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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
4
A Daily Reporter correspondent urges action on poor country roads, criticizing endless talk and urging concrete improvements. He links better roads to mail delivery and rural life, notes gas pressure and salary debates, and calls for decisive measures rather than more discussion.
An assortment of humorous quips and gags feature misers, egotism, and social foibles. A government scientist confesses a limp prompting a doctor to diagnose locomotor ataxia, while other lines poke at manners and marriage remarks.
A quiet man in a group tells a dog story about a forgotten pet after a day of drinking and bragging tales. The other men listen as the dog scene ends with a forget-me-not blossom laid at his feet, and no one else speaks of dogs that night.
In a collection of playful notes a weather forecast turns into chatter about snow, fashion, and light gossip. A Jamaica trip, a governor, divorce anecdotes, and alimony tales color a breezy slice of current mood.
A Paris or Notre Dame area widow offers a free home treatment for rheumatism including muscular and joint pain, sciatica, lumbago, backache, kidney pains, and neuralgia. She claims the cure removes uric acid, loosens stiff joints, purifies blood, and brightens the eyes, with proof to be mailed to Mrs Summers, Box R, Notre Dame, Ind. Mrs. Austins Famous Pancakes Also Featured.
Frank Frost travels to the Englehart home where Bertha and her mother sit apart. Bertha admits fault, Mrs. Englehart chides, and Frost reconciles with both, choosing to live with them and pressing Bertha to join. In a turn, Frost and Bertha reunite as harmony returns in the household.
The sanitary expert outlines funding options for a disposal plant costing 20 000 to 25 000 dollars. He notes per household charges or general taxation as methods and suggests private capital could build the plant under long term contracts. A sanitary ordinance regulating disposal will be drafted for council approval.
An office housing a toll station fronts the exchange with a rest room for girls nearby. Lockers for clothing are provided. The exchange board and chief operator connect to a terminal power board enabling quick repair of damaged telephones. The company now offers 28 toll lines reaching most of the country.
Court records show a fugitive and a companion remained at large with trial underway. After lengthy searches and expense, both reappeared. One case involved a Ware family member facing loss of property as a result of the fugitive’s absence.
Frank Mead was arraigned on Christmas Day charges of forcibly ravishing a 16 year old Lorain girl Mary Wango with bond set at $2000. Additional cases include Frank E Foote A L Harte and A Kotchever charged with scrap iron theft from B and C at Lorain with bonds of $2000 each.
Train service leaves Elyria daily at 1 34 p m for Medina Akron Youngstown Butler Pittsburg McKeesport Cumberland Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York with a sleeper from Akron.
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