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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1904
Page
1
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The mayor issued a Friday proclamation requiring permits to celebrate the Fourth in the city. Only small Chinese firecrackers and small torpedoes may be used. all larger fireworks, guns, rifles, and explosives are banned inside city limits. Premature firing will lead to arrest, and merchants are advised to restrict stock to permitted items.
The Elyria Chronicle loses editors one by one as Rogers leaves for Pennsylvania at week’s start. The Oberlin Tribune quips the paper may be edited or not since it covers pantry shelves anyway. Mackey has both phones, urging calls for upholster work.
The readable fragments describe a rural scene with an unclear mention of a barn and a road or avenue. Limited readable content prevents identifying people, places, or a clear event for a concise summary.
The former Osmopolis resident Mayor Stark won a large majority on the Citizens ticket over J A Belford in a hot race. Stark previously served on the water works board and faced scrutiny over a published letter of recommendation by former mayor Folger.
The Rev Eugene P Duffy recently ordained at Cleveland by Bishop Horstmann has been appointed assistant curate at Cleveland Cathedral. A Elyria native, he attended Elyria parochial schools and St Ignatius College in Cleveland, graduating in 1900. He is a son of Mr and Mrs William Duffy of Tenth Street and is regarded as bright and promising in the theological field.
An unknown man was struck by a Lake Shore train early Thursday morning and found about three miles east of North Amherst with identity not established. Separately, Lake Erie and Pittsburgh Railway's right-of-way suit against the Kreible heirs yielded a verdict of 5,850 dollars, confirmed by agreement.
Prospectors penetrating an uncharted Death Valley canyon report a 90 foot masonry dam across the canyon with a 30 foot thick base, an ancient canal leading to the plain, adobe walls and caves above the dam, broken pottery and copper implements in cave homes, suggesting a once thriving, defended settlement with native copper sources.
The alumni association shifts the annual reunion from the high school auditorium to Elke hall. The June 10 event aims to shorten the literary program and boost sociability, with first class musical numbers and detailed committee assignments for program refreshments invitations reception nominations and decorations.
Marriage licenses listed for W J Gleason aged 24 grocer Amherst wife Marie Gerber 20 also Amherst John Strangs 87 laborer Birmingham Elizabeth Kleaver 52 domestic Henrietta. Biographical obituary of Hiram Elliott recounts birth 1821 Canada life in Medina and Wellington cheese business LaGrange church work and death May 18 1904 leaving a large family. Ward of Thanks from H Elliott family expresses gratitude for assistance.
King Edward shows interest in a new lightweight machine gun at Copenhagen during a Royal Danish Hussars inspection. The weapon weighs easily carried by a single rider with 250 cartridges and fires up to 15 rounds per second. It is operable on foot or horse, quick to deploy, and allows rapid change of fire direction, giving concealment until shooting starts and broad targeting ability.
Dr H. H. Woodworth of Columbia University travels to St Louis to conduct elaborate spectrograph tests on various races including Filipinos, Tartagonians, Indians, Africans, Arabs and Americans for comparison. He designed apparatus to test sight, memory, and problem solving using a four-move box. Tests extended from humans to animals, showing learning curves across trials. Two English literary women abandon writing for beauty and hair restorer businesses, prompting debate about authorship claims. Optometrist J P Johnson to be at 23 West Bridge Street offering free eye examinations.
The class of the high school will hold a New England style town meeting on Wednesday evening June 8 at the Congregational church. Supt. Comings favors the format to allow all forty four seniors to participate with brief speeches and open discussion of local issues. Professor Edward Miller of Oberlin College will give the baccalaureate address to the seniors and friends. The public is invited to attend the event at seven o'clock in the First Congregational church auditorium.
Ornithologists of the Department of Agriculture report the bob white is highly useful on farms. It eats weed seeds and pests without harming crops, saving millions in losses from cotton bollworms potato beetles and cotton worms. The study cites Virginia figures and urges preservation measures.
A Ohio interurban collision near Norwalk at 4 30 PM on Thursday killed six people and injured many others. An eastbound limited failed to stop at siding 66, colliding head on with a westbound express freight. Motorman George Sturgeon escaped. six passengers in the limited perished. a notable witness was minor Thomas Gray Jr appointed guardian of William C McGregor under bond.
An express passenger wreck occurred when a limited train car collided with a smoker car. Six people in the smoker died instantly and others were severely injured but survived. Officials including President Bicknell and Manager Stout investigated, with notice that rule violations caused the crash. Doctor said none would die, though many suffered shock. One Elyriasian, C. B. Ott, had a badly torn hand.
H. A. Tennant died about 1 30 p m Thursday from catarrhal fever aged forty three. He leaves a wife and three children. Funeral services will be from his late residence on West Avenue Saturday at 1 80. Friends invited.
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