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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1923
Page
8
Smoking ruins mark a block in Tia Juana's business district valued at 1.25 million dollars. Fire destroys liquor stocks and wooden buildings. insurance is scarce and rebuilding aims for February. Casinos nearby remain undamaged, with the racing plant set to reopen on Thanksgiving Day.
Berlin reports President Ebert seeks Germanys strongest man to form a haw cabinet to succeed the Stresemann government. A new coalition with centrists democrats and socialists is likely with Stresemann or Heinrich Abert as possible chancellors. Officials fear delays amid Saxony and Bavaria turmoil and German rearmament actions.
Detectives raided the Old Mill Rock distillery in Cincinnati and uncovered ten moonshine stills, the largest single raid tally yet. The operation targeted liquor supply to the city's thickly populated area. Police believe they disrupted the headquarters of a major illegal liquor kingpin, with stills capable of 750 gallons each. Two men were arrested after resistance and refused to name their employer.
Prohibition officer Frank Klady and assistants Karl Dern and R J Croke nabbed Steve Kudrin and Anton Cook at 2186 E 25th Street Lorain after their car was stopped at 9 50. Fifteen gallons of gin were found in the machine and the men were locked up for the night.
Investigators examine deaths of three Cincinnati women linked to a medical trial. Fourteen patients were to be inoculated with a drug, but reactions appeared rapid. samples were sent to Columbus and the University of Cincinnati for analysis. The deceased were Mercy A. Crax, Lena Glaser, and Maria Honkamp.
Lorain County Fish and Game Club meets Monday evening at the YMAC. L. S. Meyers president of the League of Ohio Sportsmen will address the group. Members are expected to share hunting and fishing experiences.
In the Valley of the Kings near Luxor Egypt Howard Carter overseeing Tutankhamen excavation reports discovery of a gold covered Apis statue in an outer shrine. A niche held a small statue of the pharaoh bearing Tutankhamen’s cartouche suggesting it was made for his return from Thebes.
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Richwine, a injured community chest worker, learns he is remembered and his work appreciated as fund pledges rise. Local factories report new totals and individual contributors list amounts toward a goal of $24,000, with a finish date nearing.
Lorain Agricultural Society held its annual meeting at the courthouse to hear the secretary report and elect five new directors. The year closed with a cash balance of 22 149.71 after receipts from admissions grand stand speed entries and rent and multiple expenditures including premiums music and attractions and new buildings. Names of new officers and directors will be published Monday.
The Exchange Club hosted an informal dinner at the Country Club honoring ex-Congressman W. W. Chalmers of Toledo. Twenty four guests from Elyria Wellington and Oberlin attended as Chalmers urged a Great Lakes to Atlantic waterway via the St Lawrence river. He said the project would lift regional fortunes by improving transportation costs and farm values. it calls for thirty four miles of canals at an estimated 172 million dollars and could take ten years to complete.
Eight persons were injured early today when the car they rode in struck a utility pole and wrecked on Clifton Boulevard and Giddy Avenue in Cleveland. Mrs. R. Swann, driver, and Mrs. Frank Svoboda suffered fractured skulls and other injuries. Six others, including three men and three women, were seriously hurt.
Two assailants accosted Charles Thowine on a downtown street in Steubenville. They dragged him into a car and drove six miles north to Costuna where he was beaten and robbed of cash and jewelry including a diamond ring.
The weather bureau forecast for next week predicts showers in the Ohio Valley at the start and end of the week with overall fair weather in between. The Great Lakes region will see considerable clouds with occasional rain or snow, mild early then much colder later in the week.
Wellington Ohio notices list services across Congregational Catholic Baptist and Methodist churches with pastors, sermons, Sunday school times, and evening programs. Events include a church choir rehearsal, Christian Science meetings, Bible study groups, and a house party hosted by Miss Elberta Watters. An American Legion club room nearing completion will host a public reception after furnishing. Local residents attend Elyria game.
The page lists a range of fresh and staple goods with quoted prices including dairy items, poultry, roots, fruits, vegetables, and other farm products. Entries show items like cheese, oles francs, apples, beans, cabbage, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, and ducks with varying unit prices and measures.
New York stocks moved higher at the opening with gains in Davison Chemical and Shulte Stores. Copper and railroad shares showed slight improvements while Chesapeake and Ohio weakened. By midday, oil and steel issues led a broad rise with many majors advancing and bonds steady.
Financial ticker lists numerous major firms with varied closes led by American Sugar Refining and U S Rubber. Chicago grain markets weaken with wheat and corn slipping 1/8 to 1/4, Dec Wheat at 102 3 4, Corn May around 72 1/2, and cattle and calves receipts noted for bid shows.
Mrs Adolph Donovitch was struck by a quarry train on New York Central tracks near the quarry switch in Amherst while gathering coal with two other women. Her right foot was severed and she suffered severe leg injuries. Officials had warned her to stay off the tracks. she was taken to Amherst Hospital.
Attorney General Crabbe plans a Canton visit Monday to confer with Stark County Prosecuting Attorney B McClintock regarding an investigation under Crabbe directed at alleged Canton police bribery. Governor Donahey urged that the Canton probe be arranged.
Fran geline Zarako, 13, reported missing from Darton Ohio, is held at a detention place for relatives in Cincinnati. Found wandering in Camp Washington with three cents after fleeing alleged abuse from a relative. She claims she left home following a false accusation and beating.
Open ing Liberty bonds quoted in New York on November 24 with premiums for 31 25 99.21 second 41 43 97.51 third 41 45 93.8 and new 41 45 95.17. Closing Liberty bonds show 31 25 9.22 first 41 48 98.2 second 41 45 98.2 third 41 43 99.2 fourth 41 43 93.3 new 41 45 99.16. Sheep and lambs receipts 505 with prices down 50. hog receipts 2000 with market strong. cattle and hogs noted.
Don De Motta y Ortiz, Spanish consul, reveals he handled the bomb that damaged his Philadelphia office, recounting a miraculous escape as the explosion tore the door from its hinges. He links the attack to anarchists and Bolshevik-fringe groups, noting similar consulate bombings in France.
The state utilities commission announced January 16 as the hearing day on Wilton C. Portmann's application as receiver for the Cleveland Alliance and Mahoning Valley Railway to abandon a road in Stark Portage and Trumbull counties from Alliance to Ravenna to Warren.
London reports a major burglary at the home of Mr Oakley Maund with jewels valued at 500 000 pounds stolen. Scotland Yard confirms a bold heist marking one of the era’s largest robbery cases. A separate Newark item notes armed men seizing a payroll of 7 000 dollars from Hilton Clothing clerks.
Mrs Ida Barcare of Sidell Illinois writes she recovered from a lingering left side pain after fourteen doses of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She vows to advise others and teach her daughters to use the remedy, calling herself a happier, healthier woman.
Church notices from Doros? Dorothy and Rev Pa hold Sunday services at 9 45 and 11 00 with morning class and adult programs. Prayers Thursday and early evening prayers listed alongside meetings at West Street and Second. Alliance meeting and youth groups referenced.
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