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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1906
Page
5
An ad touts Arcadia Cigars as a mild domestic blend with Havana and home grown tobacco, claiming heavy Havana cigars irritate the throat. It urges readers to ask their doctor and notes the Arcadia cigar is sold by the local tobacco seller for ten cents.
A saloon keeper Joe Torney of Lorain on murder trial draws crowds as spectators rush to greet him. Marriage licenses issued include Max Kanter and Agnes Kinn, Richard Kutza and Wilhelmina Hoslmar. Miss Goldie Hillier marks sixteenth birthday with dinner and entertainment. A Y M C A meeting at First Congregational church hosts Mr. M D Crackle to address attendees.
Administrative secretary notes Ohio state details for the Boys West Side Club of Cleveland and mentions music by a male quartet from Elysia with all men welcomed. A social at Mr and Mrs Rankin’s home on Tuesday evening hosted many young people, and Representative R B Letsch recently recovered and returned to Celistue cent.
Real estate deeds recorded at the Court House on Tuesday afternoon show transfers in Huntington Rochester Wellington and Lorain cities. Calvin Bougtmer and wife transfer to Ethel Finkel for 1600, S B Back to Walter Handley 3500, R Ledyard to Charles Mitchell 2500, Josephine Hoyt to J T Haskell 7410, H J Sherwood to Milton El fired 300 in Lorain, Luther McQueen to Ralph Goodfrey 1160, Emma and James Davidson to Agnes Green 3500, Charles Carpenter to Henry Henkel 800, J G Criep trustee for J W Taylor to A L VanEvera 265, Alfred Gillett to A M Loreaut 50 in Oberlin.
Elated at paying off a long standing church debt of 1500 dollars Rev Somers a Methodist minister told his Ilzabethtown Kentucky congregation that anyone visiting his home would receive a warm hug. About fifty women attended and the minister, though tired, completed the task without offense. The incident drew criticism from the straight laced element who questioned propriety.
A local market advertises dairy butter and fresh produce including lettuce celery radish green onions. Vendors invite customers to sample and trust the quality, emphasizing ongoing stock and variety.
Dayton Ohio March 7 ten high school pupils were expelled for turning a classroom into a candy factory during study hours. They drove out the substitute teacher, seized utensils including an alcohol lamp and used them to make fudge, then fed themselves before teachers returned from a convention in Louisville. The superintendent expelled the belligerents but they were readmitted last day with promised good behavior.
Sheriff Sailsbury of Elyria closed the Williams & Ro well bookstore in Oberlin to satisfy a $3,500 claim. An ad extols a dyspepsia remedy, urging readers to take Kodol to stop belching and heartburn after meals.
An old advertisement touts Tonsiline as a universal sore throat cure to prevent complications like quinsy and diphtheria. It claims rapid relief and warns against delaying treatment, urging immediate purchase and use. The copy shows characteristic misspellings and marketing tone of dated medical ads.
The New York Times notes rising snakebite deaths in India from 18,000 to 20,000 yearly, prompting Britain to offer a bounty for cobra heads. It describes tiger man-eaters, the dangers to mail carriers, and local fatalism toward antitoxin and treatment, with advice to cut the wound, apply a tourniquet, and seek a doctor.
An enormous artificial lake in Rajputana known as the Grand Tank of Dhebar is described as one of the world’s largest reservoirs. It covers about seventy one square miles and is used for irrigation. The piece notes Budapest’s dead street with 23 houses and an abnormal death rate in a separate remark. TRY OUR WANT COLUMN.
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