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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
2
Angonia Conn Aug 9 The so called peek a boo bug has appeared in this city and nearby areas biting many, causing swelling and painful skin hardening. Doctors prescribe soothing lotions and advise seeking care, noting the insect resembles a house fly but is more dangerous and unclassifiable.
Fragmentary note outlines moon characteristics claiming a diameter of 2.2273 miles and slow movement around the sun, contrasting with Earth’s greater speed of GB 579 miles per hour, but the text is garbled and incompletely coherent.
The ad promotes Ivory Soup at 2 for. and Work Soap per bar. It lists Aliso Watermelons Cantalouper Bananas Lemons Peaches and all kinds of Vegetables at low prices.
Lorain purchases the former Citizens Savings Bank property on Bank Street and Broadway for city hall. Mayor King can exercise a 40 day option to buy the building for 24 500 by Sept 19 with 200 advance and fronts. elevator planned. assignee Fancher retains vault door and one chair and desk. An Electrogen sales pitch appears in the same column.
The largest individual wool clip on the American continent, weighing 1,500,000 pounds, was shipped yesterday from Billings, Montana to a Boston firm. Four cars carried the load, and the owner refused 24 cents per pound.
Abraham Goldsmith, wealthy Cleveland skirt manufacturer and head of Paris Skirt Co., was fatally struck by a Lake Shore locomotive at Erie Pennsylvania at 6 05 on Thursday. He died after missing the vestibule and falling under the wheels while attempting to reach his car. His son Walter left Cleveland to take charge of the remains.
A retailer advertises a direct factory sale of an Inverted Grand Beale Piano at 628 W Broad Street Elyria with substantial savings on profit, highlighting no cash payment required and urging immediate action as time runs short for local families to buy during the exhibition.
Mrs. Goldsmith, over sixty, collapsed from shock and is under the care of relatives at home following the death of her husband. The report notes the bereaved family and the impact on the community, with details of train schedules and connections mentioned in the same notice.
Washington reports Capt. Richmond Hobson warns Japan is a rising Pacific power that will dominate Asia and trade, threatening U S access to China and control of Manchuria. He asserts American goods face restricted entry through Japanese ports as Japan expands influence. The article also oddly references ancient ships from Egypt to Greece and Tyrians constructing ships in antiquity.
A local watch shop offers to fix watches and clocks that have gone wrong or lost accuracy. If repair is not possible, they advertise carrying a selection of watches and clocks to replace damaged timepieces, emphasizing skilled service and high quality replacements.
In Lima on August 10 a divorce court dissolved Pearl Chown and Homer T. Briggs marriage, solemnized last November by Spiritualist mediums from afar. The father-in-law testified that 100 heaven relatives supported the union, while Briggs was accused of neglect and inebriety. Despondent, Briggs’s wife had left him. nearby, 25-year-old William Hardman committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid after arriving from Akron.
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