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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1900
Page
8
The Chamber of Commerce met at the courthouse to discuss road improvements. Speakers urged using slag and gravel for county roads, with calls for thorough drainage and proper road beds. Discussion covered benefiting near the infirmary, taxation shifts, and a plan for future equalization of assessment.
A description of the season’s shirt waist trends noting three small box plaits on each side of the front and three plaits down the middle of the back. It highlights the two piece sleeve with either a faring or straight cuff, and linen collars replaced by white pique stocks with butterfly bows.
Cleveland Press reports on good authority that the Wabash railroad will gain control of the Wheeling and Lake Erie system including the Cleveland division and the line from Coshocton to Zanesville. The Wabash plans a Montpelier to Toledo spine shortening Chicago to Toledo travel by about 25 miles. The deal would unlock Ohio coal fields and may extend toward Pittsburgh via Wheeling.
The C B B O electric railway plans new cars and power house after a recent fire. An Amherst to Elyria run carried 14 000 in seven days. Extensions to Lorain by May 1 and Wellington by October 1 are slated. A power house south of town will provide needed capacity. Plans call for Oberlin to Norwalk growth within a year subject to rights of way.
A long list of property transfers across Elyria Lorain Ridgeville and nearby towns. Henry Butler transfers part lot 38 in LaGrange to Ida Rounds for 840 dollars. Numerous other deeds include parcels in Ridgeville Eaton Lorain and Brownhelm with prices from 50 to 31000 dollars. Names include Jacob Bauer Harriet Savage Elizabeth Taylor John Hills Clifford TeMastere and many more with various subdivisions and lot numbers.
Elyria school board members visited Lorain to study the steel plant building and decide to erect a similar schoolhouse in Elyria. They will simulate a four room start this summer with corridors, enabling easy future addition of four more rooms at low cost. The building's cost is about 312000 and the plan mirrors the steel plant design. Attending were J. C. Hill, John Lersch, George E. Crisp, Superintendent H. M. Parker, and City engineer Snow.
City council reels over a $60.94 bill for iron grate panes at the lockup with mayoral authority questioned and trustees to be consulted. The meeting also approves a gateman for the Mill street crossing and a cross walk project, while the mayor’s pay dispute is resolved.
Hon Parks Foster of Elyria sold the Gas and Electric Company of Norwalk to C H Stewart and W H Price of Norwalk. They plan the C B E O extension from Oberlin to Norwalk and other electric ventures.
Friday evening a city youth troupe directed by H. H. Hagan presented the three act military play Between Two Fires at the opera house to a fair sized audience. Capt Frank Murbach and Miss Nellie Thompson earned special notice while Mesara Wilson and Triplett delivered a lively rag time sketch comparable to professional vaudeville.
The following jurors have drawn for the May term. Grand jury appears May 7 and petit jurors May 14. Names include ARMAND SURY M A Stearon Ridgeville W M Copas Jr Elyria Geo Glover Elyria Frank Warren Wellington Wm H Rosecrans Russia Fred Hawley Huntington Albert Bingham Eaton John Hilpert Lorain Nelson Van Werner Ridgeville Lewis Woodruff Sheffield N T Wilmot LaGrange Frank Knapp Rochester Ww Avery Pittafield Harry Hecock Elyria Byron Gillmore Lorain Geo E Brysgat Elyria J A Jacobs Elyria Frank Clifford Wellington Frank P Bins Lorain Charles S Vorvick Lorain M D Baker Russia S S Brown Avon Robert Redfern Columbia J B Pratt Huntington Ben Sheldon LaGrange Andrew Lincoln Pittsford Win S Bacon Brownhelm Chas Williams Lorain Levi Rood Camden Eugene McIntire Wellington Ray W Austin Lorain
A lone swindler preys on farmers near railway routes by offering to sell old fence wire claimed to be from the railroad. He demands payment in two installments, one half upfront and the rest on delivery, but has no authority from the railroad company. Farmers are warned to beware of such schemes.
