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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
15
An editorial calls for public advertising to educate drivers as car use grows. It cites careless speed, impatience, rule violations, and poor brakes on wet roads as common causes and urges learning from past accidents to prevent future ones.
A dispatch contrasts Berlin’s luxury flower shipments with child hunger, noting officials suggest taxing such indulgence to aid the poor. It cites social workers in New York stressing recreation for those aiding the needy and condemns extravagant purchases as incongruent with conscience.
The Crescent News notes a price debate over seats to the Democratic convention in New York theaters. The article discusses supply and cost concerns affecting attendees and organizers.
A collage of historical notes and birthdays mentions events from 1817 to 1921, milestones in military, politics, and exploration, and various figures honored for achievements. Notable names include Harvard's Washington Corps, Edna Dow Cheney, Joseph Smith, and Duke of Devonshire. Virginia league race hint ends with the Richmond Colts vs Portsmouth.
The article notes Edna Dow Cheney born centennial honoring her Freedmen's Aid Society work. It marks Civil War Kenesaw Mountain clash sixty years earlier and Mormon leaders Joseph and Hiram Smith slain at Carthage eighty years prior. It previews a Norwegian Singers' Association festival with twelve hundred voices in St Paul.
Hints of playful verse by Himeci Armitage headline a quirky collection. A line about waking up and sleeping suggests humorous misprints and light satire. The Roosters appear in the closing note as part of the airy column.
Grove Patterson argues true labor friendship lies in action and fair wages. He critiques self styled reformers, urges building personal Heaven on earth, cites a Shakespeare Memorial theater idea, and notes a Selfridge store pay envelope proverb about resilience.
Mr and Mrs Lafe Bud save moved out of the Acme apartments after continuous noise from cocktail shakers kept them awake. The couple laments aging women not thinking anything about kissing you.
The council approves widening Middle Avenue to city limits. The Lake Shore railroad begins abutment removal to widen the street per a Supreme Court order. Two Lorain County prisoners, Charles Hinkle and Thomas Harvey, attempt escape at Columbus depot but are recaptured after a fight. Williams Bros. & Morris of Cleveland win a Washington Avenue bridge contract bid at 27,000 for masonry and 98,090 for remaining work. Elyria Board of Health decides no action at this time.
Timely Views on World Topics reports Ed ward W Bok applauding the $50 000 Bok Peace Award won by Dr Charles H Leavy of Brooklyn for a peace plan. Bok notes rising peace discussion in religious conventions and predicts Senate action on World Court resolutions, while praising American literature’s progress behind Britain’s Kipling and Galsworthy.
H. M Parker former school superintendent and Great Commander of the Obeble Macabees died at his Third Street home after appendicitis. The city mourns the untimely death and remembers his service and high regard among residents.
Rep William D Upshaw of Georgia emerges as a potential vice presidential candidate amid New York visits by supporters. The veteran legislator, crippled from a youthful accident, rose from farm boy to long-time anti liquor and temperance advocate, becoming a noted Southern Baptist figure and lecturer.
The article recalls Upshaw’s dramatic thirteen minute December 1922 speech accusing widespread violations of the prohibition law in official Washington. It highlights his campaign image as the moral leader of political America and his pledge to unite voters across parties. Ernest W Edolderness enters history as the seventh Brit amateur golf winner with two titles. It also notes a bizarre 1798 Edinburgh wager when golfers drove balls over St. Giles Cathedral.
The first golf tournament State championship of Orog will be held at Portland on July 16. Lilian Harrison trains at Hove for her attempt to an, while the Argentine girl crosses the English Channel.
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