Claims of State Robbed Through Bridge Contracts Scandal
Officials report millions stolen from county treasuries via bridge contracts. Whitney cites peddlers using work trains to move goods to Fox Furnace at night. Mayor vows to shield merchants. Atty H C De Ran and ex-Atty Gen Prank Monnett claim county officials collude with bridge interests to fix high prices and skim profits. De Ran estimates state losses at 18 to 24.6 million. Evidence includes a secret agreement among 21 bridge firms to bid high and share surplus.
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Atty
H.C. de Ran
Fremont
Prank Monnett
de Ran
Cleveland & Southwestern Expands Suburban Service
Cleveland December 14 The Cleveland and Southwestern has received ten suburban cars with five more on order. Limited trains will run Cleveland to Wooster daily, cutting travel time to two and a half hours. Service will extend to Oberlin and Elyria with revised car mileage and higher revenue for November. The firm reports an $8,206.60 gain versus last year.
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Cleveland, Dev
Cleveland & Southwestern
Cleveland
Southern Division
Wooster
the Square
Phils
Berea
Oberlin
Hlyria
Elyria
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims 100 Dollar Reward
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan & Marvin and asserts the remedy works internally through the blood and mucous surfaces. Price listed as 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available. Sold by all druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
All Drugats
Trke Hall
Peddlers Arrested After City Stopover
Chief of Detectives Whitney intercepted two men seen selling goods door to door on Second Street. They claimed they only asked for directions to the Co L W work car, but the mayor ruled they were vending without a license and ordered them from town within thirty minutes.
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Whitney
Second Street
Lo' Rain
Lorain Deputy Election Bill Dispute Settled
Lorain city officials dispute municipal election costs with the county board. The board decides Lorain must pay expenses for voter registration and purely municipal elections while general county elections remain a county burden. The final allocation of charges will be left to the board's discretion. Mrs. Austin's Buckwheat is advertised with a note on its buckwheat flavor.
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County Board of Elections
F. M Stevens
Ely
City of Lorain
Custer Snider
City of
Lorain
Election Board
King
Custer Snyder
Board of Elections
New Oberlin Social Roundup At Peters Schmitz Home
Friends and neighbors gathered at Mr and Mrs Peter A Schmitz home on Sunday evening. Several local visits and birthday celebrations are noted, with many attendees from nearby towns. An evening of games songs and music is described as enjoyed by all. Pain relief ads close the item.
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Peter A Schmitz
Nick Busch
Cleveland
Justen
John Yunglass
Dora
John J. Justen
Pittsfield
Misa Louisa Burger
Lorain
John Younglaga
Martin Kuch
Sapima
Carlisle
William Braun
Henrietta
Henry Mannes
Jacob Wahkleber
John Wohleber
Peter Nufer
Lena
Elyria
Clara Justen
C. Justen
Gertrude B. Schmitz
Peter A. Schmitz
Gertrude
Elyta
Jacob J. Schmitz
M. Andrews
F. H. Hart
North Ridgeville News and Local Social Notices
Alfred Walker of Grand Rapids visits his twin brother Alvin Walker in North Ridgeville. Elsis Wilson was in Cleveland on Monday. Mrs Chas Paddock of Detroit visits her parents the Sheldon Paddocks. Earl Buck and wife and Al Glider and family attend a family dinner at Will Buck's. A new baby appeared at Mr and Mrs George Bohrer’s home last Wednesday. Joseph Pratt Sr. not improving in health. Mr and Mrs H T Culver return from two weeks in LaPorte Indiana. Congregational church Ladies Society supper and sale a financial success. Everything sold from doughnuts to quilts. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea advertised. Samuel B Morse, of Newtonville Mass, grandson of the inventor of the electric telegraph, named captain of the Yule team.
