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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1922
Page
2
Police with state authorities and U S agents raided nine venues in Harrisburg arresting several peddlers and vendors. Ida Bradlard identified as head of the raffle in the district, with five squads aiding in the operation. A related case resulted in a long prison sentence for drug peddling in Sophia.
In NTA Georgia on October 21 a woman convicted of murdering her husband last March escaped the gallows when the superior court granted an immediate new trial. She was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment. Thieves are believed active in the city, with machines stolen from the Washington building on Avenue and other locations, including a machine stolen from Park Avenue and another from Isaac Woodberry Street.
This piece praises Harold Lloyd's Grandmas Boy at the American theatre for a week of clever comedy. It compares Lloyd with Chaplin, noting Lloyd creates situations with sharp wit and a tough, hopeful tone appealing to both adults and children.
In Chicago a blaze at the Knickerbocker Hoofing Company factory claimed two young women Milas Opal Werle and Anna Erectius on the second floor. A third person Leila hurt leaped to escape the fire. Firemen investigated arson suspicions as Frank Mortanus and companions tried to loot the store. A knife attack on Peter Gindeder followed a loan dispute.
The community on Taylor Washington Avenue mourns a white swan long kept by a family. The clipped-wing bird, once seen along the river behind the home, reportedly escaped and vanished after the season. Police were urged to help locate the animal and return it to its owners.
Reports to police state that eleven persons were killed and ten injured when the Strasbourg to Paris express collided with a freight train near Mulhouse in Alsace Lorraine. A man says a foot ladder was left from his premises, prompting a possible inquiry.
Washington officials disclosed that American prohibition agents blundered in stopping the Canadian schooner Emerald off the New Jersey coast with a liquor cargo. The incident will force the United States to express regret to the British government, marking the first time the state department must apologize for overzealous enforcement of U S liquor laws.
Independence Missouri October 21 A fire swept the Horne zoological arena causing about 150000 dollars in property loss and killing 75 wild animals. The blaze destroyed the enclosure and surrounding structures early today.
A gala Rialto Theatre bill for Sunday features The Bohemian Six direct from Pittsburg on route to Chicago, delivering a riotous mix of native songs, dances and music with lavish costumes. Also appearing is Noodles Fagan, Chicago’s famed former newsboy turned comedian, plus D'Amico, Prince of the piano, and The Giddis trio with a one reel news weekly and two reel comedy.
The program features The Cowboy and the Lady with Miss Minter displaying historic ability in a dainty role and a romantic plot. A mystery play American Wife's Husband runs as a thread of adventure and tension. Dreamland presents Ethel Clayton in The Web of Desire and The Scorpion with a big double bill bound to please.
Ruth St Denis arrives at the Rialto Friday night presenting The Legend of the Peacock and Bamber. The piece premiering in 1914 with ten additional numbers remains popular, famed for its fidelity to peacock movements and dramatic stage symbolism.
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