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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1906
Page
3
The article argues the modern automobile owes its origins to the bicycle and gasoline motor. It highlights wheel design, ball bearings, vulcanising, and education from cycling, noting earlier owners could fix wheels and understand car innards before mass production. It urges readers to take pride in the bicycle’s role in automotive birth.
The article notes Sheriff Salisbury will still draw county money after leaving office on January 1. Fees for the sheriff and other officers are charged as costs in various cases, not all settled or paid. As settlements occur, his share will be withdrawn, totaling between 2500 and 3000 dollars, providing ongoing income for some time.
A broad alert describes a 59-year-old swindler matching a detailed physical profile who poses as a wealthy buyer to pressure farmers into selling land then forges deeds and forges witnesses. The note cites Ohio Toledo territory and cites witnesses and a 100 dollar catarrh remedy ad quoted from 1986.
Columbus dispatch reports two inmates Prince White and Edward Pickett serving life for burglary refused Thanksgiving posum while guards arranged a three pounder for them. Prison officials and Jackson county guard Dan Owens arranged the feast as a rare treat in the state penitentiary. White insisted on receiving his portion and Pickett expressed a preference for coon dinner.
Health boards in Washington and Warren county publish a home remedy claimed to cure pneumonia. The recipe uses six to ten onions chopped fine, rye meal and vinegar, simmered into a paste, then applied in hot cotton bags to the chest. Multiple reheatings over hours are advised to break perspiration and purportedly end danger.
The Leesville quarry town near Crestline with about 500 residents faces extinction as the stone company shuts down after 30 years of operation. Loss of the quarry and charter triggers out-migration as families seek homes elsewhere and the town dissolves from the state map. The text also includes an advertisement for Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup claiming gentle laxative and healing properties.
Description of trains De Luxe offering wide vestibule high back seat ladies coach porter service and no extra charge for tickets on routes B and 4 G L and W Bir with unnamed dates and year text readable from the fragment.
The article notes the shrinking mystery of deserts as French explorations open the Sahara. Col. Laperrine's camel corps reached Taodent’s salt mines, aiding plans to link Algeria with the Niger by a Sahara railroad. From Oran to Timbuktu the line may span about 1,000 miles, promising easier travel from Paris to Timbuktu once completed.
A long miscellany notes Thanksgiving as harvest, shifts months by nation, and questions soap necessity. It cites January as harvest month for Chile, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, and lists regions harvesting in April May and beyond. It humorously treats soap, celluloid fireproofing, and Oregon game wardens with satirical asides.
A brief fragment from Stray Strroles presents a dialogue on mood and practicality. The practical youth dismisses gloom, citing his father’s work in the corn business as justification for resilience and normalcy.
At a hotel two young men and two school teachers dined together and debated poetry. The men felt out of their element while the teachers dominated the discussion leading to a humorous scene. They were later found at a bar needing drinks to recover.
The ostrich business in the United States thrives, with 1,500 of 2,200 birds in the country owned in the Salt River Valley Arizona. Birds fetch about 800 dollars per pair at four years old, and alfalfa pasture is essential for keeping them healthy.
In a tale relayed from school histories Montezuma offers wealth to Cortez to spare his realm. Cortez dismisses the offer and asks for more money. The king, unable to press the proposal, dies soon after in the narrative.
A remarkable salt mountain in San Domingo spans nearly four miles with an estimated 90,000,000 tons. The crystal mass is so transparent that medium-sized print can be read through a block and a foot thick.
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