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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
5
Local notes report residents visiting relatives in Cleveland Elyria Oberlin and Marion and engagements and moves. Jacob Young and Marie Diederich wed at St Peter's church. A railroad talk stirs farmers as Buell Feok sells land for chicken business. A birthday surprise at Nickle Plate honors Bartha Sanders with 65 guests. celebrations and visits from Akron Wellin on Pittsfield and LaGrange appear throughout.
Community updates detail health concerns of Mrs. Ena Ross and visits among residents. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Lanteberry at Glens Beach, Henry Lantsberry and wife with Mr. and Mrs. Rice in Spencer, and Mrs. Webb with Mrs. Tew hosting friends for Mrs. Jennie Bivens of Minnesota. The piece mentions a surprise birthday gathering for a daughter, Ladies Aid, and new arrivals. A call for a community picnic reply asks for plans and turnout guidance from readers and editor.
Mrs Thomas organized a benefit event at the Maplewood school with Stereopticon views and a gramophone. It raised eight dollars and sixty five cents. Several local residents are noted visiting family and recovering from illnesses.
Mrs E Pest and daughter of Bar rton visit Mrs Fisher. Mrs E Kelsey of Wellington stays with son George Kelsey. Mr O H Dirlam spent Thursday in Cleveland. Mrs Dimock of Wellington guests of Mrs Kelsy. Mr P Sage of LaGrange visits town. Mrs E Cleghorn is sick. George Carner of Lorain in town last Thursday. Miss C Clark home for summer. Mrs H Tilson ill. Mrs M Greggs and Mrs E Boice of Rochester call. Universalist church gets new carpet and paper. Mr and Mrs Morrel of Chatam and Miss Ireland of Michigan guests of Mr and Mrs Fritts. Agricola.
Grafton notes show Mrs Chamberlain hosting the Ladies Aid on Wednesday. Mrs Robson and daughter visiting Nebraska. Earnest Holiday and wife spent Sunday with his parents. Cleveland youths visited E Johnson’s. LaGrange elder Mr Lahiran died July 17 at 83 leaves a wife three sons and three daughters. Mrs Dailey and daughter returned from Cleveland after a two week visit. Miss Moore hosts a friend from Cleveland Miss Smith of Wellington visited Mrs Zimmerman. Mr Schubert and family spent Sunday in Brownhelm.
State Veterinary Surgeon declares Sprague's Livery barn at Lorain quarantined after over four horses show glanders a dangerous disease. Basores barn also quarantined. Probate Court in Grafton commits John Heath to Toledo State hospital as insane. An authenticated copy of the will of Hugenet Day, of Weeping Water Nebraska, filed in probate office.
Minnie Bainbridge a sixteen year old Lorain girl drowned in the lake while bathing on Saturday evening after going beyond her depth. John Goodlet paid a fifteen dollar fine for disorderly conduct following a fight with Hungarian residents on Fourteenth street. Steve Biel also fined five dollars for intoxication by Mayor Folgeron on Monday morning.
Henry Andresa of Elyria bought an eight foot frontage on East Erie avenue Lorain from D88 Cox for 2500 dollars.
Huntington Dick Boon spent Sunday evening in Spencer. Miss Osriie Church of Wellington visits friend Miss Rath Hockinsmith for a few days. Lucious Ward of Lorain visits relatives in town. Mrs. Chappin returns from Texas. Mrs. Trunnel of Lansing visits sister Mrs. Clifton Chapman. Nettie and Mable Russel of Leroy visit friends. Mr. W Handley and wife spent Sunday in Homer. Ruth McClellan of Wellington visits cousin Harriet Walker.
Mr Elwood Russel and family of Leroy spent a few days in town. Mr Buck was in Lorain on business. A wedding town may be planned soon. Mrs George Nimocks has a sister from Leyking visiting. Mr J VY Phelan is in poor health. David Hull visited New London this week on business. Mrs Kent Robinson and daughter returned from Lodi last Sunday. Mrs Drake, Mr E Walker and Miss May Roice noted. Mr O Roice and Miss Eaton spent Saturday at Sevanah Lake. Mr and Mrs O Griggs host relatives from Michigan for a short time.
The hunting season opens August 1 for squirrels and woodchucks and ends September 1. Reports from the country indicate plenty of squirrels but woodchuck numbers are low except near larger reservoirs and in heavily wooded districts.
Bakers Crossing residents Mr and Mrs Hillison spent Saturday in Sullivan. Mr O Sage and wife of LaGrange were in town Sunday. Mr F Hull and wife from Brighton stay with H Coles. Knot and family and Bly and family spent Sunday at W Pomers. Evelyn Kelsey visiting in Wooster. W B Manning of Elyria in town. Miss Iva Smith of Wellington is guest of Lence Cole. Mr and Mrs E Fisher spent Sunday in Sullivan. Ruth Bryan in Medina.
Frank Dole 25 of Penns Grove New Jersey weds Billie Jess 27 dressmaker Lorain Ohio William Elinforth 50 retired Lorain Jennie Hartin 40 Lorain James W Martin 29 barber Lorain Annie Gerlach 27 Lorain Adam Gear 25 farmer Huntington Nellis Rogers 18 Huntington Wesley Thomas 46 laborer Elyria Carrie Wooden 21 housekeeper Elyria
G H Chapman, formerly with Chapman and Robinson, rents the Century block rooms once used by Boylan Bros and plans a clothing store opening on September 1. Chapman ran an agent's furnishing store in Tiffin for several years.
