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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1899
Page
7
Real estate notice lists a house on West Avenue with water, furnace, and a good barn. Also offered are a 40 foot lot on West Avenue six lots on West Third Street and one lot in Day's addition on West Third Street.
The U S Supreme Court affirms an Ohio statute requiring rail companies to stop trains at certain stations to let off passengers. Justice Couley notes state police power to regulate private rights for public convenience, health, morals and safety, distinct from federal authority. The decision links state regulatory power to public welfare within constitutional bounds.
An enthusiastic meeting in the office of I H Griswold outlined forming a new plaster company to manufacture elastic pulp plaster. Attending were H S Pew I H Griswold Wm Parseh Clayton Chapman George Arnold Park Arnold Clarence Lyndon Ed L Clough and Dr Chas Cush ing. The firm will be incorporated at once and the plant in the Lynton elevator is expected to start producing the product within five weeks.
Marriage licenses listed include Edgar G W Olmstead 29 Cleveland and Minnie Pay 30 Oberlin. H Welrich 32 and Johanna Kuss 18 Lorain. John Gard 29 and Clara Adam Salsman 21 Lorain. Geo W Henry 28 Bellaire and May Winstrom 19 Lorain. Also noted are deaths by self harm, and various pairs from Lorain Oberlin Elyria Huntington Randolph Chisago and Huntington with ages ranging from 18 to 39. The notice mentions a Children Home proposal and several other names with ages and towns, including Cassell 28 Lucy Mann Wate euchin 20 Huntington and Allie Jones 22 Huntington.
On June N the Lake Shore will adjust train times to add a new Cleveland Norwich service and better align No 28 with Norwalk travelers. The first adjusted train will arrive Cleveland at 7:55 a.m. instead of 7:40 a.m. to help riders catch the fast eastern No 28. No 40 will depart Cleveland at 10:30 a.m., twenty minutes earlier than before.
From July 4 to inclusive, excursion return tickets to Los Angeles, California will be sold by the Lake Shore and Southern Ry at greatly reduced rates good for return until September 6, 1899. Any purchaser may buy these tickets. Various privileges including top-over and return by different routes offered. Inquiries to Lake Shore ticket agents or A. J. Smith, G P T A, Cleveland, Ohio.
Court records list plaintiff Julius Gulick suing for 3297.35 and 229.40 for contract balance and materials, with itemized statements and lot descriptions for lien validity. Multiple real estate transfers, hybrid notices, and public records show numerous deeds and sales in Lorain and surrounding townships, including Oberlin and Brighton, detailing consideration amounts and parcel details.
Lorain city council at its last meeting granted a franchise to the Lorain County Railway Co to construct and operate an electric line on city streets. The main line will run from Elyria to North Amherat with a spur to Lorain via Penfield Avenue. The Elyria and Lorain Electric Line also received a franchise for a new route within Lorain’s corporate limits.
John Repke of Lorain, with a wife and several children, was found wandering in Cleveland in a charged condition and deemed insane by observers. Brought before Probate Judge White, he was sent for examination to Probate Judge Hinman and remains in the county jail. He refused to eat until his wife brought sustenance, and the court believes his distress stems from drink or heat, with plans to hospitalize him in Lorain for treatment.
A busy police court session included a disorderly conduct case involving Peter Moran Frank Mentz Frank Koonts and Joe Rehm. Mentz was sent to work Moran and Rehm paid fines and costs while Koontz faced an afternoon hearing, was found guilty and fined ten dollars plus costs.
The Lake Shore flyer is planned to trim about one hour and twenty five minutes from the New York to Chicago schedule by June 25. The train presently arriving at 6:46 a.m. would reach at about 4:20 a.m. after the change.
Last Saturday a boy bearing the historic name John Mor ran went to W. J. Gibson's house in Grafton and asked for food. While Mrs Gibson complied the boy stole a paid watch from a vest pocket. Gibson chased him along the railroad and captured him near Eaton junction. He was brought to Elyria and jailed. The boy admits the theft saying he wanted the watch.
Two women narrowly escaped being struck by the Norwalk accommodation as it crossed Murray Ridge track. The engineer reversed and braked but the train still crossed a quarter mile past the crossing at high speed. The incident occurred within a half second later and both women laughed as the train sped by. Incorporation papers issued for Ohio Pulp Plaster Co of Elyria with 40000 capital stock. Names listed include Wm. Parsch F. A Smith Park Arnold Clayton Chapman and J J Griswold. Location of works to be determined along Lake Shore road.
Alfred S Pinkerton Grand Sire of the L F has issued a Memorial Day proclamation setting June ta for lodges with lost members to assemble and hold memorial exercises in memory of deceased members. During the past year 37 prominent members of the order in the United States have died.
Mr E K Mussey started prospecting for stone on the Ely orchard property to buy and open a quarry but has abandoned the project after preliminary trials. Chas Hoton, employed at Topliff Ely factory, was badly cut in the face by a steel fragment two inches deep under the eye, entering the antrum bone. Dr Charles Cushing treated the wound which, though painful, is healing.
Clyde C Voglesong son of Chas Voglesong enlisted after studying naval life in Cleveland. He signed for four years, reported for duty at 2 p m, and will likely be sent to San Francisco to train aboard a ship before serving aboard Pacific routes. His cousin Clyde Vogiesong followed, with Charlie Cauliman aiming to enlist, and Frank Salisbury Theodore Henry and Harris Orvis also joining for four-year terms.
A tale from a local paper recounts Mr Marbourgh, a general life insurance agent, turning a lamb into a comic incident. He hosted a bath for the animal with Lew Fauver and Chas Crandall as guests, then spread word the lamb was dead. The lads mourned until Marbourgh appeared with the lamb, alive and lively, ending their sorrow and teaching a lesson about pet care.
The 117th anniversary of Colonel Crawford’s death in the Indian burning is marked with a monument near the believed execution site. The monument, funded by popular contribution, lies about half a mile east of Crawford, the village once called Crawfordsville.
Oberlin’s sole hotel The Park House, now owned by the college via M. Straus, has been extensively repaired and will be completely refurnished. A new landlord is in charge and the hotel will open for business in time for commencement, as the college expects an unusually large guest turnout.
Under a mayoral license and police detail Elyria sports witnessed several bouts at the fairgrounds last evening. The main event appeared to be a match between Joe Henke of Elyria and Fred Green of Cleveland though details are scarce as few attendees could be reached for confirmation.
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