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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1927
Page
2
New York Mayor James Walker praises London in a local newspaper piece after a brief visit. He notes London's vast administration, policing, sanitation, ceremonial rituals, hospitality, and unique urban solidity, saying Americans regard London as a model of greatness and humanity.
Miss Wanda Armstrong of Lorain becomes bride of Harold Marshall of Amherst in a St. Anthony's Lorain ceremony. The couple, both from local families, plan the October 26 wedding. Marshall, a dairy farmer and Oberlin College attendee, belongs to the Congregational church. Armstrong is a Lorain High School graduate.
Washington report outlines how toll bridge franchises often yield high profits at the public's expense. Congress may consider controls as the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads warns that such privatized bridges can divert funds, raise tolls, and delay needed public projects.
Mrs Blanche Leathers the sole regularly licensed woman captain on a Mississippi river steamboat reflects that piloting is harder than housekeeping and notes women faced harsher language than men. She led the Natchez, descendant of the famed Natch ez, once raced upriver with the Robert E Lee and hosted lavish river life with plantations, mint juleps, and banjos. The Natchez fell on hard times as railroads rose and was sold. Leathers later retired after her husband’s death and now looks back with regret at changing times.
US prosecutor Colvin moves to file manslaughter charges against F Creigh Nelson and Amor F Bell for the drowning of Violet Maude Paine aboard Nelson's yacht on Lake Union. Coroner's inquest found they stood by as she struggled near within ten feet of water, with lifeboats and belts nearby. The jury called the men cowards and alleged they conspired to hide the death.
A German film project titled Richard Wagner and 60 Years of Bayreuth is being prepared simultaneously at Seipste, Bayreuth and Munich under Film Director Fir mans. The film will be released this year and includes Spareer performances at the Bayreuth festival with input from leading Wagner historians and biographers. A special syndicate leads the effort including Siegfried Wagner and professors from Leipzig Conservatory led by Max Laur.
Nashville Tennessee farm uses gully camouflage to stop erosion and grow a potential money making grove. State Forester Maddox notes the method as innovative with plowed banks brush dams and fast growing black locusts. The US Department of Agriculture adopted the approach and other states followed Tennessee’s lead.
Dr F Scott McBride, long associated with the Anti Saloon League, becomes national leader and general superintendent. A Carroll County Ohio native, he has led league efforts for over fifteen years, with education at Muskingum College and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and ordination in 1901. Prior roles include Illinois district and state superintendent. British stories and atmosphere to be added to Hollywood studios.
Michigan agriculture officials ban import of bees and beekeeping equipment with combs into the Upper Peninsula to curb a deadly brood disease. Bees may cross into the UP with permits, and the 10 year rule is set under state law. A separate note mentions Roman salaries and French artesian wells as unrelated items.
A Paris style powder named MELLO GLO debuts as a shade revealing youth color. It resists perspiration, keeps skin from drying, and adheres well without clogging pores. Cran Call’s Drug Store and Lenny Mercantile Co advertise this new French process powder.
A reader offers a home remedy for stomach troubles claiming Bisurated Magnesia neutralizes acidity and relieves gas sourness pain and bloating. The advice favors moderate eating and a few days of Bisurated Magnesia from a druggist to reassure that most distress is unnecessary.
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