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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1907
Page
4
A terse archival line references delivery service issues and directing complaints to the main office at Rawson 83 Bell Alain, with a Republican printing note. The text is garbled and lacks clear dates or entities beyond the office address and generic instruction.
The city faces a clash between the green Line offer and the belt line syndicate over a downtown franchise. Proponents argue the belt line spurs real transit life while the Pomeroy group seeks to avoid competitive bidding by tying any extension to its existing charter. Supporters credit the mayor with ambitious fare concessions that drew concessions from Cleveland Electric, while critics warn of monopoly risk and stalling local development.
A jumble of short satirical references and notes from a period newspaper. Mentions of Roosevelt, Hearst, Grover Cleveland, Mrs Eddy, and Swettenham with asides about politics, finance, and public figures. Mostly disconnected quips, hints of scandals, and social commentary.
A local man named George McIntyre posed as another Mr. McIntyre after a minor street mischief arrest. The real McIntyre says his name was used wrongly, causing distress in the community. An advertisement for Elollistar's Rocky Mountain Tea follows.
Classified notice notes offers from readers seeking jobs and services. It mentions G H Schuler studio at 635 Broad Street with telephone 1054L and references a string of unreadable text likely indicating contact lines for listings.
A reportedly enormous diamond, weighing about a pound and a third, is kept in a Holborn bank vault near Hatton Garden. Replicas are shown to would‑be buyers while the stone itself is insured for around 2.5 million dollars and valued by some at five million. The gem arrived from South Africa and is closely guarded.
The article notes a lively partridge season lasting two to three weeks depending on stock size and sex ratio. It describes cock partridges defending territory in early clashes, with battles shaping the flocks as weaker males are dispersed or killed.
The Savanne hotel proprietor Mr McNulty learns from actor Mr Montgomery that a guest, numbered 103, seeks to borrow. The note implies a staged illusion, prompting astonishment at the inn’s mysterious happenings.
A bachelor girl recalls a strange cafe encounter with a tall bearded man who asked to join their table. After finishing his meal he pocketed the last chop, explaining he wakes at three each morning nearly starving and wraps leftovers for that hour.
A farmer describes vaccinating land with a germ from Dr. G. T. Moore to extract nitrogen from the air. He claims vaccination cuts fertilizer costs and increases yields: potatoes 59 percent, oats 200 percent, wheat 52 percent, and rye 400 percent.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat note discusses printers noticing only upper halves of letters in headlines. The piece suggests reformers could trim lower strokes to save paper and ink, claiming potential 25 percent cost cuts if widespread.
A frayed Washington anecdote links Mark Twain remarks to a retired lawyer in a tale of a meerschaum pipe breaking and a son’s honesty. The piece notes the use of biblical motifs by vendors and editors to draw customers and cites a card party avoiding cheating accusations by using independent dealers.
Curiosities and banter mix with political notes as excerpts touch on stage chatter about actors and salaries, a wartime wound remedy from charcoal, and a Tennessee congressman report. The item closes with Pennsylvania Republicans inviting two Democratic lawyers to testify on statehouse furnishings spending.
An old ad copy touts Newbro's Herpicide as the only genuine dandruff remedy that attacks and kills the parasite germ feeding on hair roots. It claims washing with water or soap is pointless against dandruff and promotes purchasing samples via The Herpicide Co. Detroit and Phillips & Co. as agents.
For sale a large two story house on West Side with a good barn and fruit trees. Suitable as a boarding house, near shops with cistern and lake water. Gas available. First payment 10 dollars per month, six percent interest. Apply G. A. Cox.
The Sayre Presbyterian congregation in Bradford county seeks to raise 8445.80 dollars by a mile of paper strips for its building fund. Members collect narrow strips, each foot holding 16 pennies, to reach the mile goal. Also advertised are Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup and Mrs. Austins Quick Raising Buckwheat mix.
Real estate ad offers 40 by 100 foot lots on Seventeen Street south of the Wigma Corporation from Middle Avenue to West Avenue. City water and gas available on Middle Avenue with sewer within a block. Price ranges to 175 with easy terms and small down payment, balance in two years. Limited ten days. SN Relling Insurance and Real Estate. DOS Elvris Block Elyria Ohio.
The Elyria Telephone Company announces a new directory ready for purchase at the office on West Second Street. The catalog includes KODOL digest and OVETCOETES for dyspensia prevention and is said to conform to the National Pure Food and Drugs Law with a guaranteed refund option.
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