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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
1
Lorain county officials denounce a new salary law as unfair claiming pay remains tied to the 1900 census. They note county growth outpaced earlier figures and warn wages for Oak Point industry work will not rise until after 1916. Some officials seek legal avenues for higher compensation while others remain silent.
Mail carriers cover extensive routes in Elyria with two daily deliveries. Carrier Plumb, Nevin, Seward, Carpenter, Gessner, Holcomb, and Rawson manage districts around East Broad, Cedar, West Second, and northwest areas. Signs and house numbers delays threaten future service. Additionally, a Lackaye performance of Jean Valjean captivated a small crowd, with Dykeman praised for securing the star in Elyria though attendance was modest. Several more similar productions are planned in coming months.
A small but notable performance of Law and the Man drew appreciative attention in Elyria last evening. Wilton Tackaye presented the show to a receptive crowd, delivering a strong portrayal that enhanced the evening’s affair.
The 18 months old son of Mr and Mrs Harry Brown formerly of Cleveland died at his aunt’s home on Blaine Street in Elyria on Thursday. Reporter Want Ads Bring Results.
Eleven year old Dee Yeagle of Lincoln Indiana challenges EH Gray chairman of the steel trust and Frank J. Loesch head of the Chicago Bar Association in a circuit court filing over the 3 million dollar estate of Colonel George T. Cline. The dispute centers on sale of Cline property in Gary Indiana where the steel works now stand. The case traces back to Cline’s 1903 death and his long neglected will showing substantial real estate assets.
William Hughes was arrested on Broad Street for intoxication and pleaded guilty in police court. He was fined five dollars plus costs and to serve as a dramstore врем at the station for a couple of weeks due to lack of funds. L T Kaplane also fined five dollars plus costs for intoxication.
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce meets this evening to consider the best miscellaneous proposition the sewer and other improvements needed on the east side and other matters of public interest. The committee has arranged a program full of interest and all business men with city interests are urged to attend if possible.
Alice Gatens sues Lake Shore Electric for 10000 dollars in the county common pleas court claiming injuries at Linwood Park on July 4 1905. She says she attempted to flee a moving car with her baby and was dragged a considerable distance causing a badly sprained back and internal injuries. She seeks 10000 dollars in damages.
Taxpayers rush to pay taxes before year end pushing daily receipts toward 5000 dollars. The county treasurer reports money in various forms from daily payments as the noon opening seeks to ease the rush before the deadline.
Cleveland police say they arrested Joe Macey believed to be a member of the Charles Lowry gang linked to Lowry’s courthouse to penitentiary escape. Macey had a valise with dynamite nitroglycerine and burglary tools. He faced bond then was re-arrested on burglary charges as officers fear he might flee.
Prominent men from New York and St Louis join directors at 201 Mason Temple for an important meeting. They discuss reorganization and potential capital stock increases to fund new machinery and boost capacity. Participants include Maj J M Andrews A A of New York C Marquard Forster A G Bean and Max Kochler of St Louis.
In Columbus Dee notes Cassie Chadwick will be separated from her prison companion Mamie Jones who ends a two year robbery sentence from Dayton. The two inmates formed a close friendship since Chadwick’s entry to the penitentiary.
The local Elks will not hold a day of sorrow for their dead this year though most lodges nationwide observed the practice last Sunday. The central organization recently endorsed adopting the service, but in this city it will not be followed this year. Contacts for coal supplier Hansen are noted as well.
Mrs Minne Bath, wife of Ed Thath, who left her after a dispute, has gone to join her husband in Panama. Debts around twelve thousand dollars. A pending legal action, including a joint defense with Elmer E Knapp, alleges a fraudulent transfer of property. Also noted is the Cleveland, Brooklyn and El tia Electric Railway seeking a franchise to run through the city, aiming for routes along East River Street, West Fourth Street, and East Avenue, with five street railway franchises to be considered by the council.
Cleveland December 7 report tells of an East Sith Street boy who tied his dog's tail to a freight train to test if the dog could match the speed. A brakeman saw the setup and halted the train, preventing harm and ending the experiment.
New York December seventh at the National Trotting Association meeting George W Spear driver of Lou Dillon was expelled from the tracks for his role in the famed doping affair.
New York December 7 The Old Glory sale of trotters and show horses concluded at Madison Square Garden yesterday realizing 429,785 from a total of 1013 horses sold. The average price per animal was 424 dollars and 2 cents, a figure surpassed only by two previous sales in 1901 and 1904.
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