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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1932
Page
12
On September 20, 1912, Oberlin High School defeated Elyria High School 51 to 0 in a football contest. The event occurred amid a city holiday as the 600 foot freighter James A Farrell was launched, drawing prominent industry leaders as guests.
Seventy six men from the draft district have been granted exemption from military service by the local draft board. This marks the second batch from the 300 examined who will not be called for duty. The article also notes road work on Cascade Park road and a joint committee led by County Commissioner S A Beal to study the cost of a tuberculosis hospital plan for five counties.
Commissioner Oscar Dunn of the Lorain County board was elected president of the association. Lorain County’s quota in the coming 3,000,000,000 Liberty Bond campaign will be 2,460,000. The campaign will open next Monday.
Sam V. Haigh Lorain County commissioner died at his Kipton home after moving from Iowa two years earlier. The 124th O W L held its fiftieth annual reunion at Elyria next September with only nine members present of the once 1,000 strong regiment. Richard Cutt of Columbia was chosen president with Remm's Corners, vice president, and L A Adams of Elyria as secretary and treasurer.
Chronicle-Telegram notes a large turnout for the Elyria Women's Club formal opening of its new clubhouse at 77 Fourth Street. The item also recalls phrases about poverty from history and includes a George Eliot quotation on purpose in life.
Mrs. E Chamberlain hosted guests Ada Ledyard Jessie Noyes and W A Jewett. Cleveland visitors Miss E Leone Beck Inez Gadbau join weekend at Frank Wrights. Local trips include Steubenville Corwin Coe and Murray visit, Dan McDonalds family at FL W Riebe home. Several relatives travel to Cleveland Wellington Akron Chicago and Pittsburgh for visits and a hospital stay. Theodore, infant son of Alpert Parker, born Sept 17, named Theodore.
Mr and Mrs Jay Ames of Clarksfield were Tuesday visitors at the home of Mrs Rose Hod din Mrs Wm Tuccor who is employed in Wellenston visited her home here Tuesday afternoon and evening Miss Ruth Hostettier 13 spending an indefinite time in Cleveland Mrs Louise Delefield and daughter Shirley Ann spent Wednesday with her parents Mr and Mrs Christ Kropf Axter Carl Date spent Sunday in Cleveland Mr and Mrs Lenham Vermilion were Sunday evening callers at the Bennett home Mr and Mrs Edwin Cook Mr and Mrs Fred Fink and daughter Gladys Mr and Mrs Arthur Cook and son Glenn all of Cleveland were recent supper guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Alfred Scholt Mrs Charles Kendeigh Detroit was a recent visitor at the Earl Kendeigh home.
Henrietta notes the King's Herald Society of the Methodist church postpones the meeting to October 9 with Mrs Harold Buchs hosting. Sunday visitors include many area families from Amherst Elyria and Cleveland with multiple calls and dinners. Next Sunday features Rally Day at the Methodist Sunday School.
The Middle American Research department at Tulane University adds a wooden drum from the Maya and Aztec era to its museum. Ernest Neves found it in a former church at Tapi Yucatan during a tour. The three and a half foot dugout drum features an H shaped slit and produces three tones. Neves plans further fieldwork in Mexico in coming months.
A Civil War tale from Jap Newberry describes how a small Confederate detachment used whisky to deceive a Yankee camp and capture about 400 prisoners without firing a shot. The anecdote frames wider views on nations, states, and the League of Nations, noting the globe’s shift as letters and communications evolve from scrawls to legible forms.
A suspicious man was spotted by Motorcycle Patrolman Ernest Oldag near a car in front of the Hamilton Buick Co on East Bridge street at 3 am. After approaching, the man fled despite warning shots. He disappeared near the railroad tracks.
Diamond dealers in Antwerp report busier trading with a recent spurt in both buying and selling. Since June US buyers have increased markedly, with about 30 American buyers noted, and Italian activity also contributing to the uptick as market sentiment weighs whether low prices or renewed world prosperity drive demand.
The passage notes dealers see diamonds as a luxury hit by economic downturns yet resurges when markets improve. It discusses a tension between a mass-system approach and art born from free individual expression, highlighting the pull between market forces and personal creativity.
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