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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1921
Page
5
North Eaton Christian Church celebrates paying off its 1910 building debt. A day of rejoicing May 29 features a church program, a march by Mr and Mrs Arthur Giles of LaPorte providing music, an all day event with noon dinner served by church ladies, and invites all friends to attend.
Matty Roubert stars as Jit in Heritage at the American theater and Jeanne Carpenter imitates Mary Pickford in Through the Back Door at the Colonial theater. The casts include Herbert Standing Augusta Perry Joseph Burke Philip Sanford Adelaide Fitzallen with Willard Mack's script and Wm. L. Roubert direction.
Lois Wilson plays a bride in tears as Bryant Washburn faces a wife and a stolen necklace caper. The Paramount comedy opens at the Strand for two days with a strong supporting cast including Guy Milhan Hazel Lowell Vera Lewis and Catherine Wallace.
Four year old Jeanne Carpenter has acted in nine films in a year and shared the screen with Mary Pickford, an honor achieved by few photoplayers.
In Columbus on Friday a 280 foot scaffold section failed, causing over 25 men to fall twelve feet. Four workers were hospitalized with rib fractures and head wounds. all injuries considered not life threatening. The contractors Blome and Fennick of New York and Chicago were building an ice plant for the Pennsylvania Railroad on 20th Street.
Elyria police released a shoe-string vendor in connection with a farm burglary case at the Edward Brucker home on Telegraph road between Elyria and South Amherst. Residents who viewed the suspect in Elyria said the man held differs from the entry suspect who took clothing jewelry and $35 from the home yard.
A small detached garage at 14th Street and Oberlin Avenue burned late last night with unknown origin. Fire Chief David Hart investigated but had not learned the owner's name by early afternoon.
The Finitimi selects officers for the year with Mrs Richardson as president and Mrs Sherburne as vice president. Three M E Ladies Aid circles plan a joint meeting June 1 at 2 30 in church parlors. Oberlin Literary and Social Lab meets May 31 at 10 with Mrs C G Shepard. Foreign Missions reads letters and gives a missionary address June 1 at 3 in the James Trand house. I T Y T M club meets May 31 with Miss Edith Waters. Women’s Auxiliary meets May 31 at American Legion club rooms. full attendance requested.
ELYRIA clan Robertson announce attendance at the Memorial Bay service and parade with a request to bring the Kilti Band from Cleveland to perform with them.
Public meetings similar to Carnegie Hall event in New York on April 4 are planned nationwide to protest wounded veterans neglect and urge Congress action. Alfred FitzRoy Anderson coordinates efforts and reports wide interest from mayors and officials. He envisions a business group to help veterans work toward independence, citing England where wounded veterans increased production by 30 to 49 percent.
Charles Rehfeld a Huron County farm worker was executed at the Ohio Penitentiary after insisting on innocence. He killed Dr. Horace Benson a Norwalk dentist in November 1919. He refused prayers and claimed he was not guilty as he prepared for the death march.
Washington May 28 supporters of the Alameda naval base project drop plans to force another vote after threats by opponents to stall indefinitely the pending 500 million dollar larger American navy appropriations bill.
Norwalk board of visitors reports Monroeville and Greenwich jails with open doors and orders renovations for New London and Plymouth jails. Trustees to deed county fairgrounds 30 acre tract to county commissioners. Otto Smith critically injured by self inflicted 22 caliber rifle accident at Memorial hospital. Civil suits and social notes follow with local names and small events.
Paul Lindenberg denberg secretary treasurer announces Burton Preston of Mansfield as president replacing W H Brooks of Cleveland. A F Baumgartner of Hyde Park CC Cincinnati elected vice president. Committees formed for the Losantville Country Club tournament June 22 to 25 with named chairs and members to handle tournament operations publicity and prizes. Entry cards are arriving and runners urged to secure hotel rooms due to Latonia race week crowds.
Washington May 28 Professor FE R Seligman head of Columbia economics testifies before the senate committee that prohibition traps taxation in the United States. He notes the billion dollars in liquor taxes are lost and urges a new consumption tax such as a gasoline levy estimated at 100 to 200 million dollars annually.
In Kenova West Virginia on Friday twelve year old George Cunningham drowned when he was pulled into an open sewer vent as he and friends waded after a heavy rain. His brother Homer Cunningham narrowly escaped the same fate.
A compact ad promotes Blue Devil as a versatile cleaner for stubborn grime. It emphasizes strong stain removal and household utility, targeting kitchens and bathrooms with easy application and rapid results.
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