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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
12
Charles Uhl of Bas Village recounted a late night visit to a friend as his wife was away. He described a mishap with a dish of spaghetti that tangled and nearly toppled him, shouting a quick warning as the strands wrapped around.
A dinner party after the meal turns into a retrospection of careers and boasts. A barrister recalls freeing a client who would have faced ruin, and a millionaire retorts he once was the lawyer’s first client. The exchange turns playful as a flirtation with a young officer is teased.
Amherst October 31 M P Womach a carpenter at the Ohio quarries injured by a hand saw when wood slipped. Thumb and two middle fingers of the right hand cut off at the second joint and other fingers badly damaged. He was taken to the hospital. Also notes local residents and events including a farm sale and charity drives in Amherst with social gatherings at the gym and a Halloween themed party at Amelia Schiefferstein’s home.
Vermilion Oct 31 note reads Stella Nash of Berlin Heights is the mother of Lucy Meeker on Monday. Mrs Matilda Wagner spent Monday in Cleveland. George Harris is visiting his son Ralph and family in Cleveland for a few days.
Mrs Lawless and daughter Jean returning from weeks with relatives in New York. Narold Cole traveled to Cleveland. Miss G Rathbun and Wes Mary Horsley stayed in Cleveland for the weekend.
Cardinal Mercier of Belgium, soon returning home, telegraphed President Wilson wishing him a prompt and complete recovery. He recalled the welcome telegram when he landed and expressed sympathy for the illness and his personal respectful regards.
Washington reports a telegram from John L Lewis and the union executive committee to Secretary of Labor Wilson, replying to a message to union leaders at Indianapolis. The exchange marks the first direct clash between the administration and the miners, accusing Wilson of usurping executive power and of failing to call a conference between workers and management.
A Kentucky man reports a simple one ounce remedy costing almost nothing to ease hay fever. He shares it, now dispensed by pharmacists, involving diluting mentholated solution in a pint of boiled water for gargling and nasal spray. Sufferers are urged to use it for a week to reduce yearly symptoms.
Shoppers find prices on coffee sugar lard shortening and breakfast cereals. Includes creamer, beans, tuna, syrup, cheese, salmon, pork and beans, pancake flour, Post Toasties corn flakes and Cream of Wheat, with cleaning supplies and soaps in a bulk weekly sale. Local store specials list brands and package sizes for easy comparison.
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