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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
2
The Elyria Reporter announces subscription terms with monthly in town delivery and annual mail rates. The daily edition by mail costs a yearly $390, reflecting pricing for Elyria city readers and postal service options.
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Elijah Dowie facing a banker revolt as Zionist followers must keep funds in the bank or withdraw. Dowie orders Zealots outside New York to sell property and move to the captain's office to settle, amid reports of a planned Australia pilgrimage and doubts about the mission's finances.
An advertised invention named the Answering and Recording Velo phone promises automatic telephone messages via a phonograph. A caller asks for the office, and the device plays a recorded message or directs callers to the correct contact. Doctors and others could use it to announce presence, location, or delivery instructions. The inventor group asserts strong backing and forecasts great profit.
A court decision in the case of David Hall against the Huntington school board, rendered by Judge Webber, orders the school board to pay the tuition for Hall’s daughter who passed the Bowzell examination and was admitted to Wellington High. The Hexwall law mandate is cited as the basis for payment.
The winter schedule on the C&S Way takes effect Friday with minor hourly car time changes and the abandonment of limited trains between Elyria Norwalk and Wellington. Trains now run Elyria to Cleveland and back, morning car at 9.01 am, return at 4.40 pm, with regular cars continuing to North Amherst Oberlin and Wellington. A 9:30 pm southbound car now stops at Elyria. Grafton schedule shifted with 3:30 and 9:30 pm cars dropped, causing inconvenience for riders seeking 10:20 pm Big Four connections at Grafton or Wellington. A full car schedule is available elsewhere.
The Taylor Land and Improvement Company secures a location on East Side lands for the Telephone and Electrical Supply Roll Manufacturing Company. A Chicago firm, it engages in electrical apparatus manufacturing and will add to Elyria's manufacturing sector. The Cousin Dailey case: divorce granted from Charles Dailey on grounds of habitual drunkenness and neglect. Alimony set at 20 and custody given. GA Resek and Eugene Streator noted in related cases.
The board of public service met and adopted resolutions to pave Sixth Street from East to West avenues, Lake Avenue from Huron Street to Bound O track, and Lori Street from the bridge to Lake avenues, plus Third Street from the bridge to West River Street. An engineer was directed to prepare boulevarding plans for Middle and Washington avenues. A payroll of about $18 000 was approved. The clerk was told to advertise sale of 26 feet of land on Water Street and to obtain a price from Burker Asphalt Company for Cheapside pavement repairs. Citizens Gas and Electric Company will be notified to replace pavement they have removed within ten days.
A scanned fragment lists several coffee brands and weights including Soe Blend Coffes 1 lb Empire Bland Coffee 1 lb Wonrtori Reserve Coffeest 1 lb Morvue Moca & Java Coffee 1 lb Liptons Coffees 1 lb Yacht Ghitb Coffea 1 lb with a price note of 20¢ and 80e, followed by a garbled line and a total line reading We 260 300.
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