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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1904
Page
2
Commentary on wartime fear of fireworks and banned explosives leading to safer Fourth of July observances. Officials tout ordinances against cannon crackers and blank cartridges, saving lives and limbs. Mentions General Miles as a possible presidential candidate and questions about prohibition convention nominations.
Visitors at the World’s Fair find on site lodging with 3257 bedrooms and a dining hall for 2500. The Inside Inn, a three story hotel at the southeast of the grounds, provides European and American rates from 8 to 3.50 per day, including admission. Aimed at easing crowd pressures, it serves guests arriving via Union Station, Market Street, or Intermedial Railway access.
Booklet outlining full details will be mailed to anyone writing to The Inside Inn Administration Bldg World's Pair Grounds St. Louis. Reservations can be made for any period during the life of the fair.
The Spenverian Commercial School of Cleveland offers a delightful excursion to Niagara Falls on Thursday July 14. A special Lake Shore Railway train leaves Cleveland at 11 p.m. and arrives at Falls next morning. Round trip fare from Cleveland is three dollars with slight reductions for points east and west. first class coaches and Pullman sleepers available. Tickets valid five days for return on regular trains. Further details from Lake Shore agents or Spencerinn Commercial School at 475 Guild Avenue.
Champney offers a popular low rate excursion to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City and Sea Isle City New Jersey via Buffalo Lehigh Valley Ky and Philadelphia. 13 days including sale date from Elyria at 18.75 for round trip with stopovers at Philadelphia Niagara Falls and Chautauqua. Consult agents or write to A Z Smith GP LT A Cleveland July 26.
A brief notice from Cleveland offers a pamphlet titled New Tomes in the West about a half million acre tract on the Rosebud Reservation in southeastern South Dakota. It describes a direct Chicago to Bollester line border and requests two 2-cent stamps for the pamphlet, with related maps and land allotment details. The signatory is listed as FB Cleveland, 254 Superior Street, hoveland iro, July.
The ad touts a sensational offer: cash price five dollars and weekly payments of 31.09 with no interest or tax. It claims Elyria’s land is rapidly rising in value due to factory growth, steel and tube plants, and high employment demand, urging buyers to act before the market changes.
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