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Alfred Walker
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Alvin Walker
Elsis Wilson
Cleveland
Chas. Paddock
Detroit
Sheldon Paddock
Earl Buck
al. Glider
Will Buck
George Bohrer
Joseph Pratt
Old Moore Foretells a Tumultuous 1906 for Nations
A London paper touts Old Moore the almanac genius predicting a busy year across 1906. January hints at naval agitation linked to Germany, February warns anarchist arrivals, March touches Morocco tensions, April foresees American sailors deserting, and May hints at a religious revival and jail crowds. June envisions motor cars overtaking horses, August brings Russian upheaval, with a heavy European war cloud looming in September.
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Old Moore
Geniua
Almanac
London
Whitehall
Old Moora
Mediterranean
Germany
Great Britain
Balfour
Scotland Yard
Lord Stanley
Morocco
Mr. Balfour
Bluejackets
Horse
Rusela
Europe
Deer Necklace and a Cigar Tale from Kansas City
A Scotch hunter recalls a deer entangled by a tin pad like a strange necklace, causing trouble and fear among nearby deer, with possible death from shock. Captain Flahive recounts a night in a West Side residence district when a man offered a box of cigars to an officer to discover who was being murdered after hearing a loud singing disturbance.
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Caithness
Thomas Flahive
Kansas City Independent
Wind bells of many styles with prices up to $200
The wind bell is a wind driven contraption of pendants in a ring that rings when breeze moves them. Variants use glass metal leaves and different pendant lengths with prices from 25 cents to 200 dollars. Original home is Japan and uses rings lanterns and temple settings.
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Japan
Train No 11 Runa via Akron Pullman Cars
Train No 11 runs via Akron with Nos 17 16 43 equipped with Pullman and Parlor Cars. Daily except Sunday. Pay station. G A Dachhler ticket agent.
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Runa
Akron
Dally
tExcept
G. A. Dachtler
Clancy's Horse in a Race and Probing Relations
A Springfield contractor, Michael Clancy, who bought multiple horses for Saratoga, bets ten dollars on a likely winner while watching from the grand stand with field glasses. His friends tease him about the win place, and Clancy jokes he cannot tell if his horse is last in one race or first in another. A separate Washington Star item defines relations as folks who keep mothers hard at work for fear they will be judged on inspection.
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Clancy
Springfield
Michael Clancy
Boston Herald
Washington Star
City Car Schedules From Elyria To Cleveland and Nearby
Passenger trains and motor cars depart Elyria and Public Square Cleveland hourly from early morning to late evening with limiteds at specified times. Services extend to Oberlin Wellington Lorain North Amherst Grafton Birmingham Berlin Heights Norwalk and others, with variant gaps on weekends and certain routes. O Wilson, G B P, 614 Garfield Bldg., Cleveland, O.
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Elyria
Public Square
Cleveland
Oberlin
North Amherst
Grafton
Birmingham
Berlin Heights
Norwalk
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de Witt
New Oberlin
Holliater
Rocky Mountain
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the Reporter
Por Advertisers
North Ridgeville
Hollister
H. A. Dykeman
Samuel B. Morse
Newtonville
Mass
Yule
Prophet
H.W. Patrick
Hye
Lomerthe Greduste
Oberlin Conservatory of
Flytia Bik
Eldred’s Book Store
Baltimore & Ohio
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Sawer
Marssonzeees
Seeger
Engtgonenes
Pinus Ety
Hsaras Sleeper
EGE
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Elyria Telephone Company
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H. N. Tanner
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Buffalo
Chicago
Sandusky
West Bound
Daly
Day Express
Western
Betroit Express
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Pacific Express
Fast Mail
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L. P. Baxtine
Gp& T. A Ticket Agt
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Cols, & Cinti
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Cols, & Cinei
Cleveland . So Traction Co
O. Wilson
G. BP
Garfield Bldg
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Cara
S. Loraie
Cass
Cuba, Florida
Warren J, Lynch
Gen
Ticket Agt
Cincinnati
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B. O. Kelsey
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