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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
5
Briefs list local notes from La Porte to Lorain with visits, church activities, and public notices. August meeting at 2 pm. county school enumeration totals 16 661 with Lorain 5061. Elyria 2884. Oberlin 1178. Oberlin civic holiday set for Aug 23 to Cedar Point.
Knox returned to Lorain from Columbus and will close all options expiring soon in Oak Point and vicinity. Report that he would let some options lapse is false. the remaining expiring options will be closed this week.
A Tuesday luncheon at Mrs W W Titlack's Lorain home hosted by Mrs C Arthur Brown drew fourteen Indies. Decorations featured sweet peas and carmatiangs. Mrs C J Stewart served. Mrs C Grubs sang, and Misses Carrie Hafner Isabel Strohmeier played piano. Local guests included Mrs W H Johnson Mrs John Kalva Mrs G C W Titack Mrs C Grubbs Mrs BE Lynn Bowban Mrs Howard Baumgartner Mrs Frank Crow Mrs L 8 Griffith and Mrs Ray Karpp. out of town guests were Miss Mabel McLennan of Cleveland and Misses Strohmeier Hafner from Elyria.
The Wellington Fair begins on the 29th and runs three days. Produce, grains, livestock and poultry displays are expected to be large this year, with miscellaneous exhibits also growing. Races, the fair’s main feature, should be very fine over the last two days, with speedy horses showing their mettle. Other attractions under canvas promise amusement for those not keen on the races.
Columbus August reports analyses of potted ham potted chicken ham burger steak and lungheon sausage and similar canned meats sold by Backers show preservatives and traces of tin and zinc poison. One sample labeled potted chicken was real. Commissioner Ankeny to warn manufacturers and keep violators out of Ohio market. He will appoint a committee to work on congressional amendments to raise purity standards.
News from Sand Green Alberta reports several Grand Trunk Pacific survey camp members fell violently ill after consuming canned salmon. Major Herbert Z. Smith is dead with others in critical condition. The item notes Smith's Boer War service and adds a marketing aside about DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
A late South African multi millionaire reportedly never married. Several women were linked to him, but none secured a belt and union, leaving the question of his personal life unresolved.
Prof Tyler of Amherst College endorses digestion awareness and a corrective after overeating. The advertisement claims Kodol for Dyspepsia digests what you eat and is sold by all.
An OCR fragment from a July dated Ohio insurance document mixes archaic dialect with financial line items. It references Allegheny Fire Insurance Company, capital stock, net assets, and policy details, alongside a garbled narrative about a General Washington body servant and a statutory pledge. The text combines corporate data with unrelated dialogue and signatures.
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