Elyria area news notes and local notices
Local items report visits and greetings among Elyria residents and nearby towns. Census work wraps up for Elyria enumerators. Wakeman baseball to play two games in Elyria on July 2. Social visits span Avon Oberlin Mentor and Lorain. Roadwork and utilities progress plus a July 4 celebration planned in North Amherst with a Western Star band.
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Wakeman
Wm. Kerrine
Benham
Avon
Alta Nickerson
Oberlin
Miss Woodroth
Rochester
Erhart
Belden
Third Street
D. £. Condon
Columbus
Elyria
Glenn Granger
Kipton
W. Reed
Chicago
Martin Denman
Agnes Woodford
Mentor
Asaph Jones
M. Straus
Mildred
Mable Moysey
Kelley's Island
C.E. Jostin
Familly
David Burse
Butternuc Bidge
Aurelia Humphrey
Fopeke
Kew
Thomas Pounds
Lorain
North Amherst
Western Star Band
Ohio Music Co
Cleveland
Elyria News & Messenger Co
East Side
Bell
Revised game laws restrict hunting and bird protection
A historical summary lists protections for many birds such as sparrows and robins, with bans on killing eggs and nests. It notes limited hunting windows for species like quail and woodcock, owner privileges for certain animals, and rules on fishing gear, hunting permissions, and Sunday prohibitions.
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Secretary of State
Pastors Address at Open Air Patriotic Union Meeting
An open air gathering at the north entrance of the courthouse drew a large crowd on Sunday evening. Rev. Cadmus, Rev. Knapp, and Rev. Stivers spoke with Rev. Kind leading a patriotic poem. The speakers praised the nation as its birthday nears and their remarks were well received with musical interludes by city church choirs.
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Court House
Cadmus
Knapp
Stivers
Cadmnus
Bessiam
Meteslf
Divorce Granted In Swain Custody Case At Amherst
Polly Swain wins a divorce from Arthur Swain on three years of gross neglect. Polly gains custody of minor son Charles A. Swain while James M. Swain goes to grandfather Charles Swain. Each party to pay own costs. Custody dispute sparked tumult after court adjourned. Also disposed: National Bank of Elyria v Wagner cognovit for 672.99 and Nettie Nichols v Franklin Nichols divorce with injunction.
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Nye
Polly Swain
Arthur Swain
Charles A. Swain
James M
Charles Swain
Amherst
National Bank of Elyria Va
John Wagner
Nettie M. Nichols
Franklin F.nichols
Sudden Death Claims Frank BKuckenrither in Tuckerville
Frank BKuckenrither of the town ring in Tuckerville died suddenly Friday afternoon around 2 o clock. Rheumatism of the heart was given as the cause. He had been ill for some time, but no one expected the attack after a brisk walk. He was 42 and leaves a wife and eleven children. The funeral will be held Monday.
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Mary Fisher
Cleveland
Tony
Frank Bkuckenrither
Tuckerville
Bridge Accepted by County Board After Review
The county commissioners met Tuesday to review county roads and their condition. In the afternoon they accepted the Lorain bridge, closing most matters though a few extras remain. The bridge is now county property.
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Lorain
One Lawyer in Heaven Folly as Ejected Editor Trick
A playful verse notes a lawyer in heaven who posed as an editor to slip through unseen. When exposed, attempts to hire another to draft ejectment papers failed, leaving the original to hold the fort amid imagined heavenly legal satire.
July Weather Summary From The Weather Bureau Record
A historical July weather summary reports 21 years of data. It notes mean temperatures around 74 degrees, a warmest July 78 and coldest 69, with extremes of 100 and 52 degrees on noted dates, and rainfall averages 3.44 inches with 0.9 days at or above .01 inch. It records 10 clear, 14 partly cloudy, 7 cloudy days and southwest winds, peaking at 69 mph from the north on the 11th in 1879.
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Weather Bureau
Great Lake Fisheries Census Hints At Growth Since 1880
The Marine Record notes the 1900 census will reveal surprises about Great Lakes fisheries expansion over the decade. From 1880 to 1890 Seabee lot fishermen rose 53 percent, capital investment rose 110 percent, and total catch grew from 89,000,000 to 118,000,000 pounds, about a 70 percent increase.
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Great Lakes
Wheat Boom Hits Salina as Harvest Tops 100 Million Bushels
A Salina dispatch reports the Kansas wheat harvest reaching about 100 million bushels for the year. To handle the crop, 20,000 farm laborers have been imported into the state in the last two weeks, signaling a record season for the golden wheat belt.
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Salina
Kansas
School Teacher Weds Mias Parmela Manter in Avon Beach
A schoolteacher from Wade Park Cleveland married Joseph Kermode of Cleveland last Wednesday at Avon beach in the couple's future home. The bride, Parmela Manter sister of E J Manter, taught at Wade Park school last winter and resides on Wade Park Avenue.
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Mias Parmela Manter
E. J. Manter
Joseph Kermode
Cleveland
Avon Beach
Wade Park School
Wade Park Avenue
A Pretty Romance Of A Lawyer And A College Love
Mr James B Dill a corporation lawyer famed for reconciling Carnegie and Frick interests recalls a tale of a western officer seeking east transfer for his wife. Dill helps via political influence, then meets his old Oberlin companion, now the officer’s wife, and rekindles college memories.
