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The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1929

Page

12

Elyria businessmen fly to Akron Firestone plant tour

Elyria merchants organized an air excursion to Akron joining Firestone officials. The party, led by Al Mason, departed Cleveland airport and landed at Akron after an hour in the air. They toured Firestone Plant No 2, observed tire making from rubber to finished product, then golfed at Fairlawn Heights Country Club before returning by plane.

Harold B. Kelly Bill Elyria Cleveland Firestone Rubber Company Akron al Mason Firestone Bel Valley City Grafton Grafton Road Ely ‘Field West Avenue Black River Oberlin Road Riverview Park Rocky River Kelly O. K A. J. Robinson Bert Pfau J. H. Simpson Everett Floria William McConnell Lee R. Murphy Lawrence Bell Brook Park Firestone Factory No. 2 Clyde Smith Singapore Cutes Fairlawn Heights Ciuy M. F. O'Neil Firestone Company A. L. Masox ER .K. Hurilt Cleveland Southwestern Buns Company

First Sweet Pea Blooms at Telegraph Road Garden

Mrs Anthony Dellefield reports the first sweet pea in bloom in outdoor gardens this morning. A sweet pea stands blossoming in the Dellefield flower garden, displaying an old rose hue.

Anthony Dellefield Telegraph Road Dellefield

Three Ask Divorces In Common Pleas Court

Three divorce suits were filed in common pleas court today. No children were born to the couples whose marriages are alleged failures. Gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty are the charges preferred by two women petitioners. Sarah Bruning accuses Gus Bruning, married in 1928, Lena Franz accuses Thomas Franz, married in 1927. Carl Ledyard of Elyria charges gross neglect in his petition against Agnes Ledyard of Lorain. They were married in 1924.

Common Pleas Sarah Bruning Gus Bruning Lena Franz Thomas Franz Carl Ledyard Elyria Agnes Ledyard Lorain

Mortgage Suit Filed Against Celia Davis in Elyria

Lorain County Mortgage and Title Company sues Celia Davis for 820.52 on a promissory note seeking foreclosure of a mortgage on property in Elyria. The suit alleges unpaid balance and demand for judgment and sale of the mortgaged premises.

Lorain County Mortgage and Title Company Celia Davis Elyria

Inofication fine in police court for Roy Fauver

Roy Fauver pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined five dollars and costs in police court this morning.

Roy Fauver

Street Contracts Awarded For City Improvements

The Board of Control announced four street improvement contracts. Elyria Construction Company won all four. Second street from Middle avenue to East avenue gets a concrete base with asphalt 40 feet wide for 17 540 50 dollars. Adams street from Lake avenue to Walnut street paved with vibrolithic concrete 24 feet wide at 20 910 dollars. Hillsdale court from Furnace street to Cascade Park entrance paved with vibrolithic concrete 30 feet wide for 7 814 30 dollars. Neufer court from Lodi street to end of Neufer court paved with vibrolithic concrete 20 feet wide for 3 426 65 dollars.

Board of Control of City Elyria Construction Company Second Street Middle Avenue East Avenue Adams Street Lake Avenue Walnut Street Hillsdale Court Furnace Street Cascade Park Neufer Court Lodi Street

Walter S. Kohn Files For Council Nomination

Walter S. Kohn filed as a Republican candidate for councilman in the First Ward. The filing deadline with the Board of Elections is today.

Walter S. Kohn Council First Ward Board of Elections

Mayor Fines Atty Hamlin for Driving While Intoxicated

Mayor James A. Hewitt yesterday found Atty. L. D. Hamlin guilty of driving while intoxicated. Hamlin was fined $100 and costs and had his motor vehicle driving privileges suspended for 30 days. A four hour police court trial featured several witnesses including five policemen and Hamlin’s neighbors.

James A. Hewitt Atty. L

Baby Dies In Mother's Arms En Route To Elyria

Five months old James Hughes died in his mother's arms while being taken by auto from Columbus to Elyria on Thursday. The Hughes were returning relatives to Elyria when the child fell ill. Coroner Myles E. Perry examined the body and found death due to an enlarged lymph gland, a common ailment in children.

