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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
1
A damaged municipal notice outlines penalties for damaging trees and disturbing park property in Elyria. It details fines, proposed improvements, and assessment procedures for street and drainage work, with affected blocks and lands to be charged for costs and interest.
The writer recalls Venice from its early rise through its austere Doges era to modern decay. He details prisons beneath water, lavish palaces, relics in St Mark's, and the city’s opulent past contrasted with poverty, disease, and tourist-scarred present. The trip ends with reflections on memory and melancholy.
Samuel Roe of Amherst, long ill, ejected a living substance about one and a half inches long after likely swallowing it. The object resembled a polliwog or snail without a shell and has not yet been classified. Roe wonders what has dwelled in his stomach and mentions the discovery to his physician earlier this week.
Mrs. John Bridge visits Lorain to identify a decomposed lake body as possible wife of Capt. John Bridge’s missing crew member. Despite interview with Acting Coroner Hall, identity remains uncertain. The cook Mane Morse left life insurance of 1000 dollars to be claimed by relatives in St Clair Michigan.
H. Goldberg and M. Goldberg, Jews, were bound over on $500 bonds each after appearing before Justice Lord on Saturday morning for receiving brass stolen from the blast furnace store house. Deputy Sheriff Price led the capture of the thieves and the junk men in the case.
The Monday sentencing of Rose to the Mansfield reformatory for robbery closes the criminal term except for possible grand jury action. Indictments were sustained or pled guilty in most cases, with twelve sent to the penitentiary, four to the reformatory, four fined as saloon keepers, and one other prisoner jailed with a fine. The jury disagreed in one case and acquitted another, while the Jones case hinged on a confession from a co-defendant.
Jefferson D. Bates petitions the court to stop B. F. Sherwood and Hugh Sherwood from crossing a sixteen acre Camden township field on foot or with teams or vehicles. Bates says the defendants have repeatedly driven across the field since February 1900 causing irreparable damage. A. Met calf is attorney for Bates.
The Platos of North Amherst win against Manhattan Fire Insurance Co. A verdict rendered Friday noon found prior transactions sufficient to make the insurance valid though the policy had not been delivered.
Telegrams announced the accidental death of Tom Moxham son of Arthur J. Moxham at Sidney Nova Scotia He was a Dominion Iron and Steel Co superintendent of construction and was killed when run over by a tramway car His father in New York boarded a special train to Sidney on learning of the accident The Moxhams had lived in Elyria where Mr Moxham managed the Lorain Steel Plant and Tom was well liked by many in the community
H Randall sues O C Offer end Otto Hageman for 28 dollars commission on a 1400 sale alleging he found a buyer and set closing but the defendant met the buyer later and blocked the commission. Horace Benton seeks foreclosure relief on a Lorain western port mortgage amid notes from May 15 1901 and deeds dated December 16 1900. An Ohio brokerage firm deed frames as mortgage in specific deals and Lacey B Duer holds September 38 notes totaling 7500. Lorain and Elyria Ministerial Association met at the association building South Lorain with Rev E J Craft of Elyria delivering a paper on The ascent of Christ thy Humanity.
A farmer on river road in LaGrange township unearthed a half barrel beer keg containing what appeared to be human remains after moving an old barn in April. Dr. Reefy in Elyria examined bone fragments and concluded they were human. locals speculate on murder, possible earlier deeds at the Hastings/Gibson property, and a long-buried crime whose details may never be known.
Lorain county delegates sealed Geo Chamberlain’s nomination for state senator after a dramatic vote that saw Medina's 85 ballots swing the result. Cockley led early. final tally on first ballot gave Chamberlain 101 to Cockley 17 from Medina and 55 from Richland. Chamberlain thanked the convention amid celebrations.
Elyria observed Children’s Day with morning services at the First Congregational church and evening rites at the Baptist church. Infants were baptized as flowers and evergreen decorations brightened both sanctuaries. The program featured Rev. Metcalf’s illustrated talk, a Sweet family orchestra, and a spirited performance of Holy City by Mrs. Gove and Florence Gove despite a brief fountain mishap.
The county levy totals 5.01 mills including 1.7 for county and 0.8 for bridge with additional items. City levy stands at 11.25 mills, school at 8 mills, state at 2.89, township 0.8 and 0.06 in money plus 2 for road work outside the city. State tax drops 0.01 mill and county levy down 0.89 mill.
Michale Dieterick files petition in common pleas court for a writ of mandamus to compel Peter Osterman J P of Avon to issue an execution for 77.22 due on a church judgment from 1899. The treasurer of Trinity church Avon sues Bishop Horstmann and A W Sherbundy J P, claiming the new judge refused the writ.
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