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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1920
Page
3
The coal crisis and rising prices push millions toward favoring government ownership for fairness. Senators Castern and from New Jersey threaten action if prices are not reduced by December first, urging state intervention to regulate the coal industry amid profiteering concerns.
A fragmented opinion piece argues the Democratic Party cannot be regenerated by leaders alone. It contends revival depends on aligning with moral and economic reforms and condemns repudiation of figures like Bryan. The piece critiques joblessness as a societal problem and mocks tax and shipping policy debates amid Cuba and Miami cable talks.
Twenty years ago the Re and W electric line visit marked a farewell to travel to Europe. A birthday party surprised Henry Sykeman on his special day. A seven pound daughter was born to Mr and Mrs P H Metcalf. Mrs Emma S Olds left for Minneapolis for the National Council of Women convention and Mrs Martin Danman will join in Chicago. Rev W E Cadmus drew over three hundred friends for a farewell, the city council considered a switch tower for Mill Street crossing, Disciple church ladies served a turkey dinner for 25 cents, Prof Wright of Oberlin journeys through Siberia and Central Asia reached St Petersburg, and Clarence Foster Cox returned to Elyria after work in Westfield, N J.
A collage of quotes covers fashion trends, wartime anxieties, and social observations. Snippets note clothes loosening constraints, a Missouri tale of swapped partners, jokes about audience behavior in theaters, and a push to restore want ads. It quotes readers and various experts on jobs, culture, and urban life.
John Schafble told police last night a storage shed at Woodland avenue and West street was robbed of fifty Lou Dillion hand power tandem cultivators sometime since last June. The theft was not found until yesterday. A separate note mentions a Mary Roberts Rinehart scenario titled Let Sleeping Dora Lie used in Goldwyn’s actson.
The note discusses restaurant prices in Kiyria and Ohio cities, citing 15 cent surcharges to patrons and pie prices from 6 to 20 cents. It suggests appointing a commission of women in Elyria to propose fixed prices for common foods like pie and coffee, hinting at government price inquiry.
A large crowd of wage savers attended a Monday evening meeting at Union Hall. Speakers urged organized labor to protect wage earners and highlighted progress made by trade unions. Edward Ashbecher of the International Machinists Union cited gains and the need for stronger unions in Elyria. CO. BH. Whitehead, the local machinists union’s financial secretary, stressed the goal of a bigger and better Elyria.
The statement claimed that workers must organize and warned that disrupting current unions would lead to another plan to continue the aims set by organized labor. The remark stressed the urgency of organization and suggested persistence in pursuing collective action.
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