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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1903
Page
1
A sad tale from a Philadelphia Record clipping describes elevator sickness among new operators. The sickness mimics seasickness with nausea vertigo and blood rush changes. After a day the trainee adapts and the new vanguard is expected to recover by the sixteenth.
Dr. Klein on behalf of the department tested pies from two shops on separate occasions. Eightpenny and tuppenny pies contained no coli or pathogenic spores, but did show nonpathogenic bacillus and aureus organisms. One pie yielded a bacillus resembling pseudodiphtheriae in morphology. A romance article follows about Miss Jeanette Williams and Rudolph Zunstein in Manila amid a funeral wake.
The queen favors mauve in her wardrobe with daytime and evening outfits described as mauve. The text notes her fondness and painted appearance in mauve garments and gowns.
Government begins withdrawing funds in Colorado and western states from settlement level to finance sites for a great reservoir and other irrigation works under the new law. Construction will proceed as rapidly as possible but on a gradual scale.
The funeral of Mrs Geo W Philpott was held at the family home on West Fourth Street at 1:80 pm Sunday with a large crowd from nearby towns attending. Reverend Brdashaw of First Congregational Church of Oberlin led services. Oberlin quartet provided music. Remains were taken to Oberlin for burial, graveside rites at Westwood Cemetery drawing about forty thousand mourners. Born Oberlin May 30 1872 she lived in Oberlin and Elyria after marriage to George W Philpott on October 2 1901. she leaves husband a few weeks old baby boy, her parents, two brothers and a sister.
The funeral for Little Agnes Guthrie will be Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of the child's grandparents on Lake Avenue. Mr Guthrie arrived from the west on Sunday night.
The article notes Elyria’s fire record with only five fires in 1902, most in late months, and states that through January 19 of the current year there has been just one minor blaze, marking three months since the last alarm.
Wm Honecker deputy customs collector for the port of Lorain received a new revenue flag on Saturday morning. The flag measures 8 by 6 feet with regulation size. The stripes run vertical and a large eagle is centered above the stars. The flag will be raised over every customs use per regulation.
An old plantation scene unfolds with a driver whipping a boy for stealing shoes. A relative intervention interrupts the punishment as the master’s commands clash with discipline. The fragment hints at power, race, and punishment in a weighted domestic setting.
Common Pleas Court records show Wa Goldsite filed a $100 damage suit Friday against W L Twining. An agreement let Goldsite dispose of about eighty acres of Twining land in Henrietta township and receive $600 on sale. Twining sold the land but did not honor the agreement, prompting the suit.
A quiet home wedding occurred Saturday evening at Oberlin as Miss Laura Shurtleff daughter of General and Mrs Shurtleff wed Samuel Harrison Price of Chicago connected with the National Starch Company. The Episcopal ceremony was held at the bride’s parents home on South Professor Street with Rev Dr Tenney officiating.
Lea and Day, who had been abroad for several months, are due to return tomorrow. Day arrived in New York Saturday after a pleasant voyage and his friends will be glad to hear he benefited physically from the long sojourn in the old country.
Buckeye juniors will bowl Columbia Juniors in a match at Lorain alleys on Tuesday night with a return game planned soon. A fundraiser on May 7 supports Elyria Volunteer Fire Department. An elderly man injured in Furnace Street accident is at West Avenue Hospital. A golden wedding celebration marked the Oberlin couple Abram Jyckeon and spouse, active residents with seven children and ten grandchildren.
Four Lorain youths Joseph Raider Roy Osgood Charles Osgood and Frank Bon stetter were discharged by Judge Hin man after prosecutors declined the case. A large bay window is being installed at Hotel Andwer and Rev Gary L Cook plans summer ministry in Fields Ohio and study at Hiram College. Governor Odell's appointment of Morgan to head New York state election bureau was accepted by the senate. A card of thanks expressed for funeral gifts and sympathy. Eight new theaters planned for New York City within the next eighteen months.
Om Russel now of Toledo has two clever machines that mimic fine water action to package salted peanuts efficiently. The devices promise quick, perfect filling with lower cost, drawing interest from several buyers. Also noted is a list of local residents and a jury secured in a State case against Kilmer Perham for an offense involving a minor.
Robert Davies and involved partners reportedly purchased Nichols' Ten Cent Store on Breadstreet and will take possession Tuesday though final completion remains unconfirmed. The notice mentions Corsets and Lacative Bromo Quinine Tablets as local advertising with price details.
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