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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1906
Page
3
The circular skirt is a pronounced favorite of the season for both young girls and adults, noted for its charm and versatility. This stylish trend highlights a lightweight silhouette and practical ease, appealing across age groups.
Patterns 6207 for misses circular skirt fits 12 to 16 years with center seam variations and material estimates. Pattern 5180 for a soft wool flannel bath robe features flat roll over collar loose sleeves and ribbon trim with size range 12 to 16 years.
Berkeley reports Capt. J A Macomber of Oakland found a sweet potato that keeps indefinitely like Irish potatoes. Carried eight months on his schooner Gotama, the tubers stayed in perfect condition. At UC Berkeley Prof E J Wickson calls the discovery highly valuable and potentially lucrative if kept without refrigeration, aiding future storage and pricing.
Albany reports state engineer Henry A. Van Alstyne forecast $40 million for the 1000-ton barge canal and road improvements in 1906. The plan aims to contract half the canal work in the first half of 1906 and notes current expenditures and contracts from the prior year's $10 million allocation. Spain luxe spending figures are also cited in the same report.
Italian and American railroad laborers in Bellefontaine were scared when a whitecap warning forced them to leave town. A week earlier a general fight involved Italian and American workers, and Elyria druggist A. Dykeman reports high demand for Hindipo, his kidney cure and nerve tonic, offered with a positive guarantee.
The Gaceta de Mexico for October 1728 records vast imports around Puebla including 16,000 mules at ten dollars each and 10,000 horses at 18 to 24 reales. By 1742 Don Fernando de la Campa offered 1,000 saddle horses for Vera Cruz defense with 50,000 more possible. Prices in 1780 show oxen at ten dollars a yoke and horses at two dollars in Nueva Galicia, while some Mexican nobles kept tens of thousands of cattle and horses on their estates.
Island in Lake Superior Gull Island among the Apostle group attracts visitors with vast gull colonies. Charles H. Collins of Ableland Wisconsin describes nests built of grass and mud, hundreds of feet apart, with thousands of eggs and birds vigilant but not aggressive until nests hatch.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy that digests food, eases indigestion and belching, and restresses the stomach to restore strength. It claims the product converts all foods into rich blood and promotes health, sold by all druggists.
The notice touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as soothing and comforting for piles and related ailments. It claims instant pain subdual, reduced swelling, and circulation aid to promote natural relief, noting sale by all druggists. A stray line mentions Space having a temperature 200 degrees below zero.
A clergyman recounts a revival in his church that added no souls, lamenting quarrels among members. His brother questions how many were saved as the reply notes none joined. A quip about marriage and time follows, ending with a playful exchange between partners.
A brief item notes a medical unit or schedule reference involving eye ear and throat services with time ranges 1 to 4 and 7 to B. The text lacks clear context or full names, but indicates a timetable or service blocks for an ophthalmology otolaryngology unit. No dates or locations are specified.
Train No 11 runs via Akron with Nos 17 16 45 offering Pullman and Parlor cars except Sunday. Flag static conditions noted. DACHTLER, Ticket Agent.
Fragmentary OCR shows train listings for Cincl. and Cineth Heights bias, Cal. Ind. and other rail lines with B x 648 and Ws No. 26 daily runs. Other trains run daily except Sunday, per the clipped timetable.
The Cleveland to Elyria line lists hourly departures from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM with numerous Limiteds at specified times to Cleveland Public Square and from Cleveland to Elyria. Elyria to Oberlin, Wellington, Lorain, North Amherst, Grafton, Birmingham Berlin Heights and Norwalk service runs at many intervals, including 40 minute and 20 minute headways, with Norwalk Limiteds at 8:40 AM and 6:40 PM plus other daily times.
The Mma Table effective Dec 21, 1906 lists Lor en Street Ry Loop routes from Hiyrla to South Lo rain Beach Park and Cleveland at set times from 5:45 to 11:45 A M and 6:45 to 12:30 A M Beach Park service at 11:00 P M and 12:30 A M Last car from Cleveland at 11:16 P M waits for theaters.
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