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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
7
The article estimates over 30 000 balls used yearly in national leagues with New York and Chicago teams each using about 60 dozen for home games. It notes balls are supplied at game start, for limbering up, and after foul tosses, with total league use around 1 000 dozen.
Boxing gossip from the Tuberculosis Congress in Atlanta notes moves toward banning the white plague, with bouts debated including Corbett and Attell. New York boxers win intercity bouts at Philadelphia, while Sailor Burke headlines events and Jock Phenicie seeks March Johnstown clash. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup advertises safe bowels with no opiates for cold remedies.
Advertises Elyria area houses and lots from 1700 to 9000 with easy payments and monthly balances. Mentions South Side properties and new homes on East West and South sides. Also markets 100 farms across Lorain Huron and Erie counties including a 514 acre parcel near Brick Road with house and barn and another 100 acre tract south of Elyria. Conditions emphasize long payment terms and improving values.
The article discusses how careful handling from orchard to packing house preserves fruit quality and slows mold decay, especially in apples and oranges. It cites injuries like insect punctures and skin cuts as decay entry points and calls for improved methods across the industry. It also covers alfalfa disking, birds eating scale insects, and brief sheep and horse notes from the Farm Journal.
L. A. Woolf of San Francisco notes Honolulu city league teams include Chinese Japanese Hawaiians Portuguese and Americans. He predicts rapid skill growth with Japanese and Chinese players soon forming teams in San Francisco. Hawaiians noted as capable but restrained.
The article argues rural areas present vast opportunity for motor workers as engineers test new cycles and models across the country. It notes official figures hint at growing activity in rural sectors and emphasizes gradual adaptation of machines for farm and countryside use.
James J. Corbett, star of The Burglar and the Lady in Cleveland, says the prize ring has lost its charm. He declares men are fools or lunatics to box for punches when money is made elsewhere and plans to retire from boxing for good. Corbett has spent 12 years on stage, eight as an actor.
An advertisement promotes Electrogen a liquid remedy from Electri City Co Fremont Ohio claiming cures for consumption catarrh scrofula and rheumatism with 24 hour relief for cold or sore throat. It offers a free 50 cent bottle and requests name and address to a mail address. Also lists cheap Sunday excursion fares to Massillon Uhrichsville and Bridgeport Wheeling.
An odd classified style advert promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming it helps avoid overload and stomach strain. It mentions price 33 cents for tea or tablets and signs as JA KE Frost.
The notice outlines West and Sandusky division schedules for trains serving Norwalk and surrounding routes. It lists numbers and times for several trains including No. 5 Buffalo & Chicago, No. 41 Toledo Accommodation, No. 383 Cleveland & Detroit Express, and No. 87 Pacific Express with via Norwalk or Sandusky divisions.
A dense catalogue of market rates for dairy eggs poultry fruits and vegetables includes Butter Creamery extras at 33 824 state and western 28 30c Prints 34 34%0 and more. It lists prices for apples potatoes onions beans corn wheat oats and livestock related products with varied unit measures and regions. The text ends with an advertisement for DeWitt's Little Early Risers noting relief from headaches without griping.
Advertisement notes extremely low rates and instructs readers to contact G H Dachtler, agent, by phone number 43 for savings opportunities. The fragment implies a local sale or service offer without detailing product or terms.
The notice lists frequent city rail and interurban schedules between Elyria Cleveland and nearby towns with varied departure times, limits, and routes. It includes westbound and eastbound daily service, weekend adjustments, and ticket precedents.
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