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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1939
Page
8
At 12 the future baseball figure Harry German began his career and would pitch in over 1250 games across more than fifty years. In 1937 he was 63 and threw four shutouts showing a long, storied pitching legacy that even now remains notable as the Irish face a strong rival tomorrow.
A compilation of notable birthdays and deaths from 1759 to 1918, listing Mason Locke Weems, Orson Squire Fowler, Richard B Kimball, Henry Howe, Theodore Thomas, Henry J Heinz, Joseph I France, and Casimir Pulaski, followed by a "Today in History" sequence of events including land conveyances, shipwrecks, banking milestones, paroled figures, founding groups, aerial flight, a dynamite trial, and influenza case surges.
Readings discuss human nature and divine love, noting the Bible portrays man as God's instrument yet capable of failure. It stresses redemption through God's redeeming love, offering renewal of life rather than hopeless ruin per modern thought. It mentions several notable figures and origins in a biographical musing.
The morning mood starts quarrelsome but softens through the day. The person develops a friendly, open handed nature, earning appreciation from friends and associates. Success in business brings comfort and prosperity in life.
The British war tax schedule shows a broad burden across society. A unmarried earner with $480 income pays $3. a married earner with $1,000 pays about $29. at $2,000 the tax is around $250. The plan raises estate duties 10 to 20 percent, increases excise taxes on beer wine liquor tobacco and sugar, and relies on later war loans. The policy is democratic in form but lowers living standards across classes, from ditchdigger to millionaire, with costs reflected in essentials like food clothing and health.
The American Association of University Women intends to keep members informed on Europe war issues through a Problem of the Month series. It will draw material from the International Federation of University Women, excluding totalitarian countries, while avoiding propaganda and preserving democratic ideals.
New Orleans story about Frank Val Barbara who makes a living as a cab driver and band director without reading music. By day he calls cabs with a whistle, from 8 A.M. to 3 P.M., and after dark he directs a dance band. He admits no personal musical knowledge but notes money in dance bands and comments that employment in Hungary is better than a year ago.
A reflective piece asserts the Bible guides society toward a righteous ideal of manhood and collective character, urging moral reform and upright conduct as the path forward.
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