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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1903
Page
6
The shift toward holding funerals in undertaker parlors grows as hotels and boardings decline to host services. Friends often remove bodies quickly, sometimes using the shop for a brief service by a supplied clergyman before burial. Some shops now feature large rooms for hundreds attending ceremonies.
Timetabled car departures from Elyria to Public Square Cleveland Medina Berea Puritas Springs Lindale and back. Frequent hourly service from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. with connections to Oberlin Wellington Lorain Norwalk North Amherst and Lorain divisions. Special routes include daily Wellington evenings and cross-town links via Elyria Oberlin and Grafton. Large comfortable cars cross Rocky River steel cantilever bridge toward Paritas Springs picnic grounds. For more details and excursion rates contact 430 Wilson G P A 615 Garfield Hdz Cleveland Ohio.
Soldiers praised Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for scratches bruises cuts wounds corns sore feet and stiff joints as well as burns boils ulcers and eruptions. The ad claims it cures or no pay and sells for 25 cents at H J Bady’s drug store.
Advertisements claim One Minute Cough Cure liquifies mucus and eases inflammation to treat coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. Testimonial from F 8 Mc Mahon Hampton Ga and H A Dykeman praising its rapid effect on a bad cold and a voice before a speech competition.
87 acre farm in Rus eis township four miles from Elyria on Carlisle and Ambrieration lines for sale. Good water, fruit, and buildings in good condition with area for oil on farm. Permission for a tent well before sale. Contact Paul Smith Elyria.
A testimonial from O Haney of Geneva says DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured him of piles after 40 years of suffering. The ad touts it also for ant bites burns wounds and skin diseases and warns to beware of counterfeits.
A Winchester Indiana notice touts Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming they cured a woman with stomach and liver troubles after doctors failed. The ad mentions a testimonial by M. M. Austin and directs readers to H. J. Eady’s drug store for purchase.
An advertisement extols Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy as the best cure for kidneys liver bladder and blood and cites a Baptist pastor’s testimonial. It claims relief from nocturnal urination scalding pain and other ailments with both small and large bottle sizes and a free sample offer from Rondout New York. The copy targets druggists and customers seeking a universal tonic.
Column ad seeks readers who used Green's Anguar Blower for indigestion liver trouble and urges correspondence with success stories. Mention of August Flower as alternative remedy and 25 and 75 cent sizes, plus a Florida Special train schedule via the Big Four to Cleveland St Augustine and Coliver's address.
Local ad seeking summer boarders and resort information for Lake Shore service. Requests inquiries to nearest ticket agent or A J Smith in Cleveland Ohio with details on rates accommodations and station access. Also mentions a roadside anecdote about an elk antler imbedded in a cottonwood trunk near Rock Springs Wyoming.
The passage vivid with colonial life describes the Delhi Durbar as seen through F. A. Steel’s Saturday Review lens. It details a house ruled by an authoritative Turk, the dyeing of a blue beard, and bustling preparations of women for festivals in arcades, tenements, and alleys along with chatter, and sweetmeats. It also includes brief humor about charitable fundraisers.
An old advertisement asserts Paine's Celery Compound cures diseases of a debilitated nervous system and treats insomnia, wasting strength, indigestion, neuralgia, rheumatism, and liver and kidney troubles. A Prairie View Illinois resident claims weight gain and renewed health after using the remedy.
A New York Sun report notes the costliest vegetable is hothouse asparagus from Illinois priced at ten dollars a bunch or a dollar per stalk. Dealers say stocks are limited and prices may ease by March to seven fifty a dozen, while demand rises as buyers seek luxuries. Fortunate Forgiveness tells of a London influenza episode ending in a widow’s fortune and the neighbor’s death.
An ad notes a dreammaker or sewing expert to manage a mill department and requests three additional knitters for the knitting room from 15 to 18 years old. The item lists fair wages and positions at Fay Stocking Up and highlights household ads alongside medical cures for coughs and indigestion.
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