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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1905
Page
2
An opinion piece discusses immigration as a growing issue and argues for restricting migration is impractical. It calls for providing immigrant workers with agricultural environments to integrate them into reduced urban congestion and asserts rural districts can absorb labor with proper support. The column ends by highlighting a new venture, the Huron Blade, and offers the reporter’s good wishes.
Comprehensive guidance on sustainable woodland management urging avoidance of overharvesting and fire, preserving young growth, encouraging reproduction, and limiting soil and canopy damage. Warns against burning, selective cutting, and careless neighbor actions while promoting long term revenue. Includes mention of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a skin remedy.
Fragmentary note states a brutas beat a small boy on Lake Avenue and refers to police action. The message is unsigned and appears to be a communication draft for publication. The source text is garbled and unfinished.
In Cleveland a suit seeks 10 617 75 from George H Burrows assignee of Johnson Walther and Company for funds of the wrecked Citizens Sayings Bank allegedly lost through the brokers and bank employees. The bank failed March 30 after stock speculation. Bank officers Kaneen Walker and Dana Walker serve penitentiary sentences. Also reported a PennsylvanIa collision near Corry Pa disrupting travel and the death of Nanel Quinlan hit by a C H D train in Lima Ohio.
Oberlin contemplates barring freshmen from varsity football while weighing a residence rule. Prof Johnson backs the plan, Dean Miller and others oppose, fearing it shifts eligible players to rival schools like Dartmouth or Williams. The advisory board debates potential reforms to curb athletic recruiting practices.
The America Shipping Company plans new ships for Olivers and Cambria ports, with at least one vessel set to launch by September. Four contracts push total orders toward 14 million dollars, marking a record scale for one season.
Claims to treat kidney and nervous troubles including Bright's disease dropsy rheumatism and gout. Druggist H A Dykeman promotes Hindipo with a mail order offer prepaid with 50 cents and a guarantee, six boxes for $2.90.
Supt Grege indicated improvements are underway after a complaint about inadequate night and morning service. He said more power and new cars will be added as upgrades at the power house proceed, with plans to double the current car capacity once changes are finished.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder for tired swollen feet with 25¢ pricing and a free trial package. The note mentions Rev W W Armstrong turning down a high salary and Professor W J McGee's desert experiment to restore health and study desert insects and reptiles.
The All-Saloon League will not endorse candidates for state administrative offices under the new administration. Local requests have been rejected. An Ohio Anti-Saloon League resolution directs officials to limit endorsements to liquor law related roles. Signed by A. H. Norcross and others.
Lorain will pursue strict law enforcement with Mayor King promising to remove houses of ill fame and close saloons after hours. He claims immoral activity has invaded the city and vows to end public tolerance of vice with new police action.
The ad touts Kodal Dyspepsia Cure claiming it aids digestion and rests the stomach. It markets Kodal Digests what you eat and promises relief from sour stomach belching heartburn and indigestion, sold by all druggists.
Mrs Bonnie Kramer formerly Mrs A I Kern of this city is seriously ill at Cleveland General hospital. She had been at her sister's home in Mansfeld since leaving the city and has been very ill for two weeks. An operation was performed last Monday after a recent hospitalization.
Desperate riding eyed as Percy Megargel and Amos Fassett attempt a rotor car trek across the Great American Desert in the Reo Mountaineer. The machine, after 7000 miles travel, carries seven hundred pounds of baggage and spare parts as the duo pursue an allegedly impossible journey.
R Horrocks of Fonda New York spied a partially moss covered brown boulder in the Little Falls area during a rainstorm. A jar lay beneath the ledges with a rounded top and ornamental top border, well preserved and rare for its age. It joins other Northern jars named Richmond, Nannon, and Horracks, now held by W. Max Reid and others, valued by those studying the lives of original Americans.
The Courier Journal notes ancient Russian republics such as Novgorod and others that once spanned from the White Sea to the Volga. It describes their system where all citizens voted on matters, officials and judges could be dismissed, and church leaders were elected by popular vote, illustrating a historical model for a republic.
The piece reports on how the electern hypothesis, if accepted, could upend the long held view that matter and motion alone describe nature. It notes the Chicago Tribune's stance that electrons and electromagnetic phenomena may unify physics, replacing mass and momentum as fixed realities.
The readable bits suggest an advertisement fragment with inconsistent spelling and missing contexts. It hints at garbled phrases such as white color tags, winding lines, and references to word counts but lacks complete subjects or actions to form a full news item.
FOR RE Furnished room, 5 minutes walk from Broad street, inquire at 409 Bim street. 11-23tf FOR RENT. Five rooms, Lake water and well Water. Call at 19 Cedar street, 12-4-6¢
John H. Curry sues for divorce from Bald Jees to Curry in Cause 3108 in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas on grounds of gross neglect of duty and adultery. Hearing set after January 26, 1905. Attorney F. M. Stevens. Jessie Curry listed with residence unknown, last in Elkhart Indiana.
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