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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1906
Page
6
The Board of Public Safety reviewed accounts and found a bill for police flashlights at $7.90 per dozen. Mr Crisp objected calling for cheaper lights that can be bought for twenty cents each. A motion instructed the police chief to purchase flashlights in the cheapest market in the future.
Wabash officials arrived in Cleveland to discuss contracts for the Orrville to Bolivar segment and plans to extend toward Lorain. The sixteen mile low grade route will cost about 900000 and reduce grades from 10 percent to 4 percent, with contract awards expected late this week. The company has completed twelve of thirty eight passing tracks and doubled capacity at Homestead and Columbia freight terminals.
A compact advertisement touts Just a little Kodol after meals to relieve indigestion symptoms. It claims Kodol digests what you eat and aids stomach function. Also pitches Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at 385 cents, with tea or tablets, by H A Dykeman.
The following real estate transfers were recorded on Thursday with multiple properties in Elyria Lorain Amherst and Eaton. Transactions include Clayton Chapman trustee to Henry and Dora Life lot 129 and 180 in Crisp and Pettibone's Fairview addition Elyria for 330 dollars. Julius and Eliza Glick to Oscar Olson lot 44 Lorain for 2600 dollars. Rollin A McConnell and Dora McConnell to Herman J Schulte and Anna Schultz land in Lorain for 500 dollars. Charles Karlinski and wife to Charlie Cook and Mildred Cook in Columbia township for 2200 dollars. Elizabeth Tristram Lorain to C W Purcell land of Lorain for 600 dollars. Fred Gotson to G H Gerlach land in Amherst for 400 dollars. Jean Gotson to Adam Schrader land in Amherst for 440 dollars. Gottlieb Kuiefler and Johanna Kneffier to Benjamin Redfern land in Amherst for 400 dollars. John F P Witt and Henrietta Witt to Gottlieb Kneffler and Johanna Kneffler land in Amherst for 145 dollars. Ralph Felt to Christian Augusta Schott land in Eaton township for 3800 dollars. A V Hageman to W N Little lot in Lorain for 2000 dollars.
The Washington Monument stands at 556 feet, the world’s tallest monument. The Eiffel Tower in Paris, at 989 feet, is the tallest structure ever built with a passenger elevator reaching the summit.
A sketch of Marshall Field’s ascent from Conway Massachusetts to Chicago’s retail empire. Born on a farm, he rose from porter and stock clerk to partner, then built a vast business with $50,000,000 annual trade by 1906. He promoted merit through a civil service style ladder and kept a modest, charitable life. His 1905 marriage to Delia Spencer Caton marked a high point near the end of a long career.
Columbus dispatch outlines incorporation of Evie Ship Canal and Evie Terminal companies at 10000 capital each in Oak Point Lorain county. Northern terminus near Beaver Creek mouth and southern near North Amherst, with terminals by the creek. Incorporators unnamed. law firm Arnold & Morton cites not a railroad move but land control. Questions linger on true motive and potential railroad to the beach once dock work begins. F S Knox expands land options. options expire March 1 with a one time extension. Rumors tie in Carnegie interests. mystery remains over purpose of 3000 acres optioned.
A collage of facts on animal reproduction yields, a Toledo Ohio petition about Hall's Catarrh Cure with a notarized oath, and an advertisement for investing guidance and free six month magazine trial. The piece also mentions census shifts near Columbus Indiana and Baltimore, and a Chicago address offering a want column.
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