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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1922
Page
4
Fire Marveau Dykeman expected to attend a regu meeting at the Y M C A to discuss talks at 7 30 with a representative present. The club, famed for dances, plans five events this season with Goodman's Orchestra of Cleveland providing music.
Mrs. Mabel Hardy 34 says she shot and killed her husband Ernest 40 in their Toledo home as abuse continued. Coroner rules justifiable homicide. police will not arrest her. The six children aged 3 to 15 witnessed the incident. an Oz City girl’s letters are with police.
New York reports a 40 million payment by Britain to the United States on war era borrowings. The routine transfer via J P Morgan and Co involved multiple banks and reached the New York federal reserve. Traders see no market impact while taxpayers fear higher future taxes. Local brief notes include a Martin Ferry shooting verdict and Wheeling Steel plant tensions.
G H Dixon 33 of Nageleon Ohio a brakeman on the Detroit Toledo and trounton Railway is hospitalized with potentially fatal injuries after falling fifty feet from a freight train while deadheading home to Quincy. William Cunningham 30 of Napoleon was killed instantly in the same incident near the viaduct.
Passengers and crew aboard the City of Honolulu faced a mid voyage fire 670 miles from home as smoke rose from bunkers. Captain H R Lester ordered rapid pumping and a full crew fire drill. Passengers dressed in robes gathered on deck and exited calmly to life boats as rescue arrived.
Canton Oct 16 Two persons are dead and another may die from injuries after a mobile collision near Canton. Harvey Smith 23 Mount Union Pa was killed instantly. Glen Wilton 20 from Bergtholz Ohio is not expected to live. Tiv Beven 10 Mount Union was badly hurt when a machine they were in turned over skidded fifty feet and landed upside down. Albert Spark Grove 5 was crushed when rear wheels passed over him while riding in a truck with his parents.
The meeting adjourned after a motion was seconded and carried. Discussion covered a missing authorization in the minutes, candidates for the Court of Appeals spoke on prohibition, and Jim Rogers defended his anti prohibition stance while promising enforcement of laws. An Akron meeting was announced for October 27 with a planning committee appointed.
The article notes ongoing state probes into the Mills case, with detectives rechecking alibis from September 14 and new details about a Manhattan Beach visit. Letters from Mills to Dr. Hall surface, suggesting a close relationship with Mrs Mills, while disputes over a “love letter” persist. Suspect detective Parker may be brought in, and a reuse of a farm as a meeting spot draws crowds. Washington appointment reshuffles the Supreme Court assignments to Sutherland for the Seventh Circuit.
An advertisement extols Marmola Prex Watton Tablets as a harmless obesity remedy. It notes global availability at a nominal price and offers direct ordering from Marmyla in Detroit Michigan, urging readers to pursue fat reduction.
Across several datelines including Chicago and Washington new items report a safe crack at the White Sox park yielding $1000, political and military dispatches from Constantinople to Foo Chow, and a range of local incidents from wind indictments to a jail escape attempt.
The Empire City Racing Association opens its meet at Yonkers with races on the program. Separate meetings are listed for the Kentucky Jockey Club at Latonia and the Maryland Fair Association at Laurel, plus cycling, chess, golf, field trials and other events across various venues.
A market brief shows prices for butter eggs cheese poultry apples beans cabbage onions tomatoes potatoes and other staples. Items include butter per pound 48 to 49 cents, eggs per dozen 58 cents, cheese York State per pound 26 to 27 cents, and potatoes per sack around 1.75 dollars.
New York stocks advanced at the open with Steel common reaching a fresh high near 111 1 8, Standard Oil California up to 126 1 4, and Mexican Pete surging to 203 1 2. Studebaker and Gull Sates Steel posted solid gains as cattle and hogs markets showed varied receipts and prices. Chicago grain opened higher for wheat corn and oats while liberty bonds posted varied early prices.
A women’s night class organized by the vocational training school opens tomorrow at 7 pm in the donmeath art room on the third floor. Enrollment in millinery and sewing runs for Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7 to 9, with potential continuation to April 1 if enough sign up.
State briefs describe Charles Michael owner of Ohio Crane Co. planning a concrete and steel grand stand for 600 plus bleachers at Chuck wall field. In Defiance county the Jew all Grain Co. elevator fire adds to a string of recent grain mill fires across the region with no causes yet identified.
The Wellington YW division held its first meeting of the year in the high school auditorium. The event included a picnic supper and reports from girls who attended the YW conference at Denison, with a large attendance noted. Various Wellington personals list locals visiting Cleveland Lorain Oberlin and nearby towns.
Admissions list includes Edna Alien Columbia Station Ohio Dallas Gordin 453 Earl Court plus several other names and addresses. Discharges note Anna Brediey and twins Stella Hammerick and others with multiple street addresses. Births reported for Wacker Walker Butterfield families in LaGrange Ohio.
A legislative committee report blasted Secretary Mellon for opposing the soldiers bonus. It cited his wealth ranking and questioned his accuracy, noting a surplus instead of a deficit and an $237,000,000 miscalculation.
Amherst residents and visitors fill the weekend with visits to Cleveland Elyria Lansing and New York trips. Mrs Al Armstrong returns from Geneva Mrs Frank Radde and Mrs Jack Drennen enjoy Cleveland outings.
The Kolinski & Birmingham football team beat Harber and Bamond Dalmion 32 to 0 in Sandusky on Sunday. The Narhera struggled against forward passes, with most gains via the air. Glouster notes financial strains as bonds near due dates, while local names appear in a fragmented list.
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