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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
2
The text outlines delivery methods for The Daily Reporter and The Weekly Reporter. It mentions carriers and mail delivery outside Elyria, with references to editors and managers and the general distribution setup. No clear event or person action emerges beyond distribution notices.
The piece discusses the China boycott against American goods, noting Wu Tingfang’s removal from his posts and Tong Shao-yi’s rise. It warns of potential actions against American imports and possible retaliation affecting Chinese and American merchants. The text also mentions a society event announcing an engagement and upcoming social notices.
The Ohio vote shows party results with Watkins winning the governorship run. Prohibition remains active on its ticket as 13,702 votes for treasurer are noted. The upcoming Democratic convention is expected to have about 946 delegates, with Cuyahoga Hamilton and Franklin counties contributing sizable quotas.
The readable digits show various prices such as 35, 38, 34, 33, 55 and 48 scattered with letters and symbols. The record lacks clear items or context, suggesting an incomplete price list or catalog fragment from a business section. Entities are ambiguous due to OCR errors, preventing precise item or seller identification.
A Devonshire newspaper advert seeks a housekeeper and a chapel-going person with charity views for a small Kingsbridge farm. The China census system groups ten households per elder counts families and reports to authorities. A look at jewelry trade prosperity shows strong demand and labor shortages across manufacturing centers. A report on Victoria Falls power plans notes a bridge, new development, and England-built construction. A preserved Roman altar at Newstead is described with an inscription praising Jupiter. General Booth’s long London return after a 24,400 mile tour includes travel stats and audience reach.
An odd and successful pheasant trapping method uses a slender conical paper bag smeared with bait placed on a twig. Pheasants are lured by peas inside the bag, insert their heads, and become trapped until suffocation ends its life.
In Rome the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports 4 096 instruments of torture seized in eight months, 16 489 vehicles stopped, and 337 prosecutions. Postage stamps total over 17 million daily nationwide, costing about 18 000 a year per gum. Various curiosities include posts tested for durability, a sarcastic Old Codger line, slow sailing records, Chinese tax customs in Siam, seismograph readings from the Chatham, a Seattle postal service for Japanese residents, a lark-singing club in Huddersfield, the Canal du Midi built by Paul Riquet at huge cost, and a US Lifesaving Service captain with a dominoes seal from wrecks.
Historic anecdotes recount Wachtel cracking his whip and hailing fares in Germany while a rondo played, Mme Scatchi selling wares in the street, and Campanini, a blacksmith, heard singing like an angel and drawn to the opera stage.
Visitors at major ports notice a flag bearing a knot in one corner. The knot signals a vessel wishes to ship or consume bonded stores such as tobacco or spirits, prompting customs officers to break seals before use. This device helps vessels obtain taxed goods under customs rules.
Multiple congregations report Sunday services at 10 a m and 7 p m with sermons by visiting pastors from Oberlin and local clergy. Union Endeavor meeting at 6 p m, communion and Sunday schools noted, with free admission and welcoming strangers.
CHURCH OF CHRIST at Corner Second and Chapel streets with Rev. John P. Sala offers a 10 o'clock morning sermon, 11:20 Sunday school, 6 o'clock Christian Endeavor, and a 7 o'clock evening sermon on The Deity of Christ, with special music by a large choir. CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST at 203 East avenue conducts Sunday service at 10:30 a.m.
Two parish listings note pastors and service times. St Marys on Middle Avenue at Fourth Streets led by Rev J T Schofield offers Masses at 7 9 10 a m and a 2 p m Sunday school with a second church on East Third Street led by Rev Nathaniel Lehman at 10 a m and 7 p m with Sunday School at 9 a m.
Sunday schedule lists German and English sermons at 7 p.m. with topics on Advent of Christ and spiritual coins. Reforma and Waegllah preachings follow. Dorner Rakenvente and Lodi alrects noted. Services at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Sunday school times shown with junior and senior groups. St. Joan's Lutheran, 616 Broad Street, Rev. J. A. Schmidt, 9:30 a.m. service and 2:30 p.m. catechism instruction.
The Wlyria and Letain Gun Club Thanksgiving shoot awarded the club badge to Lt. A. Daniels. Prizes went to 45 fellows including Morse, Will, Dunniels, Smith, Hillier, Surridge, Connors, Blanchard, Hart, and others with varied scores and targets listed among participants.
The Baptist church Men's Club holds its regular monthly meeting Monday at 7 30 pm A debate will ask if the church should accept tainted money with Chas Metcalf and R M Bhasalb affirming and James Camplett and Frank Wilford opposing Special music and an engaging program are planned and the public is invited to attend
The remark suggests the czar distrusted any settlement, believing a peace could bring greater danger or turmoil than continuing hostilities. It hints at geopolitical anxiety and the possibility that concessions might lead to harsher consequences later.
A fragmented column presents advertisement rates for three lines at two cents and six cents per additional line, with six average words per line. It lists rental offers of two six room houses on Summer Street at $10 and $13 monthly, various addresses in Elyria and Broad Street areas, and notices for jobs including a girl for house work at 804 Middle Avenue and a lady stenographer seeking work. It mentions historical street improvements on Van Nesse Gaue in San Francisco and a National Guard night drill lighting upgrade.
Try our want column claim of renewed strength and healing through Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Sold by H. A. Dykeman, druggist, 35 cents, with assurances it helps indigestion, constipation, liver and kidney troubles regardless of illness duration.
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