tire and Rubber Co. for 11917.66. Manual Training shows furniture made this year. Baseball league across Richland Crawford Ashland counties opens June 5 and runs to September 4 with Saturday games only. J. L. Clark elected Ashland County club president. J. B. Blue to command Third Ohio Infantry battalion with companies at Ashland Norwalk Shreve and Youngstown. Floyd F. Teeters of Loudonville killed in action expected home June 2. Severe hail near Nankin damages crops. Deaths: Mrs. Sarah Jane Wharton, 65. Charles W. Stocum. Mrs. Aaron Smith, county pioneer. Lena A. Eby and High school senior class play Nothing But the Truth set for June 5.
Police and fire crews responded to a blaze outside city limits and halted a pigeon roast after 12 birds were captured. The birds had been damaging crops on nearby farmland, prompting the intervention.
In Defiance, June 2, Defiance College biology class members protest dissections of cats after objections from female students. Professor L Ward McReynolds ends the long-standing practice, replacing feline dissections with rabbits to appeal to students and align with evolving lab choices.
Police Chief Leiner and Prosecutor W G Patterson protest Edna Brandt parole for a bold daylight holdup here a year ago in which she and a male accomplice seized an automobile from William Murphy. Brandt has been at the Marysville reform school nearly a year. parole hearing set for mid June by state officials.
June 2 report notes two thousand students will perform at a Memorial Day pageant in Central league park. The high school band will play and proceeds go to the school library. Fifteen hundred children participate in a red white and blue themed event.
Federated clubs accuse milk prices in Findlay of being too high. A committee to consult with dealers was named to seek price reductions. Reported prices range from 13 to 16 cents a quart.
David Garden of Martins Ferry owns two historical relics dated June 2. The items are described as rare artifacts linked to local history and preserved by Garden for public interest. No additional details available in the fragment.
A fragment notes Commodore Dewey cutting a submarine cable from Hong Kong to Manila in 1898 before attacking Cervera's fleet, with a reference by Oliver Cope of Chattanooga Tennessee along Garden’s neo- text fragment.
Central Ohio juvenile judges and officials push for a uniform procedure for juvenile cases modeled after criminal and civil courts. Judge John R. Cassidy, a Democratic state tax commissioner member, endorses the reform.
Mrs W H Blake of Steens Mississippi writes she suffered four years with female troubles and nervous pain. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she gained strength and can do housework again. The letter promotes sending health questions to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Building and loan associations of the United States have invested upwards of two billion dollars, reflecting growth in savings institutions and mortgage lending across the country. The report notes increased deposits, expanding home financing, and a wider rural and urban reach for member institutions.
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