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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
7
A farm horse tied to a fire station hitching post caused laughter as firemen joked about police tickets while a farmer sought a parking spot. The scene on Second Street drew curious neighbors and a playful lament for a proper hitching post. The piece ends with a stray line on birth brain weight.
Washington June 20 The House and Senate adjourned for summer recess in sharp dispute over tariffs and House prerogatives. Senate leaders warned a fierce clash looms over revising the tariff bill while subcommittees proceed on related hearings and a joint panel proposal lingers unresolved.
An agricultural expert states that plants and flowers are afflicted with a form of sneezing and catching cold. The claim suggests environmental or pathogen pressures affecting horticultural crops and garden flora. Further testing is advised to determine causes and remedies.
Ohio State Senator George Bender of Cleveland addressed the Elyria Kiwanis, blasting opponents of reapportionment. He criticized enforcement of the prohibition law, defended the Marshall Bill, and urged Lorain County voters to demand representation parity, calling critics big suckers and linking public officials to poor qualification and business impact.
Herbert Schindler aged 46 from Butter nut Ridge North Olmsted was injured at General Industries while pushing a two cart through a door. His left hand was punctured when caught between the cart and door and he was taken to Elyria Memorial hospital emergency room for treatment.
Miss Ruth Wehmhoff daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H Wehmhoff and Virgil Gregory Jasper son of Mr. and Mrs. George Churchward of Columbia Station were married at eleven this morning by Rev. Edwin B Redhead at the bride’s home on Park avenue. The ceremony was set before palms ferns peonies and delphinium under a canopy of white crepe and bells. The bride wore yellow chiffon with matching accessories and tea roses and delphinium boutonniere. Attendant was Mrs. John H Wehmhoff Jr. and John H Wehmhoff Jr. served as escort. A three course breakfast followed for twenty four guests. After an eastern trip the couple will reside at No 12 Devon Court and return July fifteenth.
Mayor's Clerk John G. Shrock issued permits for nine projects including frame garages for F. C. Beebe at 931 Cornell Avenue and Nelson Schrader at 175 Beebe Court, a frame dwelling for Pietra Paonessa at 1617 West Avenue, and an addition to a house for F. A. Hopewell at 327 Seventeenth Street. Other permits cover frame dwellings for Mrs. Louise Summers at 115 Byington Court and Charles Redman at 347 Cascade Avenue, repairs for A. A. Nichols at 613 West River Street, and frame garages for Mrs. Jessie Rawson at 123 Kenyon Court and for Mrs. Summers.
Sheriff deputies investigated an accident on Route 20 near Ridgeville involving Milner Gray of Indiana and Samuel Caprette of Cleveland. The 3:15 p.m. collision destroyed both cars but left the occupants uninjured.
The case against Snook, a university instructor and former pistol champion, tightens as detectives reveal he was with Miss Hix Thursday night and provided a key to their intimate place. He admits being at the Scioto Country Club and hints at lodging with her, while trying to explain burning items and a shifting story.
Oberlin June 20 Mrs William Gaston entertained the ladies auxiliary of Christchurch at her Forest street home. She will move to California in the fall and make her future home there. A short business meeting preceded a social afternoon with refreshments served by Mrs Dew of California, daughter of Mrs Gaston, and assisted by Miss Smith of East College street.
The Missionary Society of the Baptist church met yesterday at Litchfield Baptist. Fourteen members attended the all day session and a church dinner was served. The Jolly Eight Club toured to Mrs. Francis West’s home on Oberlin Avenue for a Five Hundred afternoon with Mrs. Steve Coinman winning first and Mrs. Rudekoff the consolation. Light refreshments followed. The next meeting is set for next Wednesday evening at Mrs. Rudekoff’s North Pleasant street home with the ladies inviting their husbands. Mrs. Florence Cook and her son Harold left Tuesday for a southern trip via Franklin Indiana where Mr. Cook directed a college, then to Florida to visit a brother, returning through Washington Philadelphia and New York City.
Wm C McClellan says 52 boys at Camp Iss-see-kes on the Vermilion river are gaining weight during the first period of the summer. All campers weighed on arrival, with many gaining one to three pounds since Monday. An athletic field, tennis courts, baseball diamond, volleyball court, running track, and horseshoe court are in use.
Police seized a car at Cambridge and Garford avenues parked with lights out. The license matched an Ashland auto dealer. D K E Lowe a salesman for the C M Crumline Co of Ashland later arrived with proper papers and reclaimed the vehicle.
The church has added two new entrances and a front balcony, with widened stairs and new drinking fountains. The auditorium grew by about one third to seat 350, the balcony extends around three sides for 250 more. A bright study, vapor heating, new lighting, and symbolic decoration enhance the building. A new basement room with a movable partition serves the Children's division. Infrastructure changes improve floor levels and choir arrangements. Total outlay will reach about $30,000 once the equipment is in place. current membership nears 200.
