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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1936
Page
2
Dr. Claud North Chrisman explains pneumonia linked to pneumococcus germs and cold damp air. He notes serum types 1 and 2 can cure many cases, while exposure and crowded settings raise infection risk and quarantines may be needed.
Medical note outlines how pneumococci infection leads to pneumonia with sudden chills fever chest pain and hacking cough. It explains variability in fever severity and common lobar involvement usually right lower lobe misdiagnosed as gallstones or appendicitis. Emphasizes rapid type determination and serum treatment along with rest warmth and supportive care.
A reader asks if a younger woman should rise to greet an elder and if a hostess can manage dinner without repeated table rising. The advice outlines minimal rising, proper serving tools, and step by step table service with dishes wheeled to the kitchen between courses.
The East Oberlin Community church women served dinner Thursday to twenty three ladies, Past Noble Grand Matrons of the Rebecca Lodge of Oberlin. Mrs Frank Krueger hosted the South Russia Club gathering with twelve members and one guest, Mrs Russel Kreuger, present.
A prose portrait contrasts Florence Kahn long a San Francisco congresswoman with her successor Frank Havenner. Havenner, a former newspaper man, is seen as liberal yet practical, valuing statistics and real facts to cut through political rhetoric.
A parent notes how children imitate violence from films and stories shaping their pretend games. Excess exposure to morbid themes can provoke fear, nightmares, and nervousness in kids, though curiosity often drives such play in young minds.
A pot luck dinner and social time were enjoyed Friday evening in the church parlors with Mrs. R. F. Clark as leader and Cosette Smith and Harland Rothwell on the committee. The next social will be Friday evening December eleventh while the regular meeting occurred Sunday evening at the church.
A practical guide to adopting new curling trends with simple methods and tools. It covers choosing curlers from mechanical to soft rubber, prep like trimming and perm ends, setting technique, and avoiding flat monotony by tailoring styles to facial features.
Townsend plan supporters are asked to attend a pot-luck supper and meeting Thursday night at the East Oberlin church to discuss community plans and activities.
Professor Clarence Ward preached at East Oberlin Church on Sunday. Announcement of special Thanksgiving services next Sunday. Baptismal services will be held and new members admitted. Regular student attendees may join as associate members during their college tenure.
Members of the Farm Women's Club are urged to attend the regular meeting at Grace Hall Wednesday. Election of officers will be held.
Charlies Lambert of Creston came Friday to visit his niece Mrs. Lloyd Ashby and family. Miss Gertrude Krakau and Miss Eleanor Clark spent time with friends in Elyria. Krakau returned to Detroit Sunday night. McRoberts family from Devo and Royal Oak Michigan gathered for weekend at parental home. Jaycox family moved to Elyria. Many local households hosted dinners and guests through Sunday.
A Ballarat businessman forgot his safe key but remembered the diagram and intricate combinations. A locksmith reproduced the diagram faithfully, opening the strong box.
A South Carolina poultry demo shows strong net profits from under 600 hens, with comparisons to Illinois dairy cows. The piece also notes zinc use in peaches, home made corn weeders, wintering horses on silage, sheep bighead causes, turkey and apple irrigation costs, hog feeding tests, silo practices, sorghum handling, beef color factors, and rye pasture timing across several states.
Ohio peach growers can replace damaged trees with profitable varieties, says F S Beach from Ohio State University. Notable whites include Belle of Georgia and Champion. yellows feature Golden Jubilee and South Haven, with Hale Haven and Vedette as promising ripening extensions. Early Elberta gives earlier harvest while Shippers Late Red and Big Red extend the season.
Ami Pifer of Hancock County near Jenerea has earned about 11250 from a 75 acre woodlot over 24 years per Ohio State University forestry specialist F W Dean. The forest provided steady income for farm needs, improvements, and education, while remaining productive for future timber and avoided crop disruption.
Columbus Ohio November 18. An article warns that selling farms by the bushel has been common among hundreds of thousands of American farmers but does not pay in Ohio even on the best types of farms.
A Washington report shows a three year boost in farmer purchasing power lifted Ohio factory sales. AAA analyzed 500,000 freight waybills across 16 railroads, finding Ohio manufactured products more than doubled from 1933 to 1935 as farm incomes rose.
In a five year study of 90 north central Ohio farms economists compare cash receipts, labor income, and capital costs to soil fertility. Farmers maintaining soil health harvested more corn per acre and sold far less of their crop than those depleting fertility, with the latter sending 46 percent of corn to market while the better farms kept only 3 percent.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports rising efforts to grade lambs on a graded basis. State and federal graders work at more shipping points, marking lambs with chalk colors to show grade. Buyers pay more for higher grades, and farmers learn what to raise for best returns.
Good pasture and other roughages are the basis for a low feed cost in producing milk and butter fat, according to O. E. Reed, chief of the federal Bureau of Dairy Industry. He says that they are usually the cheapest crops in which the farmer can grow feed nutrients.
Ohio State University rural economics experts predict 1937 farm prosperity will rise with higher consumer spending, a larger national income, and improved farm prices. They note growing rural electrification, more farm buildings, shifting livestock trends, and high grain and feed costs shaping production. Seed supplies and imports face tightness, while potato and fruit prospects vary with weather and prices.
Ohio dairy farmers study a Lorain County cow as evidence of top butterfat production. Described by C J Blackman as the most efficient, the Elmer Portman herd cow yielded 126.3 pounds of butterfat and 1 160 pounds of milk in the month, amid tightening production as feed costs rise and culling increases.
Victor H. Ries of Ohio State University notes fall planted roses outperform spring plantings as winter dry out and limited establishment time aid them. Planting guidance covers site sun, drainage, soil depth, and firming roots, with tips on soil preparation and stock quality for November planting. Two year old northern field stock preferred by many growers.
A historical note documents the belief that among various tribes or groups, stepping on a man’s shadow invites illness. The piece frames this as a cultural superstition rather than a proven cause, reflecting local folklore.
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