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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1907
Page
4
Annual caution about mail order catalogs from Chicago houses. They lure buyers with low prices and flashy colors but exchanging items is costly and often ends with paying more than local merchants. Shop locally for household goods and returnable purchases.
Collection of short jokes and quips including lines about waifs awaiting Christmas gifts, a joke about trying an automobile with a judge, a hospital remark on locomotor ataxia, a senator's mileage joke, Columbus gratitude, and a pun about water turning black from sour hands.
Fragmented remarks question whether tonight or last night was meeting night. Public access to sessions is debated as doors stay closed and signs deny entry. Snippet references Prof Snyder, authority, and a jailhandcuff anecdote, implying concern over power.
The report lists arrest and witness details from Elyria and Lorain counties, naming suspects Throgs Maets alias C FT Hunt and Edward Roth among those detained. It notes injuries in a related Alpine case and references a forthcoming court setting, with mentions of government stamp sales linked to presidents.
Louis Bernard, Democratic leader of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, was arrested and held on a $100 bond to appear in Campbell County Kentucky court January 18. He is charged with taking part in an unlawful assemblage in a pool room at Huber's garden near Newport per reporter Wynt Ades.
Captain Oscar Harley recalls a Boonton incident where Bill Hoar, a diver, was trapped 60 feet underwater while trying to fix a sluice gate. A dramatic rescue failed but drew 15,000 spectators and sparked a New York press rush. Hoar died after boats and engines failed to free him. The tale earned Harley about 500 dollars.
A patron approves a shift from small to large type on the editorial page noting there is less to read. The editor asks for feedback after the subscription renewal showing the public preference for the bolder layout.
A woman identified as Mrs Erickson was fined after a Sunday arrest for drunken and disorderly behavior. Her three children were taken to the county orphanage in Oberlin by Officer Dumas, pending a divorce hearing filed by her husband in common pleas court alleging extreme cruelty.
The Men's Social Club of the Church of Christ holds an open meeting tomorrow at 7:00 PM. Admission is free and no collection will be taken. Families are encouraged to attend for two hours of stereopticon views of America's scenery including Yellowstone National Park.
Lorain resident and pioneer Root died in a Cleveland Kennedy apartment room yesterday forenoon. Born December 4 1847 in Sheffield township he was one of the Root twins and spent most of his life farming. Funeral services will be from his brother Orville Root’s home.
The damages suit by Anna Droobeck against Moses Price was dismissed for failure to provide security for costs after a prior jury disagreement. Droobeck alleged Price treated her poorly during an arrest attempt.
Columbus Ohio January details the Ohio National Guard officers assigned to Gov Harris personal staff. Aides de camp Lieut Col Charles C Weybrecht. Major George W Cunningham Major Joseph A Hall Capt Frederick M Fanning Capt Tilng A Blasis Captain Jamis H Williams Capt George H Wood Capt Robert T Dunning Captain Charles H Bell First Lieutenant Harry Moulton Lieutenant Ben W Chamberlain Troop B. Two exceptions keep the earlier staff other than Capt Bell and Lieut Chamberlain replacing Capt Knox and Lieut Miller.
A team of horses attached to a carriage on the White House grounds ran away yesterday after the senator and two friends had departed the vehicle. The frightened horses dashed down Penn Avenue toward the residence area, causing a crash. Senator Piles of Washington and companions were involved but uninjured, according to early reports.
RB T Salisbury 64 stationary engineer Elyria and Rose MM Coyken dale 34 domestic Elyria applied for licenses. Mike Kusmik 22 laborer South Lorain and Sophia Trowski 19 South Lorain also listed in the notice.
A driver named James Watson was ejected from a box when someone struck a tree and threw him from the vehicle, injuring his jaw. Police investigate the incident as part of the ground attack.
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