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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1902
Page
4
A fragmented advertisement touts Liver-Lax a vegetable bowel remedy priced at 25c and DeWitt’s pills as gentler options. It warns against ineffective laxatives, urges reliable action, and notes a 6 room house for rent at 210 Choptonstrost with gas and water.
An Illinois or Missouri man Geo S Estell of Kansas City testifies in 1901 that Kid No-Oids cured his kidney and bladder diseases after years of pain and failed remedies. He says he is permanently cured and offers to oath. An agent Henry J. Eady is listed with price one shillings or cents. Lost bonds notice requests return of Albany Home Telephones company bonds. Reward offered for return to A E Lord.
An 19th century advertisement offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from West & Truax Walding Kinnen Marvin wholesale druggists Toledo and Cheney Co proprietors. Claims cure by internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills promoted as best.
Parents warned that children are especially prone to burns bruises and cuts and that neglect can lead to blood poisoning. An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as unequalled for drawing out fire stopping pain and healing wounds with counterfeit warnings and testimonial claims including a baby cured of eczema by two physicians.
A letter from L. C. Overstroet of Higin Tenn. recalls a wife near death from consumption and credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving her life after doctors gave up. The notice promotes the medicine as a remedy for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and lung diseases with 50 cent and 1.00 price and trial bottles available at H. J. Hady's.
An advertisement features Mia Harrisburg Pa and Mary Sid touting One Minute Cough Cure as a safe immediate remedy for coughs croup and throat troubles. It claims the product is suitable for young children and cites a testimonial from H J Eady. Also notes a job ad seeking five girls for second work at 284 Washington Avenue and promotes Kid No Oids a kidney and bladder medicine at 50 cents a box with a 18 year scientist’s formula.
Fragmentary notice asserts Dr King’s New Life Pills purport to cleanse bowels and relieve headaches fevers and liver kidney bowel troubles. It mentions alleged poisons and claimed quick relief, with an unclear price listed as 260.
A broad survey traces 19th century American farming growth from 1890 to 1899, noting record wheat yields in 1898 of 675,148,705 bushels on 44,045,278 acres and contrasting later years with large corn and potato crops. It covers livestock, milk capacity, and the shift from primitive farming to a science aided by the Department of Agriculture, plus a recipe for almond petits.
Weekly weekday service advertised for the Florida Special on the Big Four line at 12 85 p m with dining car route from Cleveland to St Augustine. Public notice touts Buckwheat and Austin's Pancake Flour as change from cereals.
A historical medical piece explains nosebleeds often follow injuries or vigorous picking and may signal underlying nasal obstruction or fevers. It cites cold applications, pressure on the bleeding point, alum solutions, hydrogen peroxide, and physician care for prolonged cases, noting recurrent bleeding in children needs systemic treatment.
A Washington dispatch says Kaskaskia once Illinois capital will lose its post office as the rural free delivery expands. Only five families remain in the town once a thriving river trading center on the Illinois River, with historic visits by Lafayette noted.
The Oberlin Business College will continue its offer of free car fare between Kiyria and Oberlin for students from this place who wish to pursue business education. The opportunity aims to help many Oberlin residents access higher learning at reduced cost.
A reader letter praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for curing deep seated coughs and lung trouble. The writer cites a wife with hemorrhage of the lungs who recovered after ten bottles. The note invites others to publish and offers free medical adviser with mailing stamps.
Legal notice announces the revival of a dormant judgment in the case Harvey Roberts v George Bacon in the Lorain County Common Pleas. The administrator, Harvey Roberts, alleges unpaid sums totaling 580.62 dollars plus 392.08 dollars and costs, with six percent interest from a 1393 date, and seeks revival by February 1, 1902, or the judgment will stand revived.
J R Rogan filed a divorce petition in Lorain County Ohio No 6563 against Mosell Rogan on grounds of extreme cruelty and gross neglect. The case seeks hearing six weeks after first publication starting February 10 1903. Attorneys H G Schaibly and Lee Stroup represent Rogan.
Letter from H F Eady proclaims DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve best for piles sores burns and a cure for skin troubles after a long illness. Testimony from H Rodina of Hillaborough West Virginia credits Arnica Salve with curing painful corns. Ad claims 25c price and guarantees care by H J Eady.
Travel advertisements describe excursions from Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles on a scenic line with first class sleeper service. Routes include Southern and Rocky Mountain daylight passages via alternating directions, offering comfortable, inexpensive travel to the Pacific coast. Also promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a widely sold remedy for coughs and colds with claims of rapid relief and extensive distribution.
Fragmentary note asserts a large portion of the United States population suffers from digestive and liver complaints. The text hints at widespread illness but remains incomplete and unclear.
Daily service area includes Bridgeport Bellaire Martin's Ferry and Wheelersburg region. Field notes reference Dany and G P Carret with Beyulanc in Ohio as part of the described route or service coverage.
Public Square Cleveland to Elyria and Oberlin Wellington North Amherst and Berea routes list frequent shuttle times many hourly connections large and comfortable cars cross the rocky river bluff scenic picnic grounds weekend extra half hours Sundays and holiday specials with excursion information by J U Winsger G P A 614 Garfield Bldg Cleveland Ohio
Passenger cars leave Elyvia and Grafton at specified hours beginning 5 80 am and 3 00 am with return trips leaving Elyvia for Grafton at 10 35 pm and 10 45 pm The other car runs nightly after the show at the Mlyzin opera house Tickets available at the E and W Ry ticket office Elyprie
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