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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1906
Page
2
Rates listed for Daily Reporter delivered by carrier and by mail, including yearly outdoor Elyria mail price and weekly Reporter price, outlining per week and per year charges in old format.
A Galveston panel of five commissioners transformed city governance after floods, paying debts without new bonds, improving schools, cleaning streets, eradicating graft, ensuring fair pay, funding interlocks, retiring bonds, and lowering taxes. The New York Evening Post and Washington Post note the potential efficiency and honesty gains and urge Texas cities to watch the model.
An advertisement extols Hardyfood as a common sense pure food that extends life when eaten sparingly. It praises a secret process that retains brain and nerve-building elements while removing objectionable grain features. It claims high nourishment, ten meals for ten cents, and five times the nourishment of beef, urging readers to buy from grocers.
The text mixes advert claims for Herpicide to cure dandruff by killing the dandruff germ, urging daily scalp washing, and mentions to Detroit based Herpicide Co with sample offer. It also references London officials, U S Congress, insurance crusade, and a political misstep involving Goover Cleveland era context, noting a man’s record and creditor concerns.
Garl G Friday of Rim pach and Friday received a notice from K E Jones secretary of the Ohio State Board of embalming examiners that he was awarded a license in embalming. Friday noted he practiced at San dass.
Miner and Proneht settled a damage case against the gas company for injuries from a live wire left unrepaired while working. The parties reached a private settlement after the defendant denied liability.
A condemnation petition filed Tuesday seeks to condemn land owned by Ms. Kinney and an interest by J. F. Jemevieh Ling for the Loran and West Virginia railroad line in Sheffield township, known as Job 71. Myron Bittner is not a resident of the state.
There are three cases on the common plans docket in which C. W. Fancher, assignee for the defunct Citizens Bank, of Lorain, is interested. They are against Hol, Kaneen the American Bonding company, and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty company. Hearing was to begin Tuesday but could not be arranged and will be carried over to the next term of court.
The county of Loraine reports taxes nearly all paid with $800,000 collected so far toward a $500,000 total. Additional collection sites outside the treasurer’s office are expected to show most taxes already paid.
Work on the new Lorain theatre will start within three weeks on Ducano street, on property already owned by promoters. The Magostie will cost about 80,000 dollars and will be a modern play house seating about 600 people.
A second traction company plans to enter the city, aiming to lay tracks on main streets. A delegation will meet the city council within a month after an interview with Mayor Johnson regarding selling into Cleveland.
Chicago council passed an ordinance limiting liquor licenses to the number already in existence until the city population nearly doubles. The measure aims to curb saloon growth and balance with future population expansion.
Judge Ben Lindsay of the Denver juvenile court rejected John D Rockefeller's offer of 34 600 000 to fund the National Juvenile Improvement Association. The unnamed parties stated they could not accept money from Rockefeller or related donors and would not join any association funded in such a way.
A fragmentary digest mentions Colorado plans a bridge over the Royal Gorge, claiming it will be the highest in the world above a 60 to 230 foot-deep chasm. It also notes cricket chirps as thermometers, city rankings, inheritance tax jokes, Persian population, and assorted humor and trivia items from various sources.
The probate court reissued marriage licenses including Dost and Anna Logan both ages listed in South Amherst and North Amherst respectively. Also named are Willis Mayer and Lena Wurie of Lorain, Eva M. Kepla and Louis K. Wise, John Whirman and Sophia Guth, Charles Cox and Mona Coraine, and William Ballmor and Irma Jacobs. The notes also reference Mammoth Leaves on Amazon palms and Antwerp port funding plans.
Mark Twain collects odd obituary poetry with a scrapbook of 3000 specimens. A spring remark notes a man with a stiff back and blistered hands may have planted yesterday. French and German machinists admit Americans make the best machine tools.
A new Elyria business promises the best ice cream in town with pure flavors and nationwide quality. They offer delivery across the city at 25e per quart, inviting customers to visit. Owner D. Geha promotes the venture and urges in person visits.
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