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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1940
Page
12
A nostalgic piece by Claud North Chrisman recalls spring in orchards and green apples as a boyhood ailment. It discusses stomach upset from apples, the role of family remedy use, and the importance of natural relief and identifying dietary triggers without overmedicating.
The narrator recalls craving fresh spring fruit and recounts how underripe apples caused cramps and diarrhoea among children. Doctors observed spikes in gastro intestinal distress as peristaltic action responded to irritating stomach contents from too many green apples.
Court-directed public auction for two parcels in Columbia Township Lorain County Ohio set for June 29 at 10 am at the north door of the Lorain County Court House in Elyria. Parcel 1 covers about 36.50 acres. Parcel 2 covers about 5388 acres with appraisals $1275 and $2700 respectively. Cash on day of sale. property cannot be sold for less than two-thirds of appraisal. Sheriff Carl R. Finegan and attorney TR. S. Horan announce sale details and parcel bounds amid chain of deeds and recorded land references.
The author notes that anxiety worsens acute illness once labeled cholera morbus and stresses self control. Unripe or contaminated food and milk caused fever and fermentation, with drastic remedies often fatal. Today, diet is light and fluids until natural digestion resumes, and diagnosis should precede treatment.
Edward Clark of Elyria will be one of three delegates from the North Central Ohio Hi Y District to the national Hi Y Congress opening at Oberlin. Local boys’ work director Herman Geyer says other Elyria Hi Y members may attend evening sessions but must register soon as attendance is limited. Delegates from Europe are expected to be reduced by the war, with potential attendees from Latin American and Asiatic nations.
Councilman S. N Black urged strict enforcement of the city Fourth of July ordinance prohibiting fireworks within the city. He favored a sane Fourth and supported donating fireworks money to the Red Cross as proposed by the Elvira Ministerial Association. Mayor Petro said the safety council backs a sane Fourth and will strive to enforce the ban.
Forty young Lorain Countians joined a Lorain County Senior Four H Club tour to Greenfield Village Dearborn Michigan. They ate lunch then visited the Edison Institute Museum to study agricultural implements manufacturing and transportation exhibits and viewed Edison’s first incandescent lamp lab.
South African search efforts seek a diary believed to belong to Colonel Colenbrander who drowned in the Kip River. The renowned traveler and hunter, tied to Rhodesian history, reportedly kept chronicles of experiences. Dr Johan Colenbrander of Johannesburg confirms his father may have left the manuscript.
Jim Frost travels from Buenos Aires to marry Lynne Harding then dies at Larchwood. Todd Tooker investigates with inspector Kingsley, while Henderson the maid pursues a stolen diary. Maggie the laundress recalls a ghost sighting on the night of the murder as police plot a sting to trap Henderson.
Maggie reports a white faced figure seen near the woods on the night of a murder. Todd notes timing around one o clock, wonders if the specter could be the killer, and considers Hiroshi as a suspect while the case unfolds.
Elyria High School junior Wayne Meinke was elected secretary of state at the Buckeye Boys State camp in Columbus on the Federalist ticket. He is one of 12 Elyria youths attending the Legion sponsored event. He helped lead the Buckeye band which broadcast from Columbus last night and will air again Wednesday.
Lodge 1104 S W O C Lorain will hold nominations for officers and committeemen on June 19 1940 at 2818 Pearl Ave at 730 p m The election for officers and committeemen will be held June 26 at the S W O C hall All members in good standing are urged to attend.
Stanford defeated Big Ten stars in a twilight dual meet while led by Clyde Jeffrey the Indians swept four firsts including the fast sprint and distance events. Archie Harris set a new discus mark and the mile relay team from Ohio State Michigan Indiana clocked 3 11.7.
Between fifty five and sixty Oberlin Children's home pupils will visit the Mills Brothers Circus at the Fair Grounds tomorrow afternoon. They will ride there by bus and be served refreshments during the show. A portion of the circus will entertain patients at Gates Hospital in the morning by bus transfer. The program features trained animals clowns and the circus band. The show runs today and tomorrow with two performances daily at 2 and 8 p.m. gates open an hour earlier each day.
In Poughkeepsie New York Cornell University is the East’s hopeful in the 43rd regatta as 75 009 fans expect a premier varsity race. The field features California Washington Cornell and Columbia as favorites with Navy and Syracuse as dark horses and Princeton and Wisconsin as unlikely winners. Cornell last won here in 1930 and the crowd anticipates a strong showing in the four mile Hudson River race.
Avon Lake announces the wedding of Reta Schneider daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Schneider to Louis Walker of Cleveland at St Lukes Church Lakewood on Saturday at 1 am The bride is a Avon Lake School and Mount Sinai Nursing graduate The groom a Baldwin Wallace College alumnus Also noted were weekend visits and relatives in town including the Webb Springer Klinect Clawson Smith and Hudson families.
A 3000 strong assembly of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs from Ohio arrive in Youngstown for the Grand Lodge convention. George M. Neffner, secretary of state and past master, will deliver the principal address. Argentina reports 14 percent of its area as fertile year round cattle pasture land.
More than a thousand High School students from coast to coast head to Oberlin for the Third National Hi-Y Congress starting Thursday June 20. The five day event marks the fiftieth anniversary of Hi-Y founded in 1939. Notables include Branch Rickey as sponsoring chairman and Justice William O Douglas as honorary chairman. Three broadcasts are planned from Oberlin Hollywood and New York City.
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