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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1906
Page
4
A reflective short essay urges readers to improve in the coming year. It emphasizes doing good, forming healthier habits, and building friendships. It notes past days of 1906 as opportunities for better choices and encourages a positive, dutiful approach to life in the new year.
The Board of Public Service will consider in a special meeting today several actions to secure relief for flooded areas near the Garford works. Authorities aim to hire labor and issue bonds to ensure timely completion of brick sewers, with work expected to start as soon as weather permits and extend into the spring.
A fragmented OCR piece depicts a scene at a theatre where actors are described as tired or bed. It features humorous dialogue and a pastor sermon excerpt about a Bible verse with Janet and ministers debating personal intent in a setting involving a vaudeville style performance and a church scene. Names include Miss Rose, Miss Gidstay-Sia, Aunt Sabina, and Vaele Obadiah amid a quirky exchange about apes and birds.
A dated recruitment notice seeks a fireman with Heenge qualifications. Provide address P O Box 368 or call Rawson 551 for details and application.
Rev. John Hopkins Denison of Central Church Boston argues for a minimum wage as a guard against starvation and unsustainable competition. He notes employers push wages down when surplus labor exists, recalls 1650 Boston price controls, and urges conversion of employers to Christian ethics and genuine worker relations.
The TelomGans Pictures stage a historic 1906 fight in Goldfield Nevada the Night of Passion drawing national attention. Gins retains the championship after an 18 round battle with $33 200 purse divided. More than 500 women attended amid lavish spectacle as the Gulfeta Moving Picture Company filmed 11 270 feet of footage. Films will be shown at Elyria Theatre January 1 with promises of superb reproduction and novel stage acts by The Brothers and John Byrne troupe.
The Byrne brothers, renowned pantomime comedians, announce their original production Eight Bells at Elyria Theatre on Wednesday January 2. They are praised as top pantomists and acrobats with feats never before seen in the country.
A famed motion picture attraction by Lymn H Howe appears Thursday and Friday at the Lisbe Theatre, promising clean, wholesome entertainment for all ages. Howe’s program is world wide in scope, drawing large local crowds and offering both education and delight through varied scenes. Also notes on rest for tired stomachs highlighting Kodol as a digestion aid, and a teaser about homeseekers' rates from B. & O. ticket agents.
Real estate ads offering modern 8 room houses near the square and on the west side with prices from 1400 to 3600 dollars. Some listings note cisterns gas city water and furnaces. Rentals listed at 12.50 per month with several 6 and 7 room options on East or West Side.
In Sandusky Ohio on December 21 Morgan, Vermilion’s young teacher, pleaded guilty to assaulting Mrs W J Stocum after she protested his treatment of her daughter. She was struck and knocked down. He was fined. Local residents defend him, noting his church work and character.
Postmaster General Hitchcock says postal employees need raised wages to maintain satisfactory service. He cites rising cost of living and high wages in other work, and notes civil service exams for appointments have been greatly reduced in the last two years.
A dense price rundown lists Butter Creamery, state and western butter, cheeses, eggs, poultry, pork products, and vegetables with varied quotes. Highlights include butter at 29e, cheese skim 6 90, eggs state and west 320, dressed poultry 2c higher live, and potatoes and tomatoes priced per crate or bushel depending on grade and source.
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