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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
11
A court notice outlines a dispute over family jewelry valued at $20,000 linked to Edith and Mrs Walter Scott. The case references a March hearing in Elyria with details about a man killed and a Masonville incident, and notes a Lakewood high school schedule.
An old advertisement claims Honnae-tone-e-ah Jones Liniment relieves aches joints and pain by penetrating the skin. It touts antiseptic healing qualities and safe use on cuts bruises and sore spots with a 1.00 price and a Dr J Chartasten endorsement.
Chicago reports Mrs Sarah Sabin, director of home economics, says mud hen feathers can rival ostrich feathers for hats. The piece notes the fashion claim and mentions an open campaign event in Lorain on March 17 and other local items.
Harry Shaw a Baltimore and Ohio railroad dispatcher shot his wife Lena in Justice Hot Loop's Salem court room after accompanying her to discuss a charge. He fired twice with one shot piercing the breast and another the spine as she stood and walked toward the door. Shaw, who has one leg and used a crutch, had recently moved from Youngstown to Leetonia and there were family troubles blamed for the tragedy.
Ohio brief highlights include inmates from Cuyahoga and Lorraine counties escaping from penal facilities. a runaway team crashes into a house. Port Clinton reports no spring floods. soda prices rise. forged money orders traced in Ashtabula. a man blown apart by dynamite near Canton. an iceboat birth on Kelley’s Island. trolley cars resume after winter. a school roof collapse leaves one dead. a farmer found dead in Blanchard Township.
Lorain Health Officer Walloyd Adair reports 34 of 66 February deaths due to flu and pneumonia. Four deaths were accidental. The flu death rate was 17.26 percent, up from 3.26 percent a year earlier, and $800 of a $10,000 appropriation was spent to combat the outbreak.
Lorain on March 11 reports employees of the National Tube Co purchased 6138 shares of employees steel stock at 106 dollars per share. The total value of 554,628 dollars represents the purchases by United States Steel Corporation workers during the past year.
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