Columbus Elyria James Hughes Hughes Myles E. Perry

Laws of Nature and Simplicity in Physical Reasoning

The text argues that natural laws act as concise descriptive tools for everyday experience, referencing both Newtonian and Einsteinian frameworks as examples of compact explanations that summarize complex phenomena into simple terms. It emphasizes the idea that foundational principles guide observed regularities.

Train Jon Einstein

Disliked Parachutes Among 1920s Excursion Members

A clipped roster lists S. B. Pfay, H. W. Pond, H. Simpson, C. El Nickols, E. J. Bliss, C. J. Mevers, G. T. Roberts, and a reporter as party members. It notes varied professions from auto dealers to a Firestone salesman and a county equipment manager. The group calls the return trip the most delightful and complete excursion they had ever enjoyed.

S. B. Pfay H. W. Pond Timyen Springs Co H. Simpson Akron C. EL. Nickols Equiment Penal Neweboy E. J. Bliss

First Concert of Season Tonight by Elyria City Band

Elyria city calendar lists the opening of the summer concert season at 7 30 p m in front of the court house, tied to Flag Day Elks exercises. The program includes Sousa medleys, selections from The Prince of Pilsen, The American Patrol, Washington Post, and Operaland with titles such as Anita and The Liberty Bell, plus various fox trots and waltzes.

Elyria City Court House The Elks Belle Chicago Soysa Hall Prince of Pilsen Luders Huff American Patrol Jewell Fox Kahn Washington Post Sousa Anita Weidt “Independentia Hall the Elks Barnard Fiorito Lampe Operaland Hares King Cotton

Madame Bartlett Receives US Recognition After War Misinfo

States for Serbia praised by a nation as the war era dispute closes. Madame Bartlett, aided by Judge A R Webber and urged by Congressman Seiberling to write of her experiences, refutes unjust propaganda that tormented Sister Beatrix. She plans a visit here before resuming studio work in New York under Governor Cooper’s notice.

Serbia State Department Madame Bartlett Sister Beatrix Tas United States Francis Seiberling America A. R. Webber New York City Myers Y. Cooper New York

Death of Mrs. O. H. Taft at 85 in Bowie Maryland

Mrs. O. H. Taft 85 formerly of Lorain and Elyria died yesterday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Bertha Burroughs in Bowie Maryland. Funeral from the home of her nephew H. B. Chambers Ford Road Sunday at 2 p.m.

O. H. Taft Lorain Elyria Bertha Burroughs Bowie Maryland H. B. Chambers Ford Road

Mary Rothgery 84 Dies in Ridgeville Home

Mary Rothgery age 84 a Ridgeville resident for 25 years and widow of John Rothgery died this morning at the home of her daughter Mrs Henry Loesches with whom she had lived. She mothered ten children seven living thirty grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren. Services Monday at 9:30 from St Peter s church Ridgeville with interment in St Peter s Cemetery.

Mary Rothgery Ridgeville John Rothgery Henry Loesches St. Peter's Church St. Peter's Cemetery

Infant son of Mr and Mrs Hughes dies en route to visit relatives

The infant son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Hughes of 1232 Mt Vernon Ave Columbus Ohio died Thursday evening while traveling from Columbus to Elrria to visit relatives. The remains will be shipped to Columbus Friday evening for burial Saturday.

Leroy Hughes Mt Vernon Ave Columbus Ohio Elrria W. T. Hay

Funeral set for Ella Mae Tesi in Birmingham

Funeral services for Ella Mae Tesi will be held Saturday afternoon at two from her late home in Birmingham and at two thirty from Birmingham Methodist church. Rev. W. T. Kinsley will officiate and burial will be in Birmingham cemetery.

Ella Mae Tesi Birmingham Birmingtom Methodist Church W. ‘T Kinsley Ceme“Cy

Tissington Funeral Services Held Saturday Afternoon

Funeral services for Mrs. Milllicent Louise Tissington will be conducted Saturday afternoon at two o’clock. The services will be private.

Milllicent Louise Tissington Clark

World Stamp Fair displays rare postage camps in Vavre

In Vavre France sixty five frates worth of postage stamps, many unique, are shown at the Weis Stamp Fair aided by the French government. American exhibitor Alfred Lichtenstein of New York presents a collection valued at 150 600 dollars.

