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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1927
Page
11
Lorain County Public Health Council led by H. G. Curtis and H. E. Birch campaigns against a proposed measure to create a separate state licensing board for chiropractors. They warn two classes of practitioners would be created and chiropractors could treat diseases with far less training, risking misdiagnosis and unreported infectious diseases.
International purity congress adopts resolutions urging laws against bathing beauty contests and near nude events as a social menace. They call for government watch over unclean picture films and periodicals. Norfolk, Virginia native Victoria Booth Citbborn Demarest, granddaughter of General Booth, criticizes modern divorce harms to marriage.
Mrs. Denis Kostis, once a bride who left for Skagway in 1917, returned as a widow in 1923 after her husband Denis Kostis was injured and died. With scant funds she retraced her journey from Alaska to her hometown, recounting years of hardship and survival on the road.
A decree by the Argentine president authorizes spending 57,000 pesos to advance a road piercing the Andes toward the Chilean border. Work is underway and should speed to completion as the Upsal Jata Pass, used by the Trans-Andean Railway, links Buenos Aires with the Pacific Ocean.
In London a woman with five Pekingese dogs sought an audience with the Prince of Wales at York House. The prince was busy and only saw a few visitors. the dogs and owner left disappointed. The woman comforted her pets with words promising another day.
Local item reports Joe Meneth 18? or 15? kicked in the mouth by a horse. Lip injuries and three front teeth knocked loose. Taken to Elyria Memorial hospital after the incident yesterday at an area near Elyria.
A five dollar fine plus costs was levied on Henry Zacharis after he pleaded guilty to keeping his 15 year old son Ertin out of school. Zacharis was arrested by attendance officer E G Alexander in Justice 5 J George’s court yesterday. City finds nicest bandit Spokane, Washington. A taxi driver was forced to give a five dollar bill and his wallet by a bandit who warned the driver to walk back to town. The taxi was later found as directed.
The Rev. John B. Foley pastor of the Catholic church of Newport Indiana names heirs to an estate valued at $25,900. The will provides that if any heir drinks strong liquor the executor may seize the offender’s share and place it in a bank. Austria claims to hire the best detective force in the world.
Storm center alumni of Ohio State University protest the team’s performance in the Oct. 22 defeat by Michigan. Coach John W. Wilce defends the squad saying they are improving. At a Columbus meeting, Arthur W. Raymond of the Varsity O Alumni Association resigns, citing problems in the athletic department.
Mr and Mrs C E Bidwell of 26 South Pleasant street Oberlin celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary this week with a luncheon at the Hi O Hi team rooms attended by some sixty five guests including visitors from out of town. A grass fire on Frally wood avenue burned about an acre but caused no serious damage and was extinguished with spades and chemicals.
Fremont carries a 6–0 record to Oberlin for a key league showdown that could decide the Page championship. Oberlin, 5–1, trails Sandusky, the lone undefeated team, and is expected to put up a strong fight against Fremont at North Main Street High School.
A city parade planned for 7 45 pm features costumes prizes for comic and historical outfits plus best dressed participants. Lordly prizes include ten dollars in gold for the missing Elyria Elk and multiple four dollar prizes for ladies in displays. Parade forms on Second Street West Avenue and travels to the City Park for band disband.
Milton S. Winchell died at his Lake Avenue home at age 88 years 5 months. He leaves wife, daughter Mrs. Winifred Stott, son Hugh, father, sister Mrs. Mae Davis of Greens Ohio, brothers William of Chicago and Thames of Florida. A grocery-store proprietor and township constable, he had lived here 24 years. Funeral Monday at 2 PM from Sudra funeral home with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
Penny offerings from Sunday schools of the Episcopal diocese fund Good Samaritan Hospital to provide medical care at no cost for injured newsboys in Portland. An inventor in Brighton Bastid raises funds and attention with a notable act or entertainment linked to the cause.
Market notes from Columbus report heavier grapefruit supplies pushing prices down to 450 per box. Quality stock is weaker with thick skins and green color, while bulk shipments like Emperor grapes and California oranges show mixed price movement amid slower trading. Chicago quotations follow with butter, eggs, poultry, and grain rates across several items. Minnesota North Dakota and Minneapolis reports provide regional price levels for potatoes, wheat, corn, and flour amid overall softer demand.
Livestock receipts show hogs with 51 cent lower market, weights 59 to 350 pounds. cattle receipts at 259 overall with calves 250 and beef markets steady. Vealers 1409 to 1790, Peavy calves low, lambs top around 140 with bulk fat lambs 1009 to 1750 and fat ewes 500 to 846.
In Cleveland Ohio on October 28 prices for poultry meats eggs and produce are listed, with shipments of leghorn fowls ducks and geese priced per dozen or per pound and potatoes premium and common varieties quoted. In Toledo Ohio hogs calves sheep and lambs markets show typical values with heavies pigs and other categories noting price declines. Brazil begins river canalization on the Tiete to reclaim farmland and fund the project through land sales.
Clement Vautel of Le Journal mocks Gene Tunney in a satirical column. He criticizes Tunney for praising boxing as noble while dismissing women and suggests the boxer should marry and have children to fulfill boxing’s supposed goal of improving humanity.
Frank Waterhouse, an English defector from the French Foreign Legion, recalls harsh conditions in North Africa. He notes meager pay, extreme heat, poor food, and language barriers among 18 men. He recounts meeting a Prince de Georges once ruler of Georgia and Bolshevik exile, plus his escape route via Monte Carlo loss, bribes, and a voyage home to London.
Egyptians favor domestic radio over foreign broadcasts with a Cairo station expected to serve listeners across a 159 mile radius. Crystal sets will likely be popular among Arabs preferring local content during winter when reception for foreign stations is best elsewhere.
Oklahoma's University authorities approve the horse buggy as a substitute for student-owned automobiles. President W B Bizzell issues a firm decree against motor cars and insists buggies are not automobiles. Several farm students immediately swap transportation with local residents.
The Anglo Purish mixed arbitral tribunal sitting in Constantinople dismissed Abbas Hilmi Pasha’s claim for 10 million dollars against the British government. The ex khedive alleged compensation for alienation of Egyptian estates, but the court ruled Egypt was not among territories detached from Turkey by the Lausanne Treaty and found itself unable to judge the case.
In Soviet Russia factories, workers practice rifle shooting daily at targets shaped as disliked figures. A Six Austen Chamberlain effigy with a monocle earns a prize for bull’s-eyes, while a Dawes figure also scores.
The YMCA physical department organized two leagues for November volleyball and indoor baseball. Volleyball teams include Rotary Kiwanis Young Men's Club Cheese and Cracker and Agenda Clubs in a best two of three format with weekly matches on Tuesdays. Indoor baseball features Banks Clerks Machinists Merchants with two games weekly on Wednesdays. Admission is free. Schedule lists specific dates and matchups.
A boiler room smoke plume sparked a false alarm at a Spring Valley home. The ChronicleTelegram reporters investigated but found no blaze. smoke traced to a furnace as fire crews could not reach the location. Residents and officials confirmed no active fire upon inspection.
The Cathedral of Mexico, oldest in the western hemisphere, contains paintings and precious objects valued at $4,000,000. Officials work on a government led inventory while the cathedral remains closed. Valuations list major altars including the Main Altar at 186,000 and Altar del Perdon at 75,000 with the Perdon taking 18 years to build beginning in 1718 by Jeromimo Balbas of Seville.
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