Bargain News Brief Promises Best Prices
A fragmented shopper note promises low prices and bargains. The readable text hints at customers being pleased with affordable offers and the emphasis on value to attract buyers.
03 Aug 1904
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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1904
Page
1
A fragmented shopper note promises low prices and bargains. The readable text hints at customers being pleased with affordable offers and the emphasis on value to attract buyers.
The council met in regular session with President Smith. They addressed a Cheapside drainage issue, ordered repairs attributed to the Gay company, and granted 150 to support firemen at an Oberlin tournament. Damages from a water main were settled, Avondale plat discussed with oak sluices, and tax on the 6th street extension considered. Attendance criticized. calls for resignations if councilmen are frequently absent.
Mary Mazkovijak sues John and Helen Mazkovijak for $500 claiming she was assaulted in Elyria on July 30, 1904. Clayton Chapman and H A Pounds are her attorneys.
Mrs. Lynn I. Squires files for divorce from G. A. Squires citing extreme cruelty gross neglect of duty and habitual drunkenness. They have five children ages eight to two. Defendant serves a sentence in the Cleveland workhouse for failure to provide for his family. Attorney A. E. Lawrence represents the plaintiff.
Secretary of State Laylin announced the county election board appointments. G. Washburn, the Lorain County Republican pick nicknamed the dark horse, was chosen as the Republican member. Jacob Meyers of Lorain was named Democrat. H. A. Dykman of Elyria and J. L. VanArman of Wellington retained posts. Laylin must appoint two members for eighty four county deputy supervisors of elections amid many contests.
The Cleveland to Elyria leg of the New York to St Louis automotive touring party completed its run without incident. H. M. Adan led the Cleveland group from Clave lang at 4 pm Tuesday, with progress delayed by a misread signal along the route. Several cars followed, including those owned by John H. Lutrie of New York and J. Brown of Cleveland, while H. W. Whipple of Andover Massachusetts, notable for promoting the American Automobile Association, led a Mercedes with his wife and two others aboard. The party, numbering 31 cars from Cleveland, expects to reach St Louis within a week and includes prominent auto manufacturers and drivers from the East.
Meh Feter Klamit of Lorain runs a meat market and saloon and has filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S district court. Liabilities total 1888.79 and assets about 1427.95. He lists miscellaneous debts ranging from 50 cents to 85 dollars.
The Ohio State Fair and Industrial Exposition will run for five days from August 29 to September 2, 1904 in Columbus. It showcases fifteen departments of art science and industry with vast grounds, grand exposition buildings, and open-air exhibits supplemented by attractions and amusements to benefit the public.
The Oberlin Village Improvement Society will hold a picnic at Cascade Park Elyria on Friday August 2 1904 at 1 30 p m Speakers Mia Harriet BE Keeler author of Our Native Trees and Our Native Shrubs will discuss the trees and shrubs of Cascade Park Prof G I Wright will present on the geology of the park and surroundings All interested invited Boylan Bros 2621 E
W. J. Sherman the citys general engineer presented a sanitary sewer plan showing two main trunk lines below the river and two on the east and west city sides with laterals. The 29.85 mile system is designed to be expandable and may include a disposal plant if river discharge is barred. Storm sewers will be kept separate and directed to the rivers. Council backed Sherman to complete the drawings.
Ira Glasser the Lorain electric motorman who left Lorain abruptly Saturday afternoon has not been heard from. His wife Mrs Glasser has packed the household goods and will stay with her sister in Lorain until she hears from him. She says she knows nothing about his whereabouts but believes he will return in a few days.
Arthur Fitzgerald ankle injury from last Friday’s ride discharged from St. Joseph’s Hospital Lorain and greatly improved. Frank Roth back injuries from the same incident remains hospitalized but improving rapidly.
A group led by W. R. Huntington rode seven miles to the George Ford place and returned in seventeen minutes. They admired a St. Louis Fair car they met on the road and praised Mr Huntington’s automobile as a fine vehicle.
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