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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1923
Page
8
An exhausted carrier pigeon fell on the deck of the Cunard liner Ausonia crossing the Atlantic. East Boston officers gave whiskey to revive it, and the bird flew away. Near Halifax the tired pigeon collapsed again and received whiskey a second time before continuing.
In Shadyside Ohio on March 6 miners at the Webb coal mine report a mule tests trolley lines to see if power is off at quitting time. The animal touches a whisker to the wire. if shocked it stays to help haul coal, else it leaves the mine, signaling the end of the shift.
Elyria residents learned of the death of Mrs. Mary Williams Ormsby at her Cleveland home this morning. Daughter of Rev E E Williams she moved to Cleveland after his death and did settlement work. She married Dr Hiram B Ormsby on January 1 1898 and is survived by her husband. Funeral Friday at 2 pm from her residence with burial in the city.
A communication from Mrs. Fred Piper of Winckles Street was read protesting a ditch along the street. She claims the ditch is clogged causing standing water that affects her and her family.
The city council passed a new ordinance limiting truck loads on city streets based on the Burke truck law. Violators may be tried in police court with fines from 25 to 150 dollars for a first offense and 100 to 500 dollars for subsequent offenses, with fines staying in the city.
Engineer Powell alerted the city council that Washington Avenue Bridge had never been paved and urged paving with the grade elimination project. The street committee will report. Legislation passed for a Beach Street sewer at residents’ request. the sewer committee will oversee it.
Actress Madame Gouda discusses portraying a genuine vampire type in The Lright Show while Parisian charm collides with Broadway vamp roles. Thomas Meighan and his Paramount company have sailed back to the United States to resume interior filming in New York after six weeks in Panama.
The Piatto Theatre hosts a diverse lineup for Follies and Scandals. Lew Harris Norman Handy Emily Nice Bowser George Hart Fanny Vedder Jessie Reece and others bring varied theater careers from Yale to Boston and Northwestern with ambitions in drama and synthesis.
A program featuring a moral tale The love of self and desire is contrasted with faith as an old simple lady transcends worldly loves. Also shown are travel pictures Aesop fables and a Brunswick orchestra. Sherlock Holmes presented by John Bar res with a first class cast. Dreamland The Speed King and more features include a comedy and travel reels.
Barrymore stars in a Conan Doyle mystery at the American Theatre. A college student confronts a master criminal as international stakes unfold with danger and a fair lady. Elyria theatergoers are urged to see the show tonight or tomorrow.
Pgrine Community Church will present the Om Fashioned School at Columbia on Friday evening March 9 instead of Thursday as previously announced in these columns.
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