The Elks minstrels will be staged Monday and Tuesday evenings April 16 and 17 with Johnsons Orchestra of Cleveland engaged for both nights. The seven piece ensemble will perform at the Young Men's Dancing Club and the reserved seat sale opens Thursday at 8 am Standard time at the Third Ward Town Hall voting place. Each person may buy up to ten tickets.
Under current law elections will be held in every township school district and sub district to elect a director or sub director. Polls open in school houses on the second Monday evening of April next week. Women are entitled to vote in these elections and residents should attend if interested in their district schools.
Reporter notes near end of session with twenty six local bills passed recent session day. Highlights include a general fish and game bill restricting rabbits one month, quail season cut by fifteen days, and hunting requiring landowner consent. Discusses Toledo Centennial funding trim and commission changes, with plans to reduce costs to five hundred thousand dollars. Adjournment likely around April twenty third.
A batch of marriage licenses is shown with names and ages, including Thos Farmer 26 and Helena Barnes 26 of Carlisle and Sheffield. August Meitzke 27 with Anna Stang 33 of Lorain. Frank Smith 21 and Jennie Thorp 21 of Wellington and LaGrange. Jay P Sapi 29 and Helen Y Dill 20 of Marine City and Lorain. and many others from Lorain Oberlin Elyria and surrounding towns.
A Pittsfield youth, visiting Cleveland, heard a local friend describe the junior senator Mark Hanna on the street. On returning home he told his father that Hanna did not have dollar marks all over his clothes, a remark tied to Democratic campaign cartoons.
The Lorain Herald edited by F A Rowley leads opposition to E Johnson for Congress in Lorain County. Rowley seeks revenge after a failed postmaster bid and attacks Johnson. locals see Rowley as politically isolated with no influence and the county delegates support Johnson without opposition.
The second sub-division fourth judicial district committee met in Cleveland and fixed the date and place for the next judicial convention to select a Kohler successor and nominate a candidate for the new judgeship. Lorain county delegates number sixty and will be chosen April 23. With no opposition to Kohler, W B Bedortha chaired and G Washburn was secretary.
Teasdale and Sawyer opened their shoe store in a newly fitted shop on Cheapside Saturday morning. The firm offers a complete stock with the latest styles. Both owners are well known locally with significant experience. Prices on Stetson patent leathers are highlighted at Reed and Moysey’s store.
John Babcock, a driver for George L. Bivins, died at his Elyria block rooms after suffering neuralgia and a sudden worsening while returning from Cleveland with household goods. He was about 40, had worked for Bivins since 1898, and left a Turner’s Mills origin with siblings and overseas parents. He held $2000 in Maccabees life insurance.
James Carouthers a bartender was fined 10 dollars and costs after police court Monday for blocking Bob Cavitte s eye with a beer glass during a dispute at a Went Broad street saloon. Officer Braman arrested several others for intoxication with fines of five or ten dollars and costs.
Probate Court records reveal several wills and estates filed for probate across Ridgeville LaGrange Black River Oberlin Avon Carlisle Ripton Elyria and Ridgeville. Executors and administrators named include Frank W Briggs H Forbes Josephine King W 3B Bedertha A E Squires Thomas Wilford and H H Forbes among others.
On Wednesday April 11 and every subsequent Wednesday in April Dr Bighlow will operate in the forenoon from 7 to 11:80 a.m. at his Bigrle office in Johnson block Chespside. Do not come late or call after dinner. Regular reductions apply throughout the month. Pitiless work guaranteed.
Andrew Bell a Cleveland laborer employed at the blast furnaces died at St Joseph hospital Lorain after a March 26 accident at the ore pit where he fell 55 feet struck his head on pavement and suffered a crushed skull from which he never recovered despite initial improvement and rapid decline.
The article notes renewed vigor among candidates for county offices as caucuses on Fault Street select delegates for the county convention set for the week ahead. Voters in wards and precincts will vote Wednesday evening with the main event on April 19th or earlier dates.
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