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Newspaper

Elyria Reporter

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1904

Page

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Republican Meeting in Elyria Promises Strong Rally

The Republican Club of Elyria plans a Wednesday night rally at the Opera House on April 1. Speaker Morgan Wood of Cleveland will address the gathering along with Elyria officials Hon W A Braman and F A Smith and regional leaders Geo J Coach W S Hughes W B Rebortha and N D Cotton. The event aims to promote clean politics and attract a large audience.

Opera House Morgan Wood Cleveland Republican Club Elyria Hoels W. A. Braman F. A. Smith Wellington Hughes Lorain W. B. Rebortha Oberlin North Amherst Yahen

Pioneer Lorain County Resident Josiah Lang Dies in Cleveland

Josiah B. Lang a pioneer resident of Lorain County died Sunday at his son's home in Cleveland. Born in 1824 he moved with his parents to Humberton early, married Lorena M. Chapman in ibt b, and had four children Renal M. W. Lang G. H. Lang and Mrs. E. A Caldwell. He lived in Wellington from 1866 to 1888 and later with his son in Cleveland. His wife married died in 1898. Lang was known for his sterling character and trusted in many posts.

Josiah B. Lang Lorain County Cleveland Rev Paul and Amy Hart Lang Huulington Lorena M. Chapman Renal M. W G. H. Lang E. A Caldwell Wellington

Local rider fined for sidewalk bicycle use in Carnegie

Frank Clark of LaGrange was fined for riding bicycles on the sidewalk in Carnegie. Under state law the complaint was handled before Justice Lawrence, who assessed him five dollars plus costs and a total of eight hundred forty dollars in penalties.

Frank Clark LaGrance Carligie Qlawrence

Go Carts Carriages and Heywood Rigs Sale

Advertises a Go-Carts and carriages line featuring the Heywood rig priced from 1.95 to 45.00 with new automobile gear for easy running and safety. Promises inspection and no obligation purchase and notes a fall furniture line at affordable prices. Also promotes a sweepstakes offering 361.10 in prizes per 50 cent purchase at two stores.

Shenandoah Valley trip recipients plan Roanoke and Charlotte visit

In the Shenandoah Valley E L Distro and Dr H W Pyle of Oberlin left Tuesday for Roanoke in a three week tour. They will also visit Charlotte and aim to persuade John Blanchard wintering there to accompany them. Mr Disbro promises to share entertaining letters from the region with The Reporter readers.

E. L. Distro H. W. Pyle Oberlin Roanoke Charlotte John Blanchard Shenandoah Valley Disbro

Correction Notice About Health and Election Advice

A reader named NOF. Lewis corrects a report from April 11 stating the illness causing a Sunday fall on April 10 was not epilepsy but a weakness from influenza. Lewis explains regained consciousness, thanks rescuers, and urges attendees to arrive early at caucuses to ensure fair voting.

Lagrippe Nof. Lewis

Cleveland bricklayer arraigned for non-support faces workhouse

Seymour Gray, a Cleveland bricklayer, was arraigned on a non support charge. Judge Feidler ordered him to pay 10 per week to his wife or face six months in the workhouse. Mrs Gray claimed she had supported herself and five children by washing until January 3 when she broke her arm after slipping on ice.

Seymour Gray Cleveland Feidler Sud

Penfield News Briefs Include Local Social and Elections

Miss Sylvia Parks returns from Gleveland. Mrs. T Newcoomb is ill with the moemos. Homer Sooy and Miss Gannet of Spencer wed last Thursday night and will reside on his father's farm as parents move to Spencer. Crawford of Lodi visited town. Mr. Krebs and Mr. Irish of Loran were here. Irish is a county treasurer candidate. Mrs. L Crow is ill. her daughter Dorothy is convalescing.

Sylvia Parks Gleveland T. Newcoomb Homer Sooy Miss Gannet Spencer Misa Crawford Lodi W. J. Krebs B. B. Boise Irish Lorain

Local Notes From Henrietta and Surrounding Areas

Henriet ta residents share morning routines as Miss Bertha Ashi travels to Cherlip and Anne Aebi visits Oberlin. several villagers report illness including Dutch measles among Miss Sophia Krieg Mary Aebie and Fred Aebie. Mrs Maria Broughton and her son from Chicago Junction visited relatives last week while Mr T B Pac Curtaan reports at 26.56 with hurried notes about Bertriog Ross at 223 Rush St Phy.

Bertha Ashi Cherlip Anne Aebi Oberlin Pippert Gonderman Hoapital Cleveland Son Chicago Junction T. B Pac Curtaan Urry Ivp Behtriog Ross Rush St

Lorain River Boat Heist Alarm Strikes Tucker on Deck

County Recorder Tucker stood on a Lorain river boat deck as launch preparations for the Wolgin began. A crowd cried pickpockets and a big officer dragged a small man toward the boat. Tucker was seized briefly before being released as the crowd recognized him.

