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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1901
Page
5
Local church news reports a Baptist gathering last Sunday and a Thursday meeting for Sunday school activities. Several residents are mentioned with health concerns and social visits, including families from Wellington and Lorain. A funeral is planned for February and other small town notices describe sleighing, road work, and local social events.
Elk's Minstrels show draws crowds with 8 pm curtain. Meda visitors and local social rounds fill Elyria as Fortnightly club hosts a Valentine luncheon. Civic figures and Masons attend Cleveland events. family bereavements noted.
Frank Welsch pleads guilty after intoxicated defense. fined $25 and costs and 30 days in jail. Lee White of LaGrange also pleads guilty to indecent exposure with 30 days jail and $20 fine. George Owens of Oberlin pleads guilty to technical assault and battery with $5 fine. Prosecution notes provocation in Joseph Brown case, indicted for liquor selling in Grafton. fined $30 and costs and 10 days in jail on one count for Sunday selling. Joseph Dobos of Lorain fined $50 and costs and 10 days jail for Sunday selling. Several defendants, including McGraw, Corbett, Haimes, Johnson, Fahay, and Gills, plead not guilty to car breaking. trials set for Monday, Feb 18. Clayton Chapman appointed to defend. Ferdinand Durham pleads not guilty to carrying concealed weapons. EB West and Dominick Frank plead not guilty on liquor selling indictments. bonds set at $2000. Sixteen criminal trials, involving 21 persons, assigned for next week. It will be a candidate for renomination to the city council, subject to Republican primaries on March 5. J. E. Boynton.
The article outlines the Republican primary process for Elyria city and township for March 15 1901. It lists ward polling places, officer slots to be elected, eligibility for electors, supervision and oath requirements, filing deadlines for candidate names, voting procedures with Australian style ticket, ballot handling and tallying, abstracts and returns, publication, and penalties for violations. It names officials and committees including T J Bates Qhas Chandler D Chapman G C W L Masters G W Ingersoll and notes election supervision by Charles Chandler J A Dake James Hulbert and G W Ingersoll.
The ordinance sets the grade of Fourteenth Street with elevations above city datum at multiple points along East Four Street near Middle Avenue. Measurements include 10 to 190 feet from reference lines, specifying distances and heights to define the street grade and curb alignment. It declares enactment upon publication and notes official signatures Freder Nordon Smith and W. H. Parag.
The State of Ohio Lorain County Court of Common Pleas Guth notifies defendants Talbot, Taylor, Keene and others of a suit filed by Otto B. Benton to determine interest in real estate in Lorain Township. The case seeks exclusion of parties from the described property and an accounting and quiet title action. Defendants must answer by April 18, 1901, per A W Lamson and EG Johnson attorneys.
An ordinance authorizes George H Chamberlain his heirs and assigns to extend construct maintain and operate an electric street railroad over specified streets in Elyria for twenty one years. It details construction standards track alignment grading culverts paving compensation shared costs and municipal regulatory rights including grade changes and future street improvements. It requires acceptance within ten days and includes indemnity and liability provisions.
Militia rooting at Detroit Michigan and other details notify the reader of a foreclosure style tax due in Lorain County Court Case G341. Treasurer Gorter states unpaid properties and tax duplications totaling $1,800.10 plus assessed charges. Receiver must respond by March 5 or judgment will be entered.
A 1901 Florin city council resolution outlines widening West Avenue from Mus six feet north of Broad Street to Enghth Street end, with grading, curbs, drainage, and water service provisions. It declares cost sharing, street widening ledger, and assesses property owners along the affected section for the project. The measure, adopted February 5, 1901, authorizes issuance of notices and names officials for project oversight and public appeal, with an amendment repealed later.
The ad promises value in buying and selling with mutual benefit. It uses rough phrases about pain and bargaining, urging readers to see value and act.
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