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Newspaper

Elyria Reporter

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1907

Page

4

Daily Reporter Subscription Rates and Address

The Daily Reporter lists weekly and yearly delivery rates by carrier and mail, with outside Blytia mail at $2.00 yearly and a $3.09 yearly rate for a Weekly. Subscribers are urged to send complaints and orders directly to the main office at Rawson sg. Bel Mali 142-W.Republican Printing.

Elyria Ohto Republican “Printing, Co East Second Street Daily Reporter Blytia Rawson Sg Bel Mali Republican Printing

Railroads stalled by lack of capital and public skepticism

In Lorain county readers note slow railroad progress due to funding gaps. The piece calls out bond schemes and stock watering, urging investor prudence and warning government paternalism may be unnecessary. A Punxsutawney judge jail decision shocks until the origin is revealed.

Lorain County United States Wall Street Roosevelt Ohio Punssutawney Pennsylvania

Hair loss mystery solved by Newbro's Nerblelde

Scientific researchers identify a tiny germ causing dandruff and baldness and claim Newbro's Nerplelde destroys it. The product is sold by Tessing Drugists and by The Herplelds Co with two sizes priced at $1.00. Special agents Paisips & Co. handle distribution.

James Watt Newbro Tessing Herplelds Co Paisips & Co

After Dinner Nominations and Coin Designs

The passage weighs reader reactions to Theodore Roosevelt appointing a successor, critiques Mayor Dunne after a Chicago incident, and ponders after dinner presidential nominations. It notes the public recall challenge with new gold coin designs and hints at tensions between Harriman and Fish, concluding that Congress acted powerfully yet retired weakly.

Petitioned dry districts face key vote in Lorain

Two Jones law petitions from Lorain will be taken up by Jungie Washburn Saturday. The east side petition has no contest while the west side petition is expected to be hotly fought as officials push to include three more saloons on West Erie avenue. The Aquor men of Lorain oppose any wet expansion.

Lorain East Side West Side Jungie Washburn West Erie Avenue Aquor

Marriage Licenses Listed For Area Residents

Viktor Vargo 28 of Lorain and Sulla Poier, 2 of Lorain, Albert Carey and Longtrer 22 of El Louis Jacobs Pase 19 of Floria a6 Cleveland Sada 20 Elyria Olive M. The piece notes licenses for local residents with names and ages while an unrelated ad for a skin care product appears in the end.

Viktor Vargo Lorain Sulla Poier Albert Carey Longtrer El _ Louis Jacobs Pase Floria Cleveland Sada Elyria Olive M

Discovery and spread of the potato in early Europe

A historical sketch traces the potato from its Andean origins through Spain to Italy and Belgium, noting its 1601 description by De L Echise of Leyden and its rapid spread in France despite early religious backlash. It mentions sailors, seamstresses, and a humorous opera anecdote as cultural echoes.

Chile Andes New Granada Quito Spain Italy Mous Belgimm Bss Philippe de Livry de L Echise University of Leyden Germany France Caspar Bauhin Planche Yvesses Burgundy

Life's Little Pleasantries and Humorous Vignettes

A collage of excerpts in period voice with jokes about catechism questions by children, quips about Lent and disguises with false teeth, racehorse slang about Nose names, a quip about Senator Tillman, and a Virginia mail heist anecdote ending with a Harper's Weekly quotation on mail security.

Tonsiline Throat Remedy Ad Promotes Quick Relief

An old advertisement urges stocking Tonsiline for sore throat to prevent tonsillitis quinsy croup or diphtheria. One dose provides relief and a few doses cure, selling for 25 cents at druggists. The Ton­siline Co Canton Ohio markets the product.

Canton Ohia

Quaint Invitations Call Members to Masonic Doings

The Elyria Masons invite members to a banquet at the Temple on Monday night. They instruct guests to wear plain dress and appear in person on March 18 1907 at 7 30 PM to assist in warding captives who seek the most thrilling degrees.

