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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1920
Page
7
Fragmented advertisement page shows multiple seeks and sales items. Weds readers include Wanted housekeepers, stenographers, and labor help along with vehicle for sale and poultry listings. Also contains bond sale notices, legal reminders, and public notices from Lorain and nearby towns.
Lorain Ohio invites bids on issuing bonds to refund outstanding city indebtedness. Bonds dated various past years with face values and maturities listed. Sale awarded to highest bidder with minimum par value and accrued interest, payment terms, bidcertified checks, and delivery terms at Lorain.
Brighton residents recall Mr and Mrs Boo Burge sixtyeighth wedding anniversary with a large gathering. Relatives from Lorain Cleveland Wellington Mt Vernon and Elyria joined Joynn Virgil Burge Harrows Relfe and Yorum families, plus many others for an afternoon visit, a lecture by Dr C Kellar and socializing at the Burge home.
Baron Raymond de Waba becomes Luxembourg’s first accredited diplomat to the United States. After arriving in Washington he travels to Chicago, Dubuque and St Louis amid a large Luxembourg immigrant presence. He thanks President Wilson for supporting Luxembourg autonomy and plans to return to Carenters as minister of agriculture.
Authorities seek to identify those who disrupted a Saturday night address by Congressman Martin L. Davey at a street corner. Catcalls a ripe tomato and a skunk reportedly featured in the disturbance, while Mayor Phillips says warrants will be issued for the culprits if found. A formal protest was filed by the Progressive Democratic club under its auspices.
Oberlin residents attend numerous meetings and events across clubs. Florence Hounley Bertha Anton Agnes Bates and others join the Oberlin Persil Club for a Halloween gathering. The Eastern Stars plan a potluck election night as the Ohio Women’s Union and Home Missionary Department hold activities. Local groups discuss fall programs, hospital auxiliary plans, and cosmopolitan mixer with Prof Sherman welcoming new members.
A Monday night nonpartisan forum in Oberlin features speakers from Democratic and Republican camps. Paul C Howland will back Harding, Thomas Fletcher will present Democratic views, and Norman Thomas will argue Liberal protest ideas. Organizers push debate on unified platform amid student protest movement.
Oberlin. October 23. Norman Stewart colored was released from custody in justice court after agreeing to return the diamond ring he took as a joke bet and to pay all costs of the proceedings. He left with Maggie Hilmonde and went to Maetown to retrieve the ring from the man to whom he had given it.
Mary Elizabeth Godette died at her Oberlin home 203 South Pleasant street on Tuesday morning after months of illness. Born October 4 1862 in Oberlin she moved with her parents to Knipton at age five. She joined the church of the Good Shepherd in St Paul Minnesota briefly before returning to Oberlin to spend her remaining years.
Oberlin, Oct 23. Senator Theodore Burton, Republican candidate for Congress, labeled the League Covenant interpretation a bloom ing humbug. He argued Congress need not wait for action to enter war and cited Wilson Cox Hoover and others. He criticized Article 23 as lax policy and said the Monroe Doctrine is misrepresented as the covenant. He spoke before a large audience at a Republican rally.
Geo Anderson, Oberlin freshman, was dazed when kicked in the head during an interclass game last Tuesday. He disappeared that evening and was later found at his sister’s Cleveland home. College officials conduct a search. he remains under care as he recovers from the blow’s effects.
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