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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1904
Page
1
Bargain signs tease low prices with limited stock as shoppers compare quantity and location to win best deals. Store staff emphasize value and customer choice amid fluctuating discounts and early season sales.
The legislature passed a salary redefinition for county commissioners. In Lovain County with a tax duplicate near 24.6 million the basic salary is 750 dollars, with possible extras capped at 1,350 dollars total annually. Attorney General Ellis says no extra compensation beyond the new salary, eliminating past fees for boards of equalization and ditch work.
A jury verdict awarded Robert Stahl of Columbus $5,185 in the first Cottesbrooke curve wreck suit. The trial lasted five hours with Judge Hayden of Medina presiding. The next suit by Dallas Gordon of Columbus will be taken up immediately as both plaintiffs sought $25,000.
An official order from World’s Fair concession directors bars shirt waist management and attendants from concessions and exhibits. The policy excludes the general public but likely blocks those involved with shirt waist operations from fair concessions and related spaces.
The pastor Rev. Geo. W. Johnson will preach at both services tomorrow with communion in the morning. In the evening, an excellent choir will be aided by voices from Oberlin College and by Miss Florence Baggmann of Buffalo. Champney makes lies of all kinds.
C H Ott of 220 East Sixth Avenue Elyria was one of two survivors when the Lake Shore Electric wrecked. He suffered bruises and internal injuries but crawled out alone to help others. Ott had been traveling from Toledo with a basket of fine china from his son's store. A second body, killed east of Amherst, was taken to town for burial. foul play rumors circulated but no facts supported.
Edward Standen son of Daniel Standen of the half way Hong died after a five week illness early Friday morning. Interment will be in Lorain. John Melik, a Russian laborer at the plant, has sued SmanNe Hoover and Mason in a $1950 damages suit for injuries on April 26 1904 while unloading a box from a car. O G Washborne and A E Lawrence are his attorneys.
In Back Bay and Bronkling the wealthy favor placing babies in window boxes or on upper story shelves for daytime naps to gain fresh air, better sleep, and less urban noise. Mothers praise time saved, while advocates note reduced exposure to street dust and diseases, with naps continuing until age five or six in some households.
An American restaurant keeper in London advertised broiled lion lobsters to tempt British diners. The Animals' Friend editor reported the dish as illegal under captive wild animal laws, prompting Home Office inquiries. Investigators found the broiled lobster could be added to the British bill of fare. Also notes 10c per dozen tuberose bulbs at Boylan Bros.
The judicial committee met in Cleveland Saturday morning and postponed the district judicial convention until Wednesday August 1st. The note thanks friends for floral tributes and sympathy after the death of the husband, especially praising the G. A. R. Sabbath school and neighbors for floral designs, signed Mrs. M. Hongitson.
Reporter visits Champney Too Cream Factory in Elyria noting a state of the art operation capable of producing up to 600 gallons daily. Articles praise pure cream ingredients, high quality flavors, immediate ice packed delivery, and strong local demand driven by the city’s size. A colorful Wall Street anecdote and a Portugal explosion report follow.
The criminal term will finish soon and indictments will be resolved. Pleas changed from not guilty to guilty include Fra Barnes and W J Poer for keeping places open on Sunday Maude Grey for keeping houses of ill fame and Ruby Richards for Sunday sale. Three indictments include Antone and Catherine Kaiser for poisoning a cow William Seibert for shooting at and John Bengon for robbery. Sheriff Salisbury plans to ready jail upstairs to house these prisoners separately from thieves and other offenders.
The seven year cycle brings back cut-out embroidery with lively designs in voiles, veiling, linens, and organdies. Dresses, lingerie, belts, and parasols feature open-work patterns in red, white, or natural tones, with pongee and linen belts and buttoned pique bonnets showcased as fashion leaders.
A compact ad style note promotes a French salad dressing recipe using olive oil pepper and salt with optional sugar, plus a method to brown and store flour for gravies and soups. The item also mentions upholstering services and a patent medicine style cure touting Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at 85 cents a package.
The Board of Public Service met with full attendance. It directed notifying the telephone company to discuss pole removal on Middle Avenue at the next meeting. A resolution urged steps to widen West Third Street from the bridge to West River Street. Water Works head was told to secure iron piles for distribution works and to drive piling along the lake front to protect the plant. The engineer is to determine railing costs for a Mason Avenue ridge and remake the cemetery map.
A gool gentleman solicitor is wanted for several months of work at good pay. Apply at the Reporter office for details and appointment.
John Potter was sentenced to 25 dollars and costs plus 80 days in the workhouse for burgling Irena Wellman’s Henrietta home and stealing eight eggs. Thomas Sands pleaded guilty to assault and battery, fined 100 dollars and costs, and to 10 days in jail. Sands rumored as a pickpocket. Antony Neiding named administrator of John Shaffer’s estate and Return M Underhill’s, both under 100 dollar bonds.
Adamsion D Crow aged 27 of Oberlin and Mildred Farrar aged 20 of Oberlin obtain a marriage license. The entry notes other local notices and an unrelated prompt about strawberry ice cream at Champney's, with a stray number 1341.
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