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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1907
Page
5
Randolph Clitz of Lorain Steel led a dance at the Country Club in Elyria while Mrs H M Davies hosted Luncheon Club at the Country Club. Various local residents traveled, hosted, or fell ill. clubs met, weddings and visits planned. court records, deeds, and property transfers filed in Lorain and Oberlin areas.
Probate notes show an application for a guardian in Prairie Court for Elyah Hastings of LaGrange. Gertrude Wo Haight has been appointed guardian of Howard Derwin and Helen Maight minors.
The probate court issued marriage licenses to Clyria Viat aged 18 and Marty Viat, Frid N Peak 24, Avon Buck 20 and Avon Buck 20, Lorain Herwig 27 and Olga Basel 20, Lorain Bowlrs 25 and Milicent Bonsor 19, Lorain Boyes 26 and Frances Tomowin 21, South Lorain Kane 30 and Mary Pender 21, Elyria.
The Reporter notes a city council decision granting wage increases for police and fire personnel. Police chief earns 85 dollars monthly, captain 80, patrolmen 76 70 and 64 depending on service, with other ad reads and notices from the era.
Carlisle petitioners sought to deepen and clear the Perry ditch for brush, but commissioners found insufficient benefit to justify the work. The petition was dismissed. Infirmary Directors spent the morning approving bills for supplies used in the infirmary.
At a council meeting a large program was started to improve Lodi and Clark streets with brick and a macadam surface is to be laid on Wincles Taylor and Olive streets. Councilman Mueller, from Missouri, pushes macadam while others argue it is an experimental surface.
Councilman Mueller stated that when the code began the treasury hid about $50,000 and now it stands at $228,000 with a further increase likely. A motion to raise the treasurer’s bond to $250,000 was approved in anticipation of incoming funds.
In a Lorain courtroom Justice Lord ruled in favor of Sheriff Ward and Cleveland parties after seizure of liquor at the Selwa saloon. The A R Champney Company, which replevined the goods, lost the case. Clayton Chapman represented the sheriff, with Q A Gilmore for Champney.
Classified notice seeking a single, industrious man who enjoys team driving to work on a farm. Inquire with Frank Rahl at Riverside Farm in Carlisle. Phone 4-17-4208.
Toratu April 17 Captain Gove of the Lorain militia writes to Washington defending his refusal to return to post office duties when ordered by Postmaster Rowan He cites family military service and his commitment to his command arguing he chose duty over abandoning his company and questions the postmaster’s handling of the vacancy and orders.
The play Checkers tours to Elyria Theatre on Thursday April 18 with a cast near 100 led by Hang Robert as the title role and Bass delivering a hit. The racing scene mirroring Washington Park club on Derby Day draws crowds and praise from critics.
A fragmented footnote style piece discusses defect versus virtue, cites Louis XIV predicting the world’s end, and contrasts Louls with other men. The text references breakfast foods and a pushy line about Rocky Mountain Tea Phillips and Co.
A New York clergyman delivers a verdict on the current generation noting progress and decline. He cites reductions in drunkenness and profanity but increases in tobacco use and political tensions, praising smarter Iranians and admiring young people skilled in music yet weaker in spelling.
Customer reports finding a hair in butter prompting a complaint to the proprietor at Pele Mele. The exchange features the patron insisting on a response over the issue as staff address the concern.
A New York dispatch reports James W. VanCleave of St Louis predicting slow progress toward global disarmament at the Hague peace conference. He urges readiness for war as a safeguard, while American manufacturers favor world peace but warn that Britain Spain and the United States must keep borders secure and national interests in view.
A garbled report notes deaths connected to reform efforts in English medical practice. It mentions doctors blaming parental refusal to clear errors before operations and the administration of milk or chocolate to children to prepare for surgery, leading to fatal complications.
The diamond working industry in the United States began in 1898 and has grown steadily since that year, marking the start of a new industrial era.
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