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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
7
Whiteman's Real Estate Agency advertises house buys to beat winter as buyer or landlord, listing lake shore farms and growing returns from 9 to 16 percent. It promises location, price and terms fit, inviting readers to inspect a long catalog of bargains and investments for cash or mortgage arrangements.
A fragmentary banking line lists officers F L Foster Fuller president and cashier A B Taylor vice president and assistant cashier with a $100,000 sum referenced, indicating a financial ledger or summary page from a bank.
The item promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a free sample offer and a long standing remedy, plus a G A R encampment rail fare sale by Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry with one cent per mile to Chicago, extensions by deposit, and contact details. Also mentions Green's August Flower sample bottles and a local lawn mower sharpening service at Elyria Novelty & Machine shop.
An advertisement proclaims Singer Sewing Machines as the best in the world, noting 20 000 made and sold weekly and urging immediate purchase. It highlights affordable terms and offers free machine adjustments at the Elyria office on 67 West Broad Street and Lorain Broadway location managed by C F Johnson.
All modern improvements. Seven minutes walk from the square.
A collage of clipped jokes and quips from periodicals including Smart Set Collier’s Weekly and Philadelphia North American. Snippets cover church proposals, family quarrels, misunderstood bread buns, and a tramp claiming legislative past, all with ironic or humorous twists.
In the annual review the Blue Book of American Shipping notes lake shipyards built steel freighters 450 to 500 feet long with 7080 to 8000 tons capacity and quadruple expansion engines. The report cites a record year, many ships under construction, and plans to extend to Atlantic service via canals, with new canal type steamers and several under construction for coastal use.
Elbridge W. Locke known as Father Locke a veteran circle figure and singer of army ballads died at his Chelsea home. He gained fame during the Civil War for The Ship of State and later toured schools singing patriotic songs including Our Free America. Born in New Hampshire, he spent years cheering troops with his ballads and stories.
A landlady probes a boarder about his studies who evasively names psychology then expands to fathoming the mysterious and unknown. Laughter greets the odd reveal as he hints at unstrayed fields and the faith of hash in a Bettimore News style vignette.
A French conference in Lyons examines Siberia's resources and its potential to rival cereal producers. Emile Du Millis notes 200,000 settlers arrive yearly with land, Siberia’s population could reach 2,000,000, and exports may include butter, wool, leather, and fish as forest and mining development progress.
A recipe describes making croquettes from brown beans: boil and mash, mix with bread crumbs onion parsley butter and eggs, form cylinders, coat with egg and crumbs, then fry in deep fat and drain. Serve with a tiny red pepper garnish.
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