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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1920
Page
8
Members of Argyle Lodge Daughters of Scotland have issued invitations for their initiation meeting and officer installation on May 1 at seven o'clock in the G A KR hall. The program includes a master of ceremonies, vocal solos, and a solemn address by L. W. Brown.
A benefit program at Garford school for the East Side Sunday school drew a large audience. The Second Congregational church orchestra, with Mr. Krugman of Amherst, heightened the event. Thanks went to Mrs. Ralph Castlé and other committee members for organizing the educational and entertaining evening. Mrs. Bartlett attended with former pupils and performed two favorite songs. The program list followed.
Miss Sigred Hallman of West avenue hosts guest Miss Collet Kirshmier of Cleveland at the Lafolet club May party in Ellis hall this evening. Before, Hallman hosts a small dinner. Mrs. George Wisseke and daughter Hazel and Miss Katherine Löckard attend from Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. F C Daily depart for Boston and Butler NJ after visiting Mrs. Daily's parents. George McArren and Miss Mary McArren return from New York. Mina Gertrude Jaster to perform at Oberlin Conservatory recital Saturday. Garford Community Cooperative Association holds bake sale Saturday starting 1 PM at Supreme Electric store.
Citywide clean up planned May 3 through May 8 to reduce fire risk protect health and improve looks. Districts will collect rubbish including limits on what can be burned and where to place items, with wagons hauling debris to disposal sites. Mayor Asaph F. Jones orders district crews and street department staff to enforce receptacle rules and coordinate with local tracks and river boundaries.
Reports that Warren G. Harding ally Daugherty would quit the race for president were denied by Harding. He spoke in New Albany claiming no withdrawal plan. He urged voluntary military training and warned that past preparedness costs were high.
Readable listing of food items and prices including Navy Beans 9c per pound Irish potatoes 1.25 per bag Best Creamery butter 1 pound Lenox Soap 10 bars 63c Flake White Soap 10 bars 65c English walnuts and jumbo peanuts by the pound with dozens of other canned and packaged goods priced for a general store sale.
A compact historical price list for a butcher shop shows pork loin roast at 38 cents per pound, pork chops 40 to 45 cents, fresh pork steak 45 cents, shoulder beef roast 25 cents, neck boiling beef 22 cents, rib boiling beef 12 cents, home cured bacon chunks, salt pork, pickled pigs feet, pure lard and compound lard listed at various prices per pound or per unit, reflecting typical early 20th century retail rates.
In Newark and New Jersey counts Harding leads Wood by 1,207 votes based on official returns with totals Harding 125,561 and Wood 109,268. Recounts may alter results in the Daugherty Boygon race as further districts report, while Johnson seeks a recount option amid disputed ballots.
Police say Hulrt admitted to a string of killings tied to marriages and disappearances. Reports describe a partial confession naming Bertha Goodrich and Alice Ludvigson, with other missing women listed from Canada and Alberta. He claimed little education and no direct motive, and said the act gave him relief.
A rehearsal for children will be held at Washington School Auditorium on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock.
South Amherst plans a monument in honor of local Yanks with a Stone Co. and Ohio Quarries Co. project including an auditorium and bowling facility. Construction will also involve quarry plants and near completion of community alleys and pool tables.
An old medicinal advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a safe Spring tonic made from Blood root Oregon Grape rest Queen's tiot Stone root and Cherry Bark with no alcohol or narcotics. The ad claims it purges spring fatigue and cleanses the system, offering liquid and tablet forms and urging readers to send 60 cents plus mail for a vial and a free book on blood disorders.
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