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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1932
Page
7
A vivid chronicle from New York in May describes marathon dancing contests with 60 couples, nine still paired at day 47, a dramatic Italian soloist, and 1600 dollar prizes. It portrays audience, costumes, schedule, rest breaks, and the demanding routines, while weaving in cultural sketches of theaters, housing, and notable personalities of the era.
Henrietta briefs list events: Evangelical prayer meeting at the church Wednesday evening on the topic Hope led by Mrs. Harry Jones. Methodist choir practice at Earl and Mrs. Munns home Wednesday evening. M E prayer meeting at Mrs. Anna Bucks home Thursday evening. The Women's Foreign Mission group noted.
The Royal William was the first passenger steamer built to cross the Atlantic, sailing from Liverpool in 1835. It had a 617 tonnage and about 10 knot speed. Passage cost $140. The ship was sold fifty years later for $50.
The first convict fleet to Australia was fitted out by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge with a carefully chosen library for its inmates. It included 200 copies of Exercises Against King, 50 Cautions to Swearers, 100 Exhortations to Chasity, 100 Dissuasions to Stealing, and 54 copies of Religion Made Easy.
An old advertisement touts EMTONA as a remedy for tiredness headaches and sluggish feeling caused by constipation. It claims thousands benefited with renewed vitality, cleanses the system and purifies the blood, endorsed by users. Muir's Cut Rate Drug Store at 41 Broad Street sells EMTONA.
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