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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1901
Page
5
Fragmented notes discuss congressional reapportionment, Lorain County interests, and district alignments with Cuyahoga Lake and surrounding counties. Mentions possible future delegates, party balances, and local election dynamics amid unsettled nominations and quarantines.
A newspaper ad promotes cheap muslin and cambric underwear with lace trims. It highlights a Wednesday March 20 1901 sale offering 15 dozen Maslin gowns in sizes 14 to 16 at 75c, with a special 39c garment price for the sale only.
Obscure clipping lists a manager or official at room 132 Ely Power Block with a terse office line. unreadable remainder prevents clear details of action or date.
Miss Nonkos of Cleveland visits sister Mrs. H. d. Hady while others travel to Cleveland and Willimantic for visits. Local socials include a M E church supper on March 20 and a Barbie social. Officials announce Lorain county Republican meeting to appoint delegates and nominees with detailed ward and precinct representation.
The Elyria Literary Society schedules a declamation by Elsie Williams a debate between J F Burke R Griswold and I Wilford Anthony Nieding a Lillian Niebolg essay and a Chas C Lord critique at the Epworth league room M E church All invited. Solomon Mendelson sues Anna D John F Keck and Lizzie Mendelson for possession of land and mortgage relief.
Jay Gallimer secured the right of way for a Cleveland to Ashtabula electric line project. The thirty mile route from Painesville to Ashtabula would pass properties along the alignment, with owners urged to view the project as beneficial. The line aims to revive dormant business links and connect Elyria to the area, potentially boosting regional growth.
The Sandusky Register reports that some commissioners claim the Erie County grant to the C. L. E and W railway was a tactic to force consolidation and block the G. I. & W. The Norwalk Reflector questions the logic, noting such grants do not stop private road building and highlighting Berlin Heights votes in favor of the E. & W. franchise by four to one despite Sandusky opposition.
Maude Lesalie files for divorce in common pleas court alleging separation due to nonsupport and threats. She claims habitually drunken behavior by Allanson Leslie for over three years and a need to hide since leaving him. Records note their Elyria marriage on May 15, 1897.
Classified brief list seeking a young woman with education and composition skill for a permanent position at X Y Z care of the Elgin Reporter. Also seven room rental on West Second Street and a competent general housekeeping worker. Also rooms for board and furnished, lost items, and a building lot sale between Fourth and Fifth streets on East avenue with a 120 by 60 foot frontage.
A damaged notice describes vacant building lots on West Avenue near Fifth Street for sale with prices from 81200 to 1400. It also mentions a one and a half story house at the corner of Fifth Street and West Avenue, listed at 84000, with names William Heldmyer and two others and an address at 306 Klyrinx Brook.
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