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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
4
An old ad lists a grain farm for sale around 170 acres with contact Geo Garford of Elyria Ohio and includes a rental option in Hamilton for partial payment. The rest of the clip promotes De Witt Laid Early Risers and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with testimonials about digestion.
Erection of a grand passenger station for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway proceeds in Chicago. Through trains now arrive at and depart from Grand Central Station at Fifth Avenue and Harrison Street while the Twenty-Second Street station closes and a new Thirty-First Street station opens for all through Lake Shore trains. Also appears ads for remedies and a political notice for probate judge candidate E. H. Hinman.
The Chicago 400, a travel and topics journal, arrives courtesy of Chicago and North-Western Key. It showcases California scenery with fine tinted half-tones and flawless letter press. Copy free on application or mailed for two cents to A. F. Cleveland in Cleveland Ohio.
The Wisconsin Central Ry offers seated travelers reduced round trip tickets from Chicago to Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and British Columbia with service from March 1 daily through April 30 1903. For details contact local agents or T D Campbell in Cincinnati and Jan Pond in Milwaukee.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway offers excursion tickets to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola from February 8 to 15 at reduced rates. Tickets are valid for return until February 15. A. J. Smith G P and T A Cleveland Ohio provides details.
London reports detail experiments by Dr. T. J. Bakenham using Tesla like high frequency currents to aid consumption patients. A 0,000 volt current administered in tiny doses aims to reduce cough night sweats boost appetite and weight. Critics doubt lasting benefit but Dr. Bakenham remains hopeful about the system’s future.
Shanghai seeks bids to build and operate a 23 mile electric railroad. New York banks and American electrical firms show strong interest while a separate operating company may be formed. A London firm also expected to bid for the contract with a Chinese agent of the International Banking Corporation in Shanghai.
The postal savings bank in Amsterdam uses the Monier system with a bird cage like steel frame covered in Portland cement. The construction promises strength fire resistance and waterproofing while Eur pean government buildings and factories increasingly adopt it. A London fashion journal critic praises a dancer’s grace and grip noting a rare decisive quality in performance. Nickel Concerts in New York aim to attract youth with high standard programs in public school venues. John D Rockefeller Sr comments that the world owes no living to any man and will not guarantee wealth to every generation.
The Carnegie College of Rogers Ohio offers two free tuition scholarships to Lorain county residents. One covers a course on campus and the other covers a correspondence course. Courses in normal, academic and business fields are taught with mail teaching. Applicants should address Carnegie College Rogers Ohio.
A treasury bureau of statistics monograph surveys a century of US material industry growth from 1806 to 1901. It highlights production rises in cotton, wood, wheat, corn, copper, iron, petroleum, coal, and gold, plus huge gains in exports, wealth, money in circulation, deposits, and railways.
A Westminister meeting chaired by Lord Reay discussed sending delegates to Germany and the United States to study education. The plan broadens to include a separate commission to inquire into labor relations between masters and labor leaders.
A dated medical advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as curing female weaknesses and related dizziness headaches backaches and disorders. It claims to restore strength and health for women with dis ease irregularity and draining conditions, and praises Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative. The testimonial cites Mrs Milton Grimes of Adair Iowa detailing long illness and recovery after using multiple Pierce remedies.
Legal notice from Stetson administrator for Lorain County Ohio notes unknown heirs of Tange Churan Into of Bidvevilla and Charlen Leneghen of Figile must respond by April 15, 1902. It seeks partition of described premises in Center Township and surrounding parcels, referencing prior deeds and mortgages and listing names and dates to establish rightful ownership and division.
A testimonial from H. J. Hady credits DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve with curing bed sores and long distress. The note calls it the best salve on the market and warns buyers to beware of counterfeits.
California trips run from Chicago on Tuesdays and Thursdays, via Colorado and the Southern Route through Texas. Daily first class sleeper Chicago to San Francisco offers comfortable, inexpensive travel with scenic Rockies and Sierra Nevada views. For full info contact L. Miller at 409 Rialto Building, Chicago.
The Nickel Plate Road will sell Homeseekers Excursion tickets to all points in the west northwest and southwest on February 4 and February 18 with liberal return limits. Inquire at the nearest ticket agent or C A Asterlin T P A Wayne Indiana.
The Florida Special runs weekdays at 12 35 p m with sleeping and dining cars from Cleveland to Jacksonville and St Augustine without change Tickets available at Collver s 116 Euclid Avenue Probate Judge announces candidacy for the Republican county convention nominating process to succeed the judge.
Mrs Elizabeth Parcell of Marcus Hook Pennsylvania reports severe side pains and says the Brazilian Balm gave almost instant relief when other remedies failed. She claims it permanently cured the ailment after use.
Schedule in effect November 1 1901 lists northbound and local stops from Cleveland to Wheeling including Medina Bevilie Canal Dover Bridgeport Bellaire and others with daily service except Sundays and electric service between several towns.
The Cleveland Elyria and Western Railway publishes hourly car departures from Public Square Cleveland to Elyria between 3:00 a.m. and 11:80 p.m with connections to Oberlin Wellington and Lorain divisions. Additional routes include Elyria to Public Square, Nord Amherst, Lan dale and Berea, with frequent services to Lorain and Oberlin. Sunset and weekend extra runs advertised with excursion info and contact J O Wixson GP A 614 Garfield Bldg Cleveland Ohio.
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by F J Cheney & Co and Toledo wholesalers Weat Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. Cure taken internally. price 7 60 per bottle. testimonials and Hall's Family Pills advertised.
An old advertisement promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a remedy for burns cuts and wounds urging beware of counterfeits. It cites testimonials including a baby cured of eczema after two doctors gave up and a note by H J Eady from N Webster Ind uncertainties remain about the cure claims.
Advertises a herbal laxative described as reliable and gentle for April use. Claims to be purely vegetable and easy to take while supporting bowel action without forceful effort. Mentions Muata't gripe and positions DeWitt's product as a preferred option.
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