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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
4
The page lists political ticket endorsements for governor lieutenant governor and various state and county offices, with names such as Herrick Harris Davis Ellis McKinnon Kirtley and Hinman, plus local officials and a city ticket. It also mentions Lorain shipbuilding investment and scattered social notices, ads, and oddities from Lorain area newspapers.
In a chaotic doubleheader style game Elyria Blue Coats defeated Lorain 34 to 16. Highlights include Horn Geanol Hinman and Williams slugging multiple bags and Bark driving one over the woods. Police and crowd scenes added to the spectacle as Elyria players chased balls and runs amid a wild field day.
The Big Four offers an excursion to Columbus on Sunday August 8. Train departs Grafton at 7 56 a m and reaches Columbus at 11 40 a m. Return leaves Columbus at 7 p m. Round trip from Grafton with price unknown.
Plans and specifications for proposed improvement on St Andrew's Church are now ready. Bids will be received and opened at 12 oclock Monday August 7 1805 at my office EB W Gampsnen Bucketh Turner Building 82 and 34 Turner Building. Also offers a coupon for a 100 piece dinner set from Biggs & Beverard Co with wrap and sizes offered.
The Ohio Prohibition state convention named Aaron Watkins for governor with W E Fotta as lieutenant governor James Sterling for the Supreme Court W L Lister for attorney general Hiram L Baker for treasurer George W Mace for public works. Watkins, a professor of English literature at Ohio Northern University Ada, heads the ticket. The platform calls for liquor prohibition canal zone saloon exclusion Dow law repeal equal suffrage and a uniform divorce law.
A humorous dramatization shows Miss Welscaired and Mr Obtoose during a bumpy ride as she insists on leaving by streetcar. The piece ends with a contemplation that women drive and seek independence. The Brooklyn Life note contrasts with Polynesian customs where brides’ families handle wedding arrangements and the groom arrives late to festivities, per the N Y Herald.
An exchange outside a residence reports a man asking a doctor to come quickly after his wife fell senseless for over two hours. The doctor dismisses the urgency with a flippant remark about women’s health in a terse Cincinnati Enquirer tone.
In Bendigo a Methodist church introduces a plainclothes policeman to stop juvenile giggling during evening services. Two small boys were charged with insulting behavior and fined $6 each. The report links this charge to broader stories on language diversity and emigration trends in Britain and the colonies.
Pleasantly effective pills sold by H. A. Dykeman promote liver health and relieve headaches and biliousness. They claim to ease constipation and torpid liver with a reliable, gentle action.
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