Edmund Flagg an 80 year old druggist of Westfield Illinois and Mary M Caldwell 25 music teacher of Oberlin listed among marriage licenses. Also appearing are Lyle Dugan 88 saloonkeeper Elyria Betella Brown 33 dressmaker Elyria Frank Elines 31 clerk Collinwood Anns Paddock 27 clerk Avon Samuel Farnsworth 33 ferrist Rochester Lois Babcock 24 school teacher Rochester RE Wissinger 28 electric crane man Lorain Gertrude Bannmbaugh 18 domestic Lorain Robert Murphy 48 laborer Oberlin Mary Nettie Waring Oberlin Charles B Wright 21 engineer Lorain Carrie B Stedman 13 Lorain.
A stove in a Jewish clothing store on Lorain sparked a fire for the third time. Mrs. Harey Baeekin, owner, left gasoline on the floor and returned to find the rear room in flames. firefighters extinguished the blaze before major damage.
William Leith known as Pittaburg Bill and John Ebersole escaped Lorain jail on Sunday night by cutting through the ceiling to the attic and slipping out a window. An accomplice is suspected to have aided their flight to liberty.
Henryetta visitor Mr Paul Shinskey of Cleveland visits Henrietta and local Mrs Ida Bauman of Elyria is visiting her daughter. The German Methodist church hosts a Sunday school picnic on Wednesday July 29 at Linwood Park. Mrs Conrad Pippert is very ill. Mr and Mrs Adam Dutie and daughter Anna attend the funeral of Edward Smith's infant son.
J Qolling proprietor of the Racket store and John Lahiff former clerk of Mr Collins have purchased the stock of a large department store on Penfield avenue Lorain With additions they will open in the Kent block about August 1st
The Wellington health board appointed B T Robinson as health officer this spring, while G Holland, appointed two years ago, claims his term and salary continue under the new code. Holland alleges the old office remains valid and seeks his annual stipend.
Reported in the Philadelphia Press feverish tales claim venomous ants sand flies and scorpions deter gold prospectors across distant lands. From Vasmania near Mount Reid to Yukon Webner r Lake and Durango Mexico explorers face deadly bites and losses with guarded fortunes and vanished claims.
Edmund Russell writes in Everybody's Magazine about an ambitious Indian youth who, after pursuing English education, confronts exile from both Hindu and English society. He rejects family bonds, seeks a higher status, but finds contempt at home and abroad, leaving him in chronic gloom.
Harold Arndt, son of Mr and Mrs August Arndt of Adama, cut his face on a grave bottle Monday. He required three stitches, treated by Dr Anderson. Soot and smoke from burning 100 tons of coal produced a heavy soot load.
In a New York Weekly item, Peter Lamb woos Henrietta Sinnickson with a cottage future and farmyard idyll, only to learn she is engaged to Mr. Simms. Lamb, humiliated, exits in shock as the rival couple plans a life together, leaving him resenting fate and contemplating drastic action.
Former Mayor Robert Van Wyck keeps the beet eater crown after Wil Hamesburg contest. Michael Schaupaut led from the second steak to the finish but failed to beat the record. Spectators included 600 Brooklyn residents. Also noted, infant Gladys Fitch died at three months. funeral planned for tomorrow.
At the last meeting the corps voted to hold regular sessions through the summer. A meeting is set for tomorrow, Friday, and all officers and members are urged to attend.
The Cleveland market reports wholesale prices for dairy poultry and produce. Butter cheese and eggs list varied quotes from Elgin Ohio dairy to family favorites, with potatoes wheat corn oats hay and wool priced, alongside live stock ranges for hogs calves lambs ewes and cattle. Prices reflect wholesale trading and regional quality grades.
The Lakeside Federation of clubs held two days of sessions at Lakeside electing officers including President Mrs George Sloan of Port Clinton and Vice President Mrs Helen Hoover of Milan. An alternate delegate was chosen from Elyria for the biennial meeting in St Louis.
The Bridge Street Machine Company has installed an Elyria Engine Company improved gas engine in their shop, enhancing a thoroughly up-to-date machine facility. See their advertisement in another column.
Sodro's Cigar Store changes ownership with H. Sodro selling after about twenty years to William Dachtler who has worked in the shop for some time.
George Hershey, about seventy, a wealthy farmer southeast of New London, died Friday morning after being struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train. He died while watching a steam shovel at work on the main track near his home.
The Elyria hospital conditions hold steady with several patients listed. Mr Wheelock shows slight improvement while Mr Gibbons remains critical. Mr Clark, the first to exit on Monday, suffered a broken wrist and minor injuries.
The street car number 99 involved in Sunday night wreck is moved from Elyria car barns to Rockport for repairs. Car 87 will not be repaired and is to be burned.
Frank Nichols appeared before Mayor Folger on a charge of non support of his minor son. He pleaded not guilty, but the mayor found otherwise. Nichols was fined 265 dollars and costs and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse.
A memorial Mass for Pope Leo XIII was celebrated at St Mary’s Church at 8 50 Tuesday morning Rev Schafield led with assistance from Father Zenk of Lorain hospital who served as deacon and Jean Duffy as an assisting deacon The service included prayer and Silhouette prayers as part of the observance.
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