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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1923
Page
3
The Open Forum announces a tentative program in Elyria on September 19 1923. It promotes Know the truth and free minds by giving real message bearers a platform and offering citizens a chance to hear leading national figures.
Superintendent James A. White says the drive against liquor is in its last stage and law enforcement will soon curb sales for profit while personal production may persist. He cautions that morals alone won’t finish the work and education must win over the minority in a democracy as well.
An excerpt describes Shelby Montana’s poverty while watching a New York prize fight crowd. It notes big-city comparisons, millionaires for a day, and a joke about taxing bachelors. The piece mocks national headlines and references a Kansas law on auto spoons and marriage licenses.
The article reflects on Yom Kippur as the solemn Day of Atonement and fast, noting its timing on Tishri 10. It mentions local figures and events including a Mayor Jones and gossip about Linwood, while raising questions about marriages and divorce records.
A dated compilation notes events from 1778 to 1909 and a Today’s Birthdays list. Notable names include Henry Brougham James Garfield Ethan Allen Hitchcock and Lord Leverhulme with brief biographical details and origins.
The text records varied events including the sixtieth anniversary of the Chickamauga battle and the fixed date for the new Irish Free State Parliament. It lists professional gatherings in Boston and New Orleans on automotive, boll weevil pest control, and industrial lending, plus a New York Chamber of Commerce conference on trade between buyers and sellers.
Comic notes and items from Komical Telegrams touch on escaped convicts in Columbus. A joke about the year 5684 and views on Reds in America appear alongside tax and currency quips. The column references Secretary of the Treasury and presages new bills. Cuba money mockery and barbers curio mix with Henry Ford and horse racing humor.
Minnesota congressman Thomas D Schall, blind since 1907 after an electric lighter accident, returns to Congress next December for a fifth term. Born in Michigan woodlands, he overcame hardship, learned to read late, and built a legal career with his wife serving as his eyes. He won office in 1914 on the Independent Progressive ticket, then continued to skate and swim in Excelsior while pursuing public service.
Forty five years ago attorneys from the county gathered at the courthouse to form a county bar association. A committee of N L Johnson J H Dickson and I L Smith was appointed to perfect plans. Charles Bartlett narrowly escaped injury on the Abbe road when a tree fell during a fierce storm. His team of horses was struck but he was not touched.
The American Legion calls for a five year ban on immigration to allow the U S to stabilize its policy and housing. Garland Powell argues aliens form a wall of nationalism and pose a threat while urging Americanization through language and civic education alongside naturalization ceremonies.
Dr Epitacio Pessoa, Brazilian leader and former president, elected to the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague by the League of Nations Assembly and Council. He supported peace, served as Brazil's principal delegate at the Paris peace conference, and is renowned in international law. Modern fashions are said to have raised the standard of health among women.
In Defiance on September 19 Sheriff Miller declined a woman's request to fetch cigarettes from the male ward. He told her he would not act as a cigarette runner while she remained in the women's ward, offering a cell as an alternative.
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