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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1923
Page
9
Fire breaks out in the X ray room trapping patients on the upper floor of Irving hospital. Firemen rescue fifty pennies and thirty adults, and ten residents, with seven firefighters injured in the blaze that started from an X ray room explosion.
Market report lists Liberty Bonds quotations for September 18 with notes on the First Second Third and Fourth 4 bond series and current prices near 98 and 99. The entry records bid asks and denominations including 4 1 45 and 4 1 45 0 0 0.
News notes list a string of society items and obituaries including the death of Mrs Nora Hilton and a dispatch naming 250 additional survivors. Local events include Murray Ridge school parents meeting at the schoolhouse with Judge Webber as speaker, and various calls on residents visiting kin and attending funerals.
Marie Durban died from burns received while playing near a bonfire. Police are investigating a report that a Black boy pushed her into the flames. Local authorities seek witnesses to determine the exact sequence of events.
Washington reports the death toll from the Japanese earthquake has increased as officials tally missing and injured Americans. Details on exact numbers or locations were not immediately available, with the situation cited as ongoing and evolving.
Cincinnati dispatch reports actress Wellat Webb Hein of Harrison Ohio was granted a divorce from Isa Willard Hein on grounds of abandonment. Mrs Hein says she has not seen her husband in three years. Hein once starred in Goddess of Liberty and previously appeared with Julia Marione's company.
Local items record visits among West Ridge residents including Mr and Mrs Chas Schaible Mrs George Decher Mrs Irwin Eldred and Lois, and reflections on missionary society gatherings in Elyria. Announcements note a tureen supper and a joint WC TWU and Ladies’ Aid meeting hosted by Mrs George Decher on Wednesday evening.
Wood and guests at C. H. Hunger's Saturday. Elyria visitors Mr and Mrs Chas Gleason stayed with Mrs John Bock Friday. A niece and husband from Lansing called Sunday. Several families visited Hunger, Berg, Judge, Burrer, Pember, Walters, Munneh, and others across Medina and Ridgeville areas in recent days.
Raold Amundsen, famed Arctic explorer who sailed from Seattle fifteen months ago aiming to fly over the North Pole, returned to Seattle defeated. He plans another attempt next year from Split, berger on the east side if feasible, stating he is not discouraged.
SQUIRREL HUNTER SHOT WOODSFIELD, O. Sept. 18. A Squirrel was dangling from the hand of Brady Burkhart of Pell afre, O., here today as Brady stood half secreted behind a bush. Clar.
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