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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1907
Page
4
The Daily Reporter subscription term lists annual mail price outside Elyria at two dollars. The Weakly Reporter subscription terms appear as an advertisement fragment implying a weekly rate.
The annual mineral production report notes active U S mining in 1903 with coal and iron leading interest. Coal output value rose by about 29.24 million dollars, anthracite up 2.99 million, and U S coal production surpasses the United Kingdom by roughly 50 percent. World coal totals reach about 40.96 million tons with the UK producing under a third.
A fire in several buildings overwhelmed extinguishers and sparked a village discussion. At a town meeting, a resident motioned to examine extinguishers ten days before each fire. A tourist asks for dinner, innkeeper jokes with his children, and several quips about money, gold, and temperaments appear in the fragmented text.
James H. Millholland testified in criminal court that pipe money for a Tube Cuts ordinance was raised from 60000 to 70900 dollars to secure votes. He described how bundles of greenbacks were handled and the plan to use the funds to pass the measure over the mayor’s veto. He said W A Martin ordered the safe keys handed back and implicated C S Cameron in the scheme.
Esther Mendleson sued Joseph Finegold for $190 in Justice Lord’s court. Trial produced a $9 judgment. Mendleson is mother of Solomon Mendleson, once partnered with Finegold. Police note Italian beggars and fire extinguishers spotted in NYC streets near a New Jersey suburb. Interstate Commerce Commission hearing cites failure to notice a signal tower and a conductor’s stopped watch as contributing factors to a recent wreck.
Langdon Warner recounts a Turkoman in Khiva entering a tiger cage. A short stick struck the tiger’s nose, then the man calmly stroked the beast while kept hand motioning. He lured the tiger outside, collar and chain in place, and led the beast away despite the animal’s snarls.
A condensed meditation on Mira the star noting its sixty year familiarity to astronomers, its periodic invisibility, sudden flares, and theories of surface hydrogen explosions. The piece reflects on stellar life cycles and compares Mira’s struggle to human mortality in a Garret FY Serviss introduction from the New York American.
Paris January reports say William E. Corey Pittsburg steel magnate and president of the American steel trust is living at Chateau Ville Degenis near Massy Ferriere with Mabelle Gilman the actress whom he will marry. He has bought the country place for 650 000 francs and the couple go car touring daily. No license for marriage has been sought and a date is not known. A Corey family friend says he will marry Miss Gilman and will not resign his steel presidency. His former wife Laura Cook Corey resides with his parents in North Braddock.
Pittsfield notes a week of visits and gatherings with relatives and friends across Elvira Wellington Oberlin and Rockford Illinois. The town records New Year events including a wedding at the Whitney home mislaid by O J Whitney and Rev A C Hacke.
George Bailes appeared before the probate judge in the Vion district on the prosecutor’s information. He was fined 50 for receiving stolen property valued at 234 belonging to two Mrs. Miller. He knew it was stolen. The article ends with a light note about skating.
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