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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1936
Page
5
The piece notes the 1787 Philadelphia convention adopted the U S Constitution with 53 delegates from 12 states. It highlights their lack of stenographers, slow travel, and intense debates, and contrasts their decisive five week drafting with modern legislative delays and posturing.
An obituary-like profile notes William Crapo Durant, age 74, opening a food market and lunchroom in Ashbury Park New Jersey after decades of fortune and misfortune. It recalls his buggy factory in Flint his link to David Buick and General Motors and his history of dramatic rises and falls. The piece admires his nerve energy and resourcefulness and hopes for future business success.
Elyria High hosts Campbell Memorial in the season opener at Ely Stadium. Campbell brings a veteran lineup as Elyria's Red Raiders aim for a strong start amid cautious optimism for a safe, spirited season.
A reflection on how widespread car use and good roads reduce the thrill of travel and exercise. The piece argues for preserving remote hilltops and forest fastness to remain undisturbed by motors, while praising public parks and accessible scenery in balance. It notes editors warn that access can erase wilderness experiences.
A chronicle of births and deaths of prominent figures from 1700s to 1930s including Lemuel Johnson Joseph Story Robert Forbes Abbott John Abbott John Townsend Trowbridge Gilbert Hitchcock Owen Seaman and Washingtons cornerstones. Also notes on 1851 NYT debut 1873 Jay Cooke panic and 1926 hurricane plus Greta Garbo and others. Spider the terrier turns seven and celebrates by killing 8090 rats at London Zoo.
C O McIntyre blends thoughts on Mickey Walker's tavern spoof and Broadway tidbits. He notes impersonations by Sheila Barrett, a Peggy Joyce letter, gangsters in films, and recalls Lillian Gish, Clifton Webb, and The Three Rhythm Bars with a historian’s nod to 1936 as the Year of the Gosh Awful Shirt.
The piece highlights Webb as a standout local dandy amid gilded social scenes in West 57th Street and Harlem. It notes Josephine Baker’s wan reception, Fred Astaire’s cinema pull and longing for live audiences, and an era of flowered storefronts and lush decor across New York.
In a 1936 scene a writer observes booming floral bracelets and bouquets sold on midtown corners at dusk. He notes sharp-faced mugs eyeing officers and customers, then a quick warning to “Fly cops” as vendors flourish under a pap drone, reflecting urban hustle and tension.
A. L. Pursell of Tulare finished a homemade telescope costing 76 dollars using discarded auto parts and ship porthole gloss. The instrument measures 76 inches in length and magnifies about 240 times.
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