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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1924
Page
12
A Hale Grocery Co. track driven by Gale Parker was struck by a car driven by Frank Hester in Cleveland last night. The accident on Middle avenue and Gates avenue damaged both autos.
The VFW and Auxiliary held a joint meeting at the G A R hall with about fifty attendees. Tom Jenkins and his orchestra provided music after refreshments and dancing as new members were welcomed.
Landis refused to confirm or deny how OConnell-Dolia bombshell affects future play and possible reopens of the case. Washington crowds swarm for World Series tickets as Giants and Senators are eyed with high hopes while speculators push wildly inflated prices.
A promotional notice touts SAN GRINA as a safe effective French weight loss tablet. It claims prominent American specialists and a former health commissioner endorse the product for rapid fat reduction without diet or exercise, with two tablets daily before meals and rapid health improvements. It lists local drug stores selling the item and urges readers to try it if dieting has failed.
The VFW posts across Lorain Akron Cleveland Elyria and Oberlin will hold sessions on the first and third Wednesdays with special events. Akron will supply a 12 to 15 piece band for the event and a Christmas Tree party is planned for members children. Major Murbach announced large membership applications supporting the upcoming class on Nov 5 in Elyria.
Stocks opened higher with N K Sudan and Sinai preferreds rising about six and a half points following the director action to fix a six percent basis. Industrial and railroad issues led gains with several leaders advancing. some rails edged up slightly while others remained steady or down modestly.
CLEVELAND LIVESTOCK CATTLE Receipts 500 market slow. CALVES Receipts 00 market 54c higher top 14 50. SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts 1200 market 25c higher top 135. HOGS Receipts 3500 markets steady. YORKERS mixed. CHICAGO GRAIN opening higher Wheat Dec 142 3 4 to 143 1 8. Corn Dec 111 1 4. Oats Dec 55 1 2. LIBERTY BONDS opening quotes. Owners statement for Chronicle Telegram Sept 30 1924.
Elyria voters face four registration days this month with polls open at Samr and again at 4 pm on election days. Placards announce the proclamation. rolls in Onto open from ibam to 7 pm Central time, with Easter time noted. The Board of Elections cites about 8,000 Elyria voters registered previously.
An unnamed Lorain boy died at St Joseph's Hospital after skull injuries from an accident at the Vorka home on Camden Avenue. Shanghai faces terror threats as Kiangsi forces threaten to burn the city. four Chinese convicted of endangering fism were shot following a fire in Lotien. In Madrid, Bodws of 115 Rif tribesmen were found on the field after a hand to hand fight near Tetuan and Aauen. A world population forecast projects 7.0909e10 people by 3040. advice on wetting hands to handle roots is noted.
The Ghio Mooseheart Association announces a 25089 dollar project to erect a central Moose home for members and their families in Ohio. Supreme officers including Secretary Jane J Davis will attend the ceremony and oversee construction as the Olive Mooseheart plans address housing and welfare for widows and orphans.
Night classes start October seventh in the High School auditorium with Tuesday and Thursday evening sessions. The program, led by multiple instructors, offers courses in mechanical drawing, cabinet making, machine shop practice, mathematics, architectural drawing, sewing, millinery, and cooling. The net cost is shared by government and taxpayer funds, with a $3 deposit required as good faith, refundable after sessions. credit toward high school work is possible.
A wedding lasting 75 years was celebrated by Mr and Mrs W Hines of Litchfield Ohio marking a 75th anniversary. Guests from Elyria and California sent greetings by letter as the couple, married by Rev E B Williams, observed their long union with family members attending including grandchildren and great grandchildren.
An Overland touring car starts a one week nonstop run through Lorain County to set miles and gas mileage records. Sponsored by Overland-Knight Sales Co Elyria Overland Kilgore Last Amherst Auto Service Co the three cities rally around the 91 model tourmeg car. Drivers take turns and pass Elyria every two hours inviting locals to watch at 112 West Avenue. Real estate transfers include Forkapa Realty Co to Tom Primes and Louise Ohman $1500 and others in Ridgeville and Lorain.
The Republican charge that La Follette seeks to amend the constitution is countered as Witt portrays La Follette as a lifelong fighter for the people. He links the postwar rebuilding to two-party divergence and urges public donations to a campaign funded by ordinary citizens. Music by Hazel McRoberts, Maurice Boylan, Florance Hill, and Richard Kuss accompanies the event.
Belmont county grand jury reported indictments for two first degree murders tied to four slayings plus charges of larceny auto theft and forgery. Fred Buley bank forgery at Commercial Savings Bank totaling $60 000. Ward and Kowzi Lakow charged with first degree murder in the case of two young girls Jennie and Ausa. Earl Taylor faces second degree murder in an incident linked to an attempted liquor arrest. Rev Dr George Fairless celebrates forty fifth year of pastoral service in Troy Presby terian church.
Dr R Newman of 289 Fifth Avenue New York announces a free trial fat reduction treatment promising weight loss of up to a pound daily with no harm or required exercise. He asserts many patients avoided complications like gout asthma or high blood pressure and invites letters for the trial.
Mark Byron Inc presents the fast moving comedy Meet the Wife at the Rialto Theatre for one night only on Friday Oct 3. The cast Augusta Boylston Helen West Donald Campbell Messenger Bellis portray a mother daughter husband and co husband with sharp wit and broad smiles.
Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania delivered an unaqualified endorsement of the McFadden Banking bill at the closing session of the American Bankers Association fifteenth annual convention in Chicago on October 2. The measure would grant National banks broader and more liberal powers.
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