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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1928
Page
4
The piece argues eight hour day gains, vacations, and afternoon off create a new leisure era for Americans. It links leisure to health and culture through motoring, sports, books, music, and continuing education, noting Carnegie Foundation efforts to convert leisure into improvement for all.
A historical statement describes the U S immigration system as selecting newcomers fit for American citizenship and rejecting those who prove unacceptable after arrival. It urges forgetting Old World quarrels, embracing benefits, and preferring evolutionary reform over revolutions while praising production and steady governance.
The New York University Hall of Fame honors Louis Agassiz Refus Choate John Paul Jones F B Morse and John Greenleaf Whittier. Unveiling by Richmond Pearson Hobson marks the Jones bust as a tribute to a naval hero. Whittier’s memorial, presented by the Society of Friends, reflects his Quaker pacifism and abolitionist stance amid Civil War era concerns.
Nutrition expert from Columbia University outlines a food budget with one fifth for vegetables and fruits one fifth for milk and cheese one fifth for breads and cereals one fifth for meats fish and eggs and one fifth for fats and sweets He notes improving diet by allocating funds to produce vitamins and minerals and offers articles on balanced diet varicose veins reducing dreams and exercises for arms with instructions and request for self addressed stamped envelopes for pamphlets plus brief biographical notes and birthday mentions of public figures.
ABE MARTIN offers a folksy quip about politicians and farmers. He warns against trusting promises and stresses the farmer as a steadfast friend, warning readers that a trained goal takes no chances.
A compact recap of notable dates and events from yesterday and today. Highlights include Bonaparte’s Toulon departure for Egypt in 1798, a 1828 tariff bill, Vicksburg’s 1863 assault, Harvard’s 1869 president, 1895 Florence earthquake, Gladstone’s death, Armistice Day legal status in 1921, and the 1923 Turner Burbank jubilee. Also notes a year ago sanction of Sinclair contempt, Astor’s parliamentary birth, and Manley Hudson’s birthday.
Dame Nellie Melba marks her 70th birthday while President Coolidge is expected to address at the Phillips-Andover academy celebration. A partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Africa and South America. The New England Aeronautical Society launches America’s first association flying meet at Hartford. Germany heats up ahead of tomorrow’s Reichstag election. Kentucky Derby's 54th renewal runs at Churchill Downs, Louisville, with Ontario Jockey Club kicking off spring at Woodbine Park, Toronto.
William Temple Hornaday, former director of the New York Zoological Park, is profiled as a renowned naturalist and bird protection advocate. The piece lauds the Norbeck migratory bird bill as a hopeful step for all migratory birds, stressing the decline of insectivorous birds and the nation’s need for conservation action.
The discussion warns against overestimating bird abundance across North America and criticizes the old Marshlands conservation approach. The new bill departs from the prior plan to expand hunting grounds and state control of public shooting refuges, challenging broad claims about game and songbird populations.
Washington May 19 reports that scientists find Earth is changing shape with a growing rotundity. The Carnegie Institution discussed a possible cause tied to variable rotational speed, suggesting the planet’s motion over its axis contributes to the apparent stomach.
In Shanghai the tea house functions as a bank, real estate exchange, brokerage, insurance agency, fair, clearing house, employment bureau, and news bureau. Tea cups host daily business with fixed clientele and reserved seats for monthly fees. The scene shows tea houses serving multifaceted commercial roles amid a bustling urban economy.
Arrangements are nearly all made in tea houses where insurance agents seek clients though solicitation is restricted. Employers seek workmen while curb dealers display wares in rented stalls. Tailors with rush orders for funerals or weddings parcel out work to friends of same calling as they sip tea. Morey lenders have funds to fi.
A fragmented public notice discusses small tradesmen lending sums to laborers and related obligations. The readable portion hints at a financial arrangement or credit terms between tradesmen and workers.
A remarkable experiment uses X-ray treatment on fertilized hens eggs to bias hatchery results toward female chicks. The research seeks to control sex ratios in poultry production, signaling advances in reproductive science within agricultural settings.
A new portable Victrola has been shipped with Victor engineers applying acoustic principles to yield musical ability beyond any instrument of its size. Compact and portable yet stylish, it fits cars, boats, or apartments and is expected to be warmly received by music lovers seeking quality in a small package.
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