Contaminated Water Sparks Local Outcry and Injury
A drunken farmer falls from a wagon on West Broad Street after losing balance as the team started. He is taken to the American House with injuries but remains conscious by 8 o clock. The James Chapman birthday celebration and thanks to friends appear in the same page, along with discussions of a Cleveland water crisis due to river contamination and proposed basin-based relief.
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Walton
Here
Lerain
Ins Wagen
West Broad
West Avenue
Hart
Cushing
Cleveland
Suguloga
Walworth
Siti
Teuru Lhar
Chapin
Pourpus
Elynn Deanerat
Elyria
Cribaue
Red Raven Splits Touts Virtue In Champagne Mistake
A St. Louis gentleman receives Red Raven Splits as a gift. His wife opens it by mistake thinking champagne, guests toast the faux wine, and a physician praises its healthful virtues. The group praises the sparkling water as a festive, restorative drink.
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St. Louis
Peti
Setarsi
Sho Tadean
Aperents
Thesall
Howe
Treasurer's Report for Old Ladies Home Year Ending 1903
The report shows running expenses of the home at 1869.99 for the year ending January 1903. Donations, refunds, and bank balance totaling 5 81947 are documented, with disbursements for groceries fuel and sundries. Mrs. S c Bowen is treasurer and Mrs. George H Els auditor note new and old accounts. The home maintains ten to thirteen residents and gains fresh support monthly.
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Old Ladies Home
S¢H Bowen
Treas
George H Els
Feline Friend of Convicts at Michigan City Prison
A prison report notes a calico cat named Tiger or Tige living inside Michigan City State Prison. The cat roams the yard and shows affinity for inmates, with guards and staff observing its behavior and the feline’s presence amid enclosure. Outdoor music bans are mentioned nearby.
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Diana
Michigan City
Prut
Bednar
1Hit Jis
Stuanigs
Passion and Health and the Passions in Medicine
The text discusses how passion affects health, arguing it can calm the nerves and prolong life while excess passion harms heart function. It cites the paradox of passions calming the mind yet causing intermittent heartbeats and other issues when extreme. It also notes a Shakespeare quarto sale at Sotheby's and references Gertrude Atherton’s literary trajectory, plus Atherton’s return to New York from Denmark.
Lorain Shipyard Strike Ends as Workers Return
The Lorain shipyard strike ends with 1 000 workers returning to work Monday morning after a company proposal. Wages set to 10 percent increase, base 1 81.50 per day, with conditions including no wage demands before June 1 and 30 days' notice for any later rise. All strikers to be reinstated.
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Lorain
F Company
Snriber Domandy
Apy
Thia Ap
Ory
Isburerdams
Rolling Hall Shut Down After Mechanical Breakdown
A steel plant faced a Friday afternoon stoppage when a large gale lowar engine failed from a hot bearing. The gelling mill shut down but repairs began on Saturday morning and the plant resumed work soon after.
Local industry grows as Neipfoot expands town works
The Migrin Foundry And Engine Works add an engine room and enlarge the molding and handling spaces to meet rising demand for their products. Mr BF Shuart the owner welcomes new social and business ties, while Henry Neipfoot expands from coal yard to factory and five residences on his property. G H Arnold buys F B Sweet Engine Co. and aims to manufacture machinery, with details pending.
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BEC
