Scathing Indictment Targets Parish Gambling Links
A Portsmouth Ohio mass meeting at Second Presbyterian heard a converted gambler describe how home card parties seed future gambling. He warned parlor games train gamblers, contrast with secretive saloon rooms, and urged church members to burn games and abandon cards. An ex-gambler echoed the critique, saying he learned to play in friends homes.
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Endy
Methodist Church
Portsmouth
Ohio
Second Presbyterian Church
Real Estate Transfers Chronicle from Ridgeville to Lorain Areas
Real estate transfers list parcels from Kreitzer Dietrick to Ridgeville Lorain and Avon. Notable deeds include Hoge to Wolske Lot 50 Lorain $750, Moors to Frederick Lorain lots 12 18 $3500, and multiple Lorain additions with values from 350 to 1000. Also an ad notes a furnished room for rent on Broad street with steam heat.
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Charles
Barbara
Kreitzer
John Dietrick
North Ridgeville
John
Julia Dietrick
Ridgeville
Louis Wiegand
Wits
Frank M. Jackson
Perkins & Penfield
Oberlin
James B
Anna L. Hoge
Joseph Wolske
Hoge
Lorain
Alice
Joseph Moors
Henry Frederick
Lorain Stone Company
Peter and
Auns Smith
Jacob Suchen
W. 5
Streator
Helen Palegia Malkowski
Chamberlain
Belen
John Malkowski
Paul Jarosik
Broad ‘Street
M. Heporter Office
Citizen Duty at Elyria City Primaries
A local editorial urges every eligible voter to attend the Elyria city primaries next Tuesday. It argues that primaries determine most municipal offices, emphasizes citizen duties to vote, and warns that corruption begins at the primary with manipulated support for jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
McKinley
Elyzvia Tawnelip
Sampson's Open Letter Sparks Navy Culture Debate
Admiral Sampson rails against granting naval commissions to noncadets arguing that only trained officers are suitable and that social refinement should not govern naval leadership. He contrasts aristocratic bias with the need for fighting men noting West Point brutality and congressional probes. The piece links culture disputes to the billion dollar trust and steel price speculation.
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Admiral Sampson
Army
Navy
Naval Academy
West Point
Sampson
Uncle Sam
America
Annapolis
Shrinkage Of Corn Study By Local Farmer
Wim Wert county farmer conducted a practical test on corn shrinkage. He found 24 970 pounds of good corn lost 14 percent from cribbed to January haul, challenging the common 7 to 8 percent rule. His careful measurement offers a valuable lesson to neighboring farmers.
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Wim Wert
Griffin
McKinley presses plan to end Cuban war oversight
President McKinley urges Congress to turn Cuba over to its people once a compliant government with a U S protectorate is established. A Senate resolution would require a treaty with the United States to enforce debt and sovereignty terms and ensure U S military access. Adoption would make Congress responsible for Cuba's future and empower the president to implement terms, potentially delaying the withdrawal of American forces.
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McKinley
Congress
Spain
Cuba
Senate Committee
United States
Shelby Bridge Case Decided in Favor of Village
A Shelby Fourth of July bridge collapse injured a spectator sued the city and won a $1,000 verdict at Mansfeld. The judge set aside the award, finding no bridge defect and improper use by the crowd. Miss Traxel of Lorain was among those employed for the event.
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Shelby
Mansfeld
Miss Traxel
Lorain
Ninety Years. ii Wim. Patterson Honored on 100th Milestone
West Second Street resident Patterson marked his 100th milestone with visits from friends and tokens of esteem as kin and neighbors recall his life since moving from Massachusetts to Carlisle Olia in 1857. Though frail, he retains notable mental vigor aided by Mrs Hermon of Athensville and Dr. Patterson of Baltimore who attend to him alongside son Mr Camp.
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Wim. Patterson
West Second Street
Ealiot
Patterson
Lorain County
Massachusetts
Carlisle Olia
Mra Hermon
Aanesville
Mr Camp
Baltmore
Old Ladies' Home Trustees Buy West Ave Corner Lot
The Old Ladies' Home trustees purchased a large lot at the corner of West avenue and Second street from S. B. Day. They plan to erect a building this year, ready for occupancy by December 1st. The site is excellent and the price paid marks Day as a generous contributor to Elyria's worthy project.
