Puzzle cards yield ten dollar gold prize and rail mileage figures
A historic note recalls a circa December draw where Mrs. J. E. Riley solved a geometry puzzle first, winning $10 in gold, followed by John Kaiser and others. The item then shifts to rail mileage statistics, listing 1850 to 1900 figures for the United States and comparative data for other nations, including Italy and India, with a 1901 update proposal. It also records court cases: Day vs Avera Asphalt Paving, Huett estate, Taney insanity ruling, and Kemp estate probate details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Riley
John Kaiser
Jas
B. Seward
Seward Gamble
Lee Morse
Tood
Mia
Geo
T. Biggs
J. W- Ropp
D. H. Dickson
H. D. Hughes
Chauncy Smith
J. B. Cullen
Elmer Hart
Anna M. Beck
Fred Cherry
R. M. Summer
Alfred Kiser
Samuel E. ‘Yeamans
Misa Eva Wright
Inter Additita
Treasury Bureau
Washington
D. C
United
Atoum
Ountry
United States
da Fivat
Russia
India
Great Britain
Canada
Argentine
Mexico
Gerpy
Italy
Australia
Bureau of Statistics
H. K. Day
Avera Asphalt Paving Company
Beckwith
James W. Green
al Frank Coleman
Lorain
Fenberg Stock Company Delights with The Co Governess
The Fenberg Stock company drew a good audience Thursday night with The Co Governess a pleasing comedy Miss Katherine tidish as Mobe the statue did some work. The balance of the company performed well. Tonight the company presents Just before aw sweet? a musical comedy drama. An amateur contest accompanies the show with a prize of .00 for a lucky entrant. Read entries have been received. Come and see the fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenberg Stock Company
Katherine Tiitidish
Laver
Keady Kteen
Farmers Homes Made Beautiful by Thoughtful Farmstead Styling
A reader laments cluttered farm surroundings and urges farmers to improve home grounds with neat lawns, evergreen hedges, and shrubbery. He argues beautified exteriors reflect a farmer’s character, while stressing practicality and modest homes over rambling, ill-ordered displays.
Furniture Drive Seeks Donations for Block of Homes
On January 3 a new home will open and elderly residents will move in. A call goes out for furniture donations including tables chairs writing desks lounges wash stands towel racks and book shelves. Donors are asked to deliver to the home at West Avenue and Second promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halle
Attica
West Avenue
Second
Bad Little Boys Get Into Trouble
Early Thursday morning a North Ridgeville farmer named C E Sartnell began hauling hay to Cleveland. Four schoolboys played with matches near the wagon and set hay on fire, risking a large blaze. Sartnell freed the horses and saved them and the wagon, with damage from fire and loss of hay. Four boys were arrested for disorderly conduct. Property transfers follow, including parcels in Sheffield Oberlin and Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville
C. E. Sartnell
North Ridgeville
Cleveland
Hayan
Franklin
Ontire
Sartnell
Elyria Elks Open House Extended for Two Weeks
Elyria Elks extend open house for those unable to view the new club rooms. The committee will keep the rooms open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily until January 15, with entry allowed only when accompanied by a club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Elks
Name Change Petition for Salome Plymeister to Salome Stoll
Notice to probate court of Lorain County on January 15, 1902 to approve a name change from Salome Plymeister to Salome Stoll. Also a description of a thoroughbred Holstein bull eight months old for sale by Conrad Burkart of Avon, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Salome Plymeister
Salome Stoll
Conrad Burkart
Avon
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Riley
Common Pleas Court
Bureau of Atatia
Tos
Paskonpert
Probate Court
Glover Miller
Hinman
Toledo State Hospital
Sailebury
Toledo
Miller
John Kemp
Camden
John
Edgar
Susanna Kempis
Mabel
N. L. Cotton
Jordan
Eden
Harry H. Smith
East Broad Street
Elyria, Ohio
Old Lading Hone
Cincinnati
Losantiville
Elyria Lock
Elke Lodge
J Lawrence
Mary Bongart
Nick Bongart
Sheffield
W. H. Pearce
H. F. Smith
Oberlin
Wilbur T
Florence EB. Starr
Kittie May Brown
Wellington
Salome Plymiister
Childrens Rubbers
Don Spott & Co
Broad Street
Elyria
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