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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1927
Page
6
New York introduces a slot machine for ice cream sodas. A five cent coin is inserted, the crank turned, and a cold treat is delivered. The device, created by F Gray of Philadelphia, aims to revolutionize soft drink vending and is expected to have wide impact.
Mrs EB C Schubert notes activity around Town Line North as Amherst residents visit relatives in Elyria and Sandusky. Local families hosted dinners and guests, students returned to Elyria High, and Labor Day gatherings with neighbors and church groups occurred.
New York The Interborough Rapid Transit company will keep track switches clear of ice and snow next winter with electric snow melters. The device sits under the track, connected to the third rail, and automatic attachments apply current when temperatures fall. About twelve units per switch, avoiding the need for manual shoveling during snow.
George Fredeastine of Murray Ridge and Lewis Keller of River Road visited Saturday. Mrs John Delfield was dinner guest Thursday of Edith and Florence Ehrman of Amherst. Leonard Duta resumed studies at Lorain high school. Mrs Charles Eggert and Hulda and guests from Sandusky called on Splagelberg family Sunday. Mr Nubno of Lorain visited relatives Tuesday. John Delfield hosted six o'clock dinner for Mr and Mrs Charles Eitam of Elyria on Monday.
North Olmsted notes cover visits from Elyria and Berea residents, including Mr and Mrs Herman Kruger and Miss Mary Stearns, plus a trip for Julia Hammond to Columbus. Ted Sayers survives a fogged drive with a damaged coupe, and North Olmsted residents learn Chronicle Telegram may be delivered locally the same day. Boy Scouts plan first meeting after summer break, Parachute in a metal tube and electric manicuring debut in Los Angeles add variety.
At the Rialto Theater three days from Thursday Sept 15 the film The Naked Truth stars Helene Chadwick Jack Mulhall and others. It plays daily with matinees at 2 30 pm and evenings at 7 and 9 pm. Matinees and nights labeled women only and men only, with age restriction 15 and up. A lecturer will present a plain talk on sex for adults.
A lively Sunday Concert at the Rialto Theater promises a strong vaudeville program with comedy and music. The Paramount Weekly one reel comedy Dr Quack opens, followed by six class vaudeville acts including The Spell-Binders, Brosius and Brown, Dot Wood, Stuart and Phillips, Weiss and Wooley, and The Zyles. Three performances are listed: matinee 2.30 pm and evenings at 7 and 8 45 pm.
A Metro Goldwyn Mayer production starring Norma Shearer is praised for its stark portrayal of a young woman’s life with minimal sensationalism. The review lauds Shearer’s dignity and restraint, claiming the film grips viewers and challenges social barriers without exploiting controversy.
Mil ton Sills stars as a strong Spanish fisherman torn between his brother and Mary Astor in The Sea Tiger set in the Canary Islands. Mary Astor delivers a fire filled performance with humor and drama as a stormy romance unfolds alongside a dramatic fight with Joe Bonomo.
Ray Sedwick a Akron bug driver and his bride to be Evelyn Heller were speeding to Cleveland to be married when their car collided with a parked, unlit two ton truck near Brimfield early today. Sedwick died and Miss Heller was seriously injured. Sedwick's body was sent to a Kent funeral parlor and Heller to Akron City Hospital.
Actual cost to Montgomery county for feeding prisoners in the county jail during August was 61 12 cents per day per prisoner, according to the report of Sheriff Fred Wolf Field with county commissioners.
In Geneva on September 19 the Polish proposal to renounce all aggressive warfare among League members and to brand such warfare as an international crime was formally presented to the League of Nations assembly.
Birmingham Ohio area notes list Sunday school at Birmingham M E Church with 7 30 start and no morning service due to Rev W M Kinsley at Delaware conference. Obituary mentions Delbert Smith of Norwalk and other local events including visits and rentals.
Forty year old references include Harry Moulder of Chicago calling on Mrs Ella Brandan. Mr and Mrs B L Pierce of Sandusky were supper guests of Florence Pierce. J B Dennison improved his Church street home with a new roof. Miss Elizabeth Pierce returned to her school duties on Tuesday morning.
Hillsboro officials declare old-fashioned dances desirable and have entered a six year contract with an orchestra to provide music from 6 pm daily for events featuring the Germaine schottische polka reel minuet square dance and the wall. An imitation travertine fabric wall covering resembling stone is also installed.
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