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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1931
Page
7
In Edinburgh Scotland the Church of Scotland general assembly urged ministers to consider non alcoholic wine for Holy Communion if available. The committee condemned port wine usage and opponents called it a contradiction, suggesting ginger ale as an alternative.
British School excavators in western Macedonia at Armenochori near Florina uncover Bronze Age relics after a yearlong dig. The team reports a significant deposition revealed on the site, marking a major archaeological find in the region.
Worcester Massachusetts reports a substantial reduction in the number of candidates admitted annually to Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The article notes a tightening of admissions criteria and a lower enrollment forecast for the coming academic year, with officials citing space and resource limitations.
Salem Ore in a historic shift Oregon will issue license plates by its fiscal year rather than the calendar year for the first time, aligning registration with budgeting and state timelines.
A bumper 1930 wine crop in Germany is maturing while reports note the harvest has surpassed its 1787 level by more than four times. The striking increase highlights nationwide viticulture gains and rising production.
Day's Hardware Store will host a Chronicle-Telegram Cooking School and Electrical Exhibit showing modern uses of electricity for housework. Highlights include electric refrigeration with the Majestic Refrigerator, electric cleaners, an electric sewing machine, and other appliances to aid in cleaning and meal preparation.
Women of Elyria and vicinity will be shown how electricity, the modern servant, has been trained to do many kinds of work around the home at the Chronicle Telegraph Cooking School and Electrical Exhibit. Demonstrations will feature electric washers and ironers, a large display of electric food mixers, fans, refrigerators, and new table appliances, all powered by electricity to ease housework.
A group from this county joined Miss Doris Wright and others to hear the Intangible Tax Bill debated in the Ohio House. They also learned that a decision to tax household goods will end. Twenty Lorain County farmers attended the Columbus meeting with Mrs. J. J. Prindle and others reporting.
Henry Ford advances a large scale experiment at a Macon Michigan model farm preparing for widespread farming. He demolishes fences clears land and uses tractors while employing at least 100 workers at five dollars a day. Photographs show the old saw mill the Gowman store Ford plans to buy the village blacksmith and general store sites and the pine lined headquarters for the operation.
A clipped page offers trivia on Burgoyne surrender in 1777, Bartholdi the Statue of Liberty sculptor, a fruit tree riddle, and a Kentucky Harrodsburg settlement note dated 1774. It also includes a birthdate horoscopy label and a brief greeting to readers with scattered question prompts.
A detailed coin and handkerchief magic trick uses a hidden match in the hem to fake a broken match. The performer shows the empty handkerchief, hides a match in the palm, and produces a whole unbroken piece, wowing the audience. Community notes mention Wayne Keith's graduation, visits among local families, and travel across Cleveland, Wellington, and Avon from various residents.
On Saturday Mrs Lena Alwatez and daughter Dortha plus Miss Jennie A Robinson and N P Robinson of Wellington dined with Mr and Mrs Fred Phillips. Afternoon callers included Dr and Mrs G W Pollock and Miss Lois Pollock and Miss Dorothy Phillips. Mr and Mrs Glenn Draper and their Toledo son stayed as guests at Mr and Mrs Carl Langendo. Mrs E E Keith and Murry Keith with Mr and Mrs Bob Byron, joined by Mrs Emily Keith of Wellington, attended Brooklyn Heights school commencement exercises Thursday evening.
Families from Clarksfield attended the Rick Reunion hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kettel of Townsend. Doris Phillips of North Fairfield visits her aunt, Mrs. J. C. Ames. Mrs. Mary Hoffstatter stays overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hoffstatter and Wayne Hoffstatter of New London.
British Museum workers unpack 80 cases from Ur brought back by archaeologist Leonard Woolley. Bricks with cuneiform inscriptions recount daily life 4000 years ago, including schoolbooks, trade accounts, love letters, and a directory of residents and occupations.
Geauga County Game Warden A. I. Davis seeks fishermen using jugs filled with quicklime to bomb fish in an Ohio town. Jugs contain two quarts of water with a cork, causing an explosive reaction when lowered into stream holes. Fish are killed or stunned and collected with aid of flashlights.
Over the last decade Japan has shifted toward foreign style restaurants, and Tokyo now hosts more than 3,000 such eating places where customers can sit at tables and use knives and forks and spoons.
Edith J. Marriott of Baltimore describes shedding 55 pounds after using Kruschen Salts. The ad claims a four bottle course costs $5 and promises a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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