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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
2
The Daily Reporter price details show per week by carrier, per year delivered by carrier eight dollars, outside Elyala by mail two dollars and nine cents. The Weekly Reporter per year by mail one dollar is indicated, with unclear typos.
Lorain cheers fade as their metropolitan team, built from players across the state, loses to the local Ehy-Tie squad. The crowd grows unruly with insults and bets, while criticism targets Lorain management for lacking local loyalty and proper talent.
Lorain players clashed with crowds and debated a large purse as Elyria edged past them. Only the star lineup and a few local standouts competed, while tensions rose among spectators and players alike amid talk of a possible statewide base ball team forming for a thousand-dollar wager.
Mrs John Hull, 62, fired four shots to deter a burglar at the Farewell residence Wednesday night. Her daughter Mrs E Hansman alerted her, and after two shots the intruder fled into darkness. No injuries reported as police were notified.
Items show prisoners before Mayor Chapman for drunkenness and vagrancy with fines of 3 and 10 dollars plus costs. Ads promote tonics and remedies with guarantees, and notices mention visitors to Elyria and Floblty plus women’s health patent cures.
Pittsburg report says Myrtle Jones aged seventeen balked at marrying Willis Baker a Greensburg carpenter after engagement in Berlin Somerset County. Father John R. Jones water works superintendent sought his daughter after she disappeared Tuesday noon from Berlin. Bride-to-be found with friends in Pittsburg refused to return for the ceremony.
Camden residents and friends share visits from Mrs Burt of Cleveland Miss Cook of Toledo and Miss Hinman of Toledo while the Hiawatha Park assembly crowd recalls a pleasant echo meeting. Local church plans and regional travel options are noted alongside a Kennedy cough syrup ad and summer excursion mentions.
Stephen Shaw, angry at an organ grinder Bernar do Pogioli playing "Everybody Works But Father" and then "Vammany" and "Movin Day," slugged the player and destroyed the organ with cobblestones. He was fined $10 by Recorder Cadmus after police restrained him. Shaw said the music was awful and caused his outburst.
The Blaine Bro. Co. advertises a horse trade offer dated August 16 seeking a good horse in exchange for a horse named Diana. Located at 873 Broad Street.
The ad touts Electrogen as a non alcoholic germicide and antiseptic for women claiming it cures by toning the blood and aiding body health. It promotes a fifty cent to one dollar bottle price and a free fifty cent bottle offer via mail. Mentions Eady Drug Store as retailer and Fremont address for the Electrogen Co. It also urges Kodak For Dyspepsia after meals as a remedy, linking to improved mood, work performance, and general wellbeing.
Advice to consult for eye problems before permanent damage. Warns that even minor ailments can threaten future vision with symptoms like eye ache headache blurry vision and floaters. Encourages prompt eye care to prevent blindness and preserve sight.
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