Elyria Firemen Report Vigilant Service Record
Fire Chief Hafner presents Milyria Fire Department statistics for the year ending August 16, 1905 at the Lorain County Volunteer Firemen’s Association tournament. Elyria answered 29 calls, up 70 from the prior year, with total losses estimated at 23,9100 dollars including 10,970 on buildings and 3,640 on contents. calls included 1 false, 5 still, and 23 regular. Since last August the Public Safety Board built a new central station, purchased 3 Larkin shut-off nozzles and 800 feet of 2 2 inch base, and the city now has 3,500 feet of hose in good condition. JOHN HAFFNER, Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hafner
Milyria Fire Department
Lorain County
Board of Public Safety
John Haffner
Local News Items From Lorain and Surrounding Areas
Local notes report a gun club shoot at a new four mile north grounds, an Elsha Miy band concert at Glen's Beach on Thursday August 17, and Romerey's full orchestra for dancing. Other items include an ice cream social for the Disciple Sundwey school, stock purchases by Moses Wilder and Will Wilder with moves to Bellevue, and a Tuck and Marks lease on the Empire Theatre in Lorain for August 26. Miss Blanche Pangouro of Geneva dies after heart trouble. Bishop Hodoboy arrives to oversee church matters. Mrs. Rood dies after illness. City council tours Cleveland Desk Co exhibits, discusses future city hall furniture, and Lorain’s mayor faces fines for alcohol offenses. A Lorain court suit seeks a one sixth share in a Brownhelm estate. a public notice offers sale of millinery stock by Mrs. N. L. Gilzian of Amherst.
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Elsha Miy
Glen’s Beach
Romerey
John Lantsberry
LaPorte
Sundwey
Moses Wilder
Will Wilder
Eni Chapman
Bellevue
Tuck and Marks
New York
Chicago
Tuusda
Empire Theatre
Lorain
Jennie Dunbar
Columbus Street
Blanche Pangouro
Genevi
Pangburn
First Methodist Church
Geneva
Elycia
Cleveland
Cleveland Desk Co
City Hall
Phillip Diedrich
Avon
Raysagan
Thomas Jones
Big Four Route Holiday Train to Colorado and California
An 19th century travel advertisement offers a Denver bound Big Four route special from Cleveland on September 2 with through service to St Louis and Colorado Springs. It touts Pullman palace sleeping cars and reclining chair cars, emphasizes army and navy members, veterans posts, and families, and lists agents and representatives for reservations.
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Cleveland Union Station
le Mt
Pullman
Santa Fa
Colorado Springs
Pike's Peak
Garden 12
Goda
Manitou
Cheyenne Canyon
Therce
Denver
Pullman Palace
Pourier
Eabarge
Jay Collyer
A. R
Ehave
California
Portland
Big Four
Water St
Cleveland
John R. James
GC. P. A
Missouri Pacific
Pittsburgh
J. Kennedy
P. A
Santa Fe System
Williamson
O. Wea
C. E. Schatl
General Mounier
Cincinnati
O. Neh
Q.P & TA
Social and Personal Notes Open Week of Visitors
Mrs. F A Winans guests in Toledo. Loretta Rose from Beyond St spends days in Berlin. M A Pounds visiting Sandusky friends. C A Bemis of Ichor's duch visiting Sar ky cag. Diss Lian Buckman from Toledo visiting Gora Knapp. Buckman has moved to Nichols block. W T Parsch returns from Green Springs. Miss Francis Tufford of St. Kath erines visits Miss Agnes Buchtler. Frank Eckley’s family at Cedar Point. Salisbury in Cedar Point for Sheriff Association meeting. Miss Ida Scattergoad of Philadelphia visiting Frank Scattergoat. L Sands seriously ill. Prof W R Conings and wife fishing near Richland. Mrs Bectighet recently 47. R G Addeenson completed a house on Leds estant. Mr and Mrs W Page and Miss Pape leave for Cedar Point outing. Mrs General Lloyd Wheaton and Mrs Major Dent visit Honolulu. Miss July Hi visiting Cleveland. Miss Terrell back for visit. Miss Florence Oldan and Louis visiting aunts in Columbus. Miss Julia Vilyeger leaves for Akron. Walter S Milford of Medina and Miss Grace Purseglove wed in probate court. Miss Hattie Bauser back to county clerk duties after Milwaukee trip. Robert Dunham, Mason Nichols, Erid Leuszler, and Theodore Branch fishing at Petoskey. Henry Schroeder, A F Reed, A W Bailing, Otto Mayo registered at Hotel Topliff. John Rudin and family from Ann Arbor visiting Fritz Rudin. Fritz pursuing law at Univ of Ann Arbor.
