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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1923
Page
9
State Briefs report the tablet unveiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution of Ohio at Hockingsport near here. The inscription commemorates the first American declaration of independence drafted at that site several months before July.
The text notes a Patterson family tablet on a boulder in Dayton linked to ancestors with Lord Dunmore. It also reports Ohio Attorney General Crabbe advising that investment firms handling real estate secured notes fall under blue sky laws, disputing exemption claims. Additional items mention Tutankhamun’s tomb reopening delay in Luxor and the Dallas Episcopal bishops conference on electing bishops for Mexico and Japan.
Si Fuller of Congress street in the heart of Athens Ohio spots a strange cat in his kitchen after stepping onto the back porch. The animal, a large black cat with a white stripe, follows him inside and alarms him as he realizes it is not a cat but a stealthy creature.
Baron Alfredo Acton, named supreme commander of the Italian naval forces, has a storied career from Naples born in his early thirties. He rose from naval cadet to captain, commanded a battleship in the Tripolitan War, and served as rear admiral in World War I against Austria. He later led as chief of staff and advised the Italian delegation at the Washington Armament Conference.
In Newark on November 16 a Red Star Line bus driver Fred Pritchard found a passenger wallet containing 980 dollars after the rider alighted in Columbus. The owner, who refused to name himself, rewarded Pritchard with 100 dollars. The rest mentions wood pulp’s early paper industry interest from fifty years ago.
Avon residents share visits and travels with relatives and friends across Elyria Lakewood Oberlin and Akron. Names include Mrs. Bert Langthorpe Mrs. Anna Gilbert Dorothy Bolger Nina Wardeg Miss Nina Warden Kate Dechant Mrs. Susan Jameson and several others with gatherings in Avon Lake Oberlin and Youngstown.
An old advertising offer urges readers to buy Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand at C. W. Phillips claiming relief from nervousness fatigue and sleeplessness. The copy touts a three day money back guarantee on the first box and promotes treatment for nervous system affections constipation loss of appetite and indigestion.
William Wright, 27, was sentenced to four years in the Ohio penitentiary for stealing automobiles. He was caught on his first day paroled from the penitentiary, after serving time for a prior offense.
The Supreme Court upheld a law forcing Vienna bachelors to marry or surrender their apartments amid an acute housing shortage, reflecting legal measures to address scarce living space.
A vintage ad touts Celery King as a fashionable root and herb tonic costing little. It claims universal benefits from purifying blood to improving sleep, skin, and energy, urging a three week nightly brew for better health.
A perfected machine sorts and counts 20 000 tickets and 180 000 coins per hour up to half dollars. The International Union of Bird and Structural Iron Workers is cited as a prosperous American labor organization with total membership under 15 000.
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