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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1903
Page
5
Current events in the county detail a lecture course financials with 16800 received and 14800 paid, leaving 925 on hand and 28.74 carried over from last year. The report lists numerous visits, gatherings, and community updates including deaths, moves, business openings, gas finds, roadwork talk, and local society events.
North Ridgeville Benevolent society to meet Mrs Stephen Wilson next Wednesday afternoon. Mr Fred Root moved into the house with Mr H A Taylor. Lorain County Teachers Association to meet in Ridgeville in May. GCE society to furnish dinner with friends assisting. Mrs W Hicks and children of Avon visited sisters. Hattie Meech spent days in Cleveland with friends. Urban and Elenora Dieterick attended infant son’s christening of Mr and Mrs I Diedrich in Avon Sunday. AW Maddock of Cleveland spent Sunday at home.
Charles 8. Oroowner, born March 2 1922 in Carthage NY, died in LaGrange Ohio April 6 1908. He moved to LaGrange at age twelve with his parents, settled on a west side farm, lived there fifty nine years. He married Mary Jane Gott April 10 1842, then Lydia Tappin June 6 1875 after her death. Survived by two children Mrs George Foster and Dexter Gott. He was a cheerful, helpful presence in the village with a ready smile and kind words.
Huntington Sir and Mrs spent Sunday with her parents and family. Berea visitor called on L Phelon over Sunday. Charley Stone returns from Alaska. Dora Beowan visits from grandparents in Paulding County. H Spring and W Lovelace visit Wellington. Professor Victory family hosted entertainments last week. Dr P Steadman improving. Pri Bion and family visit Mr Handleys. Mrs Masson ill. Sir Knights relocate to Hotel 10 ball room.
Henrietta residents note Easter gatherings as Roy Brown visits family in LaGrange. Mrs Reniser widow of Fred Reniser dies at her daughter Mrs A Boones home on April 9. Old Mr Sipe dies suddenly after a brief illness. Mrs Albert Britman of Cleveland dies at six, daughter of Geo Page formerly of this place. Surviving relatives mourn her, with funeral in Cleveland attended by friends from Henrietta Amherst Wellington Elyria and Oberlin.
Lice is noted as very sick and Mrs Hastings is better. Don Disbro has pneumonia. Barber of Wellington spent weekend with daughter Mrs D Disbro. Mr Sohauh of Russia visited Behnke. Ray Bachellor, three months in Georgia, home again. ER Allen of Van Wert moved family to the La Fayette Langdon farm. Horace Palmer must quit farm work due to illness. Jesse Palmer, law student in Ann Arbor, Mich, home briefly to visit parents. Xantippa.
Readers are told that the black bass season runs until May 20 for catching, but selling or gifting the fish is prohibited. Individuals may catch bass for personal use, but possession or transfer for sale is illegal after capture.
Rev Gary L Cook resigns as pastor of the Church of Christ at Lorain after about a year. He will preach at a church in Fields, Ohio during summer and enroll at Hiram College next fall for study, having come here from Geneva, Ohio.
Governor Qodeli a appoints Geo W Morgan of New York to succeed John Moetnilagh as superintendent of the state allocation bureau in New York City. The senate accepted the appointment on Saturday. Morgan, an Oberlin graduate from the class of 1997, is 27 years old.
Georgia Smith of Wellington was in Pittsfield Saturday. T D Ward returned home from Birmingham last week. Ruth and Glyde McRoberts have been sick but improving. Mr. and Mrs. V McRoberts visited Blyria Saturday. Arthur Sherborne attended the funeral of Mrs. F Philpott Sunday. Mrs. E Wheeler of Oberlin spent Sunday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W Crandall and daughter visited the J Merediths last week. R Ives spent Friday in Wigria. The decoration committee secured Rev Kelsey of Toledo as speaker.
Lake Avenue North My and Mrs Wagoner of Lorain spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Kramer. Mrs Negus is very poor health and Mrs Reisinger and her mother Mrs Rahрам are both ill with grip. E Johnson and Miss R Johnson spent last week with relatives on West Ridge. Mr and Mrs Collier visited H Collier’s home. Phipps visited his mother Mrs Taft last week. Liddie Standen is recovering from scarlet fever. Brackett Hecock spent a few days with sister Mrs Reisinger.
North Eaton reports many pupils attending Boxwell examinations. Mr L Davis and family move to the old homestead in town. Neal Gowain rents Haven farm and moves there. Mr and Mrs Nowtell of Columbia visit town. JL Ross accepts position with North Eaton Creamery Co. extensive repairs continue on Mr D Carpenter’s farm.
The Daily of Cleveland reports social events from Grafton including Friday gathering at Marten Terrell s, weekend visits to George Dents and Howards, Ladies Aid at Mrs Fin alsons, health updates on Henry Weinle and Norman Chamberlain, and the Maccabees purchase of Mr Weinle s piano for their hall. Rev Brush of Boreas visited town recently. Doris appears in notes.
The golf club met at the Hotel Topliff and agreed to lease eighty acres north of Heighton avenue from WaAEly to build a nine hole course. Geo Worthington serves as president and Ed Douglan as secretary treasurer. Next meeting set for Monday April 20.
Mrs Sarah J Wilson formerly of Penfield and resident of the Old Ladies Home died Thursday night at the home due to heart failure. She had been ill only a few days and her death was unexpected.
