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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1937
Page
9
A humorous piece asks why experts debate odd questions from beards to pig tails and roosters, then jokes about cures for weeds and wine making while pondering everyday kitchen and garden curiosities. The tone mimics a light, long list of quirky inquiries.
A Spanish priest warns missionaries that cultures differ deeply and cannot be transplanted intact. He notes Eskimos in Alaska prefer warmth and wood hauling to hellfire tales, urging tempered messages to avoid misinterpretation. The piece reflects on cultural rigidity, modernization, and universalism versus regional realities.
A historic ledger lists anniversaries of notable figures born in 18th and 19th centuries including James MacSparren Randall Lee Gibson William T Harris Joseph Wheeler Isaac Funk and more. It also notes key historical events such as the 1785 treaty with Prussia and Perry's 1813 Lake Erie victory with the line We have met the enemy and they are ours.
A retrospective notes a poor inventor rising to fame after others began making and selling machines, aided by rich friends. It cites 1862 as the Barbara Fritchie founding incident, lists 1918 Chicago to New York postal flight, and 1935 Mussolini mobilization. Birthday highlights include Mark Sullivan, Dr. Harold L. Hough, Dr. Arthur H. Compton, Frederic A. Delano, George H. Carter, Poultney Bigelow, and Carl Van Doren, with a horoscope predicting prudent, industrious days ahead.
In Pueblo Cole used exhaust fumes to dislodge a stubborn snake trapped inside an automobile. A hose attached to the exhaust pipe was run into the car, forcing the snake to emerge and be killed.
A meditation on 1 John 4 1 6 urging believers to test spirits by the criterion of Christ and his gospel. It cautions against indiscriminate ecstatic utterance while affirming emotion's role in religion and the need for motive power in conduct.
Beatrice Farr Bradley completed four years at Indiana University earning an AB degree and two broad sons. The sons are the result of a wager that Miss Bradley would not complete college without smoking.
The Nation News Beli Washington reports reformers push to tax capital and large incomes, closing loopholes in eight states and taxing securities and salaries. La Follette proposals and enforcement of undistributed surplus tax loom, drawing potential constitutional issues and aggressive opposition from Treasury circles.
Analysis notes Roosevelt and Hull maneuver behind public posts as anti-W hite House factions press purge threats. Roosevelt signals restraint yet deploys ships and troops abroad while signaling a tougher line at home on party loyalty. Budgeting shows distribution favors anti White House states, complicating unity amid looming 1940 political battles. Greenbelt plan sparks Maryland backlash over federal control and town governance.
Pittsburgh Kansas city leaders urge return of a 12 pound park cannon, Spanish make, 113 years old that stood in the park 30 years before being moved to a scrap yard during landscaping. They offer a suitable reward and no questions asked. The Thames at London Bridge is 290 yards wide.
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