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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
12
A fragmented OCR recap details a Cleveland and Brooklyn baseball game with innings described. Key events include Gardner and Speaker scoring, Kilduff and Kilduff o n first, Wheat making a rare catch, and numerous infield and outfield plays, though many lines are garbled. The narrative captures multiple near-misses, fielding errors, and steady pitching duels across seven innings.
Two Royal Canadian Air Force officers Colonel Lockie and Major Hobbs began a transcontinental seaplane flight from Halifax toward Vancouver. They planned landings on lakes and rivers, switching to land plane in western Canada, weather favorable, both apparently uninjured after a crash 20 miles northeast of St John.
A letter from Mrs Albert Southcatt of Medima praises Petersons Ointment Co inc Buffalo for curing a 3 to 12 inch ulcer. She recounts years of pain and claims a nine dollar treatment finished the healing and allowed walking again. The testimonial urges others to consider the salve and mentions mail order availability.
Uhle faced 13 innings with Cleveland and Brooklyn tied as Speaker drove in a run while Johnston Kilduff Milley and Maits turned double plays. Caldwell allowed 7 runs on 4 hits in 13 innings as the game stretched to 1.47 time.
J Leonhardt promotes internal treatment for piles, says external methods fail. He introduces HEM-ROID tablets tested in 1900 cases, marketed by Phillips drug stores and others, and guarantees price to satisfied customers.
Chicago reports fresh wheat strength with limited selling pressure, December at 1.99 to 2.01 and March around 1.96 to 1.97. Corn shows firming on early gains followed by a general sag, then recovery. hogs buoy lift to provisions, while overall grain markets reflect sluggish demand and rain. Wall Street opens with uneven moves across rails, oils, and steels as investors test dividends and financing signals, with selective firms like Crucible, Baldwin, American Tobacco and Retail stores showing firmness while others slide.
Wet markets report slack receipts in cattle and veal with prices to 19 to 20.60 for good to choice calves, lambs steady around 11 to 13 dollars, sheep from 3.30 to 5.00, hogs around 14.75 to 16 dollars. Chicago butter 43 and a half to 46, eggs higher with 57 to 58 cents for primary marks. live poultry unsettled with various priced fowls and springs. Cattle and hogs in Chicago and national markets show mixed gains, with hogs up to 10 cents, steers around 17 to 18 dollars, and feeder stock stronger. sheep and lambs opening at mixed values, top native lambs about 12.60.
Benjamin J. Salomon a conscientious objector remains on hunger strike at St Elizabeths Hospital in Washington after 54 days. Attorneys seek immediate release through habeas corpus with help from the Civil Liberties League of New York. Salomon, from Denver, began the fast July 15 after admission from Fort Douglas, Utah.
Riga Oct 7 Poles and Lithuanians have ceased military operations and the allied mission on the Polish Lithuanian question has reached Suwalki. The halt follows a Polish headquarters announcement today linking the ceasefire to the arrival of the allied mission on the Suwalki page.
Polish foreign minister Prince Sapieha expected to arrive tomorrow as delegates in Riga finalize armistice terms with Soviet Russia. Terms remain unpublished while Ceremonial signing preparations proceed. In a separate note, Detroit Toledo and Ironton stockholders lose bid to halt leasing deal with Ford interests.
Phillip Archinal a 63 year old Lima brickmason reports dramatic relief from back pains headaches and digestive issues after using Creco a herbal tonic. He praises improved bowels liver tone and cleared nasal mucus and says further bottles will restore his health. Elyria’s Ebert's Drug Store is promoting Creco.
Cleveland crowds see few scalpers at work as the Indians and Dodgers prepare for the World Series. Officials tightened rules with allotment codes. scalpers demand about 100 dollars for four-game box seats, while original prices were 52.80. Only those with club allotment codes secured reserved seats, and two seats were required for four games.
Wabash Railroad says 26 machinists will be cut Oct 12, reducing about 200 local jobs amid a business slump and high labor costs. Cincinnati reports over 200 rail workers laid off in two weeks as freight movement falls from about 7,000 to 5,000 loads daily. Shippers link declines to lower automobile prices and weaker demand.
New York reporters report the investigation into local World Series gambling scandals has paused as assistant district attorney James Smith confirms detectives failed to locate three alleged gamblers including former featherweight Abe Attell. Grand jury subpoenas were used and the inquiry remains unresolved while officials wait for new leads. Capital stock plans rise in Cleveland telegraph company. Cleveland Telephone Company granted authorization to raise capital from 6 million to 20 million dollars.
Columbus October 7 Governor Cox revived the coal clearing committee to distribute 500 additional cars of coal this week. The committee, first formed in 1917 and later replaced by the Federal Fuel Administration, will determine allocations to municipalities and communities across the state based on need.
Notice served by Red Jacket consolidated coal company and Pond Fork Colliery in southern West Virginia and Kentucky to seek an injunction restraining UMWA officials from organizing petitioners mines in federal court at Lexington on October 1. In Oklahoma, state officials, coal operators, and union officials monitored for reports of a miners’ work suspension seen as a “vacation” over pay demands. The SWA denied a 30 percent raise. Secretary Stuss said a walkout would not be sanctioned and vacationists could be suspended. Also notes a late inquiry about a woman and a curiously asked question on a street and telephone attempts.
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