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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1925
Page
1
Lorain County high schools will award diplomas to 171 graduates this year. Of those, 101 plan to pursue higher education. The list includes Ambherst Thomas K Gusselman and 169 other names.
Two masked men broke into Mrs. Bell Gunn Owen’s Oak Park home during an early morning burglary and shot her dead. George F. Owen, a retired real estate operator, rushed in as the assailants escaped. Mrs. Owen had been sleeping on a dining room couch due to the heat.
Mayor George Hoffman will resign to seek Florida business work starting September 1. Council President H C Walters will succeed him and plans indicate no department head changes. Hoffmans says he won't seek another term. rumor of Miller resignation denied. Also reports Detroit football star Herbert C York killed in car crash with six others injured.
London society season sees Mayfair climbers innovating schemes to gain entry. Four groups dominate the scene gambling, house renting, artistic and shop climbers. Gambling climbers include bridge players who mislead, mahjong players who avoid winning, and golfers who throw matches to fetch invitations and prestige.
Bernard J. Alten 36 Elyria High and Western Reserve University graduate fatally injured by a motor vehicle at midnight Memorial Day in Cleveland where he resided. He was an accountant and former Ernst & Ernst employee. Survived by parents sister wife and young daughter Phyllis. funeral held in Cleveland Monday.
June 3 Toledo Ohio. Gertrude Kimball seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Kimball of Holland suburb lies dying after a rattlesnake bite on the wrist. Physicians say no relief possible until serious information can be obtained from Pittsburgh or New York. The seven foot snake bit her on the porch at home.
The Henrietta school will hold its annual commencement on Thursday June 4 at the school auditorium. Ten graduates receive diplomas from speaker Professor A W Elliot, with Grace Dudley as hon or student and Helen Waters delivering the salutatory. Joseph Waters to sing and the Henrietta High School orchestra provides music.
Elyria readers will hear First Baptist Church services tonight at 7 30 p m on WGBL with Charles Taylor the English evangelist and the message The three sweetest words in the English language A ammonia leak reported at Paradise soda grill was contained by Central Fire Department with no damage Four year old Carl Bathory was injured when his father backed a car into him and broke his leg in Elyria Memorial Hospital fire blocks were started by a marshmallow game at Ely Woods no damage Tax payments due June 30 no extension county treasurer urges prompt payment to avoid last minute rush and theft concerns
British sailors rushed ashore amid anti foreign violence in Shanghai where at least one rioter died and five were wounded in an attack by about 3000 Chinese. Foreigners face ongoing assaults as the strike and unrest threaten other treaty ports and cities.
President Coolidge distributed diplomas to 425 graduates at Annapolis and reaffirmed U S readiness. He urged defense as a righteous instrument, stressing citizens as potential soldiers and warning against overzealous weapons display.
After multiple talks between the street car men’s union executive committee and Green Line officials, an ami cable wage scale was agreed upon. The workers will gain a three cent hourly raise, reaching a maximum of 57 cents. A separate public hearing by United States Engineers from Buffalo is set for June 4 at 1 30 PM in Lorain to discuss river curve removal and inner harbor improvements, with National Tube Co. and city officials likely to attend.
Cleveland June 3 federal authorities issued a warrant for the arrest of Albert Sydney Gregg president of the American Civic Reform Union and noted author and publisher He is charged with sending written poison pen letters to the Reverend William Hicks Protestant Episcopal clergyman in Cleveland authorities stated
Washington reports reveal a hidden tragedy linked to Thomas R. Marshall's famed remark. Cigar gifts from manufacturers led to Tom Neil receiving hundreds of five cent cigars, which he smoked and fell ill from, dying later. The anecdote adds a somber twist to Marshall's famous quip. Separately, Emory Kiss seeks $1,000 against Mary Kiss for a lost note from a real estate deal.
Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports preliminary details of Dorothy Anderson and Edward Sailstad planning a marriage after five years apart. Sailstad paroled to Oshkosh. Anderson nearing parole from a women’s prison. The couple previously fled after a friend’s death and a burned cottage tied to an insurance claim, with prior marriages and divorces shaping their recent life.
The city water plant increased pumping to meet demand with 4,180,000 gallons on Monday and 4,100,000 on Tuesday. April total reached 102,650,000 gallons, averaging 3,422,000 daily, while the 1923 peak hit 4,450,005. Service Director Hewitt says a 4,000,000 daily average is needed to profit from the works. The plant is valued around 16 million dollars.
Lorain Ohio June 3 journeymen plumbers strike to win $11 for an eight hour day from employers paying $10 The union reports most members are idle while a subset work for masters paying the higher rate Masters oppose the rise and seek arbitration The walkout marks the second shut down in 23 years and the 15 year gap since the first strike.
Sanitary Policeman Williams reports the city is nearly free from contagious diseases with only three or four scarlet fever cases noted, signaling no ongoing contagious health threat.
John Thompson died Monday afternoon at his son Richard’s home in Kalamazoo Michigan. Formerly ran a shine stand at the waiting room. Survived by daughter Mrs. Harry Roche and sons Hugh Elyria Philip James Columbia and Richard Kalamazoo. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm at Mrs Roche 442 Turner street with Rev Gray officiating. Burial Ridgelawn. Washington June 3 permission for unrestricted broadcasting of pictures granted to radio amateurs by Secretary Hoover.
A trio of tornadoes swept Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa last night, killing seven and injuring more than twenty. In Nebraska near Madison a funnel cloud struck the Scheer farm, killing Mrs Scheer and Lott Ware with another child badly hurt. Rev. Henry Benieker was crushed in a church parsonage as the storm passed. Property damage across the region tops $2,000,000 as trolley, telephone, and telegraph lines collapse and wires fail.
Mrs. M. L. Obitts of 220 Tremont street fished at Heaver Creek yesterday and battled a 32 pound carp for an hour and a half before landing it. The fish is alive and swimming in the city park, drawing attention.
John B. Danko announces bid for Lorain city solicitor on the Republican ticket. Walter Stancel runs for councilman in Ward 3 on the Democratic ticket. Chas Shuster seeks councilman at large and George Jacobs campaigns for township trustee amid Lorain city political notices.
In Gothenburg on June 3 the Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth start a flight toward the North Pole hoping to locate the missing Swedish expedition of Andree Strindberg and Fraenkel from Spitsbergen. No news has come in since they departed, prompting renewed hopes among Swedish relatives.
An unidentified number of people were injured when two interurban trains collided head on near Cassville Indiana. Seven injured were taken to Peru hospitals, three to Roxana for first aid. Passengers were reportedly rescued from burning debris as cars burned.
A mock feature from Los Angeles details a fictional Free Love Colony where birds practice bigamy and polygamy. Professor Alfred Cookman notes feminists in bird society, while government researchers study migration and biology. The piece frames bird social roles with humor, citing California’s diverse species and a focus on the female’s courting role.
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