Mrs Ed Versey is sick and Mrs W A Black wept to Zanerville last week for her daughter Mrs James Burke who is quite low. Miss M Black visits her brother Roy A Lewis of Cleveland. Railroad bridge workers completed their jet last Tuesday. Mr O Hudson goes to Vermilion to work on a bridge over the Vermilion River. Rev Ib Cook of Lorain will lead the Christian church at the palace on January 4.
The big ditch for the water main from Lake Erie to Elyria is being dug at 860 feet per day. Elyria currently lays water mains to connect West Bridge Street with Second Street and Broad Street with Water Street, with no further pipe work planned until the lake station ditch is finished along private rights of way.
EL Borge former Oberlin village marshal has been named agent for the Lorain County Humane Society to oversee local welfare and enforcement activities.
Elyria will host a Cleveland Singers' Club concert likely on April 29 under the Christian Endeavor convention committee auspices. The event promises pleasing news to locals and marks another city hearing opportunity.
Max Isenberg of Lorain has inherited a 160000 dollar fortune in Germany and a noble title, following a return from Europe. In Elyria court Willie was jailed for vagrancy after failing to pay fines. Lorain divorce filings: Phillip Martin seeks absolute divorce from Bertha Martin for cruelty. Elizabeth Stewart seeks dissolution from Edward Stewart with custody and alimony requests.
The Lorain Post changes hands as Richard Fisher sells to Rev. J Kubler of Masiliion. Cassimir Rechlin of Sandusky to manage the German paper, the sole German publication in Lorain County.
Henry Wurst will start next week a modern dwelling on George street, part of fourteen houses he is currently building in Elyria. He expresses strong confidence in Elyria becoming the county seat and foresees growth from Lorain tube mills and other industries boosting the town’s prosperity.
Frankmith was named receiver on Friday in the case of Persons versus Marino. He has authority to lease the defendant's property and collect rent for deposit to the Persons account.
Robert Davies and associates reportedly bought Nichole's Ten Cent Store on Broad Street and will take possession Tuesday. Susan F White, by attorney Lee Stroup, sues Sarah A Fowl and Henry Yow Jr in common pleas court for 180 dollars on a promissory note and seeks appraisal and sale of mortgaged premises to satisfy the judgment.
Burt Howlett and Miss Clara Ray mond quietly left the city to wed in Windsor Ontario on April 20. They plan to reside in the city after the marriage.
Joseph Raider Roy Osgood Charles Osgood and Frank Boa stetter were discharged by Judge Hinman after the Lorain suspects were arrested for breaking into a car on the B and QO on April Tth. The case was nlled on request of Prosecutor Stroup.
On Thaoraday April 30 at 1 pm the undersigned will sell 14 choice dairy cows at public auction at the Will Prindle farm Patterson's Crossing Carliste Terme. One year's time with approved security at per cent interest. Wm Prindle Dan Eason Auctioneer.
Lee Day 8 Day is returning home tomorrow after several months abroad. He arrived in New York Saturday and appears healthier from his long voyage.
The Markets column lists wholesale and live stock prices in Cleveland. Items include eggs fresh 14 to 15 cents per dozen, poultry live fowls 18 cents, dressed 14 to 15 cents, potatoes 60 to 65 cents per bushel, hay timothy 17.00 to 18.00 per ton, hogs 6.50 to 6.76, calves 4.60 to 5.26, sheep and lambs with unspecified ranges, and corn red yellow 86 to 87. The page records a mix of farm produce and livestock values with regional price notes.
Oil discovered in a gas well owned by TC Burlingame of Beach Park. The well produced about half a barrel of heavy lubricating oil after recent pumping and is to be shot soon.
Word arrived that Mrs. Wm Shaw sister of Miss Flora McDonald of Cleveland street died Sunday in Belvidere Illinois. She was about thirty years old.
The funeral for little Agnes Guthrie will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at her grandparents' home on Lake Avenue. Mr. Guthrie arrived from the west on Sunday night.
Norman Trull, 22, teamster of North Amherst weds Lure Hazen, 19, North Amherst. Samuel Harrison Price, 30, traveling man of Chicago weds Laura Elizabeth Shurtleff, 80, teacher of Oberlin.
NG Meyers files for divorce from Effie Meyers citing gross neglect of duty. The couple, married in 1902, reside in Lorain. Attorney O Adame represents the plaintiff. A separate note mentions HM Andress planning a three story bay window addition to the north side of the Hotel Andwar above Sudro's cigar store with offices to be housed there.
Probate court appoints Myr Gatford administratrix of Robert Friate's estate of Elyria under 65,008 bond. Ill of 30 Crouch Lorain admitted to probate. Early settler of Friaea Band. Adolphus G. Russ, pioneer of 47, dead in San Francisco. Farm ad and dairy worker job offer appear. 201 acres for sale two miles north of Elyria Route 8. H. Baker invites undersigned at farm for details.
An advertisement promotes the Topliff and Ely Co automatic washer using compressed air and suction to clean lace curtains blankets carpets and more. It claims twice the speed of rivals and offers home delivery with trial. Local agents listed in Elyria Lorain Oberlin Wellington LaGrange North Amherst and surrounding towns.
An elderly man from the southern state repeatedly taps a fountain to “start” the town machinery each morning and halt it each evening. He believes he is maintaining city operations, dies after learning of a holiday shutdown, and is remembered as harmless though heartbroken by his false creed.
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