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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1923
Page
4
MOSETT Mo March 21 The Frisco roundhouse and machine shops at Frisco here were burned down with seven engines a coal car a tank car of fuel oil and pumps to Frisco deep wells all destroyed. The loss is estimated at about $1,000,000.
On March 21 in Delaware a kitchen fire badly burned Mrs. Lewis Carpenter, who lived alone a mile east of Lasules near hare. Relatives found her dying, her clothes burned away and hair singed in the blaze.
A 4.5 premature dynamite blast in the Union Coal Stripping and Mining Company strip bed at Lafferty Ohio today injures two men. Cook Hendershot, 35, is badly burned and rushed to a Wheeling hospital. Geo Boyer is shaken but unharmed. Classed as a mining accident with injuries reported.
Akron and Ohio greeted Senator William E Borah of Idaho as he stepped from a Pennsylvania train at the con station in Akron March 21. The visit drew local interest as Borah toured the city and spoke with residents about current issues.
Cleveland report notes Chesapeake and Ohio directors approved the purchase of 2000 seventy ton coal cars as part of a broader policy expansion by the Vann Bweringen interests after taking control. The move comes at their regular monthly meeting in Cleveland on March 21.
A British woman named Gertrude Bella is described as the "un-crowned queen" of the Orient in a 30 year sacrifice from London to Mesopotamia. The report highlights her departure from ease to serve Eastern rulers, portraying her as a remarkable English figure in a colonial setting.
An aged advertisement fragment promotes stomach relief products amid garbled text. It mentions tablets and relief from distress, referencing brandlike terms and a box of tablets as a key image. The legible bits hint at a medical remedy recurring in late era ads.
Federal agents in Ohio prosecuted 260 cases in the last month, with taxes assessed and penalties totaling substantial sums. In Cincinnati a detective’s undercover operation led to the arrest of three suspected narcotics vendors valued at about 1100. Cleveland reports a membership drive for the Italian fascists with 350 enrolled.
Governor Danahey signed the measure authored by Mrs Nettie Clapp, a first for the Ohio legislature, mandating public school instruction on the U S and Ohio constitutions. The Ohio farm bureau opposed the broader tax and canal funding bill amid rural and minority opposition. The Fouts bill drew on Cleveland chamber of commerce ideas as senators debated canal and Great Lakes routes.
Fragmented notes cite threats over castor oil punishment in fascist Italy and discuss disarmament under Versailles. Mentions London talks on March 21 and Washington Conference pressures, with references to German rearmament limits and U.S. and French positions. Also notes Chicago Packers transfer via Armour amid market chatter.
A months long deal fallout reaches Columbus as the Ohio Retail Convention opens at the Hotel Deshler. Drug merchants from across the state expected to attend. W H Brown Caldwell, club president, will preside. In Boston Nicola Sacro, convict slayer, injured after a bed fall at the Boston psycho hospital. French military authorities in Recklinghausen reportedly urged German communists to set up a soviet dictatorship.
A local presentation titled Always in Trouble was staged at North Olmstead to a full house last week. The affair featured Willian Batists returning from the south as part of a weekend program hosted by The Ridge. The Rev Maple spent the week.
The excerpt recalls a visiting minister questioning a family about Sunday school, a mixed scene with a longtime Black helper in a Southern household and a brick of cultural references. It touches on Dickens and ignorance, then briefly shifts to a naval disaster report and a fragile, fragmented dialogue echoing burlesque and miscommunication.
The report mentions Mrs Bainbridge and son Rob ert visiting at the Bainbridge home, Mrs C B Thompson ill, and Mrs C Nezl of Olmsted calling on friends. Ween Harding of Olmsted plans a public sale on March 28. The Ridgeville play is set for Columbia town hall on Friday evening March 23. Mr and Mrs Blank returned.
The article reports a court dismissal of charges against W M Cortner tied to a Ku Klux Klan conspiracy case. In a related event, authorities describe the burning of four large crosses during the night, with substantial property surrounding the area noted.
The society hall hosts a spring social in the church basement on Friday evening with costumes required and a nickel for entry. Mr and Mrs W Hardine and daughter Thelma attended Sunday in town. Dr A Norwath district superintendent preaches Sunday. Easter program planned Sunday morning at the Methodist Church with communion baptism and reception of members. Guiet and Kenneth Buck are reported working in Cleveland. Mr Mahegh plans rebuilding on his place in spring. The ill in the community are noted as well.
A collage of quips and asides on fashion morals and public figures. Jests about flappers, smoking, dancing, marriages, and a jury award for a kiss populate the fragmentary column. Snippets reference Standard Oil, Rockefeller disputes, and urban life in New York with satirical tone.
A period kitchen menu lists breakfast items like stewed prunes fried mush and poached eggs with coffee and milk for children, a dinner of pot roast beef and mashed potatoes with cucumber salad, and supper of roast beef scraps, canned pears, cake and milk. It also offers practical store and home maintenance tips, including checking closets for missing items, refurbishing supplies, and making household tasks easier with simple kitchen and cleaning guidance.
A guide outlines a regiar fixed monthly practice where the power keeper inspects the eyes closet and diya, checks items out of order, and makes improvements to clean glow dishes. It suggests cleaning stained dishes with steel wool and a moss cleanser mixed with water to form a light scouring powder.
The Grafton Belden and Caemagantone churches plan sermons and events this week, with services, special plans for Easter, and Sunday evening talks. Teachers and parents meet March 26, while locally notable visits and family news fill the community page.
An advertising fragment touts Dr Bewards Olive Tablets as a popular remedy for female health and digestion. It describes various supposed benefits, including relief of head aches, improved bowel movement, and general well being, with claimed prices and availability.
A jealous quarrel involving a young model ends in her being pummeled and scratched, following a week after the murder of Keanora Doro Kann, once dubbed the butterfly of the night, whose mysterious death has baffled New York investigators.
Wellington items report a Thursday night talk by a traveler from Japan at the Methodist Church, a school play The Elopement of Ellen by High School students, attendance at an Akron Bible School convention, a card party hosted by Mr and Mrs Curties, the Sportsmen meeting in the Mayor's Court, a hydrogen balloon accident, two local deaths, and a suspected accidental death at a school site.
Stephen B. Davis of New Mexico is appointed to fill a temporary vacancy caused by the restriction of Assistant Secretary Huston, serving with Secretary Hoover in the Commerce Department.
A dubious ad claims piles can be cured in six to fourteen days using unspecified remedies. The text references traps and soothing agents and mentions a refund if a product named TAZO ENT fails, but it lacks clear details or credible medical support.
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