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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
5
ORO ORO KOK W. M. Smith spends week at Centertown while Isaac Harkleroad returns from St. Louis. Mrs Lawrence of Painesville is entertained. May Tennant visits Oberlin. Mayo Roe returns to Erie after town stay. Several residents host or visit relatives in Cleveland, Lorain, Norwalk, and Toledo during Christmas season.
A Poor Jones of Vermilion files for divorce from his wife married last August charging scorn and contempt. The item also lists Christmas visits by local residents to relatives in Gratton Lansing Ohio and nearby towns, plus brief notes on local guardianship, social visits, and a Christmas shoot at the Elyria Gun Club.
Rude fragmentary notice mentions a special sale this week with bargains on tobacco products and a comedic line about the man with an empty pair of socks. Names and clear details are scarce but convey a local-fare notice vibe.
Cleveland December 26 Preparations for a strong naval recruitment campaign in a 13 county Northern Ohio district led by Commander W P White. In the past week 600 posters were distributed to post offices as visits to county seats are planned to enlist all eligible applicants. Only 65 recruits in two months with four desertions. Yesterday five applicants appeared at the local office. White notes homesickness drives early desertions, later replaced by interest in service.
An attempt by H R Devereux of Cleveland to establish a large Wellington stock farm with Pat Shank in charge has collapsed. Shank refused to leave Litchfield where he has lived for years, citing the village’s sunlit mornings and limited urban features. Devereux abandoned the project, saying it is not worth pursuing without Shank.
The B. and G. railroad company gave its telegraph operators a substantial Christmas gift Tuesday with a rise in salary. Increases range from 3.50 to 7.60 dollars per month depending on length of service.
Bloomington Alabama December 24 Robert McKinney a Vermilion County chemist announces a perfected process to make vinegar from corncobs A ton of corncobs yields eleven gallons of alcohol which Meinneys process then converts to seventy five gallons of vinegar If proven credible the vinegar business could be revolutionized and prices greatly reduced.
In Jackson Mississippi on December 26 nine black residents and two white residents were killed outright with one white man badly wounded as race tensions erupted in northern Kemper County after state militia withdrawal. Governor Vardaman may declare martial law over the Wahalak area for a week or more to halt hostilities.
Atlanta readers report a blaze at Harper Brothers livery stable early this morning. About 500 horses and mules perished, with losses around 100000 dollars. The fire, blamed on safe blowers, started when an office safe exploded a lamp, and a railroad employee’s intoxication is cited as a felony if death results in California.
Graham Taylor cites strong AFL unity and democratic reach in Chicago as the federation debates President Gompers new political policy. He notes cautious but resolute labor action, independence from Congress, and a call to expand economic power while avoiding class conflict. Samuel Gompers warns progress rests on members' conscience and unity.
The Hamilton cotton mills in Amesbury Massachusetts raise wages for all operatives by 10 percent. The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad raises switchmen wages by 4 cents per hour. The 1907 convention will be held in Norfolk Virginia with John T. Dempsey of the United Mine Workers and William Klapetzsky of the Barbers Union to represent the AFL at the British trades congress next year.
The United States Steel Corporation announces a new construction program featuring 13 open hearth furnaces at Youngstown. The plan links with the Bessemers rail mill to enable rolling hot ingots from the open hearth department. Gary's facility will follow after Youthstown’s completion.
New York reports a total interest payout of about 200.6 million dollars on January 1 with large sums from The Hill roads 3.805 million Canadian Pacific 1.5 million United States Steel 6.5 million and railroads near 100 million. Public service firms 20 million and Uncle Sam 11 million for national debt payments. American Telephone Trust 3.173 million Tobacco Trust 1.18 million Harriman lines about 5 million.
George Meean, colored, became intoxicated Monday night and attacked billiard tables at a Loop restaurant. He was arrested and fined five dollars plus costs in police court on Tuesday by Mayor Chapman. The piece closes with unrelated musings on breathing under different emotions.
Twins Wik Kat and Henry Munger aged 37 years were killed Tuesday night by a Grand Trunk freight train while walking along tracks from Vicksburg with arms full of Christmas presents.
Local notice invites customers to leave cider for groceries during Christmas season and promises significant savings on items such as quinces, nuts, grapes, layers, raisins, oranges, lemons, figs, dates, prunes, apricots, citron, and citrus peels.
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