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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1924
Page
8
A Logan Gas Co. advocate, supporting the gas committee, denounces the service charge as unjust while accusing opponents of firing off lengthy figures to justify not protesting to the Public Utilities Commission.
A 1924 letter from Elyria and Senator Burke discusses Logan Gas Company seeking a service charge and threats to retaliate with higher rates if Elyria protests. Governor Donaher replies reassuring that the Public Utilities Commission remains impartial and discrimination would be unlawful, urging Elyria not to fear misuse of state bodies.
Elyria enacts a late service charge on gas distribution effective December 5, despite protests aimed to delay. Council members clash with Logan Gas Co officials as critics say the city should have fought sooner and pursued a full survey. Gas executives praise the move while opponents warn of higher bills and lost protections for residents. Additional notes mention a Cincinnati industrial accident and a statement on the International Molders Union membership.
A $372.60 water bill for the Home for the Aged, West Avenue, was returned by Rev. Dr. G A Bender to the city council after state examiner J A Kenney noted a state law prohibiting gifts of water to charitable institutions. Dr. Reeder argued most work is charity. council sent the matter to the city solicitor and finance committee, and other city actions followed including leases, funds transfers, and street work.
Mrs Hall has filed in Common Pleas Court to clear the title of the LaGrange Village four acre parcel occupied by Clara A iy and predecessors for 21 years. Defendants listed include Eliza Goodneh Elizur Goodrich Ada Hubbard Amy Curtice Eurotas D. Merriam Laura A Merriam Lyman Foster Merret Foster Trudy Foster Betsey Foster Isaac Freeman Henry Hubbard Horace Little Albert Foster and Peoples Bank.
An advertisement promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets claiming rapid flesh gain and improved health. It markets sugar coated tablets with Vita mines and guarantees five pounds in 30 days or money back, noting gains of ten pounds in a month are possible. Available via Phillips Crandall or any druggist for 60 cents per box of 60.
A prominent Maryland lawyer and Republican state leader Joseph Henry Ching was found slain in front of St. Aloysius church in Leonardtown. Authorities suspect a scuffle, robbery denied as watch and papers remained. he left home yesterday evening and was 55. Survived by widow and five daughters, one a nun in Nazareth Kentucky. General L Alison Wilmer was his law partner.
The rabbit season is in full swing with strong hunter success. Western and southern areas are hot spots as thousands have hunted since the 15th. Cock pheasants open for ten days from the 15th. skunk fox and opossums also open and close by February. Geo Day and four friends bagged 15 rabbits. Day claimed first and last, Felix Pauly's four dogs failed to catch a rabbit, his son netted two with his hands in half an hour.
A statement expresses disbelief among members about involvement and offers $50 to anyone who can provide details leading to the arrest of Jesse parties. Sheriff Underhill’s office reports no clues yet and urges information to solve the case.
Two men, Frank Vella of Wellington and Guento Vespucci of Cleveland, were captured two miles south of Oberlin on the Wellington road after a liquor raid. Five five gallon cans of rum covered with gum sacks were found in the auto along with a 38 caliber revolver. The pair pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court and were fined $1,009 plus costs. liquor, auto, and gun were confiscated. Sheriff Underhill, who drove his own car, led the operation with deputies and city patrolman. The sheriff, injured in a prior auto crash, returned to duty on crutches.
A dense roll of names and dues figures across multiple listings shows members of Elyria Lodge 855 iO. B. E. and associated groups paying monthly or yearly dues. The page includes numerous individuals and families in varying amounts, with prices ranging from 42c to $8.00 per year, along with shop names and local contributors.
Advertisement promotes a tasteless capsule product said to relieve bladder and kidney troubles within 24 hours. Claims include reduced urges, fatigue, backaches, and rheumatic pains. Sold by local druggists with a money back guarantee. Price 50 cents.
A compiled enrollment of names including Toney Weston Clara McAlister Ida Blaine and many others with annual rates listed such as 1 30 and 1 20 and small 50c and 25c per year notes. The list also mentions a news boy Henry Crosier priced at 1c per year.
The United States Marine Band performed at the Rialto theatre in Elyria under Rotary Club auspices to benefit crippled children. A large number of schoolchildren attended the afternoon event with special Rotary rates, meeting two Rotary goals: presenting the band and raising funds. The Community Chest drive postponed its luncheon, preventing a planned joint meeting with the band.
