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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1907
Page
5
A list of residents and visitors with brief travel and health notes. Arthur O Donnell and others are seen in Cleveland on Monday and Sunday visits. Several residents, including Mrs J F Collins and Miss Florence Walton, are mentioned with illness or recovery. Local residents noted visiting Avon, Fremont, Buffalo, Columbus, and Ridgeville. some bound for or returning from these places.
Filey age Jase Mines Mary and Katherine Wearsch visited parents on Dover Sunday. Grace McAlroy of Detroit visits Mildred Lickerish on Court street. Williams of Youngstown accepted a position with Lewis & Company. Dr J G Wherry and J C Bina left for Florida to be gone a week or ten days. Grace Hanick of Plymouth is guest of Mrs W S Seward East Sixth street. Hulda Behrendt slowly improving after Elyria hospital operation. Lulu Kiester once ill for six weeks now able to be cut again. Mr and Mrs C C Bowers attend Cleveland chamber of commerce ball. Young Men’s Choir of First Congregational sang at Ridgeville church. Mrs Frank Burrell of West River street north made a fish trip to relatives last Saturday returning on No 37 L S & M.
A rapid digest of items from Lorain including a social meeting with Mrs Woughtlen at West Avenue and Seventh Street, a paralysis case in Amherst, and the death of Henry Ruhl of Elyria Road after a brief illness. Also noted: M Burkhardt Brewing Co of Akron enters Lorain field and a new Walwamova draw draws attention as nine cars depart. Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Ruhl held at St Peter's Evangelical Church with Rev. Luindeumyer officiating.
A native objection to railways argues that a Brahmin may break religious rules by sitting in the same carriage as a Pariah, since he would be required to keep 96 steps away from the latter.
An advertisement argues women suffer more from illness and warns against alcoholic medicines. It promotes Electrogen as a non alcoholic germicide and antiseptic that tones the system and purifies blood, sold at fifty cents to one dollar, with a free 50 cent bottle offer and booklet from Electro-gen Co. Frenfont, O.
Wellington March 11 The Lorain County Teachers Association held a profitable meeting on March 9 with broad attendance. Sessions covered Arithmetic in the Primary and Grammar Grades and Grammatics in the High School, with emphasis on improving teaching and pupil preparation.
Last rites for Mrs Mary Wehlber were said Monday at St Marys Church. Burial followed at the Catholic Cemetery. She died Friday at her home 839 Broad Street after a stomach cancer illness.
Haas, a popular Elyria man, married Miss Bessie Bricknaid this afternoon by Justice Charles Lord. Bricknell, from Grafton, is a charming young woman with many friends. The couple’s many friends wish them a happy, prosperous married life amid local social interest.
The confetti carnival last Saturday evening drew a good crowd with lively jocular eccentrics and amusements. Attendees enjoyed the novelty and diversion created by the eccentric acts and tones of those present.
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce explored public recreation grounds and improved express facilities at a recent meeting. Committees on transportation and education received the proposals for study and possible action, with central city locations favored for outdoor recreation for children.
At a Saturday service board meeting the firm of Feld Up, Ennser and Wildams was awarded the Taylor street storm water sewer contract on the East Side. The board acknowledged slow progress on the East Side trunk sewer but defended the low bid as unavoidable. Glendale Court sewer went to H W Matthews. bids for Oak, Waverly Rush, Erie and Foster Bath sewers were rejected as excessive.
A girl explains Amen as Dont touch it after her brother asks and a mother corrects the phrase to So let It be revealing home speech misunderstandings. The notice also advertises HOMESPEAKERS AND COLONISTS tickets at very low rates via B and FO railroad agent.
A Yale graduate from 1884 lives in an ancient Upper Broadway house in New York reported by the New York Sun. He shares the place with an aged charwoman and a bold rat population. The breadbox and flour can are repeatedly manipulated by rats, who even lift a tin lid and topple a cylindrical can to steal bread and flour crumbs. The landlord’s claims about the clever rodents seem hard to credit but the evidence mounts.
Earl Shuaanel of the West Side, wounded three weeks ago while playing with Ernest Walsh, remains paralyzed with brain Injury from a forehead bullet. He is conscious and talking but weakened and fading, with tests showing uncertain recovery and diminishing strength.
chaotic OCR notes show a shipyard strike in Chicago and Lorain with confusion over possible shutdowns at American Shipbuilding and Lakes Engineering. Workers missed as the dispute escalated after a failed conference attempt and national union orders.
A reflective piece laments fading knowledge from school days and statics exams. The author imagines a practical handbook written in clear language, free of party prejudice, to inform middle aged readers about topics they should know, noting the lack of such a book exists today.
A reader claims waiters and Pullman porters rely on tips to earn far more than salaries. The piece estimates 8,000 porters and thousands of waiters collect millions in daily tips, with a New York waiter averaging about $10 a day and a broader national total around $5 million yearly.
A young couple speaks of carrying an umbrella as rain falls heavily. The girl notes the rain while her beau argues to wait, saying there is no rush. She urges readiness, mentioning that their father may return home tonight.
A brief exchange shows a woman refusing marriage to George and indicating plans to travel to Sberla the next day. She laments lacking postcards from Sberla, signaling distance and unshared communication. The fragment hints at a personal correspondence theme and travel.
An advertisement asserts Selenice reveals disease origins from invisible germs in air and water and promotes Electrogen as a germ killer that purifies blood and tones the system. Sold at 50 cents to one dollar per bottle, with a free 50 cent bottle offer, via The Wiedrogen Co. Fremont New York and Eady Drug Store.
The British Medical Journal reports a physician treating a signalman whose violent asthma causes convulsions and fits. For ten hours alone at a key post, he risks thousands of lives, illustrating the hidden dangers in essential railway work.
A savings focused message asserts one dollar buys more in this Elyria store than in credit shops. The ad promises satisfaction from spending wisely and assures goods sold are consistently reliable and right.
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