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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1932
Page
2
A chaotic list of classified ad rates and guidelines from the Chronicle Telegram covers cash and contract rates, deadlines, and disclaimer notes. It includes lost and found items, pets, furnishings, real estate, and farm listings, plus social notes about local residents and visitors.
Lake Avenue Community church members gather at the home of Mrs R H Miler for a devotional and discussion of a proposed constitution presented by Mrs L Wl Mahn of Elyria. Officers' election delayed to next meeting. next gathering at Mrs Renn Collier's home to be announced. Church notes include Elyria speaker L Blitts and Sunday school at 9:30. Briefs report local visits and social calls among community residents.
Avon Lake notes include a Christian Scientist Society meeting at 10 45 A M on Sunday with topic Mortals and Immortals and Old and New Testament reference First Corinthians 15 48 plus a Congregational Church schedule with Sunday school worship and Christian Endeavor and a Golden Wedding reception for Mr and Mrs George Frey after fifty years of marriage. Also reported are visits by Mr and Mrs Carl Butler and daughter Carol to her parents and Mr and Mrs W D Hull visiting Lao.
Armistice event held in Garfield Harris farm barn with Methodist Ladies Aid sponsors. Rev. Jenson led improser, Rev. James Lyon spoke, Garfield Harris sang, Peter Ammenhauser and Bilmer Harris performed, Ruth Willis read, Oberlin youths gave a boxing exhibition. About 300 attended. barn decorated with flag and colors. refreshments served. Also Legion Auxillary party with 50 attendees featuring war songs and a two course lunch. Christian Endeavor to close Harvard and Yale content with Missions discussion. public invited. Church notices for St John Evangelical list service times.
Dr Mandel Sherman, formerly director of the Child Research Centre, has studied high school pupils to identify social orientation problems. Teachers report junior and senior students struggle with new responsibilities, displaying shyness, sensitivity to criticism, or rebellion. The piece discusses teacher and parent responsibilities and invites further input from pupils, agents, and teachers. It notes church notices and a birthday event and school chapel exercises with student performances.
Logan Clendening MD summarizes early work on Vitamin D discoverers and sources. He traces rickets research from Melampy puppies to cod liver oil and ergosterol, noting sunlight activation and artificial production as key steps. The article also lists assembly officers John Roleg and Velma Brooks.
John Carlson Vincent is very ill. A necktie contest was held among third to fifth graders with the fifth grade declared the winner. Seventh and Eighth grade pupils held a party Wednesday evening in the schoolhouse with games and refreshments. A chapel service is planned for Friday.
The event will be conducted by the pupils of the seventh and sixth grades with Savernl Rubnbers by the Glee Club and Reverend Eastman of Amherst delivering an illustrated lantern slide lecture.
Harrisburg report from the State Fish Commission describes the camouflage and ambush method of snapping turtles as a major threat to fish life in Pennsylvania. A turtle captured near Wilkes-Barre reportedly consumed three to five pounds of fish daily, while the edible snapper provides meat for snapper soup.
The article debunks the electric chair legend linking inventor myths to the chair. It identifies Harry Glick, a cabinet maker, as the chair’s real builder who died in Ohio State Penitentiary. It notes Charles Justice, linked to the myth, was executed in 1911 for murder in Greene County and clarifies the chair’s true origin and timing. Harvard’s word Detur is also discussed, detailing its long-standing university prize tradition since 1712 with fifty-five Deturs awarded this year.
W. J. Gray prospers after procuring four smooth gold nuggets found in the digestive tract of a chicken. Mrs. Gray prepared the dish, yielding the unusual treasure from the fowl. The tale riffs on the goose that laid the golden eggs and adds a local twist to a familiar fable.
Lena the Pueblo Zoo lioness bore triplets but only twins now remain. The fate of the third cub is described as an incident known only to Lena, with no clear explanation given. In Colorado, farmer Joe Lascannt harvests 14 foot tall corn, needed tools to reach the high stalks.
Frank Little of Kemmerer Wyoming is the county's oldest citizen and its sole Civil War veteran. He will be 99 on his next birthday and is noted as the only Wyoming resident still living who cast a vote for Abraham Lincoln. The piece reflects on statesmanship and compromise.
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