This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1904
Page
2
An advertisement lists multiple coffee brands such as Empire Bend Western Reserve Mervue Moca and Java Senora Liptons Yacht Club and raward s Chop Tea with assorted weights and prices. Teas from Edward s Magnolia Lipton s Sadada are offered with per pound and per box pricing and emphasis on fresh goods and prompt delivery.
Congressman W. O. Skiles died at his Shelby home after a weeklong illness with pneumonia. Washington specialists were unable to help. his funeral is set for Wednesday at two. His wife Dora, daughter Zanto, and brother G. M. Skiles survive, with mourning observed across Shelby as factories pause.
An interview excerpt praises The Sign of the Cross as more than melodrama, likening it to Restoration tragedies. It highlights themes of love transforming a sensualist into a Christian, with a vivid Romeo under Caesar sequence and lasting dramatic power cited by critics.
A Saturday night blaze gutted the boiler shop at Band O Shone in Lomin destroying contents and halting operations. Fire broke out after quitting time with all workers gone. three companies fought the blaze but could not save the building. The incident follows a previous fire in thirty days, leaving about seventy five workers unemployed and delaying rebuilding of car and boiler shops.
Mrs George Guible and her daughter Agnes of West Avvanue were overcome by natural gas stove fumes while baking. They recovered with help from Dr Cushing after four o clock Saturday afternoon. They did not lose consciousness.
Fred H Lewis a Elyria plumber died at Toledo State Hospital where he had been confined. His body will be sent to Elyria for burial by 83H Squires and W EB Notley. The Railway Age reports U S total railway mileage at 209 885 miles in the year, with 6 788 45 added, noting adjustments from Poor's Manual and ongoing construction despite labor troubles.
An accident at Citizens' Gas and Electra Company left the city without heat or light from Sunday afternoon. Boilers failed and the plant shut down, disabling hotels, the courthouse, city buildings, town hall, churches, and many homes. Manager Schrantz said repairs would finish by nightfall, delayed by late supplier arrivals from Pittsburgh but expected to proceed Monday.
Wreck victim Billy Obrien, motorman on the Cand Saw electric line, was injured July 19 in Cottasbrook. He leans on crutches, with a broken leg that has resisted proper healing. Obrien, who once faster Newark to Cleveland, plans to have the fracture rebroken for better healing.
The January term of court opened on Monday with twenty one cases on the grand jury docket. The session began as officials announced readiness to proceed with indictment and review of the presented matters.
A car derailment on the Grafton line near LaPorte sent a vehicle toward a bridge with a trained horse causing a near fall down a steep embankment. No injuries. Another crash on the Lindale line damaged a car and vestibule as a fast train struck it. the motorman escaped. Coury and Stark grocery firm dissolves. Stark sells stake to councilman Martin Mueller. The Mueller and Coury firm will operate from 467 West Broad Street with prompt delivery citywide.
The Chicago Tribune reports that eight train crews including conductors, firemen, and engineers were placed on a sixty day vacation after a semaphore light malfunction near a Chicago suburb. A high official marked train numbers following a Pere Marquette wreck near Grand Rapids, aiming to improve safety. The company asserted a dark signal has the same meaning as a danger red light under their rules.
Ohio boxing fans await Governor-elect Herrick’s stance after Jimmy Murray filed with Judge Galloway to allow an exhibition by Murray’s Logan boxing pupils in the Great Southam Theater. A favorable ruling would signal a revival of prize fighting interest in the state.
G Foote aged sixty eight died at his Wellington home Sunday at two a m. He was born in Huntington township in 1836 and built a 500 acre farm with dairying and stock raising before moving to Wellington in 1873 to run the Hotel de Foote. He was a staunch Republican and married Matilda Bash in 1858 with several children. Also a Northern Ohio checker association scores listing J Hockensmith and others are noted.
A serious shooting occurred in Wellington on Saturday night around 10:30. Claude Platt fired through the door of his residence at his wife, the bullet narrowly missing a jugular vein in her throat. He was intoxicated and, after hammering the door, fired when his wife refused entry.
An old exchange praises a Nebraska teacher named Hateh who has taught seventy two terms without missing more than half a day after getting stuck in a snow bank. The piece humorously extols her impact and long career.
G D Foote of Wellington, Herrick's first employer, died Sunday morning. Foote recalled paying Governor-elect Herrick the first twenty five cents earned for driving cows and predicted he would someday reach the president's chair.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.