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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1921
Page
11
A new production opens at the American Theatre tomorrow with suspense built to keep audiences guessing until the final scene. Management touts a tightly woven story and clever mystery that invites viewers to solve it along with the characters.
Stars House Peters and Florence Vigor endure days of rain and sea water on a water soaked film set for Lying Lips, Thomas H Ince’s ambitious Colonial Theatre production adapted from May Thington’s The Magic Slate. The sequence mimics a grand ocean liner disaster with gallons of water flooding port holes and dining salons.
Elyria reports Rialto theatre engaged for Saturday March 12 with Ceci Lean and Cleo Mayfield in Look Who's Here. The duo, fresh from New York, bring a practical guarantee to cover expenses as they tour westward. Lean’s prior hits include The Blue Paradise and Bright Eyes. Mayfield’s reputation promises stylish gowns and comedy.
The tour highlights Miss Mayfield as a fashion leader of the feminine era, with costumes widely copied by modistes. The original company chorus and production promise melody and merriment, after long runs in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston, now renewing engagements in major cities. The town awaits a special opportunity to witness this performance.
Colimbus March 8 Actual work on the 1,000,000 Ohio stadium at Ohio State University, money subscribed last fall, has started. Sullivan. Board of Health bans gatherings of all kinds for two weeks to curb smallpox epidemic.
California rice growers face a 2,000,000 bag paddy surplus as foreign competition and weak exports bite. Secretary Robert Mason of the Rice Growers Association cites plunging prices from $5.25 per hundredweight to around $4.75, with vast stocks awaiting sales and no ready markets. They urge using famine relief funds to buy California rice for shipment to China, boosting demand and clearing surpluses.
Hotel registrants for Elyria include H H Bennett of Syracuse Mgs J T Dewey of Los Angeles W L Winchester of Genoa P T Bliss of Geneva F W Dillon of Fort Wayne H Fales of Elyria F W Cottam of Milwaukee MM French of Springfield Katherine Sheldon of Oberlin G A Waar of Chicago.
Names listed from Grand Rapids to Buffalo remain within banks at their junction at Green Camp and rise slowly. No rain since last night. if another downpour comes, rivers may continue rising. Lowland residents near La Rue have prepared to move.
Marion reports say heavy weekend rain flooded parts of the Little and Biz Sciotomer region with ongoing concerns over rising waters. Local officials monitor streams as residents brace for possible impacts.
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