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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
4
State Fire Marshal Hy Davis warns of the deadly risks of gasoline stoves and outlines essential safety practices. He stresses proper filling, leak checks, sealing, and placement, noting most accidents occur during filling and that vapors ignite easily. A proposed state bill would regulate gasoline stove quality and mechanisms.
Attorney C A Metcalf was appointed Thursday by the Probate court guardian of the person and property of Margaret Carr of Huron street. She is the daughter of John R Carr who was killed by a Lake Shore train nine weeks ago. A bond of 34 000 was given. It is believed the buried man is James Hannahan who has been missing for some time.
A Louisville Courier Journal piece traces football's rise from a minor fledgling to a major sport over decades. It notes college missionaries spread the game nationwide, Harvard Yale Princeton matches drew crowds, production of football gear surged twentyfold in five years, and warns on physical readiness for young players.
Sir Thomas Lipton, after three defeats, plans a fourth bid to win the Americas Cup. Public hints indicate steady work toward solving the challenge of claiming possession of the famed trophy, presently held by its custodians of 54 years.
A British tale recounts a Hampshire MP uncovering a contractor’s hollow table leg used to transport £100 weekly payments. Other hidden funds include a woman’s £26,000 stash in a leg, and vast waste from ash pits yielding up to £210,000 yearly from scrap brass and refuse.
In every clime its colors are unfurled and its fame has spread from sea to sea. We hear of Rocky Mountain Tea in distant lands as H. A. Dykeman shares the endorsement.
A meeting of Sharon area baseball fans proposed naming the local team the Four 3 s or after Sharon South Sharon and Sharpsville to boost interest across the three towns. Some residents oppose the idea saying it smacks of advertising and may mislead fans while others see it as good publicity for the city.
A report claimed Charles M. Schwab was en route to the East on a train. doctors in Los Angeles said his condition was not serious and improving at Tucumc. The notice promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, 35 cents, by H. A. Dyke man.
Transit timetables list numerous departures from Public Square and Elyria for Cleveland Limiteds and various routes. Services run hourly or more frequently to Oberlin Lorain Amherst Birmingham Berlin Heights Norwalk and Norwalk Limiteds with multiple morning afternoon and evening departures across the day.
A fragmentary notice mentions Pollmas and Parler Cars with unclear dates and figures. The readable parts reference Dally Hucept Sunday and A DACHTLER with ticket teens, but the full meaning remains obscured.
A detailed railway timetable lists No. 30 Night Excess daily at 6 31, No. 28 Norwalk & Boston, No. 126 Norwalk Accommodation, No. 40 Toledo & Buffalo, No. 32 Fast Mall at 10 40, No. 48 Accommodation 23 48, No. 6 Limited Fast Mail, No. 10 Chicago New York Boston, Michigan Accommodation, No. 2 Day Express at 7 60, and several westbound and Norwalk division trains. Express and accommodation services include multiple divisions and destinations with times, notes and ticketing by A. J. Smith and L. P. BAXTIN.
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