Gloomy Summer Theater Season Struggles In New York
A 1932 McNaught Syndicate column describes a slack summer for legitimate shows in New York, with many venues in receivership or shuttered, rumors of mergers, scarce new offerings, and a mood of palpable gloom among actors and critics. The piece also recalls nostalgic anecdotes from vaudeville and street life, including encounters with performers and a reflection on changing terms of social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rialto
Charles Dillingham
Globe
Montgomery and
Stone
Hart Carrol
Roxy
Hippodrome
Dinty Moore
Lindy
Frisco
Palace
Sime
Polo Ground
McGraw
Amherst Study Hour Club Hosts July Picnic Plans
Sixteen residents gathered at Mrs Emil Ruths home for a garden party by The Study Hour Club with a July 13 picnic planned at Vermilion on the Lake and an August meeting at Mrs John Thompsons. Officers will be elected, Mrs Margaret Histed attended, and a flower contest winner was Mrs Isaac Slack. Birthday dinner followed for Alex Garland at Elyria with relatives. Dime society to meet at Congregational church parlor hosted by Mrs N G Townsend. Warren Powers led Christian Endeavor at Congregational church. Lewis Kilmer reported on a recent convention and a church parlors party was planned. Evangelical Day attendees from the area noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Emil Ruth
Vaermilion-on-the-Lake
John Thompson
Margaret Histed
Isaac Slack
Alex Garland
Elyria
Henry Friden- Stine
Arthur Ruth
Jack
Christian Endeavor
Warren Powers
The
Congregational Church
Lewis Kilmer
Lincoln Park Neighbors Gather For Weekend Visits
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Ernst Schneider and daughters Margaret Flora and Florence Mr and Mrs Albert Schneider Mrs Albert Wragg and the Mori families plus Mr and Mrs Paul Mori. Council to meet this evening at the town hall. Nearby travel and social notes list numerous relatives guests and church events across Elyria Medina Cleveland and Burbank Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Park
Ernst Schneider
Margaret
Flora
Florence
Albert Schneider
Albert Wragg
Ford Holzhauer
Jimmy
John Mori
Paul Mori
Henrietta Glime Family Reunion Held at Ruggles Beach
The Grime reunion gathered thirty three relatives at Ruggles Beach on Sunday. Officers elected during the business meeting were Charles Heldrick president and John Bohn vice president, both from Henrietta, with Mrs Elmer Battenhouse from Elyria serving as secretary and treasurer. Others from Henrietta attended.
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Ruggles Beach
Charles Heldrick
John Bohn
Henrietta
Elmer Battenhouse
Elyria
Local Social Roundup From Elyria Area
A string of visits and gatherings across Elyria and nearby towns includes families from Bakersfield Bucyrus Vermilion Lorain and Cleveland Heights sharing meals picnics prayer services and social events. Notables include Mr and Mrs H G Portman Mr and Mrs Elmer Smith and Miss Lena Gleisner among others visiting relatives and attending church activities and social functions.
West Ridge social notes highlight parties and farewells
In West Ridge on Wednesday night Mrs Lucile Fowl and Mrs Florence Balls hosted an ice cream party for D C Club members and families. A farewell gathering for Thomas Webb was held for him leaving for Oklahoma. Various locals attended bridge and betrothal announcements and birthdays. Andrey Maurer rites were held in Elyria with burial in Middle Ridge Cemetery.
