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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1901
Page
2
The bill by Representative Taylor of Ohio seeks a nationwide divorce law to curb abuses from inconsistent state rules. It argues that current lax state statutes allow indiscriminate divorces and undermine moral standards, proposing a clear federal standard and residence requirements.
A miscellany of village anecdotes and jokes from Wellington and nearby areas. A clergyman encounters a funeral custom in a French Canadian village, jokes about hats and elevations, plus a Portland Me miscommunication about aiding Portland Ore. and a playful tale about a child and angels guarding good children.
The court decision asserts the Philippines have been part of the United States since the Treaty of Paris, invalidating duties on goods moving to the U.S. from the islands. Fireman Louis E. Campbell, badly burned Friday night at North Amherst by a bursting arch on a Lake Shore locomotive, is hospitalized in Toledo at St Vincent's. He resides in Fremont and is resting easily. the engineer suffered no injuries.
Right of way and property frontage transfers listed for Carlisle township portions including Fuller road, DLa Porte road, and Tot 7 areas. Parties include Anna BR and C R Jones with Lig zio J Agate to Elyria Grafton for Southern Railway, and trustees of Carlisle township to E G and Ry for DLa Porte frontage, plus Disciples church of La Porte to E G and Ry and Erving T and Alice Andress to EB Gaul Ry for section frontage in Carlisle.
A government edict requires rural delivery patrons to install one of twelve government approved mail box styles costing 2.40, provoking protests from residents who say they do not need new boxes and will risk lost mail. Some North Amherst residents stopped using local carriers, retrieving mail from the nearest office after South Amherst post office was closed. A second item notes Mrs. Dudley delivering a Sunday lecture on The Saviors of the World, discussing spiritual topics to a packed Progressive Spiritualists hall, with free admission and future talks announced.
The home of William Hudson in Fields burned Tuesday afternoon starting in the kitchen. Mrs. Hudson was ill in bed but saved. All furniture perished, no insurance, loss in the hundreds. Neighbors raised 125 dollars to aid the Hudsons, who own about four acres. Efforts continue to raise funds for a new house.
A list of real estate transfers recorded by W S Pole trustee involving multiple parcels in Elyria townships and nearby areas. Transactions show buyers including Mrs Jennie Hineline Miss Mabel Hineline Walter Baker and others, with parcel numbers, locations such as Wilbur Heights Eaton Lorain Street and railway rights of way, and consideration amounts ranging from 58 to 31000 dollars.
Clarence Cudwalkider 28 of North Tominyanda New York and Mandel Lyons 25 of Styria Saratoga. Herbert Wsdale 23 fireman and Pearlie Kneisel 21 of Brownhelm. The notice lists multiple couples applying for marriage licenses.
Ralph Parlette drew the largest audience yet at the First Congregational church Tuesday evening. Every seat was filled and the Sunday school rooms were packed, with many standing. Parlette, a humorist, kept the crowd convulsed with laughter while weaving a sincere undercurrent of truth and optimism through his lecture.
The C BE W railway grossed 15604.84 dollars for the first twenty three days of November, up from 11636.19 dollars last year. A gain of 3967.15 dollars is noted. Miss Elizabeth E Lee of Puainasville offers china painting and water color works in a December 5 sale at 418 Earl Court, home of Mrs. John T Huntington.
An advertisement-style piece praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as curing female weakness, dizziness, backache, and headaches. It includes testimonials from Mrs Walton Grimes and Byerite Lee about regained strength, sleep, and ability to work after using the medicine and pellets.
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