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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1923
Page
11
Geneva Martin and Margaret Harris proved it by frying eggs on the Lincoln Memorial steps using sunlight as a gas substitute. The scene suggested a comparison to Washington D C as a hotter place in the eyes of the reporters.
Pittsfield plans a July 4 homecoming featuring baseball and indoor games, a noon basket dinner, an Elyria mayor address, cash prizes from Oberlin and Wellington merchants, music from the Brighton drum corps and local bands, plus fireworks. Residents and visitors invited to a community gathering in a shaded grove.
An old ad promotes Joint-Ease claiming foot pain stems from small bone trouble in the arches. It touts a topical soak and a rub on treatment that soothes inside joints and ligaments and promises relief by morning. Available from druggists, a tube costs 60 cents.
Brownhelm brief mentions several visits from Cleveland and nearby towns. Announcement of the marriage of Louise Brill to Paul Reynolds at a Cleveland Episcopal church. Reynolds plans to study law at Western Reserve and move to Cleveland after a Chicago trip. The Congregational church Women’s Missionary Society hosts a tea Friday. Various local residents, including the Hollingsworth and Rice families, were social over the weekend.
The body of Mrs. Chittenden who died in Nashville was brought to Oberlin and buried there. She had been a long time resident and lived with her sister Miss Mary Chamberlin a music teacher at Fiske University.
Oberlin College conducts a study to help average men keep up academically. Dean Charles Nelson Cote oversees regular reviews of students below standard, calls for personal conferences, and provides aid to regain footing. The process screens unfit students and aims to raise overall standing while limiting enrollment to about 1000.
Oberlin College's Dramatic Association presented 23 Better Movies pictures last year drawing 14 000 attendees. Prof Yeamans served as organist. Films included Robin Hood and Nanook of the North. For next season Stuart Walker's Portmanteau Theater and Thomas Wilfred's Clavilux Color Organ are booked. The third season opens in October with an active 150 member group and a waiting list.
OBerlIn notes report no morning service for a time with Sunday school at 10 20 a m and an evening service in the Sunday school rooms. The new pastor Re a Starrett is expected August 1. A sewing bee is planned at Mrs H A Avery s home on June 29.
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