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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
8
Elyria baseball opens April 28 in Sandusky against Mischler’s team. Manager Herman Schleman leads a squad once blocked from the O P League by price demands. Secretary Brasselle has booked several Sunday dates with out of town teams as fans await a strong lineup.
The junior girls beat the sophomores at Lincoln gym in a close 0 to 0 basketball contest. Postponed junior senior and senior sophomore games followed with mixed results, notable by a tense second half and strong plays from Grills Robinson Hart and Allen. Florida via Washington ad ends the fragment.
A collage of baseball notes from boxing and club scenes. Mentions Jimmy Sheckard joining Cuba at New Orleans, the Cincinnati park underwater, Leach named temporary Yanigans captain, a gift of cigars from Barney Dreyfuss to the Yanigans, Phillies trying out twelve pitchers, Comus key dividing Sox into three teams after Mexico, gate tenders for third nine, Hobe Ferris and Jack Hayden, Grapewin delaying Cincinnati until after acting season, Jim McGuire linked to Giants, Rickey resigning, Mathewson betting form, and boxing windups for training.
Nealon complains of a $6000 yearly wage while a rival gets $2500. Chasa reacts, needing a straight jacket as the defection is revealed. The report catalogs top finds including Hannifin and Kane among others.
A historic column traces Ramsey’s rise guiding the Lorain and Ashland and potential coal field shipments. It notes George P. Rust as a Ramsey pick, a grade crossing deal with the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling division, and Ramsey plans to extend to West Virginia coal fields. It also questions Knox’s silent land purchases near Oak Point and references a funeral and spring millinery event in Columbus.
Residents near the fair grounds report the turn of Turner street line is lost and unrecorded. The city engineer lacks data on the boundary as river encroachment reduced most of the original width. Officials consider informal agreements to settle the line before sidewalks can be laid.
Community news from West Ridge includes residents Mrs. Serage gradually failing and several neighbors with illnesses such as mumps. Visitors include George Goodman and Miss Jean Holliday, with Mrs. Clayton Bonnee preparing to move to Montana. A church ladies aid meeting had low attendance due to bad roads, while Mrs. Austin advertises Buckwheat cakes and quick-rising buckwheat mix.
The speaker states three years ago Cleveland was wet and now 109,000 residents live in dry districts. He cites progress of temperance work and says county local option is badly needed, aiming to convert at least 20 counties dry. Audience questions follow and a church lunch ends the meeting.
Mrs Emily Maroun of Meriden endorses Mother Gray's Sweet Powders used in Children’s Home New York to break up colds in 24 hours relieve feverishness headaches stomach trouble teething disorders regulate bowels and destroy worms. Sold by all druggists 25 cents sample free Aller Olmsted LeRoy New York address listed.
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