Tucker Lorain

Schwab Praises Western Financiers and Ships Builders

Charles M. Schwab lauded Western business leaders and financiers at the launching of the atenmer Augustua B. Wolvin in Lorain on Saturday. He praised Western ability to fund and float securities while gently criticizing Eastern methods and expressed regret about investing with the American Shipbuilding Company under Eastern control.

Charles M. Schwab Augustua B. Wolvin Lorain Mr. Schwab New York Times West New York Pittsburg

Alleged Pickpocket Bound Over After Hearing

H. L. Moyers, charged with pocket picking in the Saturday crowd at Loran, had a Monday hearing and was bound over to common pleas court. He was transported to the county jail Tuesday afternoon.

H. L. Moyers Lorain Court of Common

Oberlin Area Social News and a Wagon Accident

Pittsfield notes Mrs Sarah Peck guest in Oberlin. Mr AS A Cole buys Hall place and moves in. Summer Whitecomb and Nesbit families visit. Clayton Colee and family settled in new home. Milo Pease family visit. Grant Pitts family trip to Elyria. Sarah Garrett improving. Elmer Whitcomb and Viola injured when wagon overturned after trolley scare. occupants bruised but recovering. Mar.

Sarah Peck Oberlin Frank Root AS. A. Cole Hall Summer Whitecomb Grafton Elwin Whitcomb Daniel Nesbit S. G. Whitcomb Clayton Colee A. McRoberts Cleveland Helen A. Mc Roberts Elmer Whitcomb Viola Mar

Local Notes and Society Update

Mrs. A W Gilder is spending a few days at Ridgeville. Claude Reed and G H Robinson were in Lorain Saturday. Maple has been sick with grip. The Ladies Ard society of the Methodist church hold their meeting in the church parlors this week Wednesday. Room and board for two. Enquire 4b 206 East Second street.

A W Gilder Ridgeville Claude Reed G H Robinson Lorain Maple Ladies the Methodist Church East Second Street

Auntie Ferguson Dies Sudden in Lorain

Auntie Ferguson an elderly long resident of the county died in Lorain on Saturday after being found in her chair. A colored woman she lived alone in a small hut near the blast furnaces on land held by the steel trust. Tom L Johnson and A J Moxham promised her she could remain. She was born in 1823 near Appomattox and moved to Ohio in 1854 before settling in Lorain. She left twelve children, three alive, death from a hemorrhage. Rev J H Love to conduct funeral services.

Auntie Ferguson Mr. Johnson Ferguson Appomattox Court House Ohio Gallipolis Grant Oberlin Lorain Lorain A Short Time Before the Buillding of the ©. S. and W Aince J. H. Love

Lightning Struck Car On Middle Avenue Night

A lightning bolt struck a trolley wire on Middle Avenue Monday night. The flash ran along the line into a Grafton car, burning out a vise. A brief blaze lit the motorman's cab but no injuries occurred and the car soon moved on.

Middle Avenue Grafton

Probate actions seek sales to pay legacies and estates listed

Probate Court Conrad Weigand executor of Frederick Beene asks for court order to sell lands to pay legacies. G. J. Bigelow named administrator of the estate of Pro dance Ivesite of Columbia with a $1400 bond. Lola Steger named administratrix of the estate of Pan Steger of Elgris with a $200 bond.

Conrad Weigand Frederick Beene G. J. Bigelow Osiate Prodance Ivesite Columbia Lola Steger Pan! Steger Elgris

Tragic Death After Lorain Hotel Fall

The wife of Otis Mason of Lorain filed for divorce in the common pleas court. Mason, a thirty three year old tinsmith who once profited from a patent on a cratch tip, fell to his death from a rear hotel area way in Lorain. Coroner French calls it an accident after a preliminary murder impression.

Otis Mason Lorain Court of Common Pleas Mason Inagh Lorin French

Waterworks Inspectors Back Sulphate At Filter Plants

Sanitary engineer A. EH. Withergill of the Pittsburg waterworks reports completion of an inspection of the Lo rain and Kilyria systems. He favors using sulphate over alum for better filtration results.

A. EH. Withergill Pittsburg Lorain Kilyria

Marriage Licenses Recorded In Rockport North Amherst

Marriage licenses show N Labiff 34 ateam shovel en gineer Rockport weds Edith Weabecker 23 North Amherst Jacob Herbst 26 quarryman North Amherst and Florence Rivers 90 domestio Cleveland in a terse notice with fragments of names ages and places.

N. Labiff Ateam Rockport Edith Weabecker North Amherst Jacob Herbst Florence Rivers Domes ‘Tio Cleveland

Lorain Steel Lands Luzon Traction Contract

Lorain Steel Company wins a major contract to supply all material and perform extra work for a Luzon island traction system in the Philippines. May and June deliveries cover work from Manila outward linking principal cities. British capitalists push the project, heightening the achievement for American steel.

