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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1926
Page
10
An editorial argues crime rises in America due to heterogeneity among citizens and officers. It compares national groups within cities, notes policing and prosecution challenges, and suggests careful study to explore solutions without excusing criminality.
A proposal outlines draining swamps from Hawkensack Meadows to Negirk Bay Meadows by lowering land below sea level and pumping water to the sea. The scheme aims to restore forty or more land units for public use and would require vast pumping and levee work. It touts potential land value to cover costs and reveres the Alasetta at New Jersey as the world’s hope for relief.
In New Jersey a heated primary and convention debate pits Republicans against reformers amid women voting rights concerns. The piece notes women gained suffrage six years earlier but questions the meaning when party control may curb influence. It argues voters, especially women, may hesitate under party power.
A scientist reports a new drug may abolish the habit of sleeping, with a similar effect observed in a newborn baby. The claim appears in a Zanesville, Ohio report noting potential implications for rest patterns and health.
A garbled chronicle notes dates and figures from anniversaries and historical events, mentioning Alexander Davidson, François-Reha Baniaine, and Joseph Nog Perees, with scattered references to Metz surrender, a Parisian exile, and a 1916 London raid. It also touches on Stalin as a calculating political figure and his control over the Soviet machine.
Amid obituaries and anniversaries, figures like Alexander Davidson are honored as pioneers of the universal keyboard while religious and civic groups gather in Philadelphia and Bar-Jeans France for conferences on women's vocational guidance. An estimated 125,000 attendees are expected to attend sessions in venues including the Mane cipel Stadium, with conventions across Chicago Salt Lake City and New York.
A garbled page fragment lists numerous personal names and scattered phrases. The text reads as a mosaic of who’s who, with references to people and roles, but contains no coherent events or clear context to summarize a single item.
Poem reflects on Sidney Lanier’s brief ballad style. It evokes the woods, olives, thorn trees and the Master’s journey from love and shame to death and release, highlighting Lanier’s simple yet profound mood. The piece echoes Southern poetic craft and a Spencerian rhythm.
Washington reports that several Federal farm loan districts will cut rates to 3 1/2 percent starting October 1, with St Paul Houston Wichita New Orleans St Louis Louisville and Omaha among districts. Borrowers weigh how best to time refinancings for substantial long term savings and lower payments under the new lower rate regime.
The Daily News Letter notes debates on shifting school holidays to early July, citing Brittany mayors and French hotel associations urging a July start. It mentions artifical silk invention, oyster disease reducing beds, a stork sighting in Belgium, and Paris streets named after poets.
The text discusses support for rural credit reform and opposition to the Hollis-Bulkley bill, arguing government aid is temporary. It notes successful passage and a decade later a cash surplus with reduced government ownership, raising questions about management and greater local farm loan association involvement.
The state recalls the wise policy of Governor Air Sayers that boosted Texas natural and industrial resources. Born in Granda Mississippi he moved west with his family and served in the Confederate army. He studied law and entered public life in 1872, later becoming lieutenant governor and then governor.
West Ridge reports a quiet week with numerous visits among Oberlin Avon Lake Lorain and nearby towns. Families including the Rawhee Squires Simms Stuhl Kolh and Pope households share gatherings and church attendance. Carlisle Grange met with Farm Bureau speaker on workforce testing. Rev Barnard preached at Second Congregational Church.
Elvira visits Mr and Mrs Raymond Simms on Tuesday evening. Charles Fawl from Lorain spent Sunday with Fred Vietzen. Hunger and daughter Ruth visit friends in Cleveland this week. Miss Jol Wolliday spent the weekend with a friend in Cleveland.
The Liverpool Cathedral unveils a new $178,000 organ, the largest in the world, with 101934 pipes, five manuals, 222 draw-knobs, 168 stops, and 35 horsepower electro pneumatic action. Dedication and recitals planned with organists from the United States invited, possibly broadcast by Daventry.
Birmingham column notes visits from Arthur Shoop Flor iot of Cleveland to Mr and Mrs John Baker family. Florence couple EB Mordoff and R N Ewell host. Bertha Cobb Denver and Heart M Date visit Mrs Mary Latteman. Neighbors Lawrence Hr <sic> nzerling Elyria and Roberta Reeves Lakwood partake in Sunday at Libbie Ennes.
Family events filled a weekend with visits among Ewell Norton and Conrad households in South Amherst and Torain. Rev. William Brickner led services at Countyline M.E. Church as Fred A. Siggens, a former resident, died in South Amherst. Funeral plans set for Birmingham M.F.E. Church. A reception welcomed retiring pastor Rev. W. Paton and new pastor Rev. Glenn Tennell at Countyline. Light refreshments noted.
In Sep 23 report from AgnoIe den Stecrenvill the case of Robert Birney’s orphan son Thomas Hirney is finalized. Congressman Frank Murphy helped secure a pension of 10 dollars per month dating from 1890, totaling about 3060 dollars.
The article notes the dedication of a new venue named Four Flags Whorel in Niles Michigan, commemorating days when imperial banners of river nations flew above Fort St. Joseph.
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