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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1928
Page
7
George O Browne of Indianapolis visits Lorain City to promote a four year national advertising and education campaign by Retail Lumber Dealers. Ten Lorain County dealers are invited to participate to stimulate demand for new homes buildings and remodeling projects.
Miss Catherine Carlson, teaching in Akron, visits her parents on West Main Street La Grange. Edward Jack and Carlton Pierce of Hinckley were recent visitors. Mrs E D Fye and daughter Maxine visited Elyria Monday. Mr and Mrs Arthur Jones and son and Mr and Mrs Jay Jackson were also mentioned among local arrivals.
The Chronicle Telegram Elyria reports that the senior class will hold commencement exercises Thursday evening with Dan Bradley of Cleveland as speaker. The class play is scheduled for Tuesday evening May 29. Mr and Mrs Charles Adams entertained Cleveland friends Sunday.
Madame Georges Barbet, the last of the cantinières, died at age nine. She followed her husband to the front in 1870 as a cantiniere and stayed with the regiment until armistice. A pioneer among Y M C A and Salvation Army helpers, she served on the front lines before trench warfare.
France retains the distinction of owning chateaux, with about 40,000 of them. Many remain stone country houses while the title still carries social cachet and status in the countryside.
A historical advertisement explains indigestion as excess stomach acid and advocates Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a fast neutralizer. It claims one spoonful in water relieves symptoms instantly, promotes using genuine Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia, and notes the 25c and 50c bottle sizes with the U S Registered Trade Mark since 1875.
In a discussion of flight conditions across Greenland and Iceland Col. Lindbergh eyed a possible summer Europe to North America airway. Meteoro logist Kimball and naval experts see it as interesting but not year round while Hobbs notes May to August window with peak in early July.
The Agriculture Department estimates the annual lamb crop now yields about 100 million dollars for American producers. The industry shifts to a lamb basis with meat from four to twelve month old animals. Open range ranches in 13 western states account for 65 percent of the lamb crop, and yearround supply is sustained by orderly marketing and regional fattening in the corn belt areas.
Letters from the front and battlefield sketches by Charles W. Reed, artist trumpeter of the Ninth Massachusetts Battery, donated by Grace M. Schirmer of New York to the Library of Congress. Reed’s 1895 Medal of Honor for saving his captain at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 is also donated, along with Peach Orchard battle sketches from that day.
Paris fashion notes that a single bathing suit no longer suffices for stylish resort stays. The trend favors two or three piece ensembles, including a substantial two piece wool suit with shorts, signaling a shift in swimwear wardrobes.
The passage describes several outfits including a wool vest with matching cap and shoes, a two piece with aborts and a bright modernistic vest, and a beach piqué silk or bright jersey ensemble with matching robes. It also details a Bedouin beach cap innovation with silk neck protection and sailors caps turned up for sun protection.
The article notes anemia in children can be cured by dietary iron and copper, and argues competition should not be drowned by such cures. It emphasizes Holland’s stance on keeping rivals visible rather than overwhelmed.
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, urged adding an international fox hunt to the Olympics at the British Olympic Games Association dinner in London. He noted Holland’s limitations and proposed a six a side event with penalties for injuring hounds and disqualifications for treading on a fox, citing his knowledge of geography.
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