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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
8
Superintendent Comings releases a 75 page outline for next year detailing the complete school course and special work in nature study sewing and manual training. The booklet includes six year statistics showing rising attendance and improved enrollment figures.
Mrs. W. J. Hillier of Ridgeville reports loss of a metal pocketbook containing $10 and street car tickets after shopping in Elyria Monday. Suspicions rise of a professional pickpocket, with a big show coming Saturday. Police will aid but cannot watch everyone.
The Vermilion river case against Wallace MacDowell opens before Justice Lawrence with the state represented by Lee Stroup and Fritz Rudin for the defense. The trial tests amended fishing with seine laws twice on the same day. If the affidavit is quashed, the case may be appealed and future subpoenas await.
A swallow hovers near Broad Street in Elyria and enters a glass electric light globe. Trapped, the bird hollers for help while its family, police, and relatives attempt to free it. Mr Bivins finally lowers the globe and releases the grateful bird as the swarm of helpers disperses.
Reverend George Voglesong died early Tuesday at his home. Born January 3, 1818 in Oxford Pennsylvania, he moved to Columbiana County Ohio in 1888 and served as a Methodist pastor in Hanoverton and Elyria. He leaves two sons C E and J W Voglesong, four daughters in Elyria Philadelphia St Louis and one in St Louis. Funeral at M. EB church Thursday at 2 PM with Rev W C Endiy officiating.
Granville Ohio Dr Emory W Hent will become next president of Denison University as Dr Hunt resigns from the Clarendon Street Baptist Church Boston and prepares to assume duties in the fall. Hunt helped raise a 150000 dollar endowment and previously led Ashland Avenue Baptist Church Toledo.
The fall term will start Monday September 2 not Tuesday due to Labor Day. Schools will meet briefly in the morning for book assignment and lessons, then regular classes begin Tuesday morning.
Mr and Mrs James Middleton longtime Elyria residents near ten miles from Lake Erie finally see the lake on Mrs Wallheads birthday outing. A party of eight neighbors traveled by car to Glen's Beach in Lorain for a daylong picnic, revealing how the English couple imagined lakes versus the new American lake.
The city faces whether to sell or lease its water works to a private company to build a line to Lake Erie. Proponents argue private ownership could lower costs, reduce tax burden on nonusers, and improve distribution, while critics note the city would lose control and bear debt service under municipal ownership.
The Elijah Hayden Post 49 of Wo and Ohio Grand Army of the Republic adopts a resolution upon the death of Comrade James W. Wallace. It expresses sympathy to his wife and children and notes his integrity and loyalty. A quoted line reflects stoic remembrance.
Col Myron T Herrick will erect a fine library building at Wellington D his old home Architect J M Dyer oversees the plans with no definite site chosen yet The library will be for the free use of the public.
The narrative portrays Birmingham as a vast industrial hub with metalwork, brass, and button making fueling a global market. It describes chimneys, factories, and a population tied to labor and cooperative governance, alongside nearby suburbs and the historical town of Chester. The piece notes Birmingham’s export reach and its position as a manufacturing center in Britain and beyond.
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