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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
5
Local note recalls Poor Jones asking the city light committee to install a street lamp so pedestrians can see to buy Club cigars. Other items include Washington's birthday flag at Andwui hotel, visits by residents, and a police court blotter noting Jones and Patterson fined for drunkenness.
Local note reports Poor Jones Miss Garford of Elyria visiting Oberlin on Saturday with no further details provided.
Local store advertises new syrup and pure buckwheat flour alongside dried fruits prunes evaporated apricots peaches apples cherries and fresh eggs and butter. Prices noted include 20c per pound and 10c jams and jellies.
A collage of community items includes a closing discount sale at Boylan Bros in Oberlin with last day Feb 24, social gatherings at the Ridgeville and Elyria homes, H P Chapman and family attending the Mid Winter Reunion of the 104th at G A R hall, and local residents traveling to Elyria and Lorain for jobs and property transfers.
A Lorain County library holds about two thousand volumes as part of its collection. An attorney said Wednesday that a large portion of the volumes relate to portraits and related works, noting activity around items at the Portrait Shop located at 1802 47 64.
Meager details reach Peking about attacks on Catholic missions in several towns. The Chongchowful bishop telegraphs that Christians are fleeing as the region, a center of a long-standing feud, experiences frequent outbreaks.
Mrs August Schrell of Blain Street entertained a number of friends Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Emily Yeager of Cleveland who was visiting her. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing cards and listening to music. Light refreshments were served.
Pittsburg reports quote President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers stating there will be a strike on April 1 in both bituminous and anthracite fields. He rejects talks with bituminous operators, says his visit aims to investigate Pittsburg district issues, and notes a possible reconvening of the national convention under the Ryan resolution.
In Dondon on February 22 judge Sir John Gorrell Barnes of the High Court division ruled that a Dakota divorce granted to Mrs. Armitage from Charles Gillig was not binding in England. Armitage had remarried, but Gillig contested that the Dakota decree invalidated the second marriage.
J C Jackson listed in critical condition after a fall from a porch at his apartment building. Reports say his condition has been dire all day, with hopes for recovery fading.
The trial in Cleveland features Rev. Mr. Ingraham seeking a divorce from his wife on grounds of unfaithfulness. The case includes denials and details tying the couple to Oberlin College, a Chicago background, and a courtship that began at Oberlin before their December 1897 marriage.
An old fashioned social for strangers at First Baptist church drew a large crowd with a welcoming atmosphere. Guests enjoyed recitations by Belle Tibbett, entertainment from Mr. and Mrs. Wilford on violin and piano, humorous Negro selections by C A Metcalf and Rev G W Johnson, followed by social time before dispersal around ten to eleven.
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