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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1928
Page
20
Mrs. Mary Ferguson collapses in Reyburn Plasz as Scotty defends her from passersby and four police officers. The dog barks and slaps to deter approaching help, delaying the patrol wagon and keeping authorities at bay until the scene subsides.
A page of local notes covers Amherst High School announcements, club meetings, birthdays, funerals, church events, and social gatherings. It lists students and staff by name, notes a birthday luncheon for Henry, plus funeral services for Oscar Fox and various church and community activities across Amherst and nearby towns.
Saturday grid lists WTAM W E A R stations and a 7:80 p. m. slot from Hotel Cleveland arches and The Side Show. Amusement, weather, and dance events noted with unclear entries and timings. Includes references to Hold Orchestra and Lucky Strike dance hour.
Fragmented radio listing notes a 1130 kilocycle program at 1 pm titled Commemoration of signing of an Amer institution with speakers Ratlssram and Toadree Brm-Morsgan, followed by Hawaiian Plarers at 1:30 pm and Rubberseck Many with Leah Bal Hiasmian Plarers at 11:19 pm. An organ broadcast closes the block with Sisters.
The readable OCR shows a sequence of radio network listings with station call letters WGY WIDE WEAF WJX KDKA WOR and others, noting meters and kilocycles, times around 5 to 10 p m and mentions of orchestras and programs. Names include Barten, Lengine, Odfrey Luciot and Denver reports. The fragment lists program blocks and musical acts across stations Newark and New York area networks.
Lucille Gilman opened the Amherst Senior High chapel by reading the scripture as the program began on September 22 with a brief, quiet start to the school session.
Nationalist Interior Minister Hsieh Tu-pi orders limits on marriage payments in China. Mandate targets extravagant southern nuptials where parents seek large sums, cap set at 150 dollars for non widowed brides and 100 dollars for widows. The measure aims to curb abuses in matrimonial practices amid Communist tensions and calls for frugal ceremonies.
Ostend reports Belgium is courting American visitors by installing American style features along its coast from the French border to the Dutch border. Soda fountains with Palm Beach like menus appear in resorts and prices are very cheap. Dejeuner a la Americaine and phrases like stack of pancakes enter Belgian menus. A Knocke-sur-Mer restaurant even serves corn on the cob.
Four youths under 18 run a Louisiana reptile venture in a backyard farm. They trap venomous snakes in the Louisiana swamps to extract venom sold at 19 dollars per ounce for snake bite treatment. The group includes Julie Richard 17 Ralph Richard 14 Fred Hubert 22 and Adolphe Duvaile 1.
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