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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1927
Page
4
Pred Williame with Ars Williams and Mr and Mrs John Mitt gu drove his car Gute to a telephone pole on Fast avenue near the south city. It struck the pole last night when he failed to maze the carve. The impact snapped the pole at the base and broke both front wheels. No injuries to occupants.
Three Pendred combars and cowsirts from western Canada will come to Columbus May 27 to June 4 for an international stampede and rodeo. Prizes totaling $30,000 plus purse will be awarded. Event hosted by Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts and managed by the Alberta Stampede Company of Calgary. Afternoon and evening performances daily.
Pete Welsh president of the Stampede company leads a western cowboy contingent to the city for the rodeo. More than 1350 wild backing horses and over 130 wild cows and steers will compete in events with prize money. Open eligibility. event billed as a serious rodeo, not a circus show.
Dover Inn on the main road to Cleveland at Dover Center announces its formal opening for the season under Hugo Hoebs. The event runs Saturday and Sunday May 28 and 29 with family dinners and chicken, seafood, and ash dinners on offer. The inn sits in a scenic area with playground space and ample parking. A well known Cleveland chef is aboard and a seven piece orchestra will provide dancing music from 8 pm to closing time daily. Special menus and clambakes will be carried out for varied occasions.
Loury West 75 died at his son Frank's Water street home. Funeral services were at the residence at 2 pm and at St John’s Lutheran Eburen at 2 30 pm. He lived in the city forty two years and had many friends. Survived by children Frank Elyria Otto Clercian Feinhardt Cleve land Mrs Fred Hoffman Amherst Mrs RW Goetz Flyria and Wm Henke Elyria with five great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Amelia Galley Flynia. Eliasr Leedale to Ada Lee part of lot 33 Faxon sub.
Viola Long files for alimony without divorce claiming marital neglect and other women’s company. She asks the court to bar National Tube Co. from paying Long until further order and seeks relief in common pleas court.
The Ohio Baptist editor accuses leaders of misleadership as Dr Herbert F Stilwell president of Denison trustees endorses a modernist for university top post. Denison President Avery A Shaw will speak at the convention along with others amid internal church tensions. William Valada sells part of original lots at West View Realty for $10.
An auction company sues Ray Butler of LaGrange for 19000 dollars claiming libel and damage to reputation from accusations of raising bids and defrauding the plaintiff. The suit, filed today, alleges the remarks harmed the plaintiff’s business standing by about 16000 dollars and names Butler as the defendant.
Market reports show hog receipts 1,990 in Cleveland with uneven demand and varying prices across weight classes, cattle receipts 1,070 with calves, and steady sheep and lamb activity. Chicago quotes cover butter eggs poultry and produce. Toledo reports hogs steady, calves and sheep steady, and grain prices for wheat corn oats rye and seeds. Minneapolis shows flour softness and mixed grain futures across several months.
Fifty years ago women faced limited occupations with many confined to teaching housework or nursing. Now women enter factories as essential workers and break barriers as architects lawyers and executives. Elizabeth Chamberlain in Trenton shares how Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound improved health and offers to answer questions from fellow workers seeking better health on the sunlit road.
Oberlin College elected its Student Council for the coming year during commencement week led by President James Wickenden of the class of 1928. Officers include Vice President Faith A. Dufour, Secretary Alice Louise Smith, Treasurer Harlan M. Thompson, and representatives Louis S. Peirce, Walter H. Delaplans, and Louisa B. Coates.
Edward Kuhn of Cleveland admitted wreckless driving and speeding before Justice S J George. He was fined twenty dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to smashing the rear of a car owned by H E Burton on Warren road Cleveland.
Paul Palmer and R B Cohagan reported a body on street car tracks at 30th and Broadway around 11:00 p m. The man had been hit by a car and was taken to St Joseph's hospital. He was identified as Nick Juras of 3213 Livingston Ave Lorain.
Yesterday in Justice S J George court William Graw of 453 Earl Court was fined $10 and costs for speeding and reckless driving. John Salisbury of Lorain was fined $329 and costs for intoxication. T H Reed, arrested on complaint of Tt Wi Walker of Lorain for failing to stop and give name and address after he had Parker May pleaded guilty and was fined $1 and costs.
A bandit in a yellow slicker robbed the Kro- Ber grocery on Washington ave. and Sid St. yesterday afternoon forcing manager L. B. Hardi into a rear room at gunpoint. He fled with a small amount from the cash drawer. exact sum not disclosed. George Dar, Lorain pioneer, dies after prolonged illness at home on East Fria avenue. Funeral Monday at 2:09 pm. Real estate transfers listed include E. O. S. Brown to Anthony Sko Ion lot 6 Daniel and Braun ad TLoralp for $10. John Burten to John Shutie for part of original Soc 19 Elrria for $10. International Health Co. to Nut in Papp parcels in Avon Lake and Shef field two for $975. Anna FH Parratt to Sadie FE. Camper two parcels in Avon Lake village for $10.
Mr and Mrs Ty Strawn of Logan Ohio, already parents to Marion West, win the adoption of four more children from the Children’s Home Society of Ohio. The youngsters include Glenmw 18 months and sisters Ruth 4 Emily 7 and Verma 4. The Strawns, who called their brood the largest in Ohio, welcomed the four as playmates for Marion.
Alex Pillak fined in the majors court on May 2 for illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. He filed a motion in the court of common pleas asking the court to file a petition in error. Pillak listed four points of alleged error tied to his conviction and sought reversal of judgment and restoration of losses from the lower court.
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