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James B. Dill
Carnegie and
Frick Steel
Washington
Mr. Dill
Mr. Dil
Agniiet
Thie
Dim
New York
Oberlin
Ahe
Jimmie Dill
Fire at Oberlin and Elyria couple wed at Park House
A shed behind the Park House in Oberlin caught fire around midnight Tuesday. Firemen extinguished the blaze quickly. losses were small and insured. In Elyria, David Hollis and Miss Amy Richards wed Tuesday evening at their new 635 Lodi street home, with Rev H. S Wannamsker officiating under floral arches as friends looked on.
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David Hollis
Amy Richards
Elyria
H. 8
Wannamsker
Lodi Street
Fire at Vernon Block Steel Plant Bakery Damages Buildings
Fire gutted the Steel Plant bakery owned by Mr Stevens in the rear Vernon block on Tuesday morning. The structure and contents were a total loss with extensive smoke and water damage reported by local fire crews.
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Stevens
Vernon
Diphtheria Ties and Theft Report From Oberlin
Diphtheria strikes a young lady student in Oberlin after a sudden collapse at FW Chamberlain residence on Worth Pleasant street. She dies next day from malignant diphtheria. precautions are taken to prevent spread. Mrs. G W Robinson is arrested for stealing clothing silverware and other items found in her room at the hotel. Oberlin restages after reunion week with 9877 visitors spending about $5 each, and the fire department readies for the county tournament at Lorain and vows to reclaim last year’s banner.
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Mise
Wm. Bennington
Lottie Peck
Law
John Rutz
West Third Street
Edith Cradock
Brunswick
Fire Central
Union Telephone Company
Wmn
DuBroy
Ottawa
Canada
Alice Dowd
Cleveland
Chas. Hart
Grand Rapids
Bowman
Hafner
Fred Biggs
LaGrange
J. Biggs
F. Dibble
Athens
Sayers
Penn
Mer. S
H. W. Cooper
Bellefontaine
L. B. Sweet
Hast Avenue
Oliver Carter
Lapeer
Mich
Nancy Patent
A. Bates
J R
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P. GD. Reefy
Bessie
HS Follawsnee
G. F. Wright
Oberlin
China
George Fredrick
S. Sudro
South Lorain
Topeka Capital
Charles M. Sheldon
G. W. Robinson
Col
Lewis Munson
Han
Lorrain
Elyria
Life Insurance Payouts by 1899 In Ohio Towns
A directory of 4000 U S and Canadian life insurance settlements shows Ohio totals including Norwalk 21600 Ashland 48500 Berlin Heights 8150 Elyria 8000 Fostoria 20176 Fremont 29013 Lorain 6160 Massillon 21400 Oberlin 14788 Sandusky 100530 Shelby 16016 Tain 32350 Waleington 6050. Heir payments included Calvin S Brice 87500 Arthur J Conger Akron 112600 Lewis Miller Akron 950000. Nationwide total reached 185821149.
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Teurance Presa
United States
Canada
Old Line Life Insuranes
Thatia
Ohio
Norwalk
Ashland
Berlin Heights
Elyria
Fostoria
Fremont
Lorain
Massillon
Oberlin
Sandusky
Shelby
Reflections of a Bachelor War and manners mix
A fragmentary humorous vignette notes how war reshapes life and how men and women clash over hats, umbrellas, and shoes. It hints at social foibles and the quirks of gendered fashion in a playful, dated tone. The text reads as a stray opinion piece or dialog sketch.
Encouraging Sign Warns Labor Uions on Intemperance
An encouraging sign of the times notes labor unions awakening to temperance as the enemy of the workingman. Tailors blacksmiths machinists and other tradesmen are urged to adopt temperance as wise economy. Ohio Penitentiary News mentions E Goldberg a Elgin Business College graduate leaving for Anaconda Montana to work as bookkeeper with Brown Bros Co.
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Ohio Penitentiary News
E. Goldberg
Elgins Business College
Anaconda
Montana
Brown Bros. Well
Anti-Saloon League rejects McKinley fight claim
J C Jackson editor of the American Issue replies to a Cleveland Leader reader, defending the Anti-Saloon League stance toward President McKinley. He rejects Democratic claims of league campaigning against the Republican ticket, stating the league will not attack the party over the Clark bill or George B Cox.
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Tne
Cleveland Leader
J. C. Jackson
Anti-Saloon League
McKinley
Ohio
The
Leader
Republican Party
Clark
George 8. Cox
Republican Committee
Olio
Baron Muthhausen
Ka Dill
George B. Cox
Slike
Cox
Foraker
Hanna
J.C. Jacxson
Two railroad deaths within hours shake West Side yards
Brakeman Archie Snow died earlier, and Emel Scherer, Lake Shore through freight conductor, was killed by train No. 1 in the C. L. & W. yards. Scherer, 52, Canadian, leaves a farm in Jefferson and a widow. He was a longtime Lake Shore employee and a member of the Order of Railroad Conductors.
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Emel Scherer
Lake Shore
Ate Shore Station
Scherer
Iz Fe
Frank Horton
Lever
Witch Tower
Louis Fashaber
Hart
Ada LG
Ensign & Wilkins’ Undertaking
Collinwood
Jefferson
Lake Bhore
The
Order of Railroad Conductors
Cleveland Driving Park announces five July racing dates
The Cleveland Driving Park Co announces five race days from Monday July 2 to Friday July 27 inclusive. Entry lists show 112 horses entered and purses total 25 000 dollars per race with twenty six purses. Large crowds are expected for the meets.
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Cleveland Driving Park Co
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