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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1931
Page
6
The item previews historical trivia and anniversaries. It asks who negotiated the U S treaty with France recognizing American independence and who led a rebellion in England. It notes 1889 as the date North and South Dakota were admitted and mentions a birthday horoscope describing impulsive energetic traits.
In Marfa Texas a single Medal of Honor winner remains in enlisted ranks. Sergeant Lloyd M. Seibert of Headquarters Troop First Cavalry stationed here earned the award for manning a barbed gun nest on a machine gun position in France during the war.
In Winston-Salem North Carolina a reader reports an old ankle ulcer fully healed after using two boxes of Petersons ointment. He notes the ulcer persisted for years and cleared before finishing the second box. The sample mentions a large box priced about 34 cents at drug stores.
Sergeant Seibert holds multiple high honors including the Silver Star and several French and Italian decorations. Of 99 bravery medals from World War I, 28 were posthumous, with about six living holders, many no longer in service. A note on Central Asian libraries suggests ancient voyages from China to the New World, while a remark on Gladstone praises his ability to cloak facts in romance.
Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett, president of Rice Institute, urges colleges to teach thinking without thinking. He defines it as training memory imagination and reasoning to act with efficiency like a well running machine, so students accept the gospel of hard work through prompt mental discipline.
James Bellamy, 15, of 130 Seneca Street, is a ninth grade student at Elyria High School and delivers the Chronicle Telegram faithfully. He owns a dog and several rabbits, enjoys after deliveries, and spends time with Baird's Boys and Girls Band practicing Moyed with the group and playing football. He is very fond of music.
In Texas, L. D. Bertillion of Mineola found remains of a famous longhorn herd thought lost. The herd, linked to 1812 legend of Jacob Don Lonert, was discovered near Terlingua Creek after a historic stampede. The horns allegedly brought Bertillion wealth.
A dealer traced a canyon to a cave opening and unearthed a vast pile of bones and horns. Bertillion has sold over $50,000 worth of horns and is negotiating a sale to the Prince of Wales. Play acting emerged from a festival rite into masked recitation supported by costumes and high shoes to amplify the display.
A damaged snippet recalls old printing precision and Elzevirs bragging of proofs. It also mentions a political advert and a modern ad line for The West Side Lumber and Coal Co with a phone number, hinting at truncated historical newspaper text.
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