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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1902
Page
2
A faded publication line lists The Elyria Reporter and its editors L. and Pauver with E. L. Disbro as associate editor. It includes subscription terms and pricing for The Daily and The Part Reporter, indicating Elyria city addresses and yearly rates.
John Hexymer chief of the Elyria fire department reports 16 fires in the year 190K a drop from 26 in 900 with two still alarms and two outside calls from Vernalion and Amherst. Causes include locomotive sparks lamp explosions and several smaller sources. locomotive sparks account for 19 percent of fires and lamp explosions nearly 13 percent.
Charles Hoyt's best play a satire on politics opens in Texas with Maverick Brander, a cattle king of congress, who is drafted into office by his family and local politicians. The Brander clan tours Washington, adapting to high society as the frontier world recedes.
Friday at the opera house the Fouberg Stock company offered 85 in gold for the best amateur specialty. Fifteen contestants performed after the main bill with singing dancing and other acts. Arthur Crowell won the prize delivering baton work and a brief dance as the audience—gallery boys—cheered.
A vast artificial lake named The Jake is completed in Barton county and awaits spring floods. The seven mile wide by fourteen mile long lake will mix salt spring water with river water to cultivate oysters, tied to a broader irrigation plan to reclaim 600000 acres of arid land. Constipation relief claims are noted for De Wite's Little Early Risers with a testimonial from J. O. Greene.
Church notes list morning and evening services for First and Second Congregational, Church of Christ, Baptist, St Marys Catholic, St Andrews Episcopal, St Pauls Evangelical, St Johns Evangelical Lutheran, Church of Christ Scientist, Progressive Spiritualists Association, and Methodist Episcopal. Details include pastors, service times, Sunday school, prayer meetings, and special programs for the upcoming week.
Community updates mention school opening on Monday and state legislature convening. Various local residents like John B. Donaldson Florence Walton Treva Wilkins and Adolph Stark recoveries and visits noted. Social events include card party at Julia Dachtler home and a New Year gathering at J Dixon’s. Weather forecast predicts fair cold weekend, other items note church revival services and Royal Templars meeting.
Real estate transfers recorded include Real Estate Transfers August and Mary Bank to Adolph Sanders for lot 1 and part of lot 19 Gawns third addition Lorain two thousand dollars. Faustin L. and Samuel B. Rawson to The Rawson Electric company part of lot 6 block 64 Higha on Broad street five thousand dollars. W. 5. Pole trustee to Abner Corie lot 141 Wilbur Heights allotment Elyria township fifty dollars. Oscar H. Perry to W. H. Sohmanch and G. M. Parker part of lot 57 Brownhelm sixteen acres fifteen hundred dollars. Harry Tuffeson to N. P. Tuffreson lot 26 tract 2 Lorain one dollar. George Stocking guardian Dorothy Stocking to Archibald and Roy Carrick part of original lot 171 Elyria township 181 acres six hundred dollars. Richard Craddock to Willam Evane northeast part of original lot 29 Wellington township eighty six acres three thousand nine hundred sixty dollars.
A trainee named Wright Bramley credits the Grahamers team and their course at Elyria Business College for securing a good job others failed to hold. He notes two previous candidates did not attend the H R C and therefore could not perform. He has been in his position two months and is very satisfied. The message stresses gentle effective reliefs from DeWitt’s Lattle and similar notes about bowel assistance.
Elyria to Grafton trains depart every 90 minutes starting 5 30 a m with final Elyria train at 7 15 p m. Grafton to Whynia departures every 90 minutes starting 6 00 a m, last return at 10 45 p m. A theater car runs nightly to the Marion opera house leaving after the show. Tickets sold at BE and W Ry office in Elyria.
A fragmented ad page warns against calomel and mercury containing ointments for catarrh while promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure made by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It also advertises a local property sale by executor D Bennett and various remedies and products with brief testimonials and notices.
The Oberlin Business College continues its liberal offer of free car fare between Elyria and Oberlin for students from Elyria who seek a business education. The notice notes lost Albany Home Telephone bonds numbered 13 and 14, each worth 500 dollars, with payment halted. A. E. Lord offers a liberal reward for return.
Ad offers a reward for catarrh cures and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It quotes F J Cheney Co and endorsements by West Triax Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo wholesalers. Mentions price per bottle and free testimonials. Also an election notice: A Z Tillotson announces candidacy for Probate Judge nomination under the Republican county convention.
An 19th century style advertisement extols Athlophoros as a cure for rheumatism and neuralgia. It claims 50 000 testimonies and offers a free book from the Athlophoros Co New Haven Conn detailing causes and cures.
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