17 Jul 1901
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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1901
Page
1
Readable bits mention living areas and rooms such as reception room kitchen bath and bedroom spaces. many items appear garbled. The text hints at a property layout with sleeping sets large living areas and a cellar but lacks clear details, names, dates, or locations.
Readable bits show money figures like 100000 and references to firms being solicited for preparations and contracting work. The clipped text implies a municipal or corporate financing initiative with substantial funds and multiple firms involved, though specifics are missing.
The Elyria Daily and Weekly Reporter relocated its offices and printing plant to the four story Ely Power block on Mill street. The building, completed in 1901, is steel framed with concrete floors, hollow ice partitions, oak and Georgia pine interiors, steam heating, and electric light. The Simplex typesetting machine handles all editions, printing presses and Stonemetz folder serve daily operations, and the plant boasts a Campbell press capable of 2,500 papers per hour. The newspaper invites patrons to visit.
Col Henry Steel Olcott once lived in Elyria and led a world tour as Theosophical Society president. He claimed to heal 6000 in India in a year, and described early work on a farm near Elgin and as agricultural editor of the New York Tribune. Local memories are vague and some residents recall little of his Elyria stay amid recent Columbus mayoral and water works injunction news.
Frank Haynes, formerly in charge of the Lorain Elyria electric line, visited his mother in this city and returned to Fort Worth. He oversees thirty three miles of electric road between Fort Worth and Dallas, claimed as the first interurban in Texas and possibly the entire country. The Bishop syndicate of Cleveland controls the project, with a forthcoming article in the Cleveland Finance journal to detail the venture.
The Reporter Printing company reports clear circulation data. The Weekly Reporter reaches Lorain county with 65 percent of county circulation. The Daily Reporter leads Elyria city readers, with six day gains of 131 and 267 in June. The paper emphasizes bonafide paid circulation and merit.
The Prudential committee of Oberlin college has decided they cannot afford to erect a central heating and lighting plant this sum.
The article notes a strong chance of broom price increases as suppliers view a large stock of broom corn secured, while some doubt the move will be as forceful as designs in raw broom corn suggest. Retail prices have already risen in Elyria, and many stockists fear older inventories may lose value if the corner breaks. Also mentions a sacred concert by the Maccabee band at the park below the junction on Sunday afternoon.
Henry W. Manley sues to compel a land appropriation in Wellington township over which the Wabash and Lincoln railway has operated for twenty years The probate court decision in favor of the railroad company is now reviewed in the common pleas court Attorneys George L Blinn and Q A Gillmoy represent the plaintiff The land was previously appropriated and paid for
The article surveys Census Bureau findings on U S population by sex nativity and color with regional contrasts noting California’s male majority Alaska’s female deficit and foreign born shares. It reports local hiring news for Carl Hoot as assistant purchasing agent at Lorain Steel and mentions college trustees debating a heating and lighting plant project with a prudential committee empowered to act.
Notary public FP M Stevens notes sworn statements by L Disbro manager of The Reporter Printing Co. asserting Elyria Weekly Reporter exceeds 3000 weekly and Daily Reporter 1650 daily. June circulation for all Reporter editions totals 390000, about 130000 weekly, with mention of a new fast two revolution press at The Reporter plant.
Mrs Eva A VanHoesen wife of D VanHoesen died Sunday afternoon at her home 633 East River street aged 37 after an eight year battle with paralysis. Funeral from residence at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. The infant child of Rev HE Knapp, once very ill, is improving at LaPorte where Mrs Knapp is staying a few weeks.
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