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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1920
Page
7
A long garbled classifieds page lists Wanted and For Rent notices with scattered contact lines. Items mention piano players, furnished rooms, unfurnished apartments, housekeeping, and rental terms including cash payments and advance charges, along with notices about memorials and lodge announcements.
The petition by Jennie Stearns seeks to quiet title and possession of a large land tract in Edgewood Township Lorain County Ohio. The defendants including heirs and unknown devisees of several decedents are required to answer by December 25 1920 or risk judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The case labels include case numbers 7290 and 17416 with complex deed defects and boundary descriptions amid earlier conveyances and a prior railroad land dispute.
A long local column notes social visits by Mrs Knapp and others from Akron to family in LaGrange over Thanksgiving week. It records numerous visits, entertainments, a birthday, and a large wedding-like gathering at a Grange with many Akron and Oberlin guests. A legal notice for Mary Pickworth’s unknown heirs calls for claims in Lorain County.
Ohio has ten million acres of tilable land with about three quarters showing acidity from light to strong. Lime needs range from a few hundred to several thousand pounds per acre, with pasture and weeds present on millions of acres lacking limestone. Proper lime application can boost lime use ten to twentyfold, aiding reclamation of acid soils and supporting permanent fertility on soils near limestone exhaustion.
The Ohio State University hosts the State Corn Show from January 31 to February 4 in Columbus. The event, tied to Farmers Week, features high quality exhibits, student participation, and contests judged for best display. Major awards include trophies from the Ohio Bureau and Grain Dealers Association, with prizes for top overall entries.
Local families hosted Thanksgiving dinners including Mr and Mrs Gibbons in Pittafeld and Dr and Mrs Spicer from Cleveland. LaGrange schools, PTA formation, standard tests, and a Dec 9 meeting noted. Community events included a farmerette play, union thanks program, and Masons installation planned for Dec 1.
November 29 report from Grafton notes the L and Moo club held a Thanksgiving dance with Mr Fasterwood of Eaton as caller. Household news lists Mr and Mrs Arthur McClintock traveling to St Petersboro Florida for winter.
Mrs Frank Ragete hosted relatives in Elyris while Mrs F. Cousins and Mrs Myers with her children visited Elyria on Monday. Several residents attended gatherings in Amherst and Gratton, with Mrs Belden recovering from a gallbladder operation and Mr Belden doing well. Additional calls and trips were noted for Mrs Rothgary, Mrs Carmel, and Mr Pratt, alongside Mr Machovenia in Cleveland.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Irma Lindenmepar now supervises music at Wilmington College. The text mentions Lucile Wesbecker spending the weekend with her mother, Mmm J Weanbecker, and references Ida t wood Cleveland and Mrs Bure, C. , Walladeay, with a Friday morning timing.
After a storm Billy the goat spots smoke from a ship and is mistaken for a mystery passenger. A captain spots him with a life preserver and orders a lifeboat to be lowered. Billy is saved by a passenger steamer, where he reunites with Frank and meets the crew. The captain notes salvage rights and Billy rests in a grand cabin before further adventures unfold.
Cantata Praise and Thanksgiving to be performed Sunday evening if weather permits. John Craddock of Columbus spent weekend at Craddock home. Various local notes include births, foot injuries, travel plans, business moves, and condolences.
Amherst items report the basketball team being organized with Roy Mitchell as coach and trials for girls and boys, Lorain players joining, and early season schedules to be announced. Other notes include private funeral for Clifton Jonas, Ruth Grugel’s hospital treatment, a newborn at Amherst hospital, local surgeries, and the St Annes Bazaar raising about 500.00.
The International Association of Machinists Luna Lodge No 1003 files foreclosure in the Common Pleas Court of Lorain County Ohio against O W Anderson and Cora Anderson and others. The note secured by a mortgage on Lot No 23 in Ridgeville Township, Lorain County, totals 550000 with 7 percent interest from September 27 1925. Respondents must answer by January 15 1921.
Mrs W J Nilson shares her recovery story using Vino the remedy that restored her appetite and strength after months of fatigue. She notes rapid improvement and urges others to try it, with W Phillipa offering sales and refunds if not satisfied.
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