Caught in the Web at the Opera House Tomorrow
The Elyria Reporter notes a gross detective drama at the opera house tomorrow night. Also, the Elks Ribbon Club hosts a dance Thursday in the Elks ballroom and the Chamber of Commerce banquet is set for February 11 with tickets on sale.
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Ribbon Club
Elks
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Allen
Waylor
Johnson
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J ©. Will
Miss Hath
Hill
New York
Clark
Women in Optics Earn Respect as Skilled Opticians
The piece notes that women increasingly enter optics and win success on merit. It highlights accuracy and discernment as key traits for fitting spectacles and lenses, mentions need for physiology and chemistry knowledge, and cites schools admitting women on equal terms.
The Calendar Custom and Notable historical notes
The piece traces the holiday calendar gift tradition from ancient Greeks and Romans to 15th century Kalendarium Novum and modern printed calendars. It notes a Western Kansas tale of a dead Man's Gulch cottonwood linked to lynching lore and a northward travel quip about Botha and Schwab with brief references to Colombia, railway limits, Monte Carlo schemes, and meta-news tidbits from Chicago papers.
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Philadelphia
Alexandria
Buda
Hungary
Mathias
Lyncchers
Wellington Mail
Sumner County
Kansas
Kansas City Journal
Hays City
Colombia
Germany
Ensign & Wilkins Bargain Sale and Local Notices
The Lorain County Banking Company advertises banking services and rates. Ensign & Wilkins promotes a fifth annual bargain sale with discounts and furniture offers and lists rooms for rent and real estate for sale or trade including properties on West 4th Street and East Avenue.
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Ensign & Wilkins
East Avenue
W. H. Tucker Lofts
West 4Th Street
7Th Street
One Way Free Sunday Trip on Nickel Plate Road
Cheap Sunday special offers one fare for a round trip between any two stations on the Nickel Plate Road. Tickets valid for travel between any two points with fall information available from the nearest ticket agent or C A Asterlin T P A KPt Wayne Ind No 16w3.
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Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin T. P. A
Wayne
Ind
A. Asterlin
Ft. Wayne
Washington praised as highest prose model over Stevenson and Macaulay
A University of Chicago lecture argues prose value comes from content over form. Prof. Trees elevates George Washington above Stevenson and Macaulay for practical, experience grounded writings, while criticising theatre as a didactic medium and noting Shakespeare’s era warned against sensationalism.
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University of Chicago
Oscar LE
Washington
Benjamin Pranklin
Stevenson
Macaulay
Bat Little
Macatliy
Wiliam D. MacCliptock
Department of English
T Teater
Nevadan christening signals dual fuel steamship debut
Mildred Morse christened the Nevadan, a new transoceanic steamer for American-Hawaiian. Built in Philadelphia, this vessel can burn oil or coal in its furnaces with no engine stoppage and promises high speed. The Nevadan registers 4500 tons and measures 7 feet by 46 feet by 34 feet.
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Mildred Morse
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. 7
Nevadan
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Philadelphia
Nebraskan
Texan
Emperor William Gift to Harvard Requires New Building
The emperor will donate a large collection of casts and bronzes illustrating German sculpture from the Romancesque to the Renaissance. Thousands of casts from cities across the empire will be funded entirely from the emperor’s private purse, estimated at about 500000 marks, and Harvard must build a special house for them, per Andrew D. White’s note to President Eliot.
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William
Harvard
Andrew D. White
United States
Berlin
Eliot
Harvard University
Bottle’s Long Journey Across Oceans Remains a Mystery
Jessie Wilson found a bottle off Santa Monica with a note from Walter Roeder of Bloomington Illinois. The message said the bottle started in the Mackinaw River and drifted 10 000 miles to the California coast after two years. A telegram confirmed the author’s identity and the tale drew notices in Chicago papers.
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Jessie Wilson
Santa Monica
Pacific
Central Finois
Cape Horn
Walter Roeder
Bloomington
Ill
Mackinnaw River
Atlantic Ocean
Illinois
Mississippi
California
Mr. Roeder
Messigre
Clayton Chapman Seeks Lorain County Probate Judge Nomination
Announcement that Clayton Chapman will seek the Republican county convention nomination for probate judge and respectfully asks Lorain County Republicans for support.
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Lorain County
Clayton Chapman
One Way Free Rail Fare Ad May Tell of Nickel Plate
A vintage rail promotional note advertises a free round trip fare on Sundays on the Nickel Plate Road. Tickets valid between any two stations, with information from a ticket agent. The notice names Asterlin as TPA in Fort Wayne Indiana and carries ticket details.
Vinol Pneumonia? Bronchitis Cure Claim in Local Appeal
A village ad extols Vinol as a cure for bronchitis and pulmonary ailments. It shares a patient letter from Anna Ray of Bangor Maine praising rapid relief after four doses, and promises refunds if no benefit, inviting readers to inquire for more details.
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Vinci
Anna Ray
Bangor
Vincl
Russian farmer receives record machinery shipments to Black Sea
Five full shiploads of American agricultural machinery will depart from New York and Philadelphia within six weeks bound for Odessa and Novorossisk. They total at least 36,000 tons, about 80 percent more than last year’s direct consignments to the region. The Othello carries over 10,000 tons of reapers and harvesters, with McCormick arvester Co shipping nearly 9,000 tons, the era’s largest export to a foreign port. Remaining cargo includes Deering Harvester and Johnson Harvester Co units.
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New York
Philadelphia
Black Sea
Wilson Hners
Alfred H. Bast & Co
New York City
Odessa
Novorossisk
McCormick Arvester Company
Chicago
Castello
Deering Harvester Company
Johnson Harvester Company
Batavia
Boy Heals Hundreds By Hands On Cure Powers
John Griffit from near Gilead claims a divine gift for healing. He says he prays while laying on hands and has cured over 400 cases without failure. He offers free treatment at specific lunar times and at night, without church affiliation. The public and medical circles show growing interest.
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John Griffit
Gilead
Griffit
Endow and reform missions in England by Lady Cook
Claflin plans reform work in England with vigor once shown in the United States. She intends to endow schools and conference halls to teach practical charity and views, aiming to use her fortune as directed by her late husband. She promises to educate the people about the body as the temple of God and duties to self and family. A patent medicine ad promotes Kid-No-Oids with a no cure no pay claim.
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Claflin
England
United States
Lady Cook
God
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