The Oberlin village council held a meeting last evening to consider ordinances. Final readings completed firearm and dog ordinances, the only major issues discussed.
President J Knox Montgomery of Muskingum college visited Burgners over the weekend during illumination night. Ruth Brooks and her mother left for Clifton Springs NY for sanitarium treatment. Brooks to return in a few days. A G Comings and grandsons Eugene and Lea Cumings left for a camp on the Little Manistee River in Michigan. Mrs Swain heads to Lakeside for summer. Professor Arthur Williams of Elm Street goes to Interlochen Mich for the National high school orchestra camp as director. Paul Hastings, scholar at the camp, also leaves today. Mrs W P Hume and son visit three months in Putnam Conn. Miss Laura Paddock recently operated on for appendicitis returns to East College Street. Mrs Clarence Parsons visits her brother R F Hornung at the Elyria Clinic for operative treatment. Francis Gravit of North Main Street left for Madison then Buffalo for a short trip.
Excavation for paving progresses on Second Street between Middle Avenue and East Avenue. Street repair crews level the pavement near streetcar tracks on East Broad and Cleveland Streets and perform cut-back at Fourth Street and Middle Avenue.
A transient named Joe Kiyi spent Wednesday night in the city jail for refusing to leave the New York Central tracks at Chestnut street when ordered off by yard-master H Tapper. Police assisted Tapper in enforcing the order.
City food inspector George Savage reports about one hundred gallons of milk condemned so far this month due to insufficient cooling. He noted ongoing daily checks of milk from producer to dairies during warm days and early morning deliveries.
Myers sought an attorney general opinion on three legal technicalities related to funding a new court house. The county budget commission vetoed a levy plan that would have funded construction with accumulated funds, avoiding high interest costs tied to a bond issue. The panel argued bonds would nearly double the total cost to taxpayers. Myers said the inquiry was for possible future use and noted questions about altering the present courthouse as well.
A Battle Creek physician calls constipation the worst misery, but Rexall Or derlies tablet provides relief by drawing water into the colon to soften waste. It induces a gentle natural movement without habit or dose increase. Stop suffering. get 24 for 25c at Rexan Drug Store. Harry A. Crandall, C. W. Phillip's-Adv.
The Rivoli theatre based Community Men’s Bible class will hold a dinner for members and friends at the YMCA on Thursday evening June 27 at 6 30 o clock. The banquet hall is expected to reach capacity with attendees from the class.
Harry Zahars is elected for the third consecutive year as a delegate to the seventh annual Ahepa convention in Kansas City Missouri representing Elyria Lorain Chapter 144. The organization plans a $200000 National Orphanage Home funded by member subscriptions. The Elyria Lorain group also set a third annual picnic for July 17 expected to be a gala event.
Cleveland June 20 butter extras 44 1 2 to 46 1 2 cents per lb. extra firsts 42 1 2 to 44 1 2. eggs firsts 29 3 4 ordinaries 28 1 2. poultry fowls 27 28 to broilers 38 42, leghorns 23 25, leghorn broilers 28 32, spring ducks 30 33, old cocks 18 19, geese 15 18, stags 18 20 cents per lb.
Hog receipts 1200 with holdovers 117. prices 150 lower for market. Cattle receipts 325 with vealers weak 50c lower. beef steers around 1085 at 11.09, cows 8.00 to 9.50, vealers 14.00 to 16.00. Sheep receipts 400 with fat lambs 50c lower. top fat lambs 18.50, bulk lambs 13.00 to 13.50, fat ewes 6.00 to 6.50. Toledo market shows hogs 5 to 10 cents lower, calves and cattle steady. New York hay market quiet. 12 cars receipts. Automobile fatalities 22,400 in 1928.
Two divorce actions and four civil cases entered the common pleas docket today. Stella Simpkinson of Wallington seeks a divorce from Stanford Simpkinson alleging gross neglect. They married in 1906 and have three children aged 22, 17 and 12. Nellie Ferrell of Oberlin sues Fred Ferrell of Lorain for divorce on grounds of gross neglect and drunkenness. They wed in 1907 and have six children aged 16, 14, 13, 10, 8 and 1. The American Sales Book Company seeks 387.34 from Henry Wurst for merchandise. Henry Kuchrak sues William Arminia for 56 for work on a building. M J Dorsin sues Co N Kent for 110 for building work in Lorain. Joseph Mellen of Cleveland suits Bessie Hayes of Avon Lake for 2224 in attorney fees.
Mrs. Larissa Baughman, 78, of Spencer, fell from the steps of the Home of the Aged escaping with a fractured left ankle. She was transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital for treatment.
The B O A Yeoman Drill Team presents an ice cream social at the Court House Friday evening. Proceeds support the unit and community programs. Admission details and exact start time not specified in the readable text.
The North Elyria Grange stages An Old Fashioned Mother at Stop 7 Lave Ave school house Friday at 8 p m. Tickets 35 and 20 cents.
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