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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
2
A damaged OCR fragment mentions subscription terms and monthly payments. It names Cathy as a reporter and hints at an urban setting. Details are unclear and many words are garbled, leaving the exact topic and entities uncertain.
A cafe tale recalls a New York fruit cake saga where a narrator laments a costly express delivery then describes recieving a cake from her mother. The story ends with a humorous auction sale and a note of a lavish gift to mother.
A humorous column ponders restaurant rhythms in New York Italian eateries. It notes customers may declare I don’t care for spaghetti to halt service, compare the effect to a boiler explosion, and contrasts this with standard course timing and service quirks. It also recalls quips from Chicago Daily News and Brooklyn Life about judgment and progress.
In a Chicago tale Rudolph Strauss a violinist from abroad captivates Margaret Stoddard at church. After pressure and a threat to reveal his feelings, Margaret’s father intervenes. A forged bill accuses her of neglect but reveals Strauss is ill. The German father explains his son is deteriorating with brain fever.
A brief ad fragment lists property at Bank and West 4th street near a new bridge with six rooms and water access, offered at 250 dollars. Also notes felt shoes, warm options, and local candy shop items while mentioning Green Spring water and a Century block Candy Kitchen.
D H Barker of Chattanooga Tenn testifies Vinol cured years of indigestion and stomach trouble. The endorsement notes Vinol contains cod liver oil elements, promises relief, strength, and healthier blood, with a money back guarantee from a local druggist and editor’s endorsement.
A Detroitree Press report notes the habit of people in hot climates to use toes instead of hands for carrying and handling goods, including women balancing bundles on the head. Babies also use toes like fingers when shoeless. The piece compares this to monkeys and suggests shoes and stockings as a cure for the “malady.” A brief exchange ends with a light joke about being too good.
A fragmented grocery ad lists Brend Coffee 1 lb Empire Bread Coffer 1 lb Western Reserve Coffeesl 1 lb Mervuce Moca and Jaya Coffee Senora Coffee 1 lb Liptons Coffee 1 lb Yacht Club Coffee 1 lb ze 250 Boe Se See 2be 4be 20¢ Edward's Chop Tea per lb pkg Edward's Magnolia 2g lb pkg Lipton's Tea by tb figs Snaduda Tea 14 lb pkg. "6
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