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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1903
Page
2
The Daily Reporter announces subscription delivery by carrier and mail to Flyris City. Editor E. L. Diseno notes price of 200 dollars per year and outlines service options for readers.
A heavy fraud case hits Lorain County as residents from Oberlin to nearby towns dumped about 10,0000 into the Arnold Turf Investment Company of St. Louis. The company paid high interest for a time, then collapsed. Sixty to seventy percent losses were feared as withdrawals surged and officials ordered investigations. The scheme left many locals financially ruined as offices closed and stock was canceled.
The Elyria Tronaml Stenl Comm pany’s plant nears completion and may start in May. The council is urged to fulfill bridge obligations across the river opposite the plant, as abutments and superstructure lack finishing work and delaying this will hinder the project. Mr Maller drives timely completion of his section to safeguard city interests.
A petition circulates in Grafton urging the council to order a focal option election likely with the April spring election. Prohibitionists expect a dry win, while wets anticipate victory roughly two to one if the election occurs. Reports say a similar petition is in LaGrange with a vote planned soon. An Anti-Saloon League official predicts loan option elections within a year in every wet town in the county except Lorain.
Circuit Judge J O Hority rules a state law denying a sheriff his office for failing to protect a prisoner from a mob is unconstitutional. The case centers on Coroner WP Maxwell vs Sheriff John Dudley over the protection of Jamey Dillard. Governor had favored the coroner but Dudley refuses to yield the office. Also noted is a Brooklyn political figure, Hugh McLaughlin, who, after a doctor advised quitting tobacco, chooses to stop smoking.
The council has not fixed salaries for new code officials yet and several candidates vie for mayor, board of public safety, solicitor, city treasurer, and auditor seats. Dr. Reefy leads mayoral talks while Warden may not run. Other names include Parks Foster Guv Ely Heldmyer Inman Smith Dan Eason Gillmore Wilford Conaway Bilnard Williams and Parks.
In Buffalo a Methodist conference pastor claimed a dozen men could counter any money panic. Soon, six New York bankers led by Pierpont Morgan James Stillman and J F Baker formed a reserve loan fund of 60 million dollars to be drawn in a tight market. Their move sent money rates in Wall Street plummeting from ten to four percent within an hour.
General James G. Holmes of Charleston praises a suitable stirring yet dignified anthem to honor the soldiers of the old south. He seeks a classic song that celebrates heroism and will ring down the centuries, through a composition rivaling the best in Confederate memory.
The New York Times reports on international recruitment networks for wild beasts, detailing how park authorities buy from breeders and how professional dealers hire agents to secure specimens. Lions, tigers, and giraffes are captured through trapping, chasing, or chance catches, with cubs often preferred for easier handling and shipment.
A Brooklyn geography lesson yields a quip from a fat pupil who notes Long Island’s coast on the south and the sound to the north. A Western Ontario paper praises a mayoralty candidate as "a man who does things" while the opposing organ argues he "does the people." Ottawa Citizen.
A woman wearing a tights style rational costume faced police intervention in Weimar, Germany, after a local officer mistook her for a man in women’s clothes and acted forcefully.
A collage of humorous lines from 19th and early 20th century papers shows playful exchanges. Jokes involve wordplay on apples and pears with light social banter. The snippets mix misheard phrases, mild slang, and amused asides about fame and fashion.
A London Express piece argues against daily baths, claiming baths invite pneumonia and harm skin health. It cites medical authorities, physiology, and youth habits, contending cleanliness is about dry clothes, not immersion, and questions the English love of the tub.
The Baltimore Herald notes judges and winters grow milder while modern chroniclers juggle many topics from autos to records. They have less time for the weather reporter, reflecting a broader range of interests and coverage in today’s press.
The Journal Amusant notes the growth of onion cultivation in Egypt, with annual expansion and few Southern European markets escaping Egyptian control in the early season. It contrasts this with a humorous aside about a man’s habits before and after marriage.
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