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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1923
Page
8
Four Columbus residents report a brutal killing as police search for a hammer killer. Benjamin DPhift, a 5 dollar victim, was found beaten with a blood stained claw hammer near his body. No robbery occurred. Phife’s pockets remained untouched. Investigators say the skull injuries were severe and a stray hammer was likely used.
A seven year old girl named Betty Lou longs for a real home with loving father and mother. She has waited nearly a year, repeatedly asking if a family has found her. The appeal asks readers to help give her a stable, caring family.
Thousands of overfat people have become firm by following doctors advice for Marmola Prescription Tablets. If too fat, mail one dollar to Marmola Co. 4613 Woodward Way Detroit Mich. They reduce weight without tiresome exercise or starvation diet and leave no unpleasant effect.
Theaters showcase a lavish production described as a New York success with sumptuous costumes, lavish pageantry, and strong camera work. Barrymore stars in Sherlock Holmes style tale adapted from Gillette and Conan Doyle stories, with lively love scenes and sharp subtitles. Also features His Dreamemt One Glora Wilson episode and a Western yarn, plus a news piece and a short comedy. Columbus drive supports Child Care Bureau in Columbus Ohio. Cleveland gas rate deadlock with Mayor Kohler. East Ohio Gas may shut city off after May 1 per Supreme Court decree.
A local theatre page notes Superb Cast presents The Circle at Rialto Theatre tonight with strong emphasis on role performance and acting finesse. Critics praise Norman Hack Vays and the production for its stagecraft, though some lines about Maugham and youth tone appear in reflected commentary.
A garbled local page lists names and events including Mrs Jennie Z, Mrs Downing, Wakeman, and Thomas Guthrie. Mentions travel to Cleveland, a birthday, illness, dances, and various family updates with several unreadable fragments. The piece reads like a disordered social column with scattered names and plans.
An advertisement promotes Zemo as a versatile antiseptic liquid claimed to relieve skin irritations and wounds. The copy emphasizes fast action and easy use for household first aid.
Unbiased critics judge Senator Caraway of Arkansas to have won a direct Washington bout against ex war veteran Harry A. Wallerstein. Wallerstein alleges a foul when Caraway used his umbrella for rain shedding. The clash began after a bump in the crowd and centers on a heated exchange in the capital scene.
Steubenville report details a brutal assault on William Simmons by his wife Valetha Simmons at their home. He, 32, colored, lay in a bloodied scene as a corkscrew was twisted through the skull near the brain base. Mrs. Simmons, a drug addict, is in the county jail. Simmons is dying in hospital. The couple had a quarrel reportedly tied to his drunken condition.
State briefs report Rosehill garage watchman Price Herbert bound and gagged as three car thieves drove away with the best car. Other items note a body found in Parma town ship with clothing stripped, a dry law speaker in Cincinnati, Captain John Milton Blair’s death, a Toledo marriage setback for Jane Lenigan’s family, Thiele resigning as Cincinnati symphony manager, and I W McLaughlin’s death.
About 1800 attendees heard Rev. C Q Woodward of the Broad Street Church of Christ preach at a gathering linked to a riotous conspiracy case involving an organizer named Cortner. The event was tied to a January 17 incident and noted by a local Klu Klux group.
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