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Middle Ridge
Carrie
Louise Schmitkens
Adelaide Hall
Robert
Harry
Edwin
Henry Kolbe
Melvin
Thelma
Newton Bechtel
Lucile Fowl
Florence Balls
West Ridge
D. C. Club
Richard Hacock
Stella
Marion
Harry Werner
Thomas Webb
Oklahoma
Bert Webb
Ruth
Brownhelm
E. C. Cotton
H. W. Schmitkens
Margaret Goehr
Western Reserve University
A Mystery Pearl Log From The South Seas Chapter 44
Pauo reads a perilous log dated 1836 describing a captured vast black pearl and treasure cave on a tropical island. A shipwrecked crewman, Ansel Van Syke, and pirate foes fight savages, while secret passages and a cursed jewel unfold. The tale ends with a dramatic cliffhanger as the voyage continues and a curse looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauo
Fath Whitney
Noah Barrows
Ansel van Syke
Ansel
Peter
Ansen
George Lindsey
Harmon Wright
Pierre
Heaven
van Syke
Tahati
Tahiti
van Dyke
M E Church Ladies to Meet. Funeral Held Saturday
The M. E. society ladies plan a Wednesday afternoon meeting with Mrs Leonard Brad- and later funeral services occurred at Andrew's Funeral Parlors on Saturday at 2 o'clock led by Rev V C Jump. Interment was in Penfield Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew's
V. c. Jump
Penfield Cemetery
M. E. Society
Ladies’ Society of the
M. E. Church
Leonard Brad
Guests from Michigan Honor Lunch Circle Visit
Mr and Mrs Louis Papke along with grandson Ralph Roberts and Bob Clement of Wyandotte Michigan spent Friday and Saturday with Mr and Mrs P T Van Valken puré. A lunch circle will be served and all are invited to attend.
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Michigan
Louis Papke
Ralph Roberts
Bob Clement
Wyandotte, Michigan
P. T. van Valkenpure
Papke and Clement Visit Ill Sister in Cleveland
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Papke Bob Clement and Ralph Roberts of Michigan left Saturday for Cleveland to visit Mrs. Rapke s sister Mrs. Griffor who formerly lived in Penfield. Mrs. Griffor is quite poorly and is at the home of her daughter Mrs. Tom Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Papke
Bob Clement
Ralph Roberts
Michigan
Cleveland
Penfield Girl Beverly Jane Andrews Dies at 8 Months
Penfield June 27. Sympathy extended to Mr and Mrs Howard Andrews in the loss of their daughter Beverly Jane aged eight months. She had long been a frail child and died last Thursday night. Survived by parents and two sisters Ardis and Kay Andrews. Funeral services were private.
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Beverly Jane Andrews Penfield
Howard Andrews
Beverly Jane
Ardis
Kay Andrews
Darwin and Charles debate on origin of species and reading
The fragment suggests Charles and Darwin ponder a generalization about the origin of species. It notes a scientist hesitating to publish his views and a meeting where ideas might be read, indicating an early struggle to promulgate theoretical work.
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Charles
Darwin
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Busines Ameas
Tam
Dayton, O
Opera Place
Cincinnati
Bob Ripley
California
Richy Craig, Jr
Lucius Junius Desha
Tipe Peach
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Dime Society
Congregational Dime Society
N. G. Townsend
Zemo
BE. H. Blvd
F. E. Decke
C. O. Stone
Buddy Baker
Eugene Griffen
Medina
A. A. Lucas
Elytia
N. Sargeant
Hudson, C
Carl Gibson
Barbara
Harriet Baker
Leo Stone
Clarence Kern
Henry Kolb
George Hansford
Holloway
Ohio
George Rice
Geo, Diness
Paul Filo
Emma Messarole
Edward Immel
Burbank
Helen Baker
Verna
Tommy Gleason
Wm. Gleason
C. F. Fowl
Margaret Marrow
Oberlin
Ledi Gibson
Martin Springer
Carl Ernst
Dorothy
Arthur Ernst
Andrew Fazey
Vermilion
Albert Fazey
Henry Fieman
Doris Springer
Bourquin
Ray Brown
John Bobn
Charles Heidrick
Frank Berg
Earl
Ralph
Carl Krauder
Howard
Bakersfield
Paul Krauder
Norma Jean
Bucyrus
Jake Portman
H. G. Portman
Harland Schleeter
Carolyn
D. C
Carl Fowl
Ruby Jones
Oscar Schneider
Gladys Zilch
MBE
Ben Bauman
Evangelical Church
Leslie Gould
Elmer Smith
Toledo
Deli. Smith
Paul Co
Wallace Court
Old Circle 7
Elyrian Methodist Church
Herman Portmap
Carl Becker
Mill Hollow
Reed Eddy
Harvey Hecock
Richard Hecock
Floyd Heisman
Lorain
EC Bruce Workcee
South Seas
Tarea
Ezra
Yone
Chronicle - Telegram
Chronicle-Telegram
Insurance Department
Chronicle- Telegram
Chronicle Telegram
Acei
Penfield
Crandall’s Drug Store
Middle Ave
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