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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1922
Page
8
In a tense scene city leaders and police met with Beadon and five alleged leaders of a nationwide movement as authorities respond to the Portland waterfront strike. The group faces charges amid a crackdown on the protest brought by I. W. Yi and others.
Secretary Mellon asks Prohibition Commissioner Haines for a report on the seizure of the Canadian schooner Emerald used as a basis for a British protest to the state department. Britain claims the vessel was seized outside the three mile limit and the report will go to Secretary Hughes.
Bulgarian frontier reports show thousands of Greeks and Armenians streaming toward the Greek frontier after alarms of Turk advances. Refugees abandon homes and grain, with Macedonia already overwhelmed by hunger and limited aid from Athens. The appeal to foreign charity and the League of Nations grows clearer as fear rises.
A fragment recounts Father John's Medicine aiding a family after an attack. The speaker notes some children suffer weakness described as tow nag and mentions support from the medicine. The passage reflects a wartime or crisis era remedy narrative.
A sweeping portrait of Lloyd George as a war premier faces off against rising Tory figures Andrew Bonar Law and Earl Balfour. The piece notes Northcliffe and later Lord Rothermere’s hostility, the debt strategy with the United States, and hints at Law or Lawford as next premier amid political turmoil in Britain.
The council reviewed a proposed rate increase for electricity. Manager Johnson said the new rate would raise the average bill by about 38.5 percent, with typical consumer payments around 2.16 monthly. Council will draft an ordinance after further discussion and public input. Engineer H Whittord Jones supported the reasonableness of the proposed values.
A presidential call for an extra session remains unlikely before the election as Harding weighs the public mood. Administration leaders fear a Democratic House after November 7 could alter the legislative agenda. In Denver, two tramway cars collided at a street crossing injuring several people.
A collage of satirical notes on danger, social trends, corset fashion, and show business. It lampoons modern peril from crime to epidemics while musing on past frontier life and the bizarre demand for versatile chorus girls. Mentions London styles and American dress sensibilities with tongue in cheek commentary.
In Cincinnati October 19 a romance from Ohio State University ending in a Newport Kentucky elopement on June 19 1917 led to divorce. John W Hoffman divorces Mrs Iramar Alkire Koy 27 of Newport and George Kogi 25 now in Singapore China. A letter from Kogi saying separation was the only course helped trigger the decree.
Admiral William S. Sims visited the Cleveland City Club for a luncheon talk marking his first public remarks since retiring from active naval service. He arrived at Hollenden hotel and spoke amid heightened interest over past criticisms of former officials and wartime policy debates.
Elmer Dellefield petitions the court to reduce alimony from five dollars to three per week arguing a hernia prevents work. He says missed payments led to contempt and a jail threat for Lilian Dellefield.
In Atlanta on October 19 a federal jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of John Owens, former penitentiary guard, charged with smuggling narcotics to inmates. The jury was discharged by Judge Sibley after days of deliberation with testimony from prisoners and defense witnesses arguing Owens was framed.
An old advertisement touts Marmola Prescription in tablet form as a safe secret for reducing excess fat. It claims quick, painless weight loss without exercise or dieting and mentions a Dover Wood Avenue address and widespread pharmacy availability.
Gordon Wylly, 25, consumed poison at a downtown Cincinnati moving picture theatre after fearing fiancé Miss Haret Lovett would break their engagement due to his epileptic fits. He is in critical condition in hospital. Lovett and her brother were present. she had planned to wed him if he recovered, with a Saturday wedding previously discussed.
A scanned price catalog lists numerous produce and goods with unit prices such as potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, beans, cucumbers, celery, lemons, bananas, apples, grapes, cantaloupes, cranberries, chestnuts, walnuts, quince, cabbage, peppers, eggs, onions, squash, pears, pumpkins, celery, beef, ham, lard, lamb, poultry, cod, herring, trout, and fuel items like coal and gluten. Entries include variety names and weights, reflecting a bustling early 20th century market.
The New York stock market showed a stronger tone at the open with Mexican Pete up 4 1 2 to 22 1 2, United Fruit +2 to 180, U S Steel +1 2 to 108 3 4, while Standard Oil of New Jersey fell 2 1 2 to 221 and Studebaker dropped 1 1 2 to 134. Rail shares led with Northern Pacific up 2 4 to 48 1 4.
In Philadelphia on October 19, only two jurors were chosen after 17 were examined in the murder case of Catherine Rosier a 22 year old mother who shot her husband Oscar and his stenographer Mildred Reckitt. The court adjourned to honor late State Senator Ware with his funeral at Ambler later today.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously that taxation debt limitation and light wines amendments may appear on the November ballot. It upheld the Rila county appellate court over Kinkead and Secretary of State Smith, and said signatures in ink on initiated petitions complied with constitutional requirements.
Mrs Helen Jasay of Detroit recalls being a girlhood playmate of Princess Here mine wife of Wilhelm. She claims the ex Kaiser is headed for another war and notes the princess could handle herself, citing an incident when she threw a creampuff at her father in anger.
A runoff nominee Earle B Mayfield is challenged by a attorney general dispute over ballot placement. The secretary of state refuses to place Mayfield on the ballot and the issue heads to court. The delay risks Texas losing a senate seat if a decision is not reached swiftly.
MARION Oct 19 Police renewed efforts to locate a man connected to the apparent disappearances and killings at the Garfield residence. Ethel Davis 36 and John Kingery 32, a boarder, were found dead with bullet wounds in an upstairs room. The coroner says Mrs Garfield was murdered and Kingery killed after shooting her. The double tragedy appears rooted in jealousy. the Garfields were married fifteen years with no children. Kingery had boarded at the home for three years.
Three suits filed by Jacob Stauder against Leo Stauder of Avon. One seeks 782 dollars on a note, another 64 dollars on a note guaranteed by the plaintiff, and the third 180 dollars as half the proceeds from a fruit sale in which both parties claim a share.
A collection of brief humorous quotes about a tired groom narrating an odd battle with marriage and a burglar failed writer, highlighting lighthearted crime and domestic life. The tales showcase punchy punchlines from American Legion Weekly and Chicago Examiner with wry wit about writers and burglars.
An advertisement touts Moava Dental Cream as a cure for pyorrhea and receding gums. It claims to firm loose teeth, tighten gums, and heal tender gums through a Rochever, N. Y., dentist founder. The offer targets both dentists and pyorrhea sufferers with a money back or satisfaction promise.
The McNally family is in court as eleven of fifteen witnesses testify in a case that questions whether Mrs. McNally is the mother of twins or if she staged a clever maternity hoax. Nurses and relatives describe a bleeding nose on one so called twin, while others recall shopping with the so called mother and dummy babies.
The Y M C A cafeteria relocates to the main floor of the Association building with new equipment and will open to the public at noon tomorrow. Esther Tatars supervises as manager, and service resumes with three meals daily starting tomorrow noon.
Mrs. Adrith Tomsbeck of Chicago testifies the Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound helped her after doctors failed to improve her health. She cites three healthy children and recommends the remedy to nervous or run down women with ailments.
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