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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1931
Page
10
Detroiter known as Railroad Jack or Harry Cooper returns after a decade away. A roadside historian famed for dating any Georgian calendar day and challenging crowds with a $10 prize for unrecorded events, he later offered $100 to any historian who could beat his memory in a contest.
Cooper, 67, is said to possess a pass that allows travel on any railroad in the country, earning him the sobriquet Stallroad Jack.
Pittsfield notices show Lewis Ives and family plus Elizabeth Wells of Oberlin visiting the Widdowsons. Albert Mohrman fell ill Saturday morning, was unconscious for two hours, now improved under medical care. Mrs C W Whitney vacationed with sister-in-law Mrs Forest Williams in Wellington. Roy Widdowson hosted dinner for Reed Ives of Oberlin and Carl G Brandt with daughters Luella and Vera.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Community church hosted a potluck chicken dinner at Mrs. Walter Green's home with twenty four ladies and two visiting children. Attendees included Mrs. Charles Efkins of Elyria and students Alma Roloff and Lois Mills from Oberlin College, part of a trip to the Ohio Experiment Station. Others mentioned were John Widdowson and families, with social calls in Ashland and nearby towns.
Nellie and her niece visited, Mr and Mrs Robert Mills hosted in Talant, Ryder family guests in Greenwich, J C Widdowson and Whitneys visited in Cleveland, Mrs Mary Metcalf Kelloge died in Conneaut, Stanley West headed to Oxford Florida with John Whitney, visiting relatives in Oberlin and Conneaut with plans to return.
Kipton area notes list visits by Miss Hattie Cook and Miss Jessie Mellor, Oberlin residents Neta Cummings and Lucy Waterhouse, and a report of Eliza Leonard’s death near Penter, Nebraska. Local gatherings include Camden Farm Woman’s Club, Church missionary talks by Katherine Buch, and a Future event at Camden Baptist Church with stereoscopic slides.
Sheffield reports a Sunday concert by the Iowa County Gospel Male Chorus at Brooksides school auditorium. The program included solos duets quartets and choruses under Brooksides Parish arrangements and drew a large audience. Neighbors Willard Tatt of Tion and others visited friends in Winnebago and Toledo. The North Ridge Sunday school met at the Gl Chambers home with next gathering planned for November 1. High school students attended a party at Elyria High. Mr Benedict of Cleveland visited the Danfee home. Funeral services for Mrs Jane Carrolliss were held at Avon Lake. Mr Henry Jackson and family spent Sunday in Cleveland at his parents’ home.
Mr and Mrs Lester Youtzy and daughter Loly visited the home of Mr and Mrs R Perkins in Dover Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs H Chambers visited the latter's brother Fred Kehroeder and family of Collins Ohio Sunday afternoon.
Shield, a self styled mayor of Glen Comfort, painted his barn and wiped out 17 years of weather records. He kept daily notes of frost or snow and dates, including Der. 3, 19138, four foot snow in the year of Colorado’s greatest snow. Other entries include Sept. 12, 1916 frost and Oct. 26, 1916 first snow.
The record lists notable weather events from 1917 to 1927 including May 26 1917 one foot snow and Oct 25 1919 first snow. It notes Oct 14 1924 first frost and April 26 1925 nine inches of snow followed by Sept 26 1927 snow.
Three youths killed 67 rattlesnakes within an hour four miles north of Vaughn Montana near Great Falls. Snakes ranged up to ten years old and five to six feet long. Hunters estimated about 500 snakes in a small area, many in rabbit burrows. They believed the reptiles were preparing to hole up for winter when found.
Herbert Johnson, 33, while serving time at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, helped repaint and refine the electric chair.
A prisoner, formerly in custody, faces a murder charge in the killing of Frye, a storekeeper, in Indiana. The case centers on events surrounding the February 12 action and related court proceedings.
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