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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1928
Page
19
Ella Alexander Boole, national President of the WCTU, says Hoover’s election marks a victory for city forces and that prohibition was the major issue for women. The drys show strong reserve strength, with many voters preferring prohibition supporters in recent elections.
A public school system aims for universal education and the elimination of illiteracy. Although millions pursue high school education, many youths must quit to support their families, creating a real barrier to full literacy in the nation.
A reflective piece on chronic pessimism likened to an old French legend. It contrasts doom saying individuals who fear future growth with those who trust in providence and communal progress. The piece laments lack of faith in the city’s institutions and neighborliness, urging a more hopeful outlook.
A column on diet and health advises a wife to lose about twenty pounds to keep her husband’s affection, urging a balanced diet and supportive attitude. It warns against divorce and suggests she respond with humor to disparaging remarks, while noting editors may offer general guidance from Dr. Peters.
Notable events include John McE Bowman leading a youth work program via a leather goods factory slated for January 1 in New York. The piece lists historical anniversaries for January 1, naming figures such as James McHerry, Moses Cleaveland, John Bright, Charles Eliot Norton, Timothy Dwight, Lillian Russell, Louis Riel, Samuel F. Smith, with brief birth and death details.
The canal has handled seven ships this year, six more than last year, with a staff rise of about one man per 25 employed. Traffic growth prompted longer operating hours and diversifications in business. Present flow is 45 to 50 percent of capacity. future plans include extra water supply and a third lock flight to boost capacity by roughly 70 percent.
Seth Boyden and Charles Loring Brace are featured for innovations and social reform. Boyden advanced leather patenting and steam engine improvements after a Newark start before moving to California. Brace founded the Children's Aid Society aiding 75,000 homeless children and shaping industrial schooling. Also highlighted are William Frederick Harnden, Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham, Frederick Philipse, and Frederick Schwatka with notable voyages and roles in 19th century developments.
Major General M L Walker Governor General of the Canal Zone notes canal traffic rose in fiscal year 1928 vs 1927. He cites 18 percent more commercial transits, 12 percent higher net tonnage, 11 percent more tolls and 7 percent more cargo carried, reflecting a record level of activity.
In a candid street remark Ike Soles dismisses public interest in Min Hanger's marriage. The comment highlights local curiosity about the couple amid political chatter and social change in the community.
New York police traced a sheep theft to a fourth floor city apartment after neighbors alerted investigators. The suspect Vincent Buenreste, 26, a Mexican restaurant counter man, claimed a flock of 59 comprising a pedigreed Dorset lamb among them. Frank Hoey, longtime Central Park shepherd, counted the livestock this morning. A neighbor's son with measles was troubled by the bleating sound.
In Buenreste case a police officer recovered a missing lamb from the Mexican's apartment after two men allegedly handed it to Buenreste to guard. Buenreste said they would return for it but he was detained in $500 bail.
Britain plans a firm bid to keep the Schneider trophy after last year’s win by an English team in Venice. The next race will be at Calshot with Southampton chosen as hosts. Flight-Lieutenant D Arcy Grieg will command the British squad as they train to master the expected speed challenge.
Prunes travel by air mail on the world's shortest air route from San Jose to San Francisco and Oakland. A five pound box was dispatched October 15 to Assistant Postmaster W Irving Glover in Washington, D. C., marking a novel use of the 30 mile hop.
A Philadelphia to Greensboro air mail shipment of cream and a convention bread dispatch from Chicago show air delivery of foods. Bread from 38 states reached destinations in 12 to 24 hours, marking a rapid expansion of air mail commerce.
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