Big traction bids loom over express leasing deals
Wells Fargo and Pacific Express bid to control rights for express traffic as Ohio and Indiana rail lines weigh leasing versus a unified traction express company. Debates sharpen over sub leasing, with Pacific Express offering a higher bid and promising inland reach, while Wells Fargo remains poised. Local dealers report spring shipments of matting and cargo already arriving.
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Ohio
Indiana
Wells-Fargo Company
Pacific Express Company
Wells-Fargo
Pacific Company
Pacific
Township Trustees Chose Officers at Lorain County Meeting
The Lorain County Township Trustees and Clerks association held its annual meeting in Elyria with the election of officers. No business beyond officer selection occurred. They will discuss good roads at the next gathering. Elected officers: President Dr. George L. Bowman. first vice president Elmer Cotton. second vice president N. F. Foster. secretary B. J. Hisinger. treasurer C. W. Hill.
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Lorain County Township Trustees & Clerks Association
Elyria
George L. Bowman
Elmer Cotton
N. F. Foster
B. J. Hisinger
C. W. Hill
Miss Clara Heisner Plans Six Month Domestic Study
Lorain native Miss Clara Heisner a June bride candidate has quit her bookkeeper job at a furniture store to stay home six months and take a domestic science course before marrying Albert Battelier. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is endorsed and praised for its pleasant taste and honey tar content while promising relief from colds and throat irritation.
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Clara Heisner
Lorain
Heisner
Albert Battelier
Kennedy
Alll
B. and O. Through Trains East from Elyria
Daily service leaves Elyria at 1 34 p m bound for Medina Akron Youngstown Butler Pittsburgh McKeesport Cumberland Washington Philadelphia and New York. Sleeper available from Akron with further remarks indicating route details.
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Elyria
Medina
Akron
Youngstown
Butler
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Cumberland
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Thladelphia
New York
Sleeper
Ramnmr
Mrs Holman Not To Take It In Thaw Case
New York reports state witnesses prepared for the Stanford White shooting case indicate Mrs Charles J Holman will not be called to testify unless to counter Thaws statements. Prosecutors say her letters are inadmissible and cannot bind Thaw, with motive details unnecessary as over a dozen eye witnesses place Thaw at the roof garden scene shooting White without warnings.
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New York
Jan
Charles J. Holman
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
White
Flovina Travel Offers New Washington Baltimore Route
Flovi"a Via Washingon Baltimore & Ohio R B announces a divers route on round trip service with a sid rate ever offered. The advertisement promotes travel options and value for travelers seeking new connections.
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Flovi
Washingon
Baltimore & Ohio
R. B
Box Plaited Dress and Empire Coat For Young Girls
A vintage guide presents a box plaited dress for ages 6 to 12 with a joined waist and skirt, full flare, dark red henrietta cloth, belding silk trim, and optional belt. It also describes a modified Empire coat suitable for younger girls, in Russian green broadcloth with velvet trim, detailing sizes, yardages, and pattern numbers for 6, 8, 10, and 12 years.
Cleveland Franchise Cases Decided in Supreme Court
In Washington on Monday afternoon the Supreme Court sustained Judge Taylor's ruling that the Cleveland traction franchise ceased March 22, 1905, and that extensions granted are void. The decision ends a long dispute over perpetual grants and affects Mayor Tom and his Threefer line with no added advantage.
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Washington
Jan
Supreme Court At
Cleveland Traction
Taylor
Con Con
Cleveland
Tom
Best Franchise To Come Up At City Council Meeting
An important city council session tonight will consider the belt line franchise for final passage. Ordinances for new sewers and the year's expense allowances will be ratified. Last night the council met with various boards to review 1907 estimates and show the scope of department improvements. The ordinance will be acted upon this evening.
Bake Shore Electric Man Quits His Job
W.8. Arnold, longtime employee at the Lake Shore electric power house in Clyde, resigned effective January 1. Heleft because the plant’s move from Clyde to Musser's Corners required overnight shifts at the substation, too demanding for his age. He will relocate to Lorain to live with his daughter.
