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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1907
Page
2
New York February 18. Sixteen people were killed and at least fifty injured when a Harlem division passenger train derailed on a curve near a 20 foot embankment after the cars overturned and rolled seven blocks. Fire enveloped the rear car but did not spread.
Dr. Haugh, linked to a double parricide in Darton and a B and O brakeman’s death, faces death threats as his lawyers seek to save him from the electric chair. Lorain’s new theater company elected officers T K Albaugh as president and J F McGarvey as vice president. A garbage contract dispute with Milt Poet looms as labor costs rise. Tunneling progress and a list of river and harbor era vessel capacities accompany mixed notes on spring, commerce, and local woes.
A Columbus meeting on March 5 will debate taxation in vogue in the state. Commissioners invite information toward a solution. Prominent taxation figures will offer oral arguments, including Tom Johnson mayor of Cleveland Senator Fred Howe Rev Herbert Biglow and Mayor Whitlock of Toledo. The commission reportedly favors an income tax. Additionally a breakfast note about Mrs Austin’s Pancakes and Lorain harbor vessels with 134000 tons capacity appear in the readable text.
Washington officials back a National Packers' Exhibit opening May 1 in Coyage 1 to display canning methods and effects of the Pure Food Bill. The eleven day event aims to reassure the public with open demonstrations of packing and meat products from large and small firms. The exhibit will later move to New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Kansas City.
The article argues orchards need soil fertility restoration like other crops. It recommends legumes, stable manure, and fertilizers to renew soil for fruit production, plus targeted manure applications and careful pruning. It suggests stock such as hogs, sheep, and poultry aid spraying and provide returns.
The article describes three apple hauling rigs with capacities up to twenty barrels, detailing frame dimensions and lashings. It also offers bulb bed planting guidance, emphasizing well drained soil, layer of stones for drainage, and forbidding fresh manure, plus soil enrichment with leaf mold and sand.
A portrait of Robert L Laytor famed for his fiddle in politics spanning thirty years. The piece notes his rise to the U S senate in Tennessee, recalls campaigns with his brother Alf, and recounts dramatic moments from debates and campaigns including confrontations with hecklers. Also covered is Frank C Briggs of Trenton named to succeed John J Dryden as U S senator from New Jersey, highlighting his career from West Point to mayor, state treasurer, and Republican chairmanship.
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin describes 1905 road tests in Jackson Tennessee co operated by Sam C Lancaster city engineer Madison County good roads commission. Hot tar from coal byproduct was spread rolled and dried on macadam streets to form a hard dustless surface that bonded with the rock. After seven months the tarred streets remained in excellent condition and the process was endorsed for wider use.
Washington reports growing unease as Great Northern Railroad faces conflicting state laws setting cut rate caps with federal interstate commerce regulation. The telegram urges a unified federal approach to prevent business disruption and hindered free flow of goods across the nation.
Real estate ad listing a seven room house on the West Side with a large lot near factories. Includes city water and gas. Small down payment and $103 monthly payments at 6 percent interest. Contact Cox Real Estate at 885 Broad St.
Train service from Elyria departs daily at 1 34 p m for Medina Akron Youngstown Butler Fitzburg McKeesport Cumberland Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Sleeper available from Akron.
Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo publishes a complete list of ingredients for his medicines, declaring them non secret and openly documented. He asserts no alcohol, narcotics, or minerals are used and promotes Favorite Prescription for women’s health, including uterine support and nervous debility.
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