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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1925
Page
1
Washington reports Senate discussions reveal a plan to appropriate about 30 million dollars for the enforcement of the Prohibition and narcotics laws. The figure is tied to the year ending June 30 and aims to strengthen the Volstead Act operations across coasts and international borders.
Harrisburg Ore Sept 25 Three men were drowned today when a car ran off the fogged Pacific highway into the Willamette River. One occupant Archie Stevens of Pet er, driver Edward Boyer, and another passenger died. a fourth escaped.
Police report a brutal murder in New Jersey where Miss Marie Nicolini was shot and killed in a restaurant after which the assailants fled and allegedly barred the door to prevent alarm. Five men were seen nearby. police know the attacker but will not reveal the name. Authorities suspect jealousy or bootleg ties. In New York, a second murder mystery surfaced with a well dressed man shot dead in the front seat of an abandoned Packard sedan on the Upper East Side, with three men seen nearby.
Mrs Emma Weber Fischer was found dead in bed at Snow Road Ridgeville this morning. Death attributed to heart failure. She is survived by husband Clem Fischer father John Weber and sisters Edith Eva and Airs. John Forthover all of Ridgeville. Her mother died five months ago. Funeral plans not announced.
A historical reflection on cave formation and the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, praising the subterranean world as equally remarkable as surface geology. It notes many Kentucky caves, including Edmondson County’s ninety caves totaling about 200 miles, with Mammoth Cave famed for a century as a Seven Wonders and the World’s Greatest Subterranean Wonder.
A garbled OCR snippet hints at a Cleveland related fine or penalty. The exact details and parties involved are unclear due to damaged text. Further readable context is needed to identify the subject, action, and timeframe.
Fred Hafner aged eighty four died yesterday at 3 00 from illness six weeks. He lived at 112th Street Cleveland and died at his granddaughter Mrs Burt Blakeslee’s home Stop 11 1 2 Grafton Road aged 80 years nine days. He is survived by daughter Frances Piper and two sons in law William Piper and Burt Blakeslee and two grandchildren Marion and Roy Blakeslee. Funeral services Monday at 12 30 at the Blakeslee home Rev W W L Burner officiating burial Lakeview Cemetery Cleveland.
Chicago dated September 25. Barbara Derst, 19, sentenced for stealing a fur coat. Judge Francis Borrells placed her on probation for a year after she pleaded guilty. The ceremony with Theodore Jullick, 22, was performed with a borrowed ring. A $20 collection was taken for the couple.
Fred Underhill testified a drunken man endangered motorists on Oberlin road near the Country Club. F W Brown, found drunk, resisted officers and was jailed. He received a $56 fine plus costs, sixty days in county jail, and license suspension for the rest of the year. Brown cried upon hearing the sentence.
In Lakehurst New Jersey naval experts testified gas valve trouble caused the Shenandoah disaster as the court heard details while Washington considered a navy engine policy shift. State department officials later reported no agreement on a key aviation issue.
Tonight at S o'clock Essyria and WGBL broadcast a Fall Festival program with Jim Armitage or a similar speaker praising Elrria and the event. The newly equipped station will air a Day Music concert from the demo home studio, showcasing improved equipment.
Richard Spanski, 15, of Lorain, was arrested after trying to cash a $25 check drawn on the Central Bank of Lorain and signed as Central Motor Company. He claimed to have found the check book behind the Chevrolet Garage, signed it himself, and misspelled Dollars and Motor. He was jailed after being questioned by Police Chief E J Stankard and taken to the Savings Deposit and Trust Company.
Government agents with Cincinnati police conducted raids in Detroit and Cincinnati areas amid protests stirred by Vigorous and Spanish language groups. Police Lieutenant Samuel Smith and Deputy William Albrecht were among those noted. Liquor and related items were seized from several premises during the operation.
Police Chief J Stankard returned to Elyria from Cincinnati with Leon Sczepaniak 17 once employed by Melanie Farr near Oberlin. Sczepaniak said he stole Farr medice to see the country, traveled to Lorafa Columbus Cincinnati and Kentucky before returning. Juvenile Court to hear the case today.
Fragmented report notes a counter plan being offered and an adjournment until tomorrow. Names Charles Mills Silas Brandt W Leedy appear in unclear context alongside references to Joseph Caillaux and French finance figures. The text is garbled and contains political financial terms and debt references.
Two boys from the choir at St Andrew's Episcopal Church were arrested after a church robbery during Sunday service. A third boy was implicated, with police noting losses of about $30 including purses taken from attendees. They were sent to juvenile court for hearings before Judge Wilcox.
A fragment from a local notice describes a family tragedy involving a father figure and his sons in Elyria. It mentions a drowned daughter and three brothers Charles and Fred among the deceased, noting the death as the third in the family across several years. Continued on Page 2.
Judge C. C. G. Washburn told the Court of Appeals that alimony rules should be revised to avoid granting substantial alimony before a divorce hearing. He argued such practices, tied to earlier property norms, cause injustice as wives gain earnings and separate property rights evolve. No new American cardinals are planned for the November consistory, Vatican says.
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