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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1929
Page
3
A narrative dramatizes ivy poisoning showing severe inflammation fever and distress from contact with plants. Dr. Peters explains Dermatitis Venenata as skin inflammation from irritants incl chemicals and plants, noting idiosyncrasy and occupational risks among workers and clinicians. Tomorrow: Dermatitis Venenata Part 2.
Macon Ga June 18 arl Manchester nineteen will die in the electric chair for the murder of an Atlanta youth after competing with a seventy one year old woman who hoped to profit from an insurance policy. A Bibbe county superior court jury found him guilty last night and the death sentence today was mandatory since no recommend other form of punishment was offered. Mrs J C Powers lodger in the home of the plot victims goes on trial next Monday as an accessory before the fact. Manchester testified and claimed be fed to kill for the woman who promised him 1900 of a 14000 insurance payout.
International Falls Minn June 18 A new appeal to President Hoover to end the terrorism inflicted by customs patrolmen engaged in prohibition enforcement went out today The city council joined its official voice in requesting an urgent response to the plea for help from our people The aldermen's communication wired to the White House followed one sent by a group of local business and professional men Both messages grew from public indignation over the killing of Henry Virkula a Big Forks confectioner by border patrolman Emmett J White as Virkula his wife and two children drove home
A 1929 United Press listing of radio programs for Wednesday shows Hank Simmons on Show Boat at 7 and Rupee's Orchestra at 7, The Revellers at 8:30, United Symphony Orchestra at 8, and Victory Wagner and Symphony Orchestra at 9:30 across WOR WEAF WJZ CBS NBC networks.
MEMPHIS Tenn Remember Calamity Jane's Little Sister who rode 5000 miles on horseback across the country a couple of years ago. She recently came back south on a train looking chic and Hollywoodish. She says I’ve been places and seen
Evelyn Estes recounts a cross country jog with Billy from Memphis through twelve western states. They left in June 1927 and reached Los Angeles in February 1928. She says Hollywood is nice but not worth the trip, and recalls interviewing President Coolidge at his Black Hills summer home, where a card promised fifteen minutes of time.
Chicago reports housewives plan protest through the Women’s Christian Temperance Union over being listed as having no occupation. The group, led by Ella C. Boole, may seek a dignified listing at the WCTU national convention in Indianapolis, and perhaps petition Congress to recognize homemaking as a legitimate occupation.
Moscow reports three trials of husbands who killed wives who sought divorce amid liberal reforms. Shabdanov Miatchev and Tuitchev received ten years in strict isolation, one including murder of a mother-in-law. Veil clashes and forced marriages are cited as motives in regional killings.
In London a woman riding an open bus failed to light a cigarette twelve times. She then gave the stop signal a forceful tug, the bus halted abruptly. After lighting her cigarette she instructed the conductor to continue.
Chicago reports a new dairy financing group to consolidate and fund dairy firms with headquarters in New York. Dr C W Larson, ex managing director of the National Dairy Council, will be a director, noting rising dairy product consumption and a shift to finance driven consolidation as important for the future. Other backers include General Lord and Arthur S Kleeman, with U S dairy use up about 500 million dollars in seven years and per person consumption near 500 pounds of milk.
Yakima event under Yakima Valley American Legion will feature a public husband calling contest. Husbands will answer to their wives voice prompts as part of the Independence Day program. Local organizers promote humorous participation and community celebration.
Cambridge students mock Oxford prestige in athletics by tea fighting claims, while a small university club in Oxford promotes cocoa drinking to curb cocktails. The impact on tea habits and school spirit remains to be seen.
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