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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1926
Page
7
With March approaching the harsh winter gives way to spring. The piece celebrates returning warmth, budding grass, birdsong, and plans for travel, farming, and renewal as people anticipate lighter days, gardens, and hopeful living through May and June.
An alumnus argues for broader education beyond vocational focus. He urges hiring a $15,000 supervisor to guide freshmen and seniors, ensuring work preparedness and lifelong purpose. He laments graduates who neglect philosophy economics literature and music, fearing a life consumed by jobs and trivial pleasures.
Two Rochester newspapers report the formation of the Damned Souls Society by University of Rochester students to advocate atheism and challenge all religious belief. The club lists many young members and aims to demonstrate tolerance, though elder critics fear repercussions.
The dean says expulsions are unfairly framed and the university offers no encouragement, choosing not to make martyrs and to wait where he lacks power. The remark reflects a cautious stance toward punishment and campus dissent.
A dated roll of historical anniversaries from 1806 through 1904 with deaths, discoveries, and births. Includes Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dred Scott decision, Tennessee wreck, and notable figures such as Walthe Gresham, Duke of Hamilton, Ring Lardner, and Masaryk. Also marks today’s birthdays and events like the coal miners strike in Nova Scotia.
ABE MARTIN quips about a $3 show advertised as familiar goods, mocking pioneer women with cigarette stains or chapped knees, and noting rustic images of goats and large knuckles in a satirical tone.
Arkansas holds today the Annu observance while Texas marks the 90th anniversary of the Alamo massacre. Birmingham hosts the first great Southern Exposition and Fat Stock Show opening, Fort Worth hosts a major fair. Mussolini plans a Tripoli visit. Santa Rosa honors Luther Busbank on the eve of his 77th birthday. Venice gathers one hundred knights and ladies to depart for Jerusalem. The Rt Rev James Treeman, bishop of Washington, questions modern social trends.
Wood Inn, a nothingman's club, called the largest of its kind, links Dr. Freeman to the War Department during the war. He represented the department in national camps nationwide, through which more than a million soldiers came to know him. Freeman authored several sociology books and did significant work with missions and service in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The Virginia minority before the Interstate Commerce Commission credited Col W Anderson of Richmond for persuading commissioners to deny five railroads merger into a Nickel Plate system led by the Van Sweringens of Cleveland. Anderson, a former Romanian Red Cross commissioner, has twice been mentioned for Virginia Republican vice president.
After earning a 1898 degree from Washington and Lee University, he practiced law in Richmond. In 1923 he was named trustee of Armour and Swift interests in Union stockyards. A year later he became special assistant to the U S attorney general, and wartime service drew more honors from Serbia, Romania, Greece, Russia, Montenegro, Czechoslovakia, and Italy, totaling 12 medals.
The poem recalls a once clear way through the woods long since vanished by time weather and trees. Only the keeper and nature keepers know where it lay as deer badgers and otters move through the misty solitude. The speaker notes a rider and a woman’s skirt passing, hinting at an old road now hidden.
David Pelton of York spent Thursday evening at his parents Floyd and Mrs. Pelton home and attended the Amherst Eagles game against the Bisires team. Miss Juanita Leiby was a recent guest of her parents.
A March PTA gathering in La Grange will be held at the school auditorium on Tuesday evening March 9 with a special program and lunch. Dr Charles KRelter of Elrama is expected to attend and jugglers and musical can act are planned as a rare treat.
A social note records Mr and Mrs Thomas Baker extending hospitality to the former's brother on Grafton street during a Sunday gathering. The item also mentions rites of Central African tribes where priestesses are believed to wield curses to destroy enemies, noted with the tribes awe toward these powers.
A local advertisement touts the Sonora tube tuned radio frequency sets with clear tone quality. Regular set priced at 90,000 with dimensions listed. Sonora Highboy cabinet includes built in speaker and battery compartments, priced at 200 with accessories extra. Also promotes Victor organ recordings and Jewel gas ranges with easy payment plans on Peerless Hearthfyre gas heaters, highlighting free installation and space efficiency.
Five new Victor doubles released this week include a new vocal by Frank Crumit of Show ’em the Way to Go Home and I Wish I Was in Peoria performed as a duet Normandy and Let Me Call You Sweetheart by the Shannon Quartet. Dance numbers listed are Lantern of Love Baby Looking for a Boy Road of Dreams Lady of the Lake and Mountain Rangers.
Readers are treated to a display of classical and semi classical numbers by the brilliant young saxophonist Jascha Gurewich on a Buescher True-Tone Saxophone. His performance reveals rich possibilities of the instrument beyond the familiar Heifetz piano.
When buying a piano a buyer should expect lasting pleasure and service. Reputable, well known pianos deliver this, while cheap, fin ished boxes with flashy names fail after the agent is paid. Buy from a home dealer who will provide ongoing service.
Patterson Sargent Co unveils B PS color Lacquer, a brush-applied finish that dries in 30 minutes. Aimed at refinishing chairs, furniture, floors, and metal work, the quick-drying product comes in fifteen colors including black and white.
A note on B. P. S. shellac packs its white and orange shellac in bottles with tight fitting covers for reuse. The text mentions quantities from 1 to 2 pints up to gallons for storage and continued use.
A gentleman asked where to find a man s pocket book and the advert promises a good assortment from genuine soft leather models to cheaper options at 10 cents each. The copy emphasizes affordability and variety without citing a specific store or date.
Wiss Shears offer fifty sizes and shapes to select the right type. Durable blades and precise edges promise lasting sharpness for cutting tasks.
For eight years Mrs Core Smith kept the books in neat order, but she is now in Cleveland Clinic Hospital recovering from a serious operation. All members from both stores wish for her quick return.
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