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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1932
Page
15
Thursday, May 19, 1932. Douglas McMurtrie argues business leaders should stop commiserating over stock market declines and carloadings and instead focus on practical steps to improve their own firms. He warns against economic hypochondriac attitudes and calls for immediate, tangible efforts to lift the economy.
The White House Conference notes 5 630 000 handicapped children and 35 000 000 reasonably normal ones. It urges early, funded training rather than later public expense, calling education for the crippled child enlightened self interest. It cites 1,000,000 speech defective children and 375,000 with heart problems, many improving with early care. The report warns neglect costs society, citing 500,000 in institutions as driftwood.
A quirky 19th century style page poses quick trivia and a quiz on topics such as Johns Hopkins birth date and Shakespeare wealth. It notes Riley used the pen name Benjamin F. Johnson and clarifies telegraph language while offering an anniversary and horoscope snippet.
A dated notes column marks anniversaries and birthdays of notable figures from 1564 to today. It highlights Johann Gottlieb Fichte born 1762 and Felix K. Zollicoffer, with entries on Barnard, Akeley, and others, plus today in history and birthdays in Maryland and national figures. Includes a horoscope and a European note on Australia’s wool era.
A curious collage of newspaper quirks and oddities. The text lampoons prevarication and poses a resolve to keep health work and growth forward. It also notes love letters losing value and a linotype operator shooting his wife over alphabet soup.
The piece riffs on changing social behavior noting a “dumb dame” line, then observes modern pedestrians needing only three blocks to qualify as such. It recalls a man walking to meet his sweetheart twenty five years ago versus today’s practice of honking from the curb, contrasting old and new courtship rituals.
A brief instruction notes cleaning a coffee or spice mill by running a handful of rice through the grinder to remove residue and restore grinding action. This simple trick appears in a domestic tips column.
Avon notes a Late Hour club bridge party with first prize to Mrs Scammen and George Nagel and second to Mrs George Nagel and E A Scammen. A Sunday firemen card party awarded prizes to Mrs J J Weiler and Lawrence Wackel and others. Local social updates include weddings, visitors, and a greeting from George Eliot.
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