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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1928
Page
6
Readers describe a motor age with crowded highways, signs guiding modern travelers, and a restless rush to distant open spaces. The piece notes hazards like blowouts and the urge to travel, while the home return offers peace after a day of frenetic touring and roadside culture.
Observers describe Oberlin College graduates and their families as buoyed by hope as capstones are earned. Parents reflect on saved sacrifices and the promise of a future shaped by education. Alumni anticipate leadership and the enduring values founded by Oberlin's principles.
Parents travel from near and far to witness graduations as commencement days bring happiness and high expectations. The world promises to weigh each graduate's abilities and character, demanding much, yet the spirit of hope sustains the promise of a bright future.
Edwin T Meredith former Secretary of Agriculture and Democratic leader died at 52 from complications of high blood pressure. He led Iowa politics long, published The Successful Farmer, served in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, studied labor in Europe, and was a noted farm policy figure and potential 1916 gubernatorial and senatorial candidate.
Reader letters discuss slimming results and questions on saccharin use mineral oil palatability of milk adding calories and eggs in diet and ice cream limits. Dr Peters answers cover sugar substitutes nutrient sources and caloric counts while offering pamphlets via letter and stamped envelopes.
Mrs. Lile Lark speaks of her son saying he has no education and is trifling, refusing to seek work or write popular songs, leaving his father to support him. Bystanders comment on others’ business by the sidewalk and parking lot. Copyright 1828 by John F. Dille.
Edward Evans and Linton Wells head the record for the fastest voyage around the world. Their time is 28 days 14 hours 26 minutes.
A speech by Mrs. Charles Hamilton Sabin, longtime leader of the Women’s National Republican Committee, urges repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. She notes Prohibition’s failures, cites “speakeasies” and clandestine gin, and calls for a tempered reform with broader support among officials and citizens.
South Ridge June 16 The Ladies Aid and the W M Society of this place and the Brownhelm Woman's Missionary Society were entertained by the Henrietta Evangelical church society at the Wallace Court home in Henrietta. Nearly sixty attended. Names from here included Rev C Holzwarth and family and many others. Several residents and guests were noted visiting relatives and attending a party in South Amherst.
Local notice advertises fast floor plug installation and general wiring repairs by Vaughn Electric Co. Call 3230 at 102 Cleveland St for prompt service.
Elyria reports a social call by Mr and Mrs William Hess on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs George Knittle with Mitchell and Marion Knittle attended Pomona Grange in Amherst today. The Brule River region near the Coolidge vacation camp in Wisconsin was studied by French voyageurs who paddled up the river LaCroix and discovered the Mississippi, naming the Brule as boiling due to a nearby spring's eruption. The Parker New Era in Parker D has completed printing the Bible in instalments after twenty two years and eight months.
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