Lorain Steel Company Luzon Philippine Group Manilla

Local Notes From Agricola and Surrounding Towns

Bakers Crossing visitors name Nellie Chaff of Wooster while Henry Loughery of South Main had X rays in Cleveland revealing a broken bone. Rochester residents Mrs A J Trish and Mrs M Mit chal called on friends Wednesday. B Bury moves to Polk. Minert Labore and family in New London Saturday. John Fritz and family move to Cleveland. Gratitude extended for help received during trouble. Robert Cole able to be out again. H White of Spencer dined at Koleys Thursday. Agricola area news.

Nellie Chaff Wooster Henry Loughery South Main Alama Cleveland A. J. Trish M. Mitchal Rochester B. Bury Polk Minert Labore New London John Fritz Robert Cole H. White Spancer Koleys Agricola

Belden Area Notes Highlight Local Happenings

Mise Shepherd returns from abroad and Bert Naxbett of Elyria visits relatives over the weekend. Mary Law of Cleveland is ill at her parents home, while Harry Law improves. Mabel Naabett earns a teaching certificate but will stay in a chapar. Percy Raut reports selling over 75 maple syrup gallons. Locals traveled to Lorain to view the boat launch. Oran Damin visited Sunday afternoon. Mrs. BE Leyman of Cleveland visits her parents. Denham, a Medina plang tuner, was in town last week.

Mise M. Shepherd Bert Naxbett Elyria George Wine Mary Law Qieveland Herry Law Mabel Naabett Elyria Percy Raut Lorain Oran Damin BE. Leyman Cleveland bin Porenta Mr. Denham Plang Tuner Medina Moore BE. W. Hubbard Ida Hubbard Nelson Rose George Underhill Wiuring J. B. Gott Main Hastings S. M. Powers Corn Holcomb Sod Irwin Mobbard C. Burt Mark Kelner Baker Floyd Pelton Seville Portar Wie Lena Joy J. E. Waite Waite Grace C. Miller Bowen Millesbugh Holmes Os Young Peoples Tamperance Union Town Hall Rev. H. Hillberry Betuen W H Johnson Curtiss Agustus Wolvin Noroa Berea Join Hubbard Ida Hobbard A Wilcox

Local Notes From La Grange Community

La Grange residents report illness and gradual recovery among neighbors. Deeds include visits, travel to Cleveland and Berea, and a maple syrup yield of 198 gallons in three weeks. Local events feature a sewing bazaar and a play at town hall with minor injuries reported when a cart broke down.

Local Social Notes Highlight Elyria Area Visits

South Ridge Mrs. O Fowl and son Ralph visited friends at Lorain on Sunday. Mary Phipps of Elyria visited Mrs. Rollin Bals recently. Mrs. G W Spiegelberg and Mite Carriel Spiegelberg visited Riverside farm Tuesday. Wisa Edith Feader of Murray Ridge visited here one day last week. John Bechtel and family visited M A Eppley family Sunday. Odelia Smith spending time on West Ridge near Gap Decker. Mrs. Harvey Beal died Saturday at Hotelack. Friends mourn Earnest Rimbach of Elyria. Knute Spiegelberg and Olive Plocher of Elyria visited. Arthur Festler and wife spent Sunday with Henry Boelling on Lake Avenue. G W Snyder started a long trip through the west.

O. Fowl Ralph Lorain Mary Phipps Elyria Rollin Bals G. W. Spiegelberg Carriel Spiegelberg Riverside Farm Frank Raht Wisa Edith Feader Murray Ridge John Bechtel M. A. Eppley Odelia Smith West Ridge Gap Decker Harvey Beal Hotelack Earnest Rimbach Misa Knute Spiegelberg Mra Olive Plocher Johny Sting Arthur Festler Henry Boelling Lake Avenue G. Wo Snyder

Missing leather coat in Reabline grocery store incident

A reward is offered for the return of an old amal leather picket hoot coat missing from a Reabline grocery last Saturday. The finder should contact GC McEirer at 318 Ewt Avenue for the prize.

McEirer Ewt Avenue

Death of N. F. Fifer’s Son Charles in Cleveland

Charles Fifer eighteen son of N. F. Fifer of West River street died of appendicitis at St. Alexia hospital Cleveland. Ill since Tuesday night the rapid disease led to surgery Saturday. death followed Monday at five. Remains shipped to Toledo after funeral in Church of Christ at 9:30 Wednesday morning.

St. Alexia Hospital Cleveland Charles N. F. Fifer West River Street Inet Church of Christ Toledo

Largest Bargain at Both Stores: One Chance on 861.00 Value

A sale offers a single chance for $0.50 to win a prize valued at $861.00 at two local stores. Winners will be drawn from ticket holders, with details on how and when to claim prizes provided by store officials.

Nove West Conyet

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