Elyria King Squire Masonic Temple Wardjing S. H. Squire T. Ill

Obituary for Nellie Hosford Billings of Oberlin

Mrs Nellie Hosford Billings a well known Oberlin resident died after a year long cancer struggle on Monday March 4 Born in Birmingham Ohio she was sixty four years old She married William Billings of LaGrange and was a Disciple church member She leaves husband son Burion Billings of Pittsfield daughter Mrs Minnie Powell of Oberlin and many friends Funeral was held at her Oberlin home

Nellie Hosford Billings Oberlin Nellie Hosford Birmingham Ohio William Billings LaGrange Bur|y Ion Billings Pittsfield Minnie Powell

Elyria Reporter reader appeal and newspaper delivery offer

A handwritten style plea asks readers if the Elyria Reporter issue satisfies them and invites delivery requests. It directs those who approve to contact the reporter’s office to arrange regular mailing.

Elyria

Earthquake fear spurs canal water clock woes in transit

A dialog in a moving train links Kingston quake fears to Panama canal risks and what would happen to water, banks, machinery, and millions if the event occurred there. The piece then shifts to a note about street clocks freezing in cold weather and the lack of reliable outdoor timepieces.

Kingston Jamaica Panama Canal’ Zone

Understanding Solar Time and Day Length Variations

The article explains mean solar day as the average of apparent solar days and contrasts it with apparent solar time shown by a sun dial. It defines the equation of time up to sixteen minutes and twenty-one seconds, notes the civil day starts at midnight, and states sidereal and mean solar days are invariable with a specific relation between them.

A Safe Perch

A window washer high on a narrow ledge of a fifteen story window watches a crowded downtown scene as frightened pedestrians scatter from street cars automobiles wagons and mounted police. He remarks I am glad I am not in that crowd.

Gosh Chicago Tribune Tue

Almost as Good as Art in Rural Scenery

A fragmentary Paris of a humorous dialogue recalls Edith touring the countryside with her grandmother. The exchange notes the scenery as nearly natural water art, cited from the Chicago News. A second item notes a divorce dispute accusing collusion in a marriage, contrasted with joke about collision at the ceremony from the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.

Emall Iedith Edith Chicago News Pittsburg Gazette-Times

Not Her Will Minnie Quotes on Proposals

In a playful London Sketch style exchange Minnie resists George's proposal and hints she will respond today. The dialogue contrasts will with pride as Minnie asserts her own stance and wit.

Agnes Minnie George London

Kaiser William a Matchmaker

While in plain clothes the Kaiser encounters a corporal in love with his sergeant major’s daughter. The Kaiser ponders the issue then declares a solution by promoting the corporal to sergeant, enabling the marriage.

Kaiser William

Unavoidable proposal sparks in-law joke in paper

A humorous miscommunication unfolds as a suitor declares his wish to marry the daughter, while the father notes that such nuptials would make him the future father-in-law, a line read as an unavoidable twist in Houston Post coverage.

Houston Tex Post

Slightly Misapplied. Nurse and patient exchange

Patient Rafferty explains he drank water directly from a bottle after a nurse’s misapplied instruction. He complains of a painful throat and describes nearly burning his throat from the action and the miscommunication.

Rafferty

Seventeenth Street estate lots advertised in Elyria Ohio

159 lots 40x140 on Seventeenth Street one block south of the Elyria corporation line from Middle Avenue to West Avenue. Sewer and gas on Middle Avenue. Street access and proximity to C. S. W. railroad barns. Prices 150 to 175 dollars with easy terms. Good for ten days. W. F. Kelling Insurance and Real Estate 308 Elyria Block Elyria Ohio.

Seventeenth Elyria Corporation Middle Avenue West Avenue City Wales and Gas W. F. Kelling Elyria Block Elyria Ohio

Real estate ad for William H. Hurd Elyria Ohio

William H. Hurd of Elyria Ohio advertises real estate services from Office 211 at the Masonic Temple. He lists buying selling and exchanging property in Elyria and nearby Cleveland and Toledo with specials on building allotments and farm properties.

Masonic Temple Elyria Ohio Cleveland Toledo

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