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Bake Shore Electric Man
Arnold
Lake Shore
Clyde
Musser’s Corners
Lorain
W. A. Leiter
President to Send Another Message to Congress
Washington reports President Roosevelt will dispatch a special message urging prompt passage of reciprocal tariff treaty legislation with Germany. A diary anecdote from Henry Arthur Jones notes a Yale address on drama praising American vernacular yet stressing perseverance as essential for success. Classifieds advertise a finance course by correspondence and miscellaneous notes mention hog prices, a topically odd house ad, and Rocky Mountain Tea promotion.
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Washington
Tan
Roosevelt
Joneness
Germany
Henry Arthur Jones
Yale
Philip
Americans embrace longer life and stronger future
Dr. W J McGee argued against race degeneration from action, saying longevity rises in the U S while offspring numbers fall. He cited increases from twenty five to twenty nine years and predicted the American of tomorrow will be taller stronger more intellectual and humanitarian. He noted immigration blending types and a declining yellow crime streak as heredity science improves the world.
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W. J. McGee
St. Lous Museum
United States
Association For the Advancement of Science
Columbia University
New York
New York Sun
McGee
South America
Dr. McGee
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Br. i. Hovey
Newburyport
Mass
Aaryn Burr
Burr
Jomathan Edwards
Nebraska
Ward
Phone from a stateroom shocks financier at sea
A Wall Street agent bound for Europe on a Hoboken pier ship called in from his stateroom moments before departure. The financier, hearing the voice, realized messages could be telephoned from ships at sea. The exchange highlighted a new progress surprise in modern communications.
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New York Times
Wall Street
New York
Europe
Hoboken
Fime
Scott
No Apple for Adam in Eden Study Sparks Lemon Debate
A National Language Association meeting in New Haven discussed whether Eve gave Adam a lemon, not an apple, noting the King James version differs. Professor Oliver Johnson argued the Eden fruit was tropical, linking names pomum and pomme to Latin and French terms.
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Langevage Association
National American Language Association
New Haven
Conn
New York Times
Oliver Johnson
Leland Stanford University
Garden of Eden
Tropics
Johnson
Ambrosius Ausbertus
Great Banana Eater and Florida Drain Plan Highlight 1900s Dispatches
A Libertyville dispatch describes Horace H. Tower of Milburn Alabama as a monumental banana eater, consuming forty one bananas in a display, earning a belt and local acclaim. A Kansas City Journal report discusses draining Florida’s Everglades to reclaim 7.5 million acres, proposing canals and ditches to lower Lake Okeechobee by four feet. The piece closes with a verse from Minna Irving in the New York Times about the new year’s passage.
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Horace H. Tower
Milburn
Withal
Libertyville
Chicago Record-Herald
Ile
Tony
Toot
Florida Everglades
Everglades
Florida
Kansas City Journal
Browird
Oixeecholee
Indian Corn Leaf and Pile Ointment Promoted by Bond Supply
An advertisement from Bond Supply Co promotes Indian Corn Leaf as a painless corn and bunion remedy. It claims instant relief, complete removal of the corn, and broad testimonials from across the United States. Pile ointment offered at 50 cents. Terms for agents and mail orders from Bond Building Washington DC.
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United States
Bond Supply Co
Bond Building
Washington, D.C
Electrogen Cure Offered For Disease Germs In Air And Water
An advertisement argues that most illnesses stem from invisible germs in air and water. It promotes Electro gen as a non alcoholic tonic that purifies blood and boosts the system, selling 50 cent and one dollar bottles and offering a free 50 cent bottle by mail. Eady Drug Store carries the product.
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Electro Gen Co
Fremont
Eady Drug Store
Real estate bargains listed with multiple city houses
Real estate ad offers several houses for quick sale or rent. Includes S-room, 8-room, and 5-room homes with details on location Cleveland Street West Side South End and Daisyfield. Prices range from 1400 to 3600 dollars with rents from 12.50 to 25. Also notes wells cisterns gas water and baths.
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Cleveland St
Bath
Daisyfield
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