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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
1
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Merchants urged to join the Lowia county Volunteer Fireman's Association parade in Blyria on August 22. The notice, using the bank property theme, invites participation by local merchants and the Junevila Hook and Ladder Company.
Chicago August 9 Theodore Stensland vice president of the suspended Milwaukee avenue state bank and son of the bank’s former president has stepped in to aid 22000 depositors. He will turn over bank real estate and collateral valued at 600000 to receiver Fetzer while a disorderly scene unfolds as 300000 is moved to the National Bank of the Republic for safekeeping ahead of Tuesday’s expected distribution. Officers pursue cashier Henry W. Herring who is linked to forgery and embezzlement as investigators press for proof while a probe into Paul O. Stensland’s alleged frauds intensifies. The wider bank turmoil threatens many investors amid fears of a value slump.
Robert Van Houghton, 77, remains with his ailing wife in the county infirmary after a lifetime of misfortune. Once prosperous, he built a tobacco business in Elyria and Cleveland before poverty struck. Though tempted by better lives, he stays to care for his disabled wife, who has become an imbecile. The couple’s story precedes a performance by Al G. Field Greater Minstrels at the Elyria Theater.
The Lake Erie and Pittsburg railroad, also called the Kennefick and Carter line, is now seen as certain to be built from Lorain to this city. Grading is advancing south from Lorain, right of way is purchased through Cuyahoga and Summit counties, with shovels and workers rushing the work. Rumors swirl about financial backers and possible connections to Wabash, P. & LT, and Cleveland traffic plans, affecting freight and passenger shares.
A tall athletic woman in women’s clothing has held up and attacked several women on Cleveland’s St Clair Avenue East Side, causing multiple injuries and fear. Police suspect a man masquerading as a woman. victims report repeated assaults near Wellington apartments and near 40th Street.
Henry W Ingersoll of Elyria aims for the Republican judicial convention in the district on September 15. Delegations from Lorain and Medina counties back a solid Summit county vote for Judge U L Marvin, ensuring even terms for the two candidates. Ingersoll seeks Garfield county votes and gains support from Lorain County allies and Cleveland lawyers.
The Washington American League squad will stay in Cleveland a few days to arrange matches with clubs at nearby points. Elyria hoped to play Washington next Sunday but missed the engagement by an hour due to a telegram delay. Massilloy advanced and Washingtons were slated to play there on Sunday.
Rail laying gangs on the Ramsey road move toward Lorain, now 2 1 2 miles north of Obelin. Col Holliday, president and GM of the building company, remains with the crews to accelerate progress. Surveying from Ashland to the Ohio River shows the Wellington-Lorain segment under way in 1907. 21 miles to be completed this year. Railroad men say the Erie railroad is strongly backing the project.
Attomer Glitsch of Thompson and Glitsch filed a petition to condemn land for Lorain and West Virginia Railway in Black River township. Judge Hillman previously dismissed the petition for lack of conclusion as the case stalled. The notice ends with thanks to St John Lutheran Church friends neighbors and the Ernst family for support after a bereavement.
Elyria trolley league club meets Red Sox of Conneaut in a three game series set for Friday and Saturday in Elyria and Sunday in Vermillion. Conneaut leads series three to one with one tie, and attendance is expected strong. Also note real estate ad and sheriff’s grandson birth notice within the same clipping.
The local branch of Metropolitan Insurance has earned the banner for the most business in the Sandusky district, achieving five consecutive months as top performer.
A collision between an eastbound freight and a work train at Root Road curve on the Nickel Plate line at 9 20 Wednesday blocked the main line until 11 20 causing a delay to No 3 passenger. The wreck, near Bellevue, left two cars derailed and a caboose destroyed while the engineman and fireman escaped injury by jumping into soft mud.
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