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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
2
The Elyria Reporter notes a commission report to Governor Nash urging a $200,000 appropriation to establish a state institution for crippled children. Data from 36 counties show 1,351 crippled children with 67 unable to attend school. Nash opposes the expenditure at this time.
John Alexander Dowie and followers created a Zion City with 6 500 acres bought at 290 an acre and over 50 000 in machinery. About 3 006 000 poured into improvements. 6 000 residents work there. Despite suits against Zion, creditors now seek 10 000 000 in assets to cover claims, raising questions of fairness and commercial decency.
An essay exploring the wild carrot as a persistent plant deemed a weed, arguing there are no true weeds in nature. It highlights its beauty, especially in bloom, and notes different plant forms such as queen anne s lace. A digression recalls rotten boroughs and a 1830 land purchase tied to franchise history.
Tickets to northwest and California and intermediate points sold at low one way rates. Tickets on sale through Nov 30. Stopovers allowed. Chicago to Dec 1 rate plus $2 round trip. Stock Show event. Elyria ball Saturday evening Dec 28 with Pom erors orchestra. Spe cial pony ride token offer with $10 suit at Jiapman’s cloak shop.
Notice lists a theater train run by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry to Cleveland departing Elyria at 2 6 pm with a fare of 40 cents for the round trip. The page also mentions various topics from Scotland bridge construction to Alaska crops and German pencil factories, plus short items and ads.
A Philadelphia author recalls meeting an inventor described as a Pennsylvania genius with a remarkable device a wire nose plug to prevent a log from rolling up soil and other scattershot details. The piece also lists classified notices about furnished flats, lost purses, a Remington typewriter, and a wood supply in brief, fragmented items.
Popular druggist E B Hague offers a 60 cent bottle of Dr Howard’s speaktip for a quarter, with money-back guarantee if it does not help. Cure for constipation and dyspepsia advertised, including relief from dizziness sour stomach and eye specks. Limited sale period noted with dates November 26 December 1.
Abe 80e 36e S20 details are unclear in the fragment. The readable portion mentions a person and a number sequence but lacks a coherent event or context. Further text needed for a meaningful summary.
A fragment recounts Jane Addams noting the poor aid each other with scant shelter. A woman seeking refuge finds a friend in three rooms but learns the friend’s family is reduced to one room. The husband sleeps on a park bench, enduring hardship with quiet resilience during a warm summer night.
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