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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1906
Page
4
A jumble of notes covers letters reaching the dead letter office, social clubs, fox hunters events, and upcoming meetings. It mentions Eagles membership rising 45,000, a fox hunters gathering in Jefferson Pennsylvania October 2 to November 2, and various horse racing and sporting events across towns including Leavenworth and Windsor with brief details.
The week features key political gatherings from Newport to Chattanooga with the Republican and Democratic state conventions. Also on tap are major boxing cards including Matty Baldwin versus Dave Desbler in Chelsea and Toritas Cody against Johnny Morrison in Benton Harbor Michigan.
An authority on finance criticizes overstatement of Lake Shore Electric losses from a Vermilion crash. He notes about $40,000 in direct damages and salary claims, offset by a three percent charge on gross earnings, which he says covers accident costs over time.
The article discusses President Roosevelt's stance on admitting New Mexico and Arizona as a single state, criticizing earlier compulsory measures and noting the statehood law’s plan. It mentions opposition to coercion and the desire for fair play in the admission process and hints at a letter to Arizona voters about the issue.
The piece argues approving a port of call for statehood while warning it may not recur for years. It notes support in New Mexico and opposition in Arizona parties against partial statehood, with race and regional power dynamics shaping views. The text cites railroad and mining interests and the Mexican and Anglo communities influencing the debate.
Classified menace of short notices shows multiple WANTS and LOST items. A job ad seeks a competent girl for general housework with wages around 48 dollars at a West Fifth Street address, plus other wants for rental rooms, reporting jobs, exchanges, boarders, and miscellaneous lost items, including a patent cuff holder and a ladies watch. The Ohio National Guard encampment in Strasburg, Ohio August 15 to 20 is noted.
A fragment from a historic price sheet lists per pound and per unit prices for produce and staples. Lettuce 12¢ per head, cucumbers and tomatoes by pound, radishes, green onions, celery per bunch, string beans, green peas, potatoes, asparagus, spinach per peck, peppering with butter, cheese, eggs, and flour varieties. Includes unit pricing for sugar, beans, raisins, honey, and other grocery items with scattered vendor marks.
A dense timetable lists West Bound and East Bound routes from Cleveland to Beach Park Elyria and Lorain with departure times, stations, and notes on ticket purchases. Also shows multiple agent contacts and service patterns including limiteds and connections to Sandusky and Vermilion.
The 250 page travel literature volume from the D and C Line features three stories: After Many Years, Romance En Route, and The Sunset Tryst. It includes halftone illustrations of scenes along the D and C Coast Line and costs ten cents to prepay postage, sent to D and C Navigation Co Wayne St Detroit Mich.
Public transit timetable from the Cleveland and Bouteern Traction indicates service to Cleveland Public Square Elyria Oberlin Lorain Amherst Grafton Norwalk and Birmingham with hourly and limited trains. It lists departure times from key hubs, car connections, and special Saturday Sunday schedules, naming agents GQ. Wilson and E H Buswell.
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