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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1929
Page
4
A reader from Harrisburg asks if it is sin to live with a man she does not love while married to another. CADMAN argues marriage holds love, respect, and duty, urges focusing on self improvement and family, and cautions against envy of others’ relationships.
A fierce Lakeside fire destroyed an entire block of summer cottages the Methodist Episcopal church and the Peninsula News at Lakeside Ohio on October 21. An oil stove explosion in Scotty Lawson’s cottage started the blaze driven by strong winds as firefighters from nearby cities arrived. Fifteen houses burned in the first hour. five more cottages the church and the newspaper plant fell in the second hour. Lawson and guests Mr and Mrs Frank Hales escaped after he was severely burned. Nearby buildings were saved by villagers and visitors who joined the effort as volunteer firefighters.
In Cleveland on October 21 Peter Zean, 32, was shot in a drug store by Jenny Bruno, 22, who said she fired to scare him after claiming slander. Zean, wounded in the back, fought for life at Grace Hospital. Bruno detained for questioning. Zean told police he did not intend to prosecute. He said if he were to blame for any estrangement, he wished the surgeons to let him die. The incident occurred after an accidental encounter in the drug store. Bruno, mother of two, had recently separated from her husband. The store owner and her son confirmed Zean and Bruno spoke calmly before the shooting. Zean wrested the gun from Bruno and handed it to the owner’s son before collapsing nearby.
The current freshman class at Dartmouth College is the youngest in the school’s history averaging 17.86 years. The youngest student in the class of 1933 is 15, while the oldest is 24, reflecting a notable age spread among new enrollees. A separate item from Merrill, Wisconsin reports a seized slot machine repurposed toward birdhouses.
In a county jail, an inmate named John Abe spends time whiling away by making birdhouses from broken slot machines. The sheriff hands over more machines, and the prisoner has already crafted several birdhouses now lodged in trees around the jail yard.
Oct 19 rally coverage from South Ridge notes a Sunday morning church service and a Sunday afternoon visit to the County Home conducted by Rev H Amore. The Ohio Branch Evangelical church mission rally included speakers from Sandusky Huron Ceylon Bronzheim Amherst and Lorain with songs small group performances and an Italian missionary from Kenosha Wis. Supper fed about 125 guests served by Brownhelm and South Ridge ladies. Farewell events for Henry Grobe mark another item in a long local social notice cohort.
A series of social calls and birthday gatherings from Elyria to Cleveland, Taursday, and Monroeville with neighbors and relatives visiting in Amherst, Bowling Green, and Lakewood. A brief historical note adds the 1850 New York City census at over six hundred thousand rising to over a million by 1860.
An older advertisement touts MELLO-GLO Face Powder as pure and long lasting. It claims government approved coloring matter, a smooth spread, and a Fourhint bloom effect, featuring women using the product and Crendall's Drug Store as the retailer.
Doctor's Troxine claims faster relief for sore throat with first swallow and avoids slow gargles. It targets internal cause, contains no harmful drugs, and is sold in 35c 60c and 1.60 dollars bottles with a money back guarantee. Available at all druggists.
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