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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1906
Page
7
Fragmentary schedule page lists hourly and half hourly intercity routes including Cleveland, Elyria, Oberlin, Wellington, and Norwalk connections with varied departure times and routes. Dense OCR shows multiple time stamps, locations, and agencies, reflecting a regional transit timetable from the era.
Baseball salaries and league expansion are discussed as Dolan signs with Little Rock in the Southern league and Sandusky interest lingers in the O P league. Veteran Brown and Mathay draw attention while Ed Mundson shifts to law in McKeesport and may not play this year.
A Minne Janolis player, once a strong hitter, stopped after joining the Western League until Comlatey arranged for him to use a Delehanty bat. He began hitting again, even leading the league, while attempts to mimic the bat’s unique feel failed and led to repeated strikeouts.
A reflective piece on Sundays as a sacred period shaping memories and family life. It recalls childhood acts, courtships, and shared rituals, emphasizing Sunday’s unique moral and emotional weight and its role in preserving love and lineage. The section interweaves nostalgia with a promotion for Kodol digestive aid.
The article describes Terry McGovern as dead to the fighting world and notes his lifelong obsession with boxing. It claims his reverses after Corbett ruined him, his moneyed friends' futile efforts, and that he is now restricted to confinement behind padded walls unless reports of his condition improve.
Reverend Dr. Ethelbert Warfield of Lafayette College in Euston defended football as the greatest American college game and the value of slang for expression. The speech surprised faculty members yet excited student representatives in the audience.
Cyrus finally ends an eighteen year tenure in the National League as the seasoned pitcher with the longest distance record in the universe. The veteran, famed for remaining with the major clubs for so long, ends his lengthy association with the league.
Philadelphia claimed Conksvoy Byrnes Shuman and Holmes on waivers Detroit took Morgan and Lindsay New York claimed Newton St Louis put Koehler Boston claimed Hayden and Jackson Cleveland on Jackson
Connie Mack says Monte Cross and Ossie Shreck likely to rejoin the Athletics after waivers. Ossie has signed the pledge and stays on the water wagon.
A poetic fragment contrasts ladder climbers with a faded social image. The piece notes men striving for each inch of progress and a woman who was once worried but becomes admired as a beauty after using Rocky Mountains Tea.
The piece profiles Boris Pierce as a premier Indian football strategist who coached the Isle of Car team to major success, including a win over the University of Minnesota. It also praises Princeton coach Bill Roper for season leadership and trainer War Flood’s pivotal role, noting star pitchers and boxers like Reulbach, Brown, McGinnity, and Gans’ comments on Nelson vs Herman, and highlights Hosaben as a top weight carrier noted for carrying heavy loads in races.
A Chicago News item recounts a husband gambler who bets ten dollars on a sure thing and loses then wins small bets before a big stroke of luck with a hundred to one shot. His wife scolds him while noting household needs like a hat and shoes. The piece skewers gambling bravado with a humorous domestic scene.
A Philadelphia Press quote on courage switches to a playful tale of a stickler sparrow pair and a humorous take on proof of nocturnal mischief. The second anecdote recounts a doctor’s hypnotism experiment with a sun chalked ceiling leading to a fatal sunstroke, from the Mergendorter Blatter column.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat fragment compiles quips on insurance payments, drunkenness, swearing, and social virtue. The excerpt juxtaposes a sincere man praising benevolence with satirical captions and dated humor about debt, prosperity, and manners. Baron Gybo and a waiter exchange banter amid a broader collage of cartoons and morals.
A historical note surveys sawdust uses from floor coverings and pipe insulation to fuel briquettes and chemical distillation. It highlights shifts from free disposal to sale, with applications in paper making, explosives, gas production, and industrial fuels, alongside obsolete floor substitutes and evolving insulating materials.
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