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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
6
A Chicago Times-Herald item recalls a royal scandal as the Duchess of Fife asserts she personally bathes her children to prevent bruising, contrasting with a brutal nurse's alleged mistreatment of a Nish birth child and broader social alarm over child care.
Dr A Bascheo’s Loud Thing German Syrup praised as a long standing cure for coughs colds and lung troubles. Two million bottles sold annually and widely available. Also mentions DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as effective liver and bowel regulators and a remedy for complexion issues.
Mrs. J B Hunt of Line Ridge Wis faced gall stones and worsening stomach trouble and jaundice. A doctor warned there was only one chance to save her life through an operation. After using Hles tine Bitters she was wholly cured, praised as a wonderful stomach liver and kidney remedy. Sold by H J Eady for 50 cents.
Benefit to You, D. Mitchell, Fulford, Ma.: long illness caused bed sores but DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve brought wonderful results. Testimonial claims perfect healing and calls it the best salve on the market. Warns against counterfeits and promotes Liver-Lax pills as a night cure.
California excursion notices promote Great Rock Island routes from Chicago with weekly departures via Hine Colorado and Southern Route through Texas. Highlights include daily first class sleeper service Chicago to San Francisco, daylight Rockies and Sierra Nevada crossings both ways. Contact F L Miller T P A 409 Rialto Bidg Chicago Tl. Also short notices tout Arnica Salve healing corns and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure testimonials, and a handyman advert offering key repair services and bicycle map.
An advertisement asserts putrefying food in the intestines imitates arsenic effects, then praises Dr. King's New Life Pills for gently expelling poisons from clogged bowels, claiming relief from constipation headaches fevers and liver kidney bowel troubles, offered for 30 cents at H. J. Hady's.
Four Lorain residents led by Thereon M. Faragher and George M. Bickel joined Oberlin Business College last week, increasing local attendance to sixteen students currently enrolled in the college.
A letter promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness bearing down pains inflammation and other womanly complaints. It touts dramatic improvements for “sick women” using herbal tonics and pills, urging readers to send stamps for a promotional 200 page adviser and to buy the advertised book and remedies from Dr. R V Pierce in Buffalo New York.
A vintage line claims Stum Ac-Olds tablets cure digestive troubles in hours. Advertises Henry J. Eady as leading druggist and guarantees the product’s efficacy despite archaic phrasing.
A vintage advertisement promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a reliable gentle laxative. It claims the pills are purely vegetable and help the bowels act without causing griping, presenting them as small, easy to take and suitable for gentle relief.
Public warning against mercury based remedies for catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo claims blood and mucous surface action but contains mercury. Ad lists multiple distributors and testimonials with dubious claims.
An old promotional note claims use of Angnat Flower can ease dyspepsia and liver complaints affecting a majority of Americans. It lists symptoms such as sore stomach headaches costiveness heartburn and nausea and urges readers to buy from a druggist for 75 cents. The ad credits H. J. Eady and Green's Prize Almanac.
Rev James Kirkman of Belle River Illinois credits One Minute Cough Cure with ending years of beanchial and lung trouble after trying remedies. He recommends it to all sufferers of coughs colds and throat and lung issues. The product is described as offering immediate relief and being safe and popular with children. A contrasting jumble of ad style phrases follows about kidneys and general health.
A sleeping car service from Cleveland Union Station departs daily at 8 80 p.m. starting Monday November 11, bound for Columbus. Passengers may board after 9 p.m. and stay in the car until 8 a.m. the next morning. Some arrangements from Columbus to Cleveland available. Reservations and tickets via Columbus 8 Euclid Avenue 12.
A reader from Elgin Tennessee describes his wife’s terminal lung illness and credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her life. The letter extols the medicine as a reliable remedy for persistent coughing and lung danger, noting purchase details at A J Fades after eight.
A promotional notice extols Viniel as a powerful nerve tonic for nervous disorders and insomnia. It cites cases of nervousness with dyspepsia and fatigue, asserting Vinel strengthens nerves and revitalizes the system, including a Dunkirk testimonial urging others to try the remedy.
Notice outlines sale of bonds by the city for West Court Improvement. Details include bond counts and amounts, dates of August 15 1900 and August 1904, interest rate 6 percent, terms of payment, and highest bid sale with bidders declaring bonds and amounts, with the right to reject all bids. Sealed proposals must be endorsed Bids for West Court Improvement Bonds No. Pauk.
Legal notice to unknown heirs of James B Balow and others in Lorain County Ohio. Bernard Flock as plaintiff petitions for transfer of title to part of lot 11, block 1 in George Brown addition and seeks court decree and relief. Respondents are required to answer by December 21, 1001 or judgment may be taken. Stryens, attorney for Bernard F. M.
The Lorain County Court of Common Pleas will offer Alois Moelter versus John Ernst at public auction at the north door of the courthouse in Elyria on Saturday January 4. The sale includes a parcel in Amherst Township described by boundaries and a 78 share in a land lot, with terms of sale to be announced by the Sheriff.
Notice from the Clerk of Elyria Ohio announcing sealed proposals due December 16 1901 for forty bonds of one hundred thousand dollars each to fund West Avenue improvements. Bonds accrue five percent interest and mature on specified dates through August 1903 to August 1909, with bids stating bond counts and total bid amount plus accrued interest. Sealed bids may be rejected. the clerk W. L. Park signs and dates the notice.
Office of the Glebc of the City of Elyria Ohio invites sealed proposals by December 16 1901 at noon for five 5000 bonds dated August 16 1901 to mature 1904 1905 1906 1907 and 1908 bearing 6 percent interest payable semi annually issued to anticipate Cedar street improvement assessments under Ohio Revised Statutes and city ordinances. Bonds sold at par plus accrued interest. highest bid wins. bids must state bond count and accrued interest. Wright reserves right to reject all bids.
The estate of Joseph Biggs will sell at Elyria court house steps at 10 a m on Saturday December 1 1901 the Biggs farm in Carlisle township Lorain Co Ohio near Elyria. The property acres about 51 30 and appraised 4100 with minimum two thirds of appraisal. Also Lot 20 of Edw Fuller's plat in Carlisle township appraised 7500 with minimum two thirds. Terms cash or one third down one year and two years with 6 percent interest secured by mortgage. Executed by RB Webber executor.
Lorain County probate office lists final settlement accounts of Aurelia Frink Mary A Dogne Geo Alen John Kolb executors of Francis Talka and guardian matters for Emanuel Rimbach Lizzie Jackson Sumner Cox George Cox Margaret Flood Mullen Katharine May Fairchild Samantha Wells. Also partial guardianship settlements for Ralph Montague Stafford Emily Farnsworth Byron Jackson Henry Rimbach Maud Myera and others with questions open until December 14 1901 at 10 o clock in the morning for examination and hearing.
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