05 Feb 1902
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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1902
Page
1
Elyria council adjourned after approving pay funds totaling 1470.89 and postponing a key waterworks resolution. A special session will reconvene Friday to debate hiring engineers to study lake Erie versus alternate sources and a proposed empounding reservoir south of town.
Health board regulations require physicians or others attending contagious cases to notify within twelve hours and for the health officer to place a prominent disease card on affected houses. A health notice must not be removed without board permission. Also includes a dated ad for Green's August Flower and a political notice from J. J. Vaughn seeking Republican county clerk nomination in Lorain County.
The text promotes Favorite Nearly Everywhere and DeWitt's Little Early Risers as remedies for constipation, described as causing dullness, depression, and headaches. It claims the pills stimulate the liver, relieve the condition, act quickly and thoroughly, and do not cause griping.
Michael Hopfinger of Lake Shore is named a policeman for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway for a three year term starting January 35th. Governor Nash issued the commission, signed by H. M. Shaul and State officials, stamping the document in Ohio. A Lorain theft report follows: Henry Koble's horse and buggy, left hitched on a Lorain street, vanished last Saturday night. A strange rig was found on Cheapside, taken to Biving livery stable, and later identified as the stolen property. Officer Whitney recovered the property before thieves were known. The Lorain County Medical Society will meet Tuesday February Mt at 2 p.m. at Hotel Franklin parlors. Dr. R. E Skeol will speak on obstetrics. All physicians in the county urged to attend.
The post office will establish a free rural delivery route west from Lorain extending to Oak Point and the ridge. The 26 mile route serves about 250 families. Elijah Hayden Post No 49 GAR will meet Friday evening February to install officers at headquarters. KF. Caywood has rented store room on West Broad Street ready for business around February 1.
The Elyria city council resolves to hire a civil engineer to investigate water source options including a plant at Butternut Ridge, weighing durability purity and operating costs. A committee of E H Williams F W Smith and Henry J Eady will hire the engineer and report detailed cost estimates. Also notes social visits sleigh rides and a German Methodist church meeting.
H Stetson files in the court of common pleas to quiet his title against Benjamin I French, John French, unknown heirs of Isaac Church and unknown heirs of Charles Leneghen. The case concerns about 63 acres in Ridgeville township with L B Fauver as the plaintiff's attorney.
Mr. McCreery of the Yaryan system urged a minimum 16 cent rate for hot water heating to avoid losses. He warned that 12 or 13 4 cents could not cover costs and argued extensions to suburbs require fair pricing. The council approved a 14 cent per year per foot radiation rate for hot water and 18 cents for steam. details of mains extensions and free heating for the city hall were noted whileMr Hay had not yet decided on franchise acceptance.
J C and Margaret Houghden transfer lot 832 in Sheffield Land Co addition Lorain to Henry Wurst for 3600 Frank A and Nellie E Smith transfer sub division lot 7 oud lot 27 Bowen and Wallace addition Elyria for 2600 A R Webber executor of Joseph Biggs to John C Miller part lot 8 Carlisle 61 810 acres for 3180 Leduard M and Carrie A Moore to Edward Barnes lot 171 John Stangs addition Lorain for 500 W H Warden sheriff to Henry Wurst lot 478 Sheffield and companys addition Lorain for 650 Edward Barnes to Leonard M Moore trustee lot 1 block 11 George E Brownells addition Lorain for 1050 On account of increase in framing business and lack of storage space we will not be responsible for unclaimed pictures after sixty days Eldred and Go 11
Addie Mahon sues George O Mahon in Common Pleas for divorce and restoration of Addie Dale Mahon’s maiden name. She alleges wilful neglect for five years and desertion for the past year. Other notices include Elyria Hardware vs John Copas for $84.47, and several local society and community items with names such as Fritz Rudin and Arthur Huber, Barbara Biendervatter, and many Lorain Elyria Oberlin residents. The Grafton car incident reports a snowbound trip with twenty passengers moved by sleighs. Community events cover high school entertainment, church activities, a funeral for Edward Brown, and local auctions announced for February 11 near Columbia.
Lorain and Richland counties face a partisan fight as they move toward separate congressional districts amid gerrymander concerns. The plan places Lorain, Medina, Erie, Sandusky, and Seneca in a mostly Republican seat, with Chamberlain resisting changes to keep Richland in the old Fourteenth. Rumors swirl about motives and district loyalties as politics reshapes the map. The piece ends noting a church service on Thursday evening.
Akron residents pledge 40000 to form a local organization while county plans 10000000 in bonds for a Cleveland courthouse. Akron Telephone Co reports 2800 phones in service and rural routes will get weather bulletins under a new rule. Various notes include a 1902 Youngstown directory listing 64428 people and ad copy for health products and Dr. Boschee’s German Syrup as cough remedy.
Reader testimonials praise One Minute Cough Cure for croup coughs and bronchitis and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for corns and skin woes. Advertorial notes claim fast relief and safety with references to H J Eady and H J Kady. Mrs Austins Wheat Food markets a family friendly breakfast product.
An advertisement touts De Witts Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles with burning itching and pain. It cites a testimonial from J Gerall of St Paul Ark who says it cured his bleeding piles after other treatments failed. The copy also promotes cold and cough remedies and a Brazilian Balm with long running success.
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