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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1904
Page
1
A fragmentary note hints at a price increase or adjustment affecting a business or product. No clear entities, dates, or locations are readable, leaving the exact item and amount unspecified while signaling a forthcoming price action.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a classified style notice offering chances tied to purchases and listings in suburbs. It references furniture, phone contact, a block, and times, but the readable content is incomplete and lacks clear event or entity details beyond generic place and object mentions.
After a long session the Board of public avtyice awarded the contract to Barber Asphalt Co. of Akron for Middle Avenue paving. The firm began work within 40 minutes, with bonds approved by the solicitor, aiming to complete before winter and avoid legal delays from bond sales.
A petition filed in the United States Circuit Court seeks a temporary injunction to restrain an employee from leaving Kellogg Switchoard and Supply Co of Chicago to join a rival concern. Kellogg contends in evidence contracts set a $250 monthly salary and assign rights to inventions, with patent fees specified at 30 dollars for domestic and 100 dollars for foreign patents. the company alleges breach of the contracts.
Dugan a 28 year old structural iron worker of Pittsbnure marries Margaret Toomey a 19 year old servant from South Lorain.
Five Columbus brewing companies and outside brewers act to sway public sentiment on the local option question. They charge saloons voted out of wet districts reopened, while brewers sign an agreement to sell no beer to saloons that may reopen in wet districts, affecting residential property nearby.
A meeting of the Agricultural Society debated selling the fair grounds to buy land on the A D Howe farm at Carlisle crossing Brain Hill. The proposal faced strong opposition as the grounds boast a premier track, shaded groves, and valuable trees, with bids to be received.
The Cleveland YMC A employment department reports nearly a thousand positions secured for young men last year. Local firms rely on it for workers across many levels from beginners to skilled veterans, and the service welcomes applicants from surrounding rural areas seeking jobs. Inquiries to the department receive careful attention.
The Board of Public Service contracted with Williams Bros and Morss to build a temporary foot bridge across the river to help people reach markets and stores. It will be a substantial tressel crossing built before the wagon bridge is removed, located below the wagon bridge near Parson Lumber company buildings, at a cost of $450.
The young men of the Baptist and Disciple Sunday schools will play a ball game on Enstith street grounds Friday evening at 4 30 o’clock. Admission free.
An article describes a home beekeeping hive arranged on a windowsill with glass sides and wooden top, detailing queen and workers tending brood, wax making, nectar processing, and honey production. It highlights ease of setup, the need for occasional apiary checks, and the quiet, unobtrusive observation experience for an invalid or disabled observer.
Albert Frank a sailor aboard the steamer I W Nichols fell from the spar deck to the hold bottom about 1 am sustaining serious spinal injuries though no bones were broken. He was treated by Dr Garver and later sent to the hospital for further evaluation. Separately Robert L Rooney guardian of William Schaden and others petitions the court for an order to sell lands to fund ward maintenance.
W. G. Guy, known as a smooth operator in Elyria, arranged for an amusement company under Flags of All Nations. After two months here he skipped out Tuesday with creditors pressing him. He had planned a Ballpark East Side act for a week, but the venture failed. Guy claimed his partner ran away with the funds, though he was the manager and partner in ante.
The New York Tribune notes Russia and Japan held opposite yet plausible perspectives. It argues Russia underestimated the likelihood of war, while the world anticipated conflict unless Russia conceded to Japan. The piece emphasizes Russia’s isolation from global expectations and the inevitability of war in hindsight.
A notice inviting readers to request pamphlet maps and full information about allotment of fertile lands in the Rosebud Indian Reservation area in southeastern South Dakota. The Chicago and North Western Railway line and contact address A. F. Cleveland 234 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio are provided with a three cent stamp request dated July 8.
Elyria yacht leader Commodore Huntington announces that racing yachts will be barred from competing for the Huntington Trophy at Put-in-Bay regatta. He denounces racing machines as costly, unsafe, and unworthy of the sport, selecting a non motorized craft for the event.
The Brooklyn Eagle highlights washable waists in cambric and calico at six to eight cents a yard. Four yards make a waist and matching sets cost about 25 cents. Guidelines include tailored seams, proper fit, finishing, and a style of full shirt waist with a modified blouse. Also notes lawn and Madras fabrics for summer outfits and a Glen's Beach dancing schedule.
Four fast trains depart Chicago at 9:00 am 6:30 pm 10:00 pm and 8:00 pm via Chicago and North Western Bay with luxury equipment dining car service and illuminated cars. Tickets rates and sleeping car reservations available through local agents or A F Cleveland 234 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio.
The last legislature enacts that the auditor must prepare and deliver notices in writing to all lot and land owners and affected corporations for improvement petitions. The auditor is paid 60 cents per 100 words, not to exceed 60 cents per notice, with 2 per day for actual service. Notices must be served 16 days before hearing, with oath of service time and method, and non resident lead owners may be served by newspaper publication sworn and filed with the auditor.
The Nebraska Indian Base Ball Treats, famed for skilled Native American players, will travel nationwide and face Lorain on Tuesday, July 14, offering locals a chance to see elite Indian baseball talent in action.
The second of the appropriation suits by Pittsburg and Lake Erie Hatland against Avon township landowners went to trial in probate court Friday morning. Defendant Peter Stoll is named in the case. The farm fronts a public highway and the railroad would cross it at a slant near the road, with about two and a half acres involved in the strip claimed by the railroad.
Tables completed at the pension office for the year ending July 20 show the proportion of the unknown army those veterans entitled to pensions under the new law but who never applied. Less than 5,000 applications filed in nearly three months. estimates once ranged from 160,000 unaccounted civil war veterans to a revised figure not exceeding 20,000 alive nonpensioners.
Notice that E. Lawrence Assignees office in Elyria Lorain County Ohio has been duly appointed and qualified as assignee in trust for the creditors of W P Pfaff and A M Batlin partners as Pfat and Battin of Elyria by the probate court of Lorain County Ohio with an office suite 206 Elyria Block Ohio
George A. Squires was fined twenty five dollars plus costs and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse on a non support case. He deserted his wife and four minor children, leaving them to fend for themselves while she was pregnant. The older children were placed in the county orphanage, and his wife kept a boarding house on West Bridge Street. Squires failed to provide support and begged for mercy from the mayor, who declined. He will serve his time in the workhouse and reflect on his error.
In Kas Henning's saloon doorway on Thursday a lone aukbown person fired a small ganner cracker, creating considerable excitement with no clue to the perpetrator. Mar Vollar sues James Vollar for divorce claiming extreme cruelty and that her life depended on support from her husband. Attorney J. T. Strenick represents the plaintiff.
Early Thursday a shooting affray occurred when A L McKee was wounded in the leg after Charles Hall fired on him while shadowing Hall and Preston Srotts wife. Srott and Hall were placed under arrest as the case unfolds in Lorain. A cheap Atlantic coast excursion is advertised with July 19 departures.
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