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Old Ladies’ Home
S. B. Day
West Avenue
Second Street
Day
Elyria
A Man's Part by Gelett Burgess in Ladies' Home Journal
Gelett Burgess writes a unique plot for A Man's Part about a sweetheart a fire a telephones and a sulky repentant suitor. A Tuesday literary society meeting heard L D Hamlin argue lynching is sometimes justifiable while Justice Lawrence and E C Cragin spoke for the negative and won the judges' decision.
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Gelett Burgess
Ladies’ Home Journal
Literary Society
L. D. Hamlin
Justice Lawrence
E. C. Cragin
Sevral Persons
Chicago to Pacific Coast Tour Tickets Promoted
$30.00 Chicago to Portland Seattle Tacoma and North Pacific Coast. Via Chicago & North Western Railway with optional St. Paul or Omaha routes. Tickets on sale Tuesdays February 13 to April 30. Shortest time on route. Scenic wine? scenery. Daily tourist car excursions, personally conducted semi weekly. War tickets illustrated pamphlets and full information from nearest ticket agent or Chicago & North Western Ry. Winnipeg?
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
St. Paul
Omaha
Chicago & North- Western Ry
Dissolution Notice of Elyria Foundry and Machine Works
Notice of dissolution states the partnership between Geo LeClair and Ernest Brackett, known as Elyria Foundry and Machine Works, is dissolved with future business to be conducted by Geo LeClair. All partnership debts should be paid to Geo LeClair.
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Geo. LeClair
Ernest Brackett
Elyria Foundry and Machine Works
Geo
LeClair
Riis Geo
Legal Notice Involving Homer Bivins and Moore Heirs
A legal notice from Cras county Nebraska names Homer Bivins and heirs, Mary Yen Bliaty Day and others, detailing a probate action. It outlines a failed estate proceeding, appointment of executors, and the distribution of proceeds from certain assets to the named parties, with notice of required actions and deadlines.
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Homer Bivins
Willie Dy
Ulythe
Kiera Bivins
Moeroth
Mary Domite Dary
Atingin
Caritas
Cho
Exile and Illness Editorial Tips and Prices
A fragmented notice discusses exile, illness, and medical cures with references to coughs, throat and lung diseases, and a questionable A. J. Baty brand. It mentions a price of $60 and SMU feed, implying a dated, ad like context. The readable text centers on health remedies, costs, and a dubious product pitch.
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Mae
A. J. Baty
Public Sale Listings From Avon Center and LaGarage
Two farm sales listed on March 18 and 19 1901 detail bidders in Avon Center and LaGarage. Executors E W Lester Knute Lester Henry Urig Auctioneer. Vincent Reynolds Dan Engon Auctioneer. Items include cows horses wagons plows cultivator hay oats corn garden tools household goods chickens and assorted farm equipment.
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Lester
Avon Center
Towit
E. W Lester
Knute Lester
LaGarage
Plink Road
Vincent Reynolds
Dan Engon
McClure's March issue features King Edward VII profile
McClure's Magazine March showcases a full character study of Edward VII by George W. Smailey with accompanying pictures as a monarch’s pictorial souvenir. Theodore Roosevelt, vice president elect, contributes an engaging article along with pieces on wars and disbanding the Union Army, Kipling Edkim installment, illustrated stories, and a high school student theater event featuring Prof Ford impersonator. Rev Cadman praises Prof Ford as a crowd-pleasing entertainer. a high school event is set for February 26 in the auditorium.
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McClure’s
Edward VII
George W. Smailey
London Times
Theodore Roosevelt
Rudy and
Kipling
T. Ford
Demester
S. Parkes’Cadman
D. D
Metropolitan Temple
New York City
Ford
America
For Sale No 127 West St Items and Hives
A fragmented sale notice lists prices for beehives and equipment. Items include honeyhives at 20, 26, and 10 dollars, hot water snowbater and brondey at 10, top baggy at 8, sturdy baggy furness at 8, pluffort sywing waron at 1, season weeds at 1.50, double dew lines 82, six foot arosa on sw for 1, and various household goods including homes and chains toes new. Overall the ad presents a miscellaneous yard sale with several small priced items and unlabeled descriptions.
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West St. A
Ragera
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