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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
6
Cleveland Dec 7 Mrs Eleanor Morehouse, jailed on fraud allegations tied to the care of infants, denies insinuations linking her to child deaths. She asserts innocence before God and recalls an attempted fraudulent order involving another woman and a Columbus firm. Her West Salem millinery business is noted.
Big New York auto show dates January 13 to 20 at Madison Square Garden with a record number of exhibitors from America and Europe. The event fills space in the main hall and exhibition hall, basements for commercial vehicles, and balconies for tires and accessories. The design highlights an Italian Garden theme with extensive blue bunting, gold bronze carpet, and a large decorative scene, aiming to help visitors find products efficiently.
Oberlin Lorain County plans for a pet stock show this winter around Oberlin and Russia township, with enthusiasts J Edwards and Bert Billings backing the effort. Edwards favors Columbia and Partridge Wyandottes while Billings shows white and golden Wyandottes and Rhode Island Reds. Other fanciers include Frank Dick, specializing in Plymouth Rocks, and Dr Graves with White Wyandotte. A meeting to organize an Oberlin pet stock association is expected soon.
A Elyria druggist promotes Hindipo the Kidney Cure and Nerve Tonic with a money back guarantee, claiming wide town interest and urging trial. London opens its first Turkish bath under marital control, with a 50 cent price.
Article discusses Indian Bureau aims to curb gluttony by promoting wheat bread and cereals at schools, while noting reservations lag in adoption. Describes Indian dietary habits favoring meat, beans, dried fruit, corn syrup, and coffee. mentions regional food practices and old trade patterns.
The era marks an autocracy’s self effacement and a people’s organized political awakening. The czar resumes rules but the autocracy vanishes, yielding a practically new nation with liberty, strength, and vast opportunities. Readers witness a pivotal epoch unfolding before their eyes.
The article recalls a past incident where a wild duck flew through a courthouse window during a party, extinguishing a lamp and unsettling revelers who suspected a divine warning. It notes another odd occurrence near Seneca where ducks battered a homestead, drawing various theories about providence and migration.
Coroner Sullivan orders continuation of the inquest into alleged baby farming involving Mig Minara Moorehouse. Officers seek additional time to secure witnesses from Lorain and Cleveland on parentage of the children. Adams of Lorain, attorney for Mrs Moorehouse, argued the babies were children she had secured in Cleveland.
The treasury secretary’s fiscal year 1907 appropriation estimate includes funds for harbor improvements. Notably, $200 000 for Sundnshs movement, $175 000 for a public building program, and $400 000 for Cleveland building projects are listed among the items.
An advertisement offers Mother Gray Australian Herbal Sachets mailed free to women who send name and address. The product, marketed by The Mother Gray Co, promises a safe monthly support for pains in the back and urinary, bladder, or kidney trouble using Australian herbs. Also notes a 50 cent price and distribution by druggists.
A secret meeting at First Presbyterian Church launched an anti-saloons drive aimed at eradicating drinking dens from residential areas except near Main Street. The report also covers railway construction updates in multiple states, corporate consolidations, and a note on Brigadier General Barry arriving in New York en route to Washington.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt depicts a playful family dialogue where a daughter urges her father to relax stern rules as she eyes marriage to Henry. The father jokes about acting restraint, while the daughter teases about testing limits, and a mock negotiation over consent and rituals unfolds with humor and warmth.
A new hog processing practice gains traction as butchers kill, skin, and trim hogs in yards, paying farmers by weight and per skin. Weight loss runs eight to sixteen pounds, with half a cent to eight cents more for pork skinned for cut up. The method reduces prep needs, avoids scalding platforms, and could replace scrapping across the state.
A discussion on New York City rapid transit argues subways will replace elevated rails, freeing 50 miles of streets from ugly structures. Elevates aided early growth but darken streets, block light, and reduce property values. When subways operate fully, the elevated system will be obsolete like old omnibuses.
A long delayed romance ends as a wedding at Sowerby near Thirsk in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The bride, confidante and housekeeper to a wealthy maiden lady, waited nearly 25 years to marry a gardener after vows to her mistress to stay until death. The mistress died in her ninetieth year, leaving house, plate, furniture and £1000 to the couple, who received many congratulatory messages.
A notorious Spanish bandit, a stout man named Vivillio, is resurging in Andalusia with a string tied to the prisoner’s arma to restrain escape. When prisoners break free the string breaks and they are shot, as the Guardia Civil intensifies pursuit.
A dialogue from the Chicago Journal depicts Uncle Charles warning Ellen about a marriage to Mr Cashmere. He notes financial adequacy is less important than intellectual compatibility, while Ellen objects, arguing the match could be worthwhile for reasons beyond money.
The bishop of Ripon has 11 children and the late bishop of Exeler, father of Leeds’s new vicar, had 13. The bishop of Beverley has 11, while Norwich’s bishop may hold a Lys copia lineage with only 1 and 2 generations differing.
The article notes rapid adoption of automobiles in India among wealthy Indians in Bombay and Calcutta, with Europeans largely in secondary roles. It highlights reliability trials, rising prestige of motor cars, and the shift from gharrys to motorized transport among businessmen, forecasting a bright future for Indian motoring.
A farmer sells a pig to a Little Islander who takes it by boat to an island home. The pig later escapes, swims two rivers, crosses Alg Little Island, and returns to its farmer, proving homesick and hungry but glad to be home at last.
Sage advice on choosing a fiddle player as a proper cautionary note. The fragment references a fiddler's price before a dance and mentions a nephew’s dressing and a warning against excess. A dated, poetic line captures a carnival or theater mood with a cautionary moral.
A London dispatch reports an anvil once used by John Bunyan while a tinker has been recovered and will be auctioned at Sotheby's. The 60 pound iron piece bears Bunyan’s name, a residence, and the date 1647, though its genuineness is doubted by some experts.
Police in Andover Hampshire crackdown on motorists has sparked a hostile boycott by drivers. Residents stopped subscribing to local charities as motorists deserted town activities, causing a sharp drop in funds over the past year.
Reading Through Salt in San Domingo notes a vast salt deposit nearly four miles long containing enormous tonnage and readable print through a thick block. A humorous exchange follows about dental extraction, with a patient asking for teeth removal without pain and a dentist replying that it hurts but is not always.
The Paris Figaro reports Kaid Sir Harry MacLean commands a 20 000 strong army with 30 000 irregulars possible in war time. Indians speak Turkish, and Mexican students claim Turkish is heard among tribes. Canals remain elusive, with Panama and Mars alike mysterious.
A London firm receives a cryptic message about a man’s death at his widow’s request. The text also references Alphonso’s Habit, Siam’s king’s evenings, and assorted quips from Puck. It hints at a compiled page of aphorisms and scattered items from the Atlante Journal era.
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes Chicago praise for Sheboygan's public spirit as school children wear green buttons pledging to keep streets clean. Citizens say the youngsters have formed a society, collected over 200 dollars, and plan to buy waste paper boxes for street corners.
A fragmentary OCR reading from a Philadelphia item shows jumbled text and unlikely phrases about events last night and this morning. It appears as a damaged line from a news page with unclear names and places, challenging full interpretation.
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