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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1922
Page
3
The City Council debates passage of a resolution to submit a $1.9 mill levy deficiency remedy to voters this fall. Introduced by Councilman Howells, it could be amended and passed now to place the issue on the ballot, seeking 60 percent approval from those voting.
The Electric Light Company sought a rate increase and presented it to the council, which referred it to the light committee. The committee has not yet reported, and readers are urged that it must act and provide a report to inform the public. The note also references local politics and a statewide alcohol referendum with party leanings and counts.
Readable fragments recall Ohio postmaster appointment at Mere Yard in 1845, Cleveland figures, and early 20th century memorial notes. The article threads through oblique references to a Paris unknown soldier, World War roles, Fire Protection Week, Kansas City Fall festivities, a murder trial in Lakehurst, and a New Orleans grain dealers convention, ending with a satirical after-dinner speech vignette.
The notice lists observances for Yom Kippur and the 25th anniversary of Neal Dow’s death, father of prohibition, with a U S Supreme Court reference and a bishop in Central New York celebrating his 20th episcopate anniversary. It also mentions Feld Marshal von Fundenberg and a brief reference to Olmsted.
Abe Martin reports manager Gabe Craw at Melodeon Hall plans weather insurance amid coal shortages. The column notes Craw's cautious stance and offers a wry take on observant shoppers and the look of local shoe clerks in this humorous regional piece.
The column mocks after dinner speakers as the open season begins. It notes they often tell long, rambling stories, some recalling classics, with punch lines delayed by drinks. It recalls speakers with memories, unprepared breeches, and the war era hurdle of cheering flags.
A rear end collision injured men returning from work at the Elyria steel plant. The Eagles Club incorporated with a $10 000 capital to build a clubhouse. Elyria voters faced a $300 000 bond issue to fund new school buildings. A local bowling league formed with clubs including Tiscos Brunswics Diamonds Key stones Ramblers and Temples.
Fourteen residents of South Lorain were taken from a boarding house and lodged in jail on a charge of violating immigration laws. The brief item notes the roundup and detention by authorities, with no further details on dates or procedural steps.
State briefs report on Erie Railroad contract continuance in three points, a Columbus rebearing denial on Wells divorce, a Cincinnati inquiry after a hammer attack in a boarding house, a Cincinnati marriage of Miss Elsey W Stiess and Hiram T Williamson, and Columbus denial of plans to subject former Cleveland municipal court chief justice William H McGannon to physician examination.
Bernard Brennan, 35, a disabled war veteran at the penitentiary in Cincinnati, was shot through the shoulder by his 18 year old wife Amanda after a quarrel when he returned from a vocational training class. In Columbus, October 2, an accidentally shot man named Frank was reported.
Samuel R. O'Neil of Huntington West Virginia arrived in Columbia seeking work and accepted a ride from four men. Near the city prison they beat him until helpless, threw him from the auto, and robbed him of 26 dollars and valuable papers. It is reported to police this morning.
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