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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1904
Page
1
Local listing shows limited time bargains at R Block Estate with discounted prices. Shoppers urged to visit the location for clearance deals as unspecific details and cluttered text suggest a sale event.
Johnstown Ohio? Johnstown Pa. citizens plan a reunion week in July 1823 with a carnival by Farah Brothers Great London Carnival Company. Former residents in Cleveland Elyria Lorain invited. delegations expected from Braddock McKeesport Pittsburgh and Allegheny.
The street fair and carnival by the uniform rank K C T M is postponed to the week of July 25 in this city. It was first set for July 18 but failed to secure the company for that date. A change in the company's itinerary allows the last named date.
D G Fisher of Lo Tatu received an appointment as assistant sergeant at arms of the Republican National convention in Chicago. The assignment came as a great surprise to Mr Fisher.
The funeral for E L Disbro former Editor of the Reporter occurred at his Gates avenue home on Sunday at two o clock. Rev Persons of Berea conducted the services as Rev Dawson from Elvrin offered remarks. Pallbearers included Hon F E Johnson W E Brooks Judge E H Hinman L B Fauver Hon J W Steele and D S Troxel. Floral tributes came from the Elyria Elks Elyria Reporter staff and neighbors. The body was taken to Oberlin for interment.
The Lorain County Medical Society holds its regular meeting on Tuesday evening June 1 1904 at the court house in Elgin Ohio. Dr H A Besser of Cleveland presents Surgery of the gall bladder and Dr A N Garver of Lorain discusses Double Amputation following injuries. W B Hubbell secretary.
Two juries labor at the court house with Oak Point damage suit against Nickel Plate in grand jury room under Judge Hayden. In the regular courtroom Anna Washington, a Black woman, is tried on a charge of pickpocketing a man named Ladi at Lorain.
ELOPED E M Moora, a New London resident, seeks help of Elyria police to locate his daughter Jessse who ran away on May 11 with R D Simpson, a man twenty-three years her senior. The father, angered by the romance begun in 1830 near Cleveland, vows vengeance if Simpson is found.
The case of Mrs Anna Minn against Nickel Plate is in court before Judge Hayden. Plaintiff, represented by Metcalf and Cinniger, alleges injury from a platform collapse at a Nerga picnic near Oak Point on July 3 1901. Nickel Plate attorney is P H Boynton.
A special list of desirable summer boarding places along the south shore of Lake Erie and the lake country of southern Michigan and northern Indiana is offered. The book can be sent to any address for 2 cents in pontons by applying A. J. Smith, T. A., Cleveland, with dates in June and July noted.
Reduced rate tourist tickets are on sale daily from June 1 through September 30 over the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Bye to all eastern and western resorts. Tickets are available via ticket agents and a select list of eastern tours is detailed in the book Summer Tours, available on receipt of a one cent stamp for postage. Address A. J. Smith, G. P. & FE. A., Cleveland, Ohio, for particulars. Dates listed: June 11, 17, 22, 25, 29. July 8, 18.
In Lorain on Saturday a fisherman reported seeing something like the bodies of two women floating in the lake near Glen's Beach, about one and a half miles from the piers. Windy rough seas hindered confirmation as police searched westward with no findings amid reports of wreckage and famine era garments washing ashore.
A station hand Tom Moenera of Shear Street was struck by a flying freight car in the east yards Monday morning, sustaining bruises. A Sunday Baptist Church service marked the annual Children’s Day with full attendance, a processional hymn, and a program by the school led by R. M. Birdsall and Mrs. Nelson Fitch, regarded as a spiritual uplift with tasteful floral decor.
The piece compares extreme winter temperatures from Montana locations like St. Vincent, Fort Assiniboine, Fort Benton, and Poplar River, noting 51 to 65.4 below zero. It cites Greely’s records at Fort Conger and reports Yakutsk and Verkhoyansk as among the coldest places, with a world record low of 90.4 below zero at Verkhoyansk.
Frank Willman of Elyria was robbed by three strangers on a Euclid avenue car after alighting from the square. One man gripped his neck while others snatched a diamond pin from his tie. The trio fled as the car rushed on. one thief is believed to be badly hurt, and the victim pursued a pursuit on the moving train.
The Oberlin College faculty voted to recommend Miss Florence H Fitch for dean of the women’s department to succeed Dr Alice Lace who resigned. Fitch, 27, a 1897 graduate and King’s assistant in philosophy, would lead the department as a notable young appointee. The dean of the men’s department, A Miller, also graduated in 1897.
G. W. Johnson, train master for the Lake Shore, was struck from behind at Port Clinton at 1:15 PM Monday while stepping from a caboose. He toppled onto the caboose steps, was carried from presumed death to consciousness in twenty minutes, and is believed to have a crushed back and a fractured skull with no chance of recovery.
A compendium of practical household guidance on food use and sanitation. Topics include using cold milk pudding for creative dishes, brass care, copperas as a disinfectant for sinks, restoring yellowed white fabrics with ammonia and bluing, ironing damp fabrics, and proper preparation of a wire salad basket with lettuce to prevent oily dressings from slipping.
H L Farr of Carlisle was robbed by farm hand Reid Hoover who was left in charge while the Warr family was away. Two watches and 9.40 in cash vanished from the farmhouse and Hoover, described as 26 with a boyish look, 5 feet 8 inches tall, brown hair and eyes, reddish complexion, wearing a grey plaid suit, Fedora hat, and black tie. Authorities seek Hoover.
One hundred sixty Odd Fellows and seventy five Rebekah members attended a Sunday memorial service. Prof Reefy delivered the oration and eulogies for the deceased. Munro was banished by a quartet led by Miss Ada Heefy and others, with Miss Eva Reefy presiding at the piano. Champney offers fine goods though lacks in the ice cream line.
Abner McKinley, brother of the martyred president, was found dead in his chair at his summer home in the mountains of Pennsylvania. A lifelong New York financial figure, he faced confinement by ill health before his death, which came after a prolonged illness at Somerset. His public prominence stemmed from kinship with the president yet remained shaded by his brother’s legacy.
Fred Stegman of Lorain was arrested last week on a charge of using dip nets in Black river waters. He was arraigned before Justice Lawrence in Elyria and fined $50 plus costs. Game Warden Dumas and Constable Yahoon led the arrests along with several others on similar charges.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union Elyria branch meets at 184 Middle Avenue on Tuesday at 2 30. A convention report will be presented by Mrs Ida Rice of Bryan Ohio and an eloctionist reading will be offered. All interested women urged to attend in social hour follows. Hats removed at Mrs Wilder's 345 East Broad Street.
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