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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
3
A reflective column questions whether progress truly benefits humanity. It contrasts claims that society is better with doubts about moral growth, happiness, and ideals, citing events like Japan’s immigration act and debates on wealth, labor, and living wages.
Quotations reflect Lincoln era leaders using humor to ease gloom and sharpen judgment. The piece compares modern readers to Lincoln, noting that a merry heart aids clear thinking and resilient effort amid defeat and ruin. It cites satirical lines from Liverpool Review and Pavilion Gazette to illustrate wit’s role.
Daily chronicle of notable events on this date in Ohio and around the world. Entries include historical anniversaries from 1586 to 1922, a one year ago note on Krupp von Bohlen, and a list of birthdays such as Sir Peter C Larkin Brig Gen Paul Malone and Yale president James Angell, with places and ages.
A chaotic column mocks Hiram Johnson's political stance, recalls jury duty with Jay Boylan in a stolen overcoat moment, and riffs on Mothers Day, Burton as keynote prospect, and outrageous local anecdotes about beauty trends, oil politics, and figures like Ford Loomis and Jick Woodward.
Today marks the centenary of William Walker a Tennesseean famed as an adventurer and filibuster Parry sails from England on a third expedition in search of the Public investigation of the Texas senatorial election of 1922 begins today in the US Senate elections sub committee Secretary of the Navy Wilbur attends a New York Navy dinner at the National Security League sociologists and school officials gather in Middletown Conn to discuss girls institutions politics conference opens in Washington DC under the Women Committee for Political Action several industry conventions are listed and a note on personal clocks originally called Watcher
A fragment reports Mrs Tipton Bud receiving a postal card from her sister saying everyone is well except the fern turpin yeller, who is blamed for following and causing worry.
A collage of items includes a dog hero saving eight lives from a farm fire at the cost of the animal’s life, reflections on loyalty and sacrifice, plus various brief notes from Grove Patterson on topics from colonial Africa to a New York businessman Leopold Zim nerman who pays creditors in full, and musings on duty, wealth, and Grecian sculpture.
Harvard University biology professor Edward Murray East warns that by 1980 the global population could reach 200 million mouths that can be fed, and soil fertility will be exhausted. He says science cannot avert mass hunger and predicts a cycle of increasing wheat to feed more people without solving the underlying food shortage.
A poem by Henry King likens mankind to fleeting natural images such as falling stars, eagles, spring hues, morning dew, wind, and bubbles. It reflects on borrowed light, the wind blowing out, bubbles dying, spring aging into autumn, dew drying, and the star being shot as man is forgotten.
Twenty years ago the Elyria steamer engine was repaired and renamed Elyria. The Western Reserve band began weekend city park concerts and grew to a renowned local act. Johnson Co started land option closings on land now hosting the steel plant on the Elyria tract of 728 acres bought for 80090. Bicycle cross continent trips were popular with a race to set best time from California to Elyria in 25 days. Black bass and catfish filled the river.
Below the falls, peas cultivation yielded two Idaho farmers a substantial sum after a spring freshet season. The article notes the bumper crop and the high earnings surpassing nine thousand dollars.
An advertisement touts Vex as a guaranteed treatment to stop soreness stop bleeding and firm gums. It claims to banish pyorrhea forever with money back if not satisfied and suggests asking Phillips Drug Store about its reliability.
James A. Foley, son in law of the late Charles F. Murphy, long a Tammany figure and five year surrogate judge, faces opposition from a faction in New York Democrats who call him the crown prince to succeed the deposed boss. He led the Tammany law committee and served in the state legislature as assemblyman and senator, earning praise from Tammany followers.
Immediate delivery offered by Crooks and Slater with a phone contact 41542-41251 for ordering slag cinders suitable for driveways.
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