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W. T Parsch
Green Springs
Francis Tufford
St. Katherines
Ontario
Agnes Buchtler
Ludi Street
Frank Eckley
George Street
Cedar Paint
Sailsbury
Cedar Point
Sheriffs’ “Association of Ghia
Ida Scattergoad
Philadelphia
Frank Scatter- Goat
Howe
Is. & L. Sands
Sisth Street
W. R. Conings
Conus
Florence Oldan
Brother Louis
August Peters
H. F. Peters
Colommbus Street
Julia Vilyeger
Viola Parach
Toilay
Akron
Walter 8. Millford
Medina
Grace E. Purseglove
A. E. Lawrence
Hattie Bauser
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert Dunham
Mason Nichols
Erid Leuszler
Howestreet
Theodore Branch
Cleveland
Petos‘ky
Michigan
Henry Schroeder
North Amherst
A. F. Reed
Oberlin
A. W. Bailing
Lorain
Otto Mayo
Topliff
John Rudin
Ann Arbor
Mich
Fritz Rudin
Rudin
University of Ann Arbor
Real Estate Transfers and Advertised Promotions
Real estate transfers listed include Clayton Chapillin to Meggie Edith Snel for part of lot 144 east of Black River in Elyria BEDO and August Knebeler sr. to Nettle M Ferguson for lot 4 in book 2 in Chamberlain addition. Several other Loren Lorain entries show $1.00 transfers between Knebeler Jr. and Charles S Ferguson and between Mittendorf and Avon Bosch & Southern Railroad Co. plus a $558 Lorain transfer from Henry and Barbara Mittendorf to Avon Bosch & Southern Railroad Co. The column also promotes coupons for a 400 piece and 100 piece dinner sets and Hourlister's Rocky Mountain Tea for babies, with druggist H A Dykeman urging use of the want column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Chapillin
Meggie
Edith Snel
Black Triver
Elyria
Bedo
August Knebeler, Sr
Nettle M. Ferguson
Chamberlain
Ed[son
Massey
Lorain
August Knebeler, Jr
Charles
Ferguson
Chamberlin
Hoison and Mayseey
Henry
Barbara Mittendorf
Avon Bosch & Southern Railroad Co
Avon Township
Wanted column clippings from Elyria ads and notices
Classified text shows varied want ads for labor positions housework boarders home work and rental notices. Entries mention salaries from two dollars per day or two dollars per week, requests for references, and rental offers including a large eight room house with modern conveniences on Lent street and a one third acre lot. Names like Star Blog Chicaso and Elyria appear as source references.
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Elyria, Grocery Company
East Sixth Street
E. Smallwood
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Elyria Firemen
Just
Robinson & Hancock Co
Llyria
Ohio
Luna
Stee
wWltaums
Hodoboy
O- Yajo
Nesyaik
Giem
Gilbert
F. J. Wing
F. A. Parmetee
Bureau of Uniform Accounting
Fauver
Folger
Levain
Parmetee
Gilizian, & Amherst
Denver, Colo
Account National 6
Hollister
H. A. Dykeman
F. A. Winan
Toledo
Loretta Rose
Beyond St
Berlin
M. A. Pounds
Sandusky
Diss Lian Buckman
Gora Knapp
Walnuts Street
Genersl Lioyt
July Hi
Middle Avenue
Bell Hardware Store
L. A. Cox Real Estate Agency
DR. Charles
Leedin Saggees
Eurelug
Bagihe
Reese
My OR
Charles CO
Newbro
Seading
Herpscide Co
Detroit
Sexuon
Star
Chicaso
Tophit Aio
Lee, Day
Elyria Bie
Wan
Weet
R. FP
D. Lae Gringe
Letamp
W. Ft. Bradshaw
Elynn
Ledi St
Middle Ave
Niepfoot
Sal West Second Street
Sheridan Petal
West Ave
J.C. Hill
Platen Presa
The
Century Printing Company
Harry Pound
Elyria Telephone Co
Biggs & Everard Co
the Biggs & Everard Co
Lorain Electrical
B. S. Smith
Ana
Broadway
Lorain, O
Starrett’s Machinist Tools
Starrett
Hubert. Day
Bel
Rerery
Patton
ECYRI
Rho
Dante
Genete
Lee
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