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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1924
Page
7
In a housing crisis, workingmen in New York City and Brooklyn show cooperative apartments cut rents dramatically. Five room units built in 1918 rent for 27.50 monthly now. 1923 buildings cost more but still save members money and provide security. Cooperators emphasize stability versus tenant-landlord uncertainty.
An editorial discusses Russia’s suppression of Orthodox worship and the Turkish abolition of the Caliph, arguing both signal a shift toward a practical, lively faith. It suggests people seek religion that is humane, vital, and integrated with daily life as knowledge grows and freedom expands.
The Warbasses discuss cooperative housing as a European staple and its mixed American progress. Europe reports thousands of coworking homes built by societies in Amsterdam and Denmark, with government and non profit activity expanding dwellings. In the United States Milwaukee and New York show limited cooperative efforts through Garden Homes, with shares, monthly fees, and insurance linked to capital repayment and family security.
A list of dates recalling historical events and births from 1678 to 1922 across Ohio and beyond. Notable items include the 1823 death of Return J Meigs, General Grant’s 1863 orders relating to Vicksburg, and the 1916 clash between U S cavalry and Villa troops.
A patchwork of dates and names notes events from 1391 and 1922 including rulers, decrees, and a labor draft case. It mentions King George of Greece royal actions, Bergdorf Philadelphia draft case, and the destruction of a newspaper plant in Dublin, with a “one year ago today” radical trial note and a Columbus auto train collision. It also lists a birthday for Prof Elihu Thompson.
Obscure OCR fragments list De Wolf Hopper a notable American stage figure born in New York and Joseph Caillaux a French politician, with additional garbled mentions of William G Basler longtime president of the New Jersey Railroad and Dr Alexander Humphers president of Stevens Institute of Technology born in Scotland, all described as aging or deceased.
A century ago today the region mourns the passing of Return J. Mex Boerger of Ohio and Postmaster General of the United States. The national Camp Fire Girls conference opens in Kansas City today with events planned across the week.
A quirky column notes townspeople and social scenes, joking about chasing rumors and chasing men through the livery stable and social circles. The voice reflects small town life and idle gossip with humorous digs at local figures.
A collection of light items and jests about local figures and happenings. References include Mr Daugherty and Bob Lersch, a new Board of Trade, Lorain as a suburb, and jokes about gas prices and alibis. Mentions Pat Yancer Hi Johnson Cal and Hi, with playful remarks on elections, sports, and Atlantic City.
William F. Hoyle and Charles R. Flower entered the grocery trade and opened a new store. Mrs Henry McElwin OC.
The clergyman preached at the Baptist church both morning and evening. Town items report a local evangelist visiting Elyria, a parish meeting clearing debt, a mayoral election in Clark, and an accident at Reublin's mill where Henry Taylor suffered a shoulder injury from a sawing accident.
Rose Coghlan stars in a revival of Forget-Me-Not, thirty years after its rise to fame. The piece explores aging, gender equality, and human forgiveness with reflections on life, manners, and understanding others.
Hay and grain prices shown include Wheat No 2 at 24 cents per unit and Oats at 50 cents per unit. A separate line records 89 as a price or measurement unit, indicating a local market listing.
Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, president of the general board of the navy, is named a member of a presidential commission to study oil conservation for national defense and expand U S naval oil reserves. Other members include Dr George Otis Smith and R G Bush. Jones, born 1893 in Virginia and a 1884 Naval Academy graduate, served 39 years, commanding multiple ships and fleets and earning high praise in both war and peace.
Irwin Laughlin of Pittsburgh is named U S minister to Greece, seven years after his first diplomatic posting. His career includes roles as private secretary to the U S minister in Japan, second secretary in Tokyo, and secretary at Pittsburgh. He later held posts in Pekin, St Petersburg, Paris, London, Athens, and Cetinje, with duties as consul general and chargé d affaires before joining the Art conference staff in 1919.
Advertises Metropolitan Opera performances in Cleveland with nine Victor Artists and ticket pricing from $1 to $7. Mentions Geraldine Farrar visit, Victor recordings, and new Victrola models. Notes upcoming seven new records by Philip Spitalny's orchestra and lists titles from sheet music hits.
A local hardware store urges customers to buy D and M calfskin gloves that resist trips and break in well. They advertise six sizes of galvanized garbage cans and a range of pails tubs and copper wash boilers. Also marketed are sturdy step ladders with support rods for safe washing and cleaning from 4 to 14 feet.
The D Landreth Co of Bristol Pa proclaims 138 years of seed farming and bulk and package seed sales with a free catalogue. William Clayton Bonner, the latest recruit at the store, drives the truck and handles orders, a steady, dependable worker born in Amherst Ohio who once drove a stage coach in Montana. He lives with his mother on 13th street and is known for prompt orders by phone.
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