Humorous Letter From Stranded Wille in Hardscrabble
A misfit note from August recounts Wille’s rambling misadventure in a rough town. He jokes about work at a grocery, a corrupt storefront boss named Commodore Sylvanus Bartlett, and plans to return home. The letter mixes slang, stage references, and playful boasts as Wille promises to reveal more once back at the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wille
New York
Mil
Zeke
Sylvanus Bartlett
Commodore
Sonny Boy
Gazabo
Darius Startle
Shylock Holmes
Uninterrupted Prosperity and Digestive Remedies Ad Highlight
The piece markets a prosperty hopeful view with notes on stock value risk and rising crops while warning against unwarranted investor enthusiasm. It also promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and Kodol for Dyspepsia with asserting health claims and general digestive care guidance from Professor Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
DeWist
Prof
Tyler
Amherst College
UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS Wacky accidents and intrigues splash the news
A horse near a threshing machine in Hucyrus Ohio had its tail pulled free by the machine. Mrs Whipple of Chicago sues for divorce from Dr John Whipple amid accusations of cruelty and a married women's club. A flood of bizarre notes follow from riot arrests to a wedding in Pennsylvania and a Polk County Iowa injunction involving a minister and his wife.
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John Rice
Hucyrus, O
Whipple
John Whipple
Chicago
Supreme Court
Paw Paw Lake
Mich
Misa
Miss
W. Laine
Polk County
Iowa
Old Fashioned Etiquette Debated in City Schools
Public school trustees debate dropping yes ma am and sir in favor of direct yes or no replies. Some oppose the change citing loss of politeness while advocates insist it teaches plain speech and avoids religious implications. Trustee Spiegel defends keeping courteous forms amid heated discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
John Harding
Spiegel
Farmer raises 20000 quarts of small fruit in 1906
Reading Pennsylvania August 1 Isaac May of Oley claims champion status among small fruit growers. This season he shipped 940 quarts currants 1536 quarts gooseberries 4480 quarts cherries 2587 quarts strawberries and 906 quarts raspberries totaling 13149 quarts. Plum yield 5000 quarts and blackberry 1000 quarts. Total small fruit sales for 1906 expected between 19000 and 20000 quarts. Pickers paid 1 to 113 cents per quart.
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Reading
Isaac May Or
Oley
Berlin County
Tourism Offers Amid Low Rates From Cleveland Agent
Read as a brief advertisement noting very low rates for visitors and tourists. It directs readers to consult agents or contact M. G. Carrell, D. P. A, Cleveland, Ohio, for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nhekers
M. G. Carrell
Cleveland
Ohio
Wanted and transit notices from Elyria area 1906
Classified items list job wanted ads for housework and a dining room girl, plus early 20th century rail timetable details for Cleveland to Elyria routes, with scattered prices, locations, and train times across several streets and local businesses.
For Sale and Wanted Classified Fragments in Old Paper
A mixed set of small ads and notices from an old newspaper page. Items include a pocketbook left with a claim procedure, a second-hand hot air furnace for sale, requests for workers, prize ticket notices, a farm for sale near Avon Ohio, a near-new affordable house for sale, a six-room rental near West Second Street, and a medical product promotion. Also some illegible lines and faint headings.
Retail Quotations From J A Reublin Grocer
A legacy grocery ad lists prices for produce and goods: Lettuce cucumbers tomatoes radishes onions celery green beans and more per pound or per bunch with units noted. Also includes cheeses sugar flour and canned goods with bolded per unit prices and special bundles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Reublin
York State
Juno
Pillsbury
Hinkle’s
Graham
Jackson
Water Way Tales in D. & C. Annual Magazine
The 250 page travel literature volume from the D. & C. Line offers three stories titled After Many Years A Romance En Route and Tire Sunset Tryst with halftone illustrations of the coast line. Send ten cents to prepay postage to D. & C. Navigation Co. 6 Wayne St. Detroit Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. & C. Line
D. & C. Coast Line
D. & C. Navigation Co
Wayne St
Detroit
Mich
Cleveland and South Western Traction schedule
The Cleveland and South Western Traction Co. lists hourly car departures from Elyria to Public Square Cleveland from 6:00 A M to 11:00 P M and Cleveland Limiteds from 6:40 A M to 6:40 P M. Elyria to Oberlin and Wellingtons services run on varied hourly or every-20-minute intervals with numerous morning and evening runs, plus Sunday adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore Electric
R. J. Harris
Elyria
N. Worley
Public Square
Jackson Hotel
Cleveland
Beach Park
South Lorain
Rocky River
M. Dover
Rast Sound
Dover
P.m
A.m
P.m. Cleveland
Lorain
Ohio
Vermilion
Huron
Sandusky
Berlin Heights
Norwalk
Lorain Ohio
West Bound
East Bound
Puble Square
Oberlin
Cara
Wellingtes
Amherst
Grafton
Birmingham
Train Fares and Schedules for Elyria and Bridges
Train advertisement lists B and O service from Elyria Sunday at 6 45 am with fares to Uhrnchavilla 1 50 and to Bridgeport Wheeling 1 75 round trip. Includes price points and travel details.
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Elyria
Uhrnchavilla
Brigeport
Wheeling
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Uneeda Biscuit
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Willie
Bundle
Meade
Pippin
Luty Stovall
Tilton
Kodol
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Eerees
Totla
Momessen
Paia
Hast Hollidaysburg
Pennsyvania Railroad Company
Frank Barban
Bara Fraztak
E. F. Whitney & Son
West Broad
Smith Bros. Jewelers
Opticians
Broad Street
Anderson Block
Anderson
West 6Th Street
Clayton Om
Third Street
M. Straus
Washington Avenue
Middle Avenue
Champney
Lee
WBL Weed
Bless & Everard Co
J .A Lucas Co
Fay Stecking Co
R. C. Peach
Avon
M. M Blair
Shrubsole
Fuller Street
Court House
West Second St
Strona
DeWitt
Hasers
Beater Cress
Water Way Tales
LS. & M.S. Railway
N.Y
Seussens Sns
Ino
Toledo & Buraio
Michigan
Nor Walk
Buffalo
Boston
Seees Senense
Kixprens Tesee
Toledo
Sandusky dAccommodation
Tess
Pacific Xpress
Via
Traina
da Sandusky
J. Smith
L. P. Baxtind
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Cleveland & South Wratern Traction Co
Cossit
Mackin
Great Lakes
Daly
Arriva
Dohante
Detroit &Eleveland Nav. CO
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