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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
14
June 16 report from Milan describes the fat men banquet with over 8,400 pounds of human flesh for 30 attendees. Cesare Framor weighed 362 pounds and presided while Liznur De Rosa, a vice president, weighed 99 pounds. Guests needed a weight certificate issued on the day of the banquet to prove capacity.
A historic gathering featured men weighing 210 pounds or more, with one admitted after a fever lapse. The feast included hundreds of pounds of food and wine as the orchestra played Falstaff and the president delivered a single speech praising fat men as contented and unconcerned with life’s troubles.
June Excerpts from the Columbia Grange event describe a Friday supper with a musical program by Mosars Willard Krewuse Lawrence Hales and Miss Marjorie Allen. New members were welcomed as toastmaster OO Prin die hosted. The gathering featured a two course supper and decorations in blue and red with candy baskets and iris peonies. The Rev. Wm. KO Macker Fertrude Rhine and others spoke urging active support for the organization.
A faded notice touts Special Formula No 2 in capsule form to ease sciatic neuritis pains. It claims quick relief, with readers urged to obtain the remedy from Phillips' Cut Rate Store which advertises the product's availability.
A glowing report notes various town happenings including Sunday school plans for Children’s Day on June 18, Mrs. Airs Roland visiting Greenwich, Mr. and Mrs. Glass heading to St. Mary’s, and Mrs. Robert Churchward’s hospital return. A patriotic Baptist service celebrated the 230th anniversary of the day with Rev. G A Beers and a Civil War era solo.
The article details the wedding of Miss Lydia Walker and a groom from Avon with witnesses and church officials. After a ceremony on Gra plere avenue Niagara Falls, the couple plans a two week trip to Buffalo and Washington before settling in Be. Relatives and friends from East Cleveland Eaton Michigan and Columbia joined in celebrations at the Walker and Carpenter homes.
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