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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1929
Page
2
The article argues that sound film will standardize speech amid fears of American pronunciation invading English usage. It contends censorship is futile against the push toward uniform manners and language, noting the radio and movies erode dialects and will improve diction through global exchange.
The letter argues police should prioritize serious traffic violations over overtime parking. It urges enforcement against crashing traffic signals, failing to stop at stop streets, and driving out of control, noting officers cannot arrest every offender. It calls for equal rigor on speeding by delivery trucks and other vehicles.
Based on January through April data, American automakers expect one million cars to ship abroad this year. Hoover backs using Commerce Department machinery to open foreign markets as European duties fail to curb U S exports. Growth abroad rivals U S saturation, with only about twenty percent of world cars outside the United States. The industry remains optimistic about foreign demand even as caution about borrowing remains.
A reader asks about aluminum cookware and cancer risk. Lulu Hunt Peters and M A Inouye Peters MD review studies in JAMA suggesting no chronic poisoning from cooking with aluminum. They caution against acidic foods in metal ware and emphasize diet, exercise, and early cancer removal.
The list recalls births and deaths tied to key figures from 1706 to 1851. It includes Seth Pomeroy, Lili Madison, John Stuart Mill, William Fargo, Antionette Blackwell, Albert Pope, William Colston, and Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, noting birthplaces and death dates.
A playful line about Mrs. Leghorn Tharp preferring bridge late at night. The speaker notes her patient husband has waited nearly three years for a keg of apple jack to get tight, reflecting local humor about personality and charm.
The column recalls several historical notes such as Hawthorne born in Lenox Massachusetts dying in Hawthorne New York in July 1926 and Christopher Columbus dying in Valladolid with his claims ignored. It mentions the Mecklen burg Convention in North Carolina prior to the Philadelphia Declaration of Independence and the opening of 1 800 000 acres of Indian land in South Dakota for settlement in 1915. It cites a German born Emile Berliner 78 years ago and Rt Reverend Ernest M Stires born in Virginia as well as Oswald West former governor of Oregon born near Guelph Ontario. A horoscope predicts a fortunate day with strong will and organizational ability but warns to avoid tyranny or selfishness.
William Richards Castle Jr outlines views on standardization in the United States and Canada. He argues Canada will not be standardized or Americanized, notes language differences breed misunderstanding, and stresses domestic law serves home interests.
In Henrietta on May 15 several families from Elyria and nearby towns visited. Mrs. John Hostettler and Ruth hosted Phi Delta mothers. Mrs. Reusser and others celebrated their twentieth anniversary with guests and gifts. Local residents attended plays, church groups, and Mother’s Day gatherings across Vermilion, Oberlin, and Elyria with many intercity calls and Sunday visits shared.
A historical record notes a claim that the United States Congress has never and will never seek to harm a friendly nation, reflecting a political rhetoric about national intent in foreign policy.
Sunday at the William Jaeger home hosts Mr. and Mrs. Bates and guests from Berlin Heights and Cleveland. A flurry of Sunday and weekday visits spans Elyria Vermilion Oberlin Amherst Kipton and Lorain with many families hosting relatives and friends. The Cleveland group Women’s Foreign Missionary Society held a convention at the M E church with multiple sessions and a life membership awarded. memorials and donations noted.
Martin Fect, roadhouse proprietor near Niles, seeks legal means to recover $13,500 in damages after federal prohibition agents raided the roadhouse Saturday, smashing pianos, a radio, phonograph, dishes, chairs, tables and fixtures. George Hurlburt says the raid was within rights under old revenue laws.
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