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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1906
Page
1
The city plans to settle a suit against Citizens Gas and Electric for 5000 dollars over the abandonment of a steam heating plant. An iron clad contract will be drawn and presented to the council for approval. If approved the suit will be withdrawn and the city will receive free heat for ten years.
Mrs. Hattie Welfare of stop 85 on the C and S W vanished after an argument with her husband Louis Welfare, an electrician for GC and 5W Birmingham. She and the child rode streetcars, then later the child was found in a Cleveland fondling institution.
The Plain Dealer rumor links Representative Lersch to a congressional bid. Lersch says he never told Ben Allen he would run, and he has no wish for office despite ambition. He cites personal cost and questions Webber’s county support as shaping current expectations.
The passage notes a narrow, tentative support from a small delegation and treats victory as accidental. It suggests luck influenced the outcome and contemplates the idea that fortune might repeat, while leaving the result still in doubt and open to further chance.
Dr Dawson criticizes Unitarians for lacking evangelistic power and explains the Holy Spirit’s descent after Jesus’ glorification. He cites John 7 39 and notes growing interest in evening services with many regulars and visitors. The Wednesday theme will be The Holy Spirit in the Acts of the Apostles.
The Cincinnati delegation at Columbus last night selected Kealy as Hamilton county member of the committee. Other Democrats include White of Washington county. Republicans named Lersch of Elyria and Little of Greenville with senate seats still unsettled among Howe of Cleveland Hafner of Cincinnati for Democrats and Hypes of Clark West of Logan for Republicans.
Arthur Hart of Kendalville Indiana, with the Buster Brown company, plays Buster's father. He was a school mate of Mr A B Smith now clerk at the Topi hotel.
Dr. Sidney Strong of Oak Park Illinois condemns a Chicago social event as a moral failing and cites Bryn Mawr Vassar and other institutions. He argues that the display by educated women harms public virtue while defenders contest modesty and propriety of dances and attire. Local reactions include charges of bigotry and varied defenses from attendees and organizers.
Lake Shore Electric began negotiations to buy the Toledo Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway to forge a direct Toledo to Sandusky line. President B W Moore visited Toledo to pursue the purchase. The Genoa to Lakeside line would connect with Lake Shore Electric tracks to Toledo, enabling a direct Sandusky link.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Brand at 121 Monroe Street weighing eleven pounds. The birth occurred at 5:15 on Tuesday afternoon. Both mother and child are doing well. Congratulations are being offered to the parents.
County infirmary lists more than 100 inmates with thirty women among them. Most are in fair health. The superintendent’s greatest troublemaker is Mr. Joy who suffered a broken back in a car incident and is improving but will remain lame.
The Finance journal of Cleveland hails Lake Shore Electric Railway Co and its new officers led by President Moore. It notes secretary treasurer and general manager salaries, praises Mr Bicknell for past management, and predicts the firm will top Ohio interurbans if contracts with South Lorain and Avon Beach are fulfilled.
A dinner and reception will be held at St. Andrew's church tomorrow evening. All parishioners are invited as organizers expect one of the largest gatherings of this kind under the church's auspices. The harmonione feeling is seen as a guarantee of an enjoyable and successful event.
The Oberlin G A R and W R C will visit Elyria with a special car Friday evening hosted by the Elyria G A R Post. The return trip departs Elyria at 12:30. The petit jury of the court of common pleas will be convened on Monday.
A traveling tailor named O. Hulmeyer appeared before the Mayor charged with drunkenness. He is described as a tramp who travels from place to place. He was taxed five dollars and costs, but could not pay and was sent to the prison.
M J Reese a student at Oberlin College will begin his pastorate at the Second Congregational Church next Sunday after the congregation unanimously extended the call. A Friday night reception will feature an excellent program and refreshments as Reese starts with a $1000 annual salary.
Mayor King of Lorain received a letter from former Auditor Toim Mahony, now on a southward wedding tour. The Mahonys stay in St Augustine Florida with Frank C LaMarche family and ship a souvenir card showing a cart drawn by an ox. The group includes Mr and Mrs Mahony, Mr and Mrs LaMarche, LaMarche's father, and Captain Benham of Cleveland. Mahony notes LaMarche plans northward travel to reach Lorain by navigation opening.
Mrs Martha Avery 83 years 7 months a long time Pittsfield resident died at home two miles south of Pittsfield Center Monday morning. Funeral held at her late home at 1 p m Wednesday.
Mr Behner of the A A of S and EB R of America is organizing a Central Labor Union in the city. He expects the project to succeed and a delegates meeting from all unions will be held next month to form the union.
Officer Dumas notes most offenses involve wives and families after payday. Men spend earnings on liquor at saloons, then abuse relatives and rack up debt, causing repeated poverty and escalating trouble. He highlights that such families often need authorities aid.
King Solomon's Lodge Free and Accepted Masons will travel to Wakeman next Friday night at the invitation of the lodge there to confer degrees. A special chartered car will transport the group.
At the probate court on Tuesday the will of Melissa Tilden of Elyria township was filed for probate. The property is left to Ella G. Tilden and Jessie Tilden with use for five years provided debts and taxes are paid. Heirs when wound up are Anne Honnecberger, Ella G. Tilden, Jessie Tilden, and Sanford LL. Tilden
The Cleveland and Southwestern Traction Co. board re elected F. T. Pomeroy as president for the new year. New officers include A. B. Akina as first vice president E. F. Schneider as secretary and J. O. Wilson as treasurer with Smith named second vice president and Fuller retiring as treasurer.
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