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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1920
Page
8
A garbled list shows candidates for president governor U S senator lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general and more. Names like HARDING WILLIS BROWN SMITH TRACY ARCHER PRICE HOUGH appear amid broken text, with judges and local officials also referenced in incomplete form.
A Vermont farmer explains the price squeeze from farm to consumer as wool and meat drop in price while middlemen and speculative dealers push costs. A chain of surpluses, two printers, brokers, and paper dealers show how a 12 cent raw material becomes 22 cents, inflating costs before the product reaches the public. The piece argues distribution reform and demobilization failures delay relief.
A collage of humorous verses and clippings evokes flirtations, tattoos, and social quirks. The column riffs on love modernity, marriage costs, breakfast quips, dowager jokes, and political satire, weaving cartoons of public figures, manners, and manners in a sharp, lighthearted tone.
Chicago September 13 John Grunau president of the Chicago Yardmen Association denies reports that the switch men strike has ended. Chicago strikers vote 21974 to 21304 to remain out while Kansas City officials dispute the figures. Also noted is a record Studebaker drive from Traverse City to Elyria covering 526 miles with no mishap.
Lester Seebeck, a salesman for Knight-Norris-Gibbs Co., fainted on a sidewalk on Chestnut Street Sunday afternoon. Police ambulance transported him to Memorial Hospital with facial injuries reported by authorities.
On September 23 in Rootstown a large Mar shall family gathering surprised their mother Mrs. Sarah Mar shall with a money purse for her 50th birthday. They also presented Mrs Hessie Kelsom a stork shower anticipating a fifth generation. Mrs Marshall has 14 children, 55 grandchildren and 44 great grandchildren.
In Toledo on September 14 Rudolph Gomolski, a railroad worker, killed himself by filling a room with gas through a tube to his mouth. His wife and children narrowly escaped asphyxiation when the gas with a jet woke them.
The piece profiles Harry L. Davis of Cleveland as a self-made political figure rising from humble steel mill beginnings. Born to Welsh steel workers, Davis left school to work, rising from newsboy to city treasurer, then mayor after repeated defeats, and finally a gubernatorial candidate in 1920.
Dave R. Junes of Cleveland begins work as executive secretary of the Republican State Organization at Columbus headquarters. He will meet with division heads and begin coordinating party activities this morning.
Charles J. Kuehmann, founder and head of a Toledo potato chip company, shot himself last night amid domestic worries. The death by own action occurred in Toledo and ends his leadership of the firm.
A flood of endorsements from professionals and workers praises Dreco the herbal remedy. A Central National Bank of Chillicothe employee, Mr. Shackelford Snorl- Krass, reports gaining twelve pounds after using three bottles and improved sleep, appetite, and strength. Signed statements claim Dreco restores natural functions, boosts digestion, and improves overall health. Drug stores in Elyria advertise the product.
Irvine L Lenroot has been renominated by Wisconsin Republicans for the U S Senate. His Democratic challenger is Paulo Reinsch a noted educator and former minister to China.
Thieves slashed a display window with a brick in cleveland early today and escaped with furs valued at about 3000 from three wax figures in the window of a fur shop. The incident occurred in the morning hours and the suspects remain at large. The theft ends a string of break-ins reported in the area.
Eugene Burge has graduated from the Jones National School of Auctioning in Chicago and returned to Elyria to start in the auction trade. He previously worked at Foster Fitch and, before moving, bred and raised purebred cattle on a Wellington-area farm where he is well known.
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