Marion dispatch reports Mrs Warren G Harding continues in a very weakened state after heart attacks. Dr Sawyer notes only minor change from yesterday with no clear improvement or deterioration.
The coldest fall wave dropped temperatures to twenty degrees above zero with light snow covering the ground. Today is clear but the forecast calls for the same cold spell to last at least twenty four hours, while unclosed building projects and street improvements proceed rapidly.
Mrs John Ternes of Sugar Ridge died at St Josephs hospital Lorain on Sunday at age fifty five. She is survived by her husband a son Fred two daughters Aurelia and Josephine four grandchildren three brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be held at St Marys church on Wednesday at 9 06 am with burial in St Marys cemetery.
Rehearsal for home talent minstrel show for the Wellington band benefit was held last evening directed by Messrs Sutliff and Grissinger. The Colonial fair at Congregational church is set for Friday with a unique program. Mrs Chauncey Gannett hosted the King's Daughters gathering. The American Lion Auxiliary bazaar occurs this Saturday. John L Lewis is favored for re election as president of the United Mine Workers of America. December 2 is set for referendum voting on international officers.
Lorain council endorsed a government air mail landing field but declined financial aid. It referred the river curve near the viaduct to the rivers and harbor committee and approved White Way curb on Broadway with property owners to be assessed 1.14 per front. Underground cabling for Black River Telephone Co. along East Erie and Washington avenues was discussed with alarms to be installed. A taxi stand permit was refused to a tilman to avoid a precedent for one hour parking exemptions.
Coast guard and police search for missing fishermen after a gale capsized boats near Cohasset Massachusetts. A barge fire at Linden New Jersey left one man dead and caused extensive damage to the Sinclair docks and nearby tanker. A burglar scare ends with police cornering a yellow cat in a cellar.
Stock receipts and prices for live stock in Cleveland show cattle calves sheep and hogs with mixed to steady movements while Chicago grain opens lower with wheat corn and oats down modestly. Market at a glance notes strength in rail and industrial stocks and firm copper with steady foreign exchange and cotton gains.
Rome November 18 Three million women over 25 years old with required education will be enfranchised under a cabinet bill rushed through parliament. Mussolini shifts to support women voting. Initially only municipal elections will be open. cabinet aims to expand suffrage as women's political education grows toward universal suffrage.
In Berlin on November 13 Count Westarp, nationalist leader, attacked the Dawes plan calling it the enslavement of Germany. He condemned Gilbert Parker Jr, the new reparations agent, noting his youth at 32 as a symbol of foreign control and Germany's new sovereign.
New York November 18. Seventeen people died as a severe gale swept New York and nearby areas. Four deaths were from cold, six from auto accidents caused by the wind, seven from sea incidents. Six fishermen and a sloop captain missing. Levi B. Place of Rahway New Jersey found frozen to death. Temperature rose slightly from 17 yesterday.
Federal officers brought three prisoners from Uniontown to Pittsburgh on November 18 charged with passing more than $2,600 in fake postal savings stamps. They are identified as Italian businessmen Romeo Romeo and Joseph Marino, and are suspected members of a nationwide counterfeiting gang aiming to flood the country with about $500,000 in bogus stamps. Local police say they may also be Black Hand society members. A separate suit in Valley City names dairy farmer J. Offenberg as defendant for breach of contract with the Ohio Farmers' Co operative Milk Association. The suit seeks an injunction and $2,000 in damages. The piece notes workers gained legal rights to unionize in the last century.
RACING includes Southern Maryland Agricultural Assn meet in Bowie and Kentucky Jockey Club in Lexington. FIELD TRIALS open with Virginia Fox Hunters Association at Suffolk. BOXING features Homer Smith versus Tony Fuente four rounds at Vernon California, Howard Mayberry versus Mike Moran ten rounds in Toronto.
An old advertisement urges readers to buy Lifetone Tablets to boost ambition and confidence. It claims 72 tablets for $1.00, with a 21 day regimen and a money back guarantee if no stronger, more vigorous, or ambitious feeling is felt. The offer is from Carey Medical Corp. and Mall orders are filled in Jimira, N. J.
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