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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1906
Page
5
Local briefs note several residents in town on various business trips and visits including Frank Smith in Cleveland and J Hagley in Huntington. Hats sale at Mrs Wilder’s is advertised with one third off. brief social notices list visits among neighbors and planning for events, including a card club gathering and a dancing school opening in Oberlin with local delegates traveling to support it.
City council questions an ordinance forcing green line streetcars to stop before Weet Bridge. It lacks clear fines and violator details. Complaints say cars speed through the underpass endangering pedestrians, and conductors are not walking ahead as required. Action likely at next meeting.
Oberlin selects six debaters to face Western Reserve and Wesleyan in annual contests. Six candidates named with hometowns Columbus Creston Meadville Peoria Toledo and Oberlin. pairings for Wesleyan and Reserve decided. Wesleyan proposi tion advocates a progressive inheritance tax. Oberlin takes the negative against Reserve.
Elyria Lodge No. 103 of the I O O F held its officers election and initiation Tuesday evening. The officers chosen are: Sans, Frank Scattergood as Senior Noble. Robert Jensen as Vice Grand. Ber W as Right Worshipful. Mason D. Smith as Foreman. C. A. Dengate as Treasurer. A. E. B. Tort as Trustee.
Funeral held at St John’s Cathedral Cleveland for Mrs Eliza Doyle born 1846 in Grafton. Interment in Sandusky Ohio. Survived by sisters Mrs Loomis Mrs Fuller Mrs Fordyce and Mrs Holmes brothers M V T V Foley daughters Clara C Agnes Julia Helen G Leona Doyle Mrs J M Miller grandson Paul A Miller.
Gal Harris manages Swanson the clever welterweight who drew with Akerman at Lorain recently. He plans matches to force Swanson against Beell or Bouldin, needing either to throw Swanson twice in sixty minutes.
High officials from the motive power and rolling stock departments of the New York Central met at Collinswood to discuss establishing four standard freight cabooses for the system. J A Love returned Tuesday from Butler Pa after attending his father in law's funeral.
A notice invites a boy to learn the blacksmith trade. Inquiries directed to Fred Dachtler in East Broad. Posted December 6. Prospective trainee should contact for apprenticeship details.
FOR THE CHILDREN The Picture of a Pig describes a party game for boys and girls. Players are blindfolded and draw a pig on a board or cardboard while a guide ensures pictures fit without overlap. After all drawings, the group votes and awards a prize, such as a lemon pig.
The article describes camphor production in Japan from felled trees through a system of stacked tubs and condensers that yield camphor crystals. It also details a curious West Indies insect called the vegetable fly and its growth cycle, plus a New Year party idea and an explanation of coin milling and reeding.
Witnois Central announces Janes Harahan as president succeeding Stuyvesant Fish. Harahan's career spans locomotive engineer to general manager roles across Louisville Nashville Chesapeake and Ohio and Lake Shore and Michigan Southern systems. Timeline notes include 1864 start as switchman and 1890 position as second vice president and general manager.
A vintage ad touts Electrogen as a universal remedy curing consumption catarrh scrofula and blood poison. It claims a 24 hour internal and external cure for colds and sore throats with a free 50 cent bottle offer upon sending name and address to The Electro-gen Co. Fremont, C. Sold by Hady Drug Store.
The service leaves Elyria at 6 45 A M daily and reaches Chicago at 5 30 P M daily.
Wilton Lackaye appears in The Law and the Man under Wm A Brady at Elyria Theatre on Thursday Dec 6. The play follows Jean Valjean Madeleine and Javert amid themes of justice mercy and identity with Fantine and the bishop scene in Hugo's Les Misérables adapted for the stage by Lackaye.
Mary Thayer petitions for divorce from Frank J Thayer in Lorain County Ohio court cause 856S alleging gross neglect of duty. Hearing on and after January 11 1907. Frank J Thayer residence unknown is defendant.
The Ladies of St Andrews Episcopal Church hold their annual bazaar on Wednesday December 6 featuring fancy articles, aprons, homemade candy and a children's booth at 2 o'clock. A turkey supper will be served from 5 30 until all are served.
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