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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1934
Page
17
The article reflects on evolving New Year celebrations from formal, civilizational gatherings to casual, modern pra ctices with social shifts. It contrasts past etiquette driven receptions with current street scenes and notes vandalism of the Battle of Lake Erie painting in Washington, deeming it worse than damaging the artwork.
A garbled mash of phrases from Marion Star and Cleveland Leader items references Dr Wu Ting Fang, Stokes trial, suffragists and Santa imagery. It weaves satire on public figures and social themes with scattered names and lines about weddings, divorces, pie and the war mood, in a disjointed newspaper fragment.
Taft urges Congress to fix workmen's compensation and curb insurer and lawyer profits. New York three year data show premiums of 23.52 million versus 8.56 million paid to injured workers, prompting calls for a system that channels funds to victims. The piece critiques current incentives, cites a 1909 example, and notes optional reforms. The column also snipes at commercial travelers tipping, the Stokes case, and the grizzly bear dance as social targets.
Boston dispatch reports Walter Bickford of Orting Virginia received 9000 replies to his letter seeking a wife published in a Boston paper. He asked the city’s mayor for aid in matching a suitable western man to an eastern woman. Bickford states he has not released the names of the men married or otherwise and notes he has been charged with public interest.
ANSAS CITY Mo. Statistics from Kansas divorce court records claim 80 percent of pending divorce suits are filed by wives and that most are based on trivial charges. In Jackson County the rate is three divorces per five marriage licenses, with women filing 80 percent of cases and 90 percent on serious grounds. Mothers-in-law appear frequently involved in family disputes.
A fragmented tale shows an elderly invalid considering suicide until a young woman intrudes and shares troubles that move him. He aids her, and both recover. the piece extols selflessness as the path to happiness and warns selfishness punishes the chooser.
The piece analyzes President Taft's personality contrasting his outward cheer with inner decisiveness. It notes comments on his gait, smile, and public demeanor, suggesting a blend of affable nature and questionable leadership signals, while comparing him to Cleveland's style and public perception shaped by his easy laugh.
In a snowy count of Pike County farmers sided with the dry forces by 525 votes, though winter weather likely reduced turnout. Waverly, the county seat, favored the wets by 1006 while most other towns stayed dry. leaders included Gen Wells B. Jones and ex-State Printer J. F. Johnson. Former Sheriff Joseph Donovan led the wets campaign.
New York December 28 The first gun in a nationwide campaign for industrial peace was fired when Seth Low president of the National Civic Federation made public a letter to the governors of all the states asking them to appoint delegates to attend the federation’s annual convention in Washington March 5 6 and 7 to consider ways and means to assure industrial peace and progress. The session will be held in the Bureau of American Republics hall.
New York reports that George Graham Rice B H Scheffels and others were remanded to the Tombs without bail after a bench warrant re arrest. An alleged attempt to bribe a juror by George J Byrne. Byrne indicted and held in default of $10000 bail.
A young man contemplates a chess move and whether expert prediction erodes freedom. The narrator argues that prediction reflects the predictor’s familiarity with skill, while true freedom persists in choice. As a player’s personality enlarges, conduct becomes more predictable, an insight drawn from G. H. Palmer's work.
A historical vignette describes the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence as home to 12 or 13 small Acadian descendants communities since 1763. The hardy people live by farming and livestock on rugged insular terrain, while seasonal fisheries sustain livelihoods amid barren shores and abundant seabirds.
The piece recalls Rowland Hill’s warning that stamp licking could spread disease and notes public enthusiasm for adhesive stamps after 1840. It contrasts the initial idea of ready stamped envelopes with adhesive stamps, which were once deemed for exceptional use, and mentions the failure of Mulready envelopes while sticky stamps swiftly met demand.
A Berlin letter criticizes using alphabet and numeric street designations as the American style. Advocates exist but voices are muted amid strong calls for change. The writer notes excessively long names such as Klosterneuburgerstrasse and Mariahilfergasse and argues numbering or lettering would save time.
George Arliss, starring in Disraeli, quips that heaven’s climate is set by two young philosophers. A passerby overhears a muddy street conversation where a boy asks if heaven ever rains and his sister retorts that rain comes from there.
Mrs Richmond debates sending her tiny daughter Frances to school as she struggles to teach letters at home. Frances resists, insisting the A and B letters look alike, preferring play and a sparrow’s tooth-picking scene. The scene ends with Mrs Richmond deciding Frances should go to school for proper instruction.
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