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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
4
The excerpt urges rejecting the tyranny of the present and planning for the future. It calls readers to anticipate, live in the future, and view unseen eternal truths as enduring while resisting worldly constraints through a Christian perspective. References to thinkers and fragmented lines appear amid garbled text.
A biting attack on railroad and industrial magnates led by President James J. Hill and figures like Rockefeller Harriman and Ryan mocks them as selfless heroes. The piece accuses them of exploiting the Northwest, while portraying their philanthropy as self serving and their humility as a pose.
A discussion condemns public swearing as vulgar and cowardly. It argues profanity harms polite society, offends ladies and gentlemen, and calls for a civic effort to ban abusive language from streets and public spaces.
A fragmented Elyria editorial argues the city council bears partial fault for saloon stalls and Sunday saloon activity. It cites no ordinance against stalls, calls for fair enforcement, and warns improper action could worsen oil influence and public disorder.
The piece suggests a Valentine entertainment idea with a floor basket and heart cards in two colors. Players from a set distance toss hearts into the basket, scoring by who lands more cards. The text notes the concept as a jolly, playful plan for a community supper.
A Soap bubble heart game with wire rings and red ribbons, heart shaped party decor ideas, prizes, and a supper plan. Also a column promoting Newhero Herpicite to treat dandruff with a mail order sample offer.
A collage of humorous exchanges and short sketches. The pieces riff on manners, misread signals, and social quirks from a bygone era, featuring jokey dialogue about food, saloons, honesty, and courtship with light irony and social satire.
The Reporter Printing Company seeks a receiver due to insurmountable circumstances. George H. Hill, a longtime Elyria resident, is appointed to manage the paper with no changes to the staff or news coverage. The goal is to continue issuance and restore the business to a paying basis while requesting public support.
A stream of clipped notes on winter weather, poetic verses about February and spring, and local observations. Mentions of postal workers, bachelors, the war talk in London, and a pancake note from Mrs. Austins.
H G Slocum accuses Rev Hiram Sears of false statements about relief work in the seamen’s society. The Ministerial Association investigates, with Slocum charging that chapel services are the sole activity and funds are not used locally for charity. He challenges proof of any misstatement and asserts the services serve to justify collecting money.
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