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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1924
Page
3
A 1924 editorial cites Garrison's call for uncompromising justice to urge moral renewal. It warns that slavery is gone but child labor and civic indifference persist, urging readers to vote and resist complacency in politics and society.
A caustic voice envisions a future where undertakers disguise services and mortuaries appear inviting. The piece jokes that life insurance firms will fear the prospect of a cheerful death and suggests a societal shift toward viewing dying as pleasant.
A chronology lists events from 1815 Napoleon news after Elba to 1920 when Norway and Switzerland approved the League of Nations. Highlights include the 1824 Parma death. 1823 Dominique Bouligny’s death. 1842 Lyon on women’s higher education. 1862 Ericsson’s Monitor delivery. 1874 Prince Edward Island legislature. 1915 a Zeppelin raid killing twelve. 1920 League of Nations vote by Norway and Switzerland.
Dan Schnarr a top Elyria fireman retires on a day off and nods off with a pipe, waking to a house fire. The piece blends jokes about pajamas and fire duty with brief world and national notes and a list of birthday and political references.
The text references Witt, Morrow, and Pete with remarks on Teapot Dome, Jasice dept, and Hiram Johnson. It hints at ongoing news coverage, golf opinions, and an unwelcome distractive tone as spring arrives and people read newspapers for offbeat items.
Poem fragment quotes Horatius Bonar urging truthfulness and generosity as a great creed. Abstract lines stress giving the soul overflows to teach others and live truly.
Bernard M. Baruch urges strong legislation to empower the president to mobilize men money materials and food in war or threat of war. He supports a single decision maker, not multiple boards, with industrial strategists directing essential production and fixed prices under wartime authority.
The Child Study Club backed Mrs W Hyland and Mrs H M Fulton for school board seats. The steel plant in Lorain, idle all winter, resumed operations and employed many locals. Chamber of Commerce scheduled its annual banquet for April at the Elks Club and formed committees. Mrs D J Peck celebrated a 75th birthday with a surprise party on Seventh Street. L W Moore of Lorain became infirmary director replacing the late F B Snell of Columbus. The Service Board voted a per cent water-rate increase tied to the new lakefront plant. Hygienic Ice Co prepared to install a new artificial ice plant in Elyria. Thomas Folger was president and S S Lucas secretary.
Readable fragments show events opening today including Lent observance, birth anniversaries, and political meetings. Delegates gather for national cotton convention while others mark anniversaries and hearings in Dallas and Hoboken as regions announce confabs and public events.
Railroads petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for a rehearing of the June 22 1922 order requiring installation of approved automatic train control devices. They ask to extend the deadline from January 1 1924 to January 1 1926.
Abe Martin quips about beach tiffs and husbands, saying modesty still keeps the plum from a comeback. The aging gentleman may pretend again, but nothing signals a return.
Howard Connolly a 72 year old postal worker reflects on happiness and humor amid trouble. Patterson notes frontier spirit and Arctic exploration as metaphor for uncharted lands. He cites Coolidge era treasury certificates and civic investing, plus a girls school offering Human Relations for love and marriage.
James F. Byrnes announces candidacy in the South Carolina primary for the U S Senate seat held by Nathaniel B. Dial. A veteran congressman from the Second district for fourteen years, Byrnes is an Appropriations Committee member and a Charleston native in his forties with early schooling and law study background.
Ex senator George Earle Chamberlain chosen by Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty to represent him in an effort to oust him from the cabinet. Chamberlain born 1854 near Thatcher Miss sought public office from Oregon to U S Senate. He held multiple legal and government posts including governor and attorney general. He authored the 1918 military preparedness bill bearing his name.
Rudolf Schori of Fort Wayne Indiana credits Tanlac with restoring his health after years of rheumatism and related ailments. He says six bottles rebuilt his strength and eased stiffness, allowing him to return to work at his meat market. Tanlac is advertised as 3 for sale by druggists. Over 40 million bottles sold.
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