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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1906
Page
6
A reader asks why onions induce sleep and a doctor explains that sniffing onion juice acts as a mild opiate-like effect, likening onions to the poppy. The piece also promotes Buckwheat flour and Mountain Tea tonic as beauty aids and remedies.
Columbus reports that the General Assembly may initiate investigations into the bridge trust and related state affairs. A joint Senate and House committee could compel testimony, with potential réouster actions echoing past anti trust probes. Efforts focus on reveals from the bridge pool and connections to Cincinnati and Hamilton county matters.
A fragment lists church services across multiple congregations including Elmair Chugches Corner Court, Pastor Rev William H Cadmus at 24 Harrison Street with morning and evening services, foreign mission talk by Dr H M Kinnear, and Lyman P Peet addressing in FooChau. Also includes Anditew's Episcopal Church service times, Holy Communion, and remarks by Arch Deacon Win Morrow Washington on church work among Kentucky mountainers. Other entries cover St Pauls Evangelical East Third Street, Church of Christ Scientist 203 East Avenue, Second Congregational Corner Lake Avenue, St Johns Lutheran Broad Street.
Pastor W C Dawson of Third Street church invites parishioners to Sunday services at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. The new hymnals will be dedicated tomorrow. The choir will reprise Christmas music at the evening service. Dr Dawson will preach at both services. The Week of Prayer begins next week with evening services nightly.
Corner Middle Avenue and Second Street lists Rev George W Johnson at 216 Fast Fourth Street with 10 a.m. service and 11:30 a.m. Sunday school plus 6 p.m. B P A service and soloist Miss Maude Chapin. Corner Second and Chanel Streets shows Rev John P Sala at 10 a.m. sermon, 11:30 Bible school, 6 p.m. Christian Endeavor, 7 p.m. evening sermon with Mrs Julia Garould speaking in the morning. Grace Lutheran Church holds 2:30 p.m. services with Rev Wm Dale at Maccabees Hall and 2 o'clock Sunday school. English Lutheran services in Maccabees Hall also noted. Everybody invited.
At St Mary's Catholic Church corner Middle Avenue and Fourth Streets Rev J T Schofield pastor services Sunday First Mass 7:00 am Children's Mass 9:00 am High Mass 10:00 am Sunday School 2:00 pm Progressive Spiritualist holds Sunday meeting 7:00 pm at Odd Fellows Hall West Broad Street all welcome
A Newburg Maine report reveals a University of Maine law student, Thurlaugh, income from stealing land to mine ginseng in Sarsaparilla Gulley near Dixmont and Newburg hills. He bonded land, dug and prepared roots selling at 2.50 a pound, clearing about 10000 dollars last year before selling his lease for 8000 cash to a Boston firm. Now many diggings spread across local pastures and woods.
Visitors along the east Bronx river near the subway entrance report a circular funnel net placed a few days ago. It drains fish to feed zoo birds and supply the Battery Aquarium. A stake line extends to the net. Carp and sticklers up to three pounds are captured for cranes vultures and the aquarium. Eels and mud turtles also appear in the trap.
A dramatic exchange reveals a breakup and a decisive turn as one character vows to delete memories and marry the beloved. The dialogue captures farewell footsteps, a parlor light, and a plan to burn old love letters signaling a new commitment.
Postwar China remains without a robust railway system as roads and waterways handle most transport. Although a nationwide railroad would unlock vast economic potential, the empire relies on rivers and canals for inland movement. The Yalu to West River and the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers form a major navigable network, originally irrigation canals now serving transport needs.
The article surveys leaf shapes from laurel to maiden hair fern and describes the cutting artistry of parsley leaves. It notes vivid leaf colors in some tropical plants like polysettias and explains color schemes from vein to tissue. It highlights leaf scents such as lemon plant and musk leaves as pure and refreshing.
A humorous scene ends with a gardener failing to find mint while a party jokes about juleps. A second anecdote recalls Prince Henry, age 83, nearly driving before his tutor, Newton, was warned to step aside and the prince laments a missed debt.
An unusual beauty contest in Muna drew 14 entrants for three prizes awarded to the three ugliest competitors. A young wife and mother won the top prize, with judges reportedly using smoked glasses to spare feelings. Similar Haschmann town prizes fund cash awards for the ugliest girl, the most crippled, and a woman over 40 with multiple lovers, funded by a philanthropist’s legacy to encourage marriage from society’s outcasts.
Ten years ago the island's rabbit population declined after feral cats arrived and multiplied. Cats harass rabbits and dogs in clashes, with larger offspring and wild ferocity noted. Cats live in swamps, subsist on birds and mice, and grow bolder and tougher through generations.
London inventor creates a resoling system where outer soles attach to inner soles with brass screws set in welt eyelets. Worn soles or heels are replaced in minutes by unscrewing and fitting new parts. The design promises rapid boot repair, aiding soldiers under heavy wear and prompting military trials. Electricity Going on Steam. New York plans electric traction and Sweden tests monophage systems for railways with 18000 volt trolleys and dual locomotives controlled from one point using pneumatic systems.
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