Cleveland and Southwestern lines draw financier attention
The Cleveland Commercial Bulletin notes rising investor interest in the Cleveland and Southwestern lines and their potential Columbus expansion. It cites four-year earnings, increasing gross receipts, and a total period gain of about 31 percent through 1906, with a 134-mile system and strong asset value versus debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland & Southwestern
Columbus
Cleveland Commercial Bulletin
Meveland & Southwestern
Cleveland, Ashland & Mansfield
Ohio Cenral
Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus
Better Than Paying Rent In West Side Sale House
Per sale room house on West Side with large lot close to factories. City water and gas available. Small payment down and ten dollars a month at six percent interest. Take this. Co A Cox Real Estate 325 Broad St 2031
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. A. Cox
Favorite Prescription for Women Promises Relief and Safety
A long advertisement extols Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a trusted, physician devised remedy for women s ailments. It emphasizes known composition, over forty years of cures, attorney endorsements, and warns against alcoholic tonics while inviting free consultations and mail order offers. It also promotes Dr Pierce s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and references the Common Sense Medical Adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piercé
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Survival Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierre
Dr. Pierce
Central’s 10 Percent Growth Forecast For 1907 and 1908
Based on a 10 percent yearly rise Central would earn 90000 in 1907 and 100000 in 1908 after earning 85000 in 1906. The projection totals 1050000 for the railway system’s 1908 earnings and adds an estimated 300000 from the 75 mile stretch to Columbus. The outlook assumes securing entrance and confidence in future developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ashland & Mansfield
Seville
Mansfield
Southwestern
Cleveland
Ashland & Mansfield
Ohio
Central
Columbus
A Hospital Love Affair Leads to Johnstown Wedding
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on February 13 a romance born at West Penn hospital in Pittsburgh ends in a forthcoming wedding. Himer Nicely of Crafton will wed Mary Johnson of Morrellville, a nurse who cared for him during his hospital stay. Johnson’s father Willard consented after Nicely’s proposal, and Nicely works for a New York City shoe company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburg
Himer Nicoly
Crafton
Mary Johnson
Morrellville
Nicely
Miss Johnson
Willard Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Kipton Socials Highlight Week With Boist Lightweight Events
The Kipton social scene features the second Disciple Sunday school contest social at town hall with ice cream cake and coffee. Oberlin students gave Bulgaria talks at the Methodist church and many attended. The Kipton Aid Society met at Mrs Buckley’s home with 37 present. Notables from Oberlin and Elyria visited Kipton, and the Lyceum Stars performed at the opera house. Mrs Stettler and Mrs Baston were sick, with Mrs Emma Stevenson and Mrs Mary Horn visiting. The funeral for a Kipton resident was held in Camden after burial in Kipton cemetery.
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Disciple
Town Hall
Oberlin College
Bulgaria
Methodist Church
Aid Society of
The
Chas
Buckley
John Horn
Ober Ilin
Kipton
Lyceum
Opera House
J. Hesser
Aiden Groot
Lima
William Pomeroy
John Sigsworth
Ralph MeQueit
Charles Lamphin
Elyria
Stettler
Emma Stevenson
Mary Horn
Cleveland
Baston
Ernie Groot
Ormer
OW. Groot
Tenant
Oberlin
Camden
Close Communion Baptist Church
Through Trains East From Elyria Daily at 1:34 PM
B O Railroad runs daily eastbound trains departing Elyria at 1 34 P M serving Medina Akron Youngstown Butler Fittesburg McKeesport Cumberland Washington Philadelphia New York with a sleeper car from Akron.
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Elyria
Medina
Akron
Youngstown
Butler
Fittesburg
McKeesport
Cumberland
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Portage County Infidel Erector Monument
Ravenna Ohio February 15 Much comment follows Chester Bedell a wealthy landowner for erecting a monument in North Benton cemetery to commemorate his name as an infidel He traveled to the Holy Land for data to disprove the Bible and the monument shows him treading the Bible underfoot with the inscription declaring him the great and only infidel Mrs Bedell is a Presbyterian parishioner
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Chester Bedell
North Benton Cemetery
Bedell
State Education Boards Meet in Columbus March 28 29
Columbus February 15 The annual meeting of the state association of boards of education will be held here March 28 and 29. The date was fixed at a meeting in the office of the state school commissioner. The program will include the names of several distinguished sparsers.
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Columbus
State Association of Boards of Education
Dinner's Coming I Smell It Health Digestive Adverts
An early 20th century advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as an artificial stomach that digests food, relieves indigestion and acid symptoms, and boosts appetite. It urges readers to request a free sample by mail from F. A. Stuart Co. and mentions a 50 cent box after trying the sample. Also lists cheap Sunday excursion prices to Massidon Uhrichsville and Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Stuart Ride
Marshall, Mich
Of Interest to Women Dress and Neck Exercises Advertised
A feature article describes facial and neck exercises to reduce a double chin and improve the neck line, including massage technique and daily routines. It also previews fashion notes on masculine style bath robes, patterns, and the return of black enamel in watches with jeweled, diamond accents.
Watches Fashionably Small Chatelaine Debuts This Season
Fashion reports note chatelaine watches as the top artistic and costly jewelry, with a vast array of stone and material combinations. The tiny timepieces are prized for dainty treatment and craftsmanship, reflecting heightened US watchmaking progress and rising female output, though some designs feature dense diamond settings or pearl and diamond inlays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Elyria Street Railroad Route Bids Open for 25 Year Plan
City of Elyria Ohio advertises for bids to construct operate and maintain an electric street railroad over routes in central streets from West Bridge to Abbey Road and Sugar Ridge with a 25 year term. Bids due March 1907 with $500 bid bond and corporate disclosures required.
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Elyria
Ohio
City of
Clough
Rawson
A.L. Garford
West Bridge Street
West Liner Street
West Bridge
Broad Street
City Bridge
Said Street
Black River
Sugar Ridge Road
Prospect Street
Prospect State
Clark Street
Winckles Street
Tator Street
Taylor ‘Street
Taylor Street
Abbey Road
Faver Street
West River Street
Furnace Street
Warnace Street
Bond Street
Adams Street
Lake Aseliue
West Fayer Street
Middle Avenue
Third Street
Court Street
Stear
Ohios
Coun
Street Railroad
Fred Norton Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Green Line
Norwalk Gas & Electric Company
Nively
Miss Jonson
Nicely Mungers
New York City
Portage County
Ravenna, C
Massidon
Uhrichsville
Bridgeport
Wheeling
Danderine
Frances Marie Knowlton
E. W. Knowlton
Anderina
Knowlton Danderine Co
Chicago
EA Attileet
Franges Marknuwstor
Cavlevarm
Maansh Stye
West
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