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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1903
Page
2
Fragmentary entry references the Reporter Printing Co. with roles and a date line, mentioning editor and manager positions and a local fair. The text is garbled but indicates archival notes on the Pad Forty period and print history.
A garbled collage of quotations and phrases from various papers including Baltimore News Philadelphia Record Chicago Tribune and Indianapolis News. It contains jokes on inventions conversations about gifts nervousness a volunteer fire company and comic snippets.
A temperamental tale recounts suitors undertaking extreme tasks to win lovers. Mir McQuarry of San Francisco sailed the world without pockets for a marriage bid, while Pierre Barnard walked Paris to Berlin on stilts, and a London suitor hunted a sister’s missing brother across continents before hope and fortune converged.
Reports describe survivors from a sudden centration incident near Nome and Massachusettes, with vessels escaping destruction. The narrative blends local tragedy with speculative science on new metals yielding energy and light, suggesting a shift toward a new era in science and industry.
A New York elevated train scene shows a boy sorting newspapers from a pile on a seat and a man insisting on the seat due to his paid fare. The boy moves the papers to the floor then sits, stating the seat belongs to him since he paid too. The incident draws curious spectators as the boy claims rightful seating.
A collage of travel notes and miscellany contrasts a 19th century essay on perception with quick vignettes from sport and society. It includes reflections on Earth’s hidden depths, judicial history, travel insight, and humorous exchanges about manners and attire.
Advertisers announce an on-site visit to demonstrate a new electric absorption treatment for chronic diseases, eye care, and other ailments. They offer free examinations, diagnosis, and a promise to cure or advise on life extension, with a money-back for any deafness not cured after first treatment.
The piece notes Baltimore plans to run its trolley system on Susquehanna river energy using Niagara plan methods to electrify mills, traction, street lighting, and buildings. It cites potential Maryland towns joining the scheme, imagining Niagara power aiding Manhattan, and frames it as a step toward a smokeless age. The column then shifts to brief anecdotes from Forest and Stream about a Chinese dinner at Khan ghai, a Scottish laird and an English guest fishing tale with a river mishap.
A Moscow married woman from a noble family received a letter addressed to her husband in a woman's hand. The note read Think of me. She fainted and her 2 year old son also fell into a death-like trance after handling the envelope. Both recovered later.
The Gold Cord Company reports ownership of eight mines at Idaho Springs and a valuable lease in Cripple Creek. It notes steady profit from adjoining property and offers shares at 200 per 100, with six dollars monthly for four months. Mining books and mineral specimens offered. agents wanted. Mark Block, Denver, Colorado.
An eastern factory advertises a stable, no travel textile sales job offering 0b percent commission and repeat business from a Winona Mills office. It promises substantial, permanent work with 0b percent of customers and high repeat sales, asking applicants to address Detering, Manager, Winona Mills, 48% The Arcada.
Daily until April the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway promotes one way colonists tickets at very low rates to authorized western and northwestern points including the Pacific Coast. On the first and third Tuesdays in February March and April special low rates apply to South Southwest and Western destinations. Contact a Lake Shore agent or write A J Smith G P and T A Cleveland Ohio.
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