Vavre France Trench Vader Alred Lichenstein New York

Lost Magna Charsta Manuscript Copy Found in Lincoln

The original Magna Charsta, 714th anniversary due in England this week, is lost but a manuscript copy survives in Lincoln England. The discovery highlights historical preservation efforts and may shed light on the document's provenance and medieval governance.

England Lincoln

Oberlin To Hold Auto Inspection Week

Oberlin Ohio will hold an extended automobile inspection week from June 24 with brakes testing added to the state program. Car owners must prove their vehicles stop within 59 feet at 25 miles per hour on a marked street strip. The Oberlin Automobile Club will assist the police during the event.

Oberlin Sears Oberlin Automobile Club

Shelby Drum Corps To Play Monday Night

The Legion Drum and Bugle corps of Shelby will perform Monday night as part of Illumination night, arranged by C. W. Wade of BeViers Inc. The Shelby group, national champions at the 1927 American Legion convention in Paris, joins the Elyria state champions and Oberlin corps in the alumni parade, with Kieffer's National band of Lorain, Patrick Henry High School band of Cleveland, and Oberlin College Student band also scheduled to perform.

Legion Shelby C. W. Wade BeViers, Inc American Legion Paris Elyria Corps Oberlin Corps Kieffer National Band Lorain Patrick Henry High School Cleveland Oberlin College

Choir Director Resignation Accepted at First Church

Frank Shaw resigns as director of the First Church choir and is replaced by Mrs. Christiana sen, who has joined the Conservatory faculty.

Frank Shaw First Church Choir Christiansen Conservatory

Varsity Alumni Baseball Game At Athletic Field

The Varsity Alumni baseball game will be played at the athletic field tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2 15.

Heginning

Oberlin Kinaderzar Thirty-Third Commencement

The thirty third graduation exercises at Oberlin Kinaderzar feature graduates marking an academic milestone. Ceremony details and speaker arrangements accompany the event as attendees gather to celebrate scholarly achievements and the transition to post graduate life.

K. T Oberlin Kinaderzar

Armless Miss West Plans Europe Tour in Chair

Leicester report says Miss Mary Joyce West, twenty two, armless due to an accident, will tour Europe in a feet propelled crippled chair. She plans to cover thirty miles daily and fund the trip by selling handwork crafts along the way.

Europe Leicester Eng Mary Joyce West West

Ten Primary Training School held at First Church

Ten Primary Training School sessions were conducted at the First Church this morning at 10 o'clock. Dean Graham of the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology delivered the commencement address.

Dean Graham Oberlin Graduate School of Theology

Howard Huckins Dies in East Orange N J

News arrives of the death of Howard Huckins of East Orange New Jersey born in Wellington in 1874 and longtime Oberlin College graduate of 1894 who ran Huckins and Huckins hardware with his father then moved to East Orange four years ago after selling the business. He married Jennie E Thomas in 1898 and had been in poor health. burial likely in the east.

Howard Huckins East Orange N. J Huckins Welliington Oberlin Huckins and Huckins Oberlin College Jennie E. Thomas East

Oberlin Musicals and Social Notes Highlight Weekend

Mrs. M M Ely and Mrs Amy Powell plan to attend a Cleveland musicale with Lucrezia Bori as soloist. Birth announced for C W Williams's son in Cleveland. Detroit visitors attend David Nickeloff funeral in Oberlin. Oberlin Business Men's club meets at Martin Inn with dinner at 6:30. Katherine Kinney tests for Lucerne Maine camp. Conservatory professors sail to Paris for two months study. Mrs McFadden and children visiting Cleveland. Mrs Stover and two children visiting Bay City relatives. Reunion notes for former graduate and arrival of relatives from Chicago. C R B Comings to attend Royal Arcanum in Quebec.

