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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
1
A fragmented OCR item notes pricing for items at a tent sale or market. It mentions Capes priced at 4.89 and baskets or tickets at 3.79, with unclear headings or brands. The readable phrases hint at sales, prices, and catalog-like entries without clear event context.
A nostalgic look at a boys led circus parade in Elyria nestled along Thirteenth street alley. Homemade props include a cheesecloth banner, a shoe box cage, a toy calliope, and a Jersey calf as the sacred cow. The event ends with a barn loft drama titled Ross’ Romance and a humorous sting about lemonade stands and local ambitions.
The St Paul Qobe, long a Democratic paper in the northwest, repudiates Bryan in Tuesday’s issue. It brands his call for the 18 to 1 plank as demagoguery, noting it as real, rank, and exasperating given his presidential ambitions.
In common pleas court Michael Kent seeks to quiet title against Owen Lee and others claiming that Owen Lee received a deed to land in Lorain County via Henry Hubbard, with Owen Lee absent since LaGrange relocation. Kent alleges a cloud on title, requests deed in trust for Kent and his sisters, and seeks partition of connected property. Attorneys listed: Lee Stroup for plaintiff. A Z Tillotson for plaintiff.
Sheriff Warden sports a new gold badge said by some to be a gift from a friend while the sheriff insists he bought it. The scene at the courthouse drew attimes admiring comments as he wears the emblem of office.
A mortgage for six million dollars from Central Union Telegraph Company to Old Colony Trust Company of Boston was filed for record yesterday with Recorder Edsall at 11001 Norwalk Reflector.
Work has begun on a new power fuse building for the C F W electric railway near the C L W crossing southwest of town. The iron and steel structure, 24 feet wide and 950 feet long, rises 24 feet to the eaves with a 2 foot ridge, aims to be fireproof and is supplied by Columbus Bridge Co. W G Turner leads the project, with occupancy expected mid November. It will be one of the finest and best equipped power houses in the state.
Four reporters visited Elyria to verify the Sheykugy Boker outrages in China but found little to confirm. A Chinese worker said he fears for his safety only if he fails to wash and iron at fair prices, noting most immigrants come from the south while disturbances rage in the north.
The funeral for the late Mrs. J. A. Jacobs was held Friday afternoon at St. Andrews Episcopal Church after a prayer service at her East Broad street home. Rev. E. Crafts officiated and spoke of the decedent's good qualities. A quartet provided music. Pallbearers were six Mr. Jacobs store employees. Remains laid in Elyria Cemetery vault after the church service.
The division master car builder position at Adrian Michigan is abolished after the death of C R Tunks. L G Parish, division master car builder at Chicago, now has jurisdiction over the entire Michigan Southern Division from Toledo west. Parish is well known along the Shore line and his advancement will please his friends here.
An editor in a neighboring county offers a contract to merchants for a pair of socks a bushel of potatoes and five yards of calico. Proposals are requested as the lowest bidder wins. He notes this is how business is done when two dollars of work is requested.
A surveyor arrived by the 6 p.m. train from New London and reached east of the Townsend crossing. He conducted an afternoon survey for the Lake Tund company, as recorded by the London Record.
A Reporter interview with a fireman describes extreme heat behind large locomotives on the Rock Island route. He notes boiler pressure about 20 pounds and a furnace tasking a fireman to shovel coal at high rates for hours. Wind is blocked by the boiler, creating unbearable heat even with wind at high speeds.
A quiet home wedding took place at the Hague residence on West Second street Wednesday afternoon. Miss Elizabeth Marion Hague married Max G Hart in a ceremony by Rev. W. E. Cadmus with only close relatives present. The couple, both well known in Elyvia, will reside on Second Street at their new home.
A gravel train on the Amherst line derailed near Aiken's crossing on a curve Tuesday. Motorman James Hillier and a youth named Foster escaped injury after shouting for Hillier to jump. Both cars were demolished and a pole snapped, with Hillier and Foster sustaining only bruises and scratches.
A severe hailstorm struck Elyria on Wednesday afternoon, smashing skylights and windows, injuring residents, and delaying business. Large hailstones up to inches across caused extensive property damage while leaves and broken branches littered streets. Roofs, greenhouses, and plot windows suffered. skylights at several landmarks were wrecked and several people sustained cuts from shattered glass.
Bryan critic Leonidas Johnson, longtime Cincinnati Democratic judge of elections for the eighteenth ward, resigns from the party after saying he voted for Bryan in 1896 by accident but will not support him now. Johnson’s influence within the party is noted as substantial.
Frank Williams bound over by Mayor Reefy to the grand jury on forceful entry charges tried to tunnel through a city prison wall after a buggy spring was passed through the grate. He worked under a window but was moved to the county jail after his hearing, while Marshal Kronma kept details quiet.
Real estate assessors completed the decennial valuation in most townships. Avon and Carlisle are omitted as returns are not yet filed. The report lists average valuations across townships with notes on pending areas.
William Smith and Miss Frances Brown were united in marriage Wednesday evening at the residence of Rev. Nathaniel Lehman. A party of friends joined the couple for a supper at Mr. Smith's home yesterday afternoon on Second street. Bert Tompkins, son of L. J. Tompkins, attended the celebration. Grant D Holliday, representing the firm of Smith and Co. filed suit for £15,000 against The Root Company of Medina, alleging four fingers lost on January 13 due to the company's fault.
William Smith 24 wed Frances Brown 18 in Elyria. Burt Smith 27 married Mamie Mahoney 10 in Lorain. Max G Hart 26 wed Elizabeth Marion Hague 2 in Elyria. Argust Kadel 31 tied to Cleveland, Leon Henning 26 linked to Elyria.
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