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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
2
Rural mail routes bring daily mail to homes and save trips to the post office. Patrons should avoid placing pennies in boxes and ensure stamps dry before mailing to prevent delays and misdelivery. Careful behavior by residents reduces carrier delays and keeps rural free delivery efficient.
West Ridge brief items record Oberlin entertainment by local youths, Mr John Isinete’s widow and child burial, A Saniro family Thanksgiving with father in Camden, Miss W Morehouse 17th birthday party, Mrs Ki Versey visiting Chest Grove Sunday school, P Miller family vacation in Cryeland, death of Mrs Dan Knoor former West Ridge resident, community sympathy extended to the Knoor family.
A mahogany easy chair once owned by Jane Austen's mother sold for five pounds. A note on Norwegian exports to France reports one third of French newspapers printed on Norwegian timber and one twelfth of French horses shod with nails from Christiania.
A vivid sketch of a noon lunch hour among tombstones near Old Trinity as students flirt under the chimes. Cupid appears on a tomb, mentors monitor time, and the graveyard becomes a social ground before tourists take over. The piece closes with sports and misc notes.
Fragmentary OCR text lists coffee brands and prices with garbled names. Items include Bod Bleni Coffee and Murphe Blend with uncertain digits, several blends and a yacht Cadies entry, Edward's Magnumy and Bipton's Pea appear corrupted.
Obituary notes the birth in Liverpool Medina County Ohio of Cora Warner Ginste daughter of Mr and Mrs Warner. She moved to Kipton with family, married J Ginste December 24 1901, later lived at 349 Main Street Ashtabula. She died November 25 age 28 after childbirth complications, funeral November 27 at Church of Christ conducted by Rev. Web Slater. She left parents two sisters a brother in law and a devoted husband.
We are not going out of business but must reduce stock of buggies to avoid carryover. Buggies will be sold at sacrifice starting Saturday October 3 and continuing through December at 642 Broad Street Elyria Ohio.
The report notes renewed demand for American cattle as wartime and postwar needs shift. It cites Texas horses and mules being shipped for British use, with Magellan’s planned spending likely to boost livestock and farm machinery exports. Also mentioned is an eye anatomy painter in New York contributing colored plate illustrations for a forthcoming U.S. medical work.
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