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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1905
Page
6
Bets favor Jack O'Brien as the Quaker faces Sam Fitzsimmons in a boxing setup. Reported training includes long road run and light sparring as O'Brien weighs 162 3/4 pounds after morning workouts. public interest centers on why Fitzsimmons remains favored despite aging.
Hugo Kelly of Chicago, after a draw with Young Mahoney of Milwaukee, challenges the winner of the Fitzsimmons O Brien bout. Kelly claims he beat O’Brien before and can do it again, with manager Silvio Perretti backing him. The match, described as fast and furious, yielded a draw amid Kelly’s superiority in science and ring generalship.
O Leary of the Detroits is mentioned as a brother. Jessie Burkett of the Bostons will not jump to the Pittsburg Tri State league team. Burkett will receive a release from the Boston Americans and then buy the Lawrence franchise to transfer to Worcester, Massachusetts. The Lake Shore Electric plans include 12 car trains to cut Toledo to Cleveland time to about three hours and thirty minutes. Superintendent Stout contemplates regular trains to ease holiday congestion, with single motorman operation on long trains.
In Akron Ohio the league dispute centers on reserve players and allocation amid objections from Akbar and Lancaster. Officials say the division’s action strengthens the league through reserve figures across classes, while some clubs contest the assignments and rostering rules.
Connie Mack says Rube Wadell may play for the Athletics next season or not at all, with Mack unwilling to trade him. Hartzell predicts a strong season for the Browns. The National League reserve list lists 218 players, Brooklyn leading with 386. The American League has 269 reserves, Cleveland top with 39, Athletics second with 38. A new team from Mariatia, Ohio, reportedly backed by Pittsburgh capital will exist next summer. More runs were yielded to Cy Young than to Mathewson last season, though Cy walked fewer batters and fanned more. Mathewson’s future success remains a question as he nears 4th year. Two Buck Freemans will play for the Boston Americans next season, including a new first baseman from Indianapolis.
A McKeesport paper reports Lorain officials failed to recruit skilled workers for tube mills. Initial hires came from McKeesport, but as new mills opened, demand grew. Most approached machinists and furnace men were content where they were, forcing Lorain to seek workers elsewhere.
Charles Bradford of Case eleven was elected captain of the Scientists for next season on Friday. Bradford’s selection came as a surprise since Right End Brandt had been regarded as the likely leader.
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Yale captain Thomas Shelvin and Harvard star Karl Brill condemn football brutality. Shelvin defends the game as OK as it is and argues rules suffice. Brill says the sport is brutal and calls for abolition from American colleges, calling football war and hell.
Billy Phyle, famed for the longest blacklist tenure in his league, shows waning interest in his reinstatement. He was promised review at the fall meeting but nothing happened beyond a motion to table it until spring. After over three years out for alleged false statements, he plans no risk and may sign with Harrisburg in the Tristate league for a hefty wage.
Geo Spear, famed New England trainer and Grand Circuit driver, has returned to racing. He recently visited Hampton and Lexington area, saw two year old trotter Silko, reportedly considering a purchase. Spear witnessed Biliko’s Lexington Stake win and foresees a strong three year old season for Moko and Silikon in 1906. No purchases reported.
The MB church suspends Sunday evening Christmas exercises because of whooping cough and scarlet fever. Local cases reported south of Lawn while families plan tiny gatherings and visits. Several residents make short trips to Cleveland and Medina for errands and hospitalities as families prepare for the holidays.
Cleveland high schools have been supplied with wrestling mats and will contest for school honors. Afterward the high school senate will be petitioned to permit exhibitions for interscholastic honors.
Berea reports the death of W R Baldwin’s three year old daughter from pneumonia after a brief illness, with burial at Mt Vernon. A J Browns taxidermy exhibit in G B Brown’s rooms features a rare collection including a large New Brunswick moose and many birds and animals, admission 10 cents for adults and 5 for children. The grand jury did not indict Mrs Anna Neuman for the earlier head-cutting incident, as Sam Betz recovered and testified settlement.
An Omaha described city of 1,200 in northern Nebraska near a great river could become a leading glass producer using nearby silica deposits and water power generating about 4000 horsepower. Electric arc glassmaking, simpler and cleaner, is cited with Belgium as example of continuous production of thin window and horticultural glass using a 38 to 44 inch wide sheet machine.
The largest pension claim since Commissioner Warner’s tenure was granted to a Civil War veteran confined at St. Elizabeth Government Hospital for the Insane. An accrued pension of 9,848 dollars is paid as a lump sum with future monthly payments of 30 dollars. A portion of the sum will cover maintenance during his confinement. the allowance will provide additional comforts.
Penfield residents report social visits and guests from nearby towns. Minnie Crosier spent Thursday in Penfield, Carrie Metcalf hosted, and many neighbors attended gatherings. The 8. 8. of the M. E. and Congregational churches planned a Christmas Eve event at the Methodist church. Dynamite blast in Suez canal sank steamship, hole 73 feet deep, 1500 foot water column. Bible society to publish Chamorro gospel edition in Japan.
A fragmented note describes Oregon refusing to house United States prisoners at less than three dollars per week while the federal government caps pay at thirty four dollars, leading to fourteen prisoners being turned over to the United States marshal. It also includes ad copy for Buckwheat and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, plus a Rhodes Scholars remark about Oxford students and the term Rhodesters.
The Dorothy Dodd line embraces styles from street to Ball Room and beyond. They are available for all uses while combining happiness, fit, and moderate price, offering essential quality across the range.
Classified notice lists sale of fixtures at Central Shoe Store including Trojan Button Fastener Safe Desk and Lettering items. Mixed garbled text references address details and a 12-16-34 date line, with inquiries at 49 Rim Street. Also notices a wanted position for a lady stenographer at The Reporter Office.
Classified item lists requests for back issues of The Reporter dated October 26 November 10 13 29 from Elyria Ohio. It also offers two six room rental houses on Sumner Street for 12 dollars monthly and promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain beauty product with a 35 cent price and seller H A Dykeman.
A 19th century style recruitment claim offers paid at home work for women with promises of weekly earnings and spare time pay. It asserts honesty from experience and invites responses to Mrs. W. W. Mitchell Box 10 Portland Maine for full particulars, warning of no upfront money.
A fragmentary verse snippet appears to depict fear and faith as intertwined motifs. Read as historical prose poetry, the lines hint at a storyteller’s meditation on courage, belief, and nature, with archaic diction shaping a somber reflective mood.
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