M. M. Ely Amy Powell Charles Edwin Briggs Cleveland Lucrezia Bori C. W. Williams North Cedar Street Maternity Hospital Robert Simpson Detroit Oberlin David Nickeloff Oberlin Business Men's Club Martin Inn Katherine Kinney Lucerne Maine Musicians Colony Axel Skjerne Raymond Cerf Charies B. Leedy Conservatory of Music Paris McFadden F. A. Stover Bay City Mich Chicago Quebec Supremes Council Royal Arcanum

Wanderer aims to travel through France Belgium Switzerland and Italy

She has crafted a plan to journey through France Belgium Switzerland and Italy. She intends to work her way across these countries, pursuing new experiences and opportunities along the route.

France Belgium Switzerland Italy

Nature of religious awakening and personal struggle

The passage contrasts ease of religious experience with those who struggle to perceive it, needing to push beyond practical, emotional, or intellectual limits of daily life. It frames awakening as a personal, sometimes strenuous journey rather than a universal occurrence.

Americans Enjoy Long London Weekend For Record Tourist Year

Americans spending a week end in London and returning Monday morning helped open a record tourist year for England. The Grand National and the Oxford Cambridge boat race drew visitors, with gala events at the Savoy and other hotels. American fashion and accents marked them in crowds as Londoners welcomed the guests, despite some local grumbling about the nasal American voice. The piece notes the frost year 1929, egg shortages, rising prices, and economic impacts on racing and hospitality, mentioning performers Claire Luce Claudia Dell and critic Hannen Swaffer reacting to English theater.

London States England Billy Barton Savoy Waterloo Station Strand Piccadilly Circus Leicester Square West End Ziexfeld Claire Luce Claudia Dell Miss Dell Clarton Walker Claudia Hannen Swaffer

Things to Learn About London Punt

A punt is a small boat popular on the Thames and not related to kicking a football.

London Thames

College voters list quirky names at TCU election

In Fort Worth Texas at Texas Christian University the recent election ballots show names that read like a who is who including Charles Lindbergh Rin Tin Tin Herbert Hoover Al Smith Red Grange and Jack Dempsey among the listed voters.

WITS Fort Worth Tex Texas Christian University Charles Lindbergh Rin Tin Tin Herbert Hoover al Smith Red Grange Jack Dempsey

Markets Cleveland Produce Cleveland June 14 Quotations

Daily produce market quotes list butter eggs poultry and potatoes. Butter extras and seconds priced 42 1 2 to 46 1 2 cents per lb. Eggs firsts 29 3 4 and ordinaries 28 1 2 cents. Poultry prices per lb for fowls 29 30 broilers 40 42 eggs horn 26 27 leghorn broilers 28 30 spring ducks 30 33 old cocks 18 20 geese 15 18 stags 18 30. Potatoes New York 2.15 to 2.25 per 150 lb sack Maine Green Mountain 2 25 per 120 lb sack home grown 60 cents per bu sack.

Cleveland Spring Ducks Stags New York Maine Green Mountain

Columbus Produce Price Quotes June 14 Columbus Ohio

Quotations based on retailer sales in Columbus Ohio list farm produce prices. Beans hamper 250 to 300, cantaloupes flats 190 to 200, iceberg lettuce crates 6 to 7.50, yellow Texas onions crates 1.85 to 7.00, whites Texas onions crates 2.25 to 2.75, home grown peas bushel 1.50 to 2.25, crate peppers 3.00 to 4.00, home grown strawberries 24 qt crates 3.00 to 4.59, sweet corn crates 1.75 to 2.00, repacked tomatoes 10 lb car tons 1.50, Mississippi tomatoes flats 1.35 to 1.50.

Columbus Texas Mississippi

Cleveland Livestock Quotations from June 14

Cleveland reports today s livestock quotations from the U S Department of Agriculture. Hog receipts total 1500 with holdovers 314 and prices 10 15 dollars per hundredweight range by weight class. Cattle receipts 300 with calves 250 and market steady. beef steers 11 14 dollars, beef cows 9 10 dollars, other cattle 7 17 dollars. Sheep receipts 150 with steady market. fat lambs 16 dollars, bulk fat lambs 15 16, bulk cull lambs 14 15, bulk fat ewes 6 7 dollars.

Cleveland Livestock Cleveland U. S. Department of Agriculture

Chicago cash quotations and market prices

Chicago market notes show receipts for creamery butter at 42 3 4 to 42 1 4 cents, eggs at 29 to 31 cents, poultry prices for fowls to 27 1 2 cents and turkeys to 22 to 30 cents, with grain quotes including No 2 yellow corn at 94 1 4 to 95 cents and No 3 oats at 45 to 46 1 4 cents, seeds and meats also listed.

Chicago

Toledo Livestock Hogs Prices Close Lower On Receipts

Receipts at Toledo Livestock show hogs 15 to 20 cents lower with heavies 10.50 to 10.85, mediums 11.10 to 11.25, workers 10.75 to 11.00, and pigs 10.75 to 11.00. Cattle and sheep and lambs see light receipts with steady markets.

Toledo

Grain futures prices from Toledo and Wheat markets

The report lists TOLEDO WHEAT No 2 red at 1.20 1.21 CORN No 3 yellow 95 1-2 96 1-2c OATS No 2 white 49 1-2 50 1-2c BARLEY No 2 61 62c RYE No 2 1.04 Others unchanged.

Toledo

Grain and Bran Prices in Minneapolis Markets

In Minneapolis grain markets flour quotes rise 25 cents per car load, with family patents at 6.70 to 6.80 a barrel in nine and a half pound cotton sacks. Bran samplings show 22.00 to 23.00 per sack. Shipments recorded at 34,232.

Minneapolis

Market Recap Hay Market New York June Receipts Steady

June 14 Hay market in New York reports steady demand with large bales and mixed timothy and light. Prices range A No. 1 29 to 30 per ton B No. 2 27 to 28 No. 3 and poorer 18 to 26. Small bales timothy light No. 2 25 to 27 M No. 3 and poorer 17 to 24. Heavy mixed Clover No. 3 to 1 16 to 2 1/2 per ton.

New York Timothy

Stray Horse Report Brings Police Reward Chance

Police received an unusual stray horse report on Thursday. Harry Lesnick, a horse dealer, reported that one of his horses strayed away, an event noted as uncommon for the era.

Harry Lesnick

National School Band Contest Comes to Denver

The fifth annual National School Band contest runs the last three days this week in Denver. From 20 to 25 bands, totaling 1 500 to 2 000 musicians, travel from Maryland to California to compete for the trophy by the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music. Joliet will attend but not compete.

Denver National Bureau For the Advancement of Music Maryland Minnesota Texas California Nicholas Senn Harrison Technical High School Chicago Marion Ind Council Bluffs Amarillo Tex Gary Minneapolis Minnt Ashtabula Ohio Grand Junction Colo Cleveland Baltimore Belvidere Ill Scotts Bluff Neb Hobart Lansing Mich Felicity Oberlin Kan Joliet National Bureau National Burdeau Great Plains Carl Busch Kansas City Symphony Orchestra United States John Philip Sousa New York American Bandmasters Will Earhart Pittsburgh Edward W. Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Wis N. D. de Robertis Kansas City Carl] Busch Charles O’neill Royal Twenty-second Infantry Quebec Canada Henry Sacha

Error in Published Item Name in Columns

Notice states an error in a published item saying Lo rain County Savings and Loan Co. took judgments on six cognovit notes. the correction specifies the proper party and details. This item records a naming error and its rectification from the newspaper’s Wednesday publication.

Lorain County Savings and Loan Company

Ox Roast Highlight of Fort Ann Field Day

This year July 4 celebration in Fort Ann features an ox roast as the main event of the Odd Fellows encampment field day. Four days are planned to roast the ox, with four professional ox roasters preparing the feast for attendees.

Fort Ann Odd Fellows

Special on sweet corn seed Saturday

Hecock Floral Co. at 304 Broad Street advertises a one day sale on sweet corn seed this Saturday with discount prices and limited stock for local gardeners.

Hecock Floral Co Broad St

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STES P. H. Taft Reid Tissington Funeral W .L. Killeen Pat Barnes Detective Bureau Esther Alfsen North Park Street Shelby Drum Corps By Arch Rodgers Toledo Grain Seiberling Carter O'Donnell Paint and Wall Paper Co Court Street Elyria, Ohio
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