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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1927
Page
3
November 13 to 19 marks Children’s Book Week, a project by the American Library Association, Boy Scouts of America, and publishers. The aim is to foster ideals of conduct and achievement, cultivate an appreciation of beauty, and support purposeful reading for children and young readers.
December eggs at ten cents a dozen contrast with June eggs at twenty cents a dozen. A seller promotes insulating material to keep hens in summerlike conditions. The paper notes a movie shift to Abie's Irish Rose, once thought too old for such exposure. A city youth’s mistaken encounter with a cat ends sadly with buried clothes.
During Book Week the children's room will showcase appealing books for all ages. New non fiction titles include The Story of Transportation by Jeanette Eaton, She Piece Bag Book by Blauvelt, Drawing for Children by Vernon Blake, School Book of Forestry by Charles L. Pack, and We by Charles A. Lindbergh. Also featured are Music Stories for Boys and Girls by Donzilla Cross and Sport Graft for All the Year by Dale R. Van Horn. Fiction highlights The Trade Wind by Cornelia Meigs and Beacon Hill editions of Little Men Little Women Joe's Boys Old Fashioned Girl, plus The Arabian Nights edited by Kats Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith, The Mysterious Island Michael Strogoff, Poems of American Patriotism by Brander Matthews, Star Bright by Laura Richards Janny by Jane Abbott Four Goods by Edna Brown and At the Butterfly House by Edna Brown.
A display features Japanese life stories by Isse Sugemoto and The Shadow on the Dial a mystery set in South Carolina. It includes boy adventure titles such as Anchors Aweigh and The Gray Goose, and fairy tales like Cinderella Rackham illustrated, Hungarian Fairy Book Pogany illustrated, and Blue Fairy Tales Lang Makay edition. The display runs November 13 to 19 with circulation starting the following week.
The text notes a Lorain and Pittsfield families gathering with a social hour and refreshments after a card evening. A Friday American Legion post 197 and auxiliary dance drew a large crowd at Fosters hall. Local teachers attended a Elyria meeting. various residents shopped in Elyria and Lorain. guests from Cleveland visited North Russia residents. illness confines one resident at home.
James Grant departed Oberlin for Detroit Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Henry Iieman visited Amherst on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Ward Hubbard and Miss Doris Springer shopped in Ely on Saturday. Mrs Lydia Stack and Mrs Claude Wagner of Elyvia called on Mr and Mrs William Meach
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Fred Moser and daughters Marguerite and Maybelle called on Mrs. Adeling Hollingsworth who is rapidly improving at the Oberlin hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kalb were also noted in attendance.
Mr and Mrs Harry Slater of Oberlin were seen visiting on Saturday. A witty remark about a girl turning a man's head is noted in the urban chatter of the day.
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