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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
3
Fragmentary scraps mix weather talk, a judge and jury quip about blame and ignorance, a gag about a blue fish, a lawyer quip, and a Winchester poet recounting cattle through a hollow log. Local lines hint at a B&O note and daily service.
A Connecticut boarding house proprietor tests buying chickens, selecting three tough birds for his boarders. On a German train, a father plays a cap swap prank with his son Fritz, then covertly places the cap back, inspiring the boy to shout Vistle fader near a bridge.
In New York the American Express Co owned a bay mare named No. 22. In hot Bronx heat at 138th Street and Third Avenue the horse staggered and fell across Union Railway tracks. Two women offered violet smelling salts, the driver sniffed, and the horse revived enough to walk home.
A fierce bear battled three bulldogs in a Similkameen strawberry patch near Hai Browns ranch Hedley. Mrs Brown watched without a rifle as two dogs died and one was badly wounded. The sow bear fled with her cubs while the other dog limped back to the house.
A collage of curiosities covers shoes in China made with leather and cotton cloth layers. census figures show white women in German colonies by region. palm leaf data exports from Malaga to New York. a London wedding with an unwieldy name for the bride. Aladdinlike royal gifts in Cambodia and a graft scandal in Afghanistan. Italian silkworm eggs amount to 39 tons yearly. Language notes trace finance to ending. Teas in India and Ceylon market competition noted. Robins migrate in clouds through California.
A brief health-aid style note argues for dense nutrition for athletes and businesspeople. It promotes easily prepared, palatable foods rich in grain and muscle builders to fuel steady effort, reduce fatigue, and support daily work from morning to night, urging grocery availability at ten cents.
A crowded page lists tasks and notices including WANTED help for general work and bookkeepers, FOR SALE homes and furniture, LOST purse, and a lengthy electric railway timetable with daily departures and intercity connections. It preserves names, street addresses, and specific times.
A fragmented OCR of a market page lists prices for beef live weight per pound and dressed items, with various per unit rates for fowls, sheep, and chickens. Also shows multiple small coin values like 10c and 20c, plus per ton style entries and commodity terms.
Travel literature note announces a 260 page volume from D and C Ling featuring three stories After Many Years A Romance En Route and The Sunset Tryst with halftone illustrations of the D C Coast Line. Priced at ten cents prepaid postage send to D C Navigation Co Detroit Mich.
A dated fragment lists numerous trains on the Norwalk and Sandusky divisions with arrival and departure times, accommodations, and connecting routes. It names various express and local trains, intercity services, and noted stations including Cleveland, Chicago, Toledo, Boston, Buffalo, and Norwalk. The text also includes agent signatures J. Loft and L. P. BAXTONE and ends with a timestamp of 3:18 pm.
The Clevel and Southern Traction timetable lists hourly Elyria to Public Square Cleveland trips from 6:18 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and return services, with Oberlin and Lorain connections. It notes Elyria Clarions, Wellington, Amherst, Grafton, Norwalk and Birmingham routes, with varied start times and half hour intervals, plus limiteds and special weekend notes.
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