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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
5
Report from the Smoke House notes Bull Dogs turned loose with collars. One man removed a collar to gift it, another pocketed two Bulldogs and held a match to test flame as a joke. Two dogs were sent to Elyria Iron and Steel Co, one reportedly burnt. Dogs sold at 20 cents each. A promotion offers ten $3.00 data prizes by the man with 2,118 Bulldogs on hand.
John B. Lehmitz sues Lorain Street Railway Company for 10000 claiming injuries as a passenger on an electric car left him permanently crippled. German Insurance Company rep by Charles J. Herbold of Buffalo. Events include social visits and a musicale at the Garford home with about 150 guests. A prize masquerade is planned in Ridgeville with Cook's orchestra.
A brief trade copy touts dairy butter as strictly fresh with quality assurances. It promotes lettuce celery radishes and green onions as available items.
A good opportunity for a boy to learn printing is offered at the Reporter office. A curb market petition circulates among Lorain business men for council action. Emma Erhart of North Amherst named guardian of Walter Charles and Ivan Erhart minors. Several notices including illness of Miss Plorance Young and bids for a new building on East Avenue. Mrs. Adam Rosenthal dies of lung fever near Elyria. funeral at German Lutheran church Amherst Sunday. Call at the Reporter for the apprenticeship.
Attorney Sherlock of Lorain secures a temporary injunction restraining Lena Kneirim and Amelia Manderville from transferring 50 acres once owned by the deceased Conrad Faber. He seeks to set aside the private sale as widow and minor heir were excluded. Hearing set for Saturday morning.
The Tonsiline Co advertises Tonsiline as a quick safe antiseptic remedy for sore throat. It claims first dose relieves pain and subsequent doses heal, urging trust in its efficacy and noting availability from druggists at 25 and 50 cents.
Columns list advertising rates with three lines including a head for 35 cents, extra lines five cents each, six words per line, and contact requests for Mrs Lee Stroup 268 Harrison Avenue. Also notices bidding sale of a barn behind the county jail on March 8 at 1 PM, and help wanted ads for stenographer and first class cook with contact details.
Classified notice seeks a male manager for a branch in Elyria. Provides address cues for The Morris Wholesale House Cincinnati Ohio with frontage details on Third Street and a potential trade offer for a house and lot. Letter signed by W E Brooks. Also notes a lost or stolen female German Shepherd and a separate employment note for a girl for second work at 218 East Avenue near Lordin County Building & Loan Company Turner block.
Rental notice from Elyria Grocery Co advertising rooms and bath at 546 West Second Street with a gas filtered cistern and city water. Includes a toilet room. Also seeks a young man for bookkeeping or clerical work with references, return address via Reporter office.
Ten years ago Frank Gibson of Amherst joked about selling his body after death to medical students. He agreed to a contract with A B Kuss for one dollar. The document was torn up by a city official but Gibson kept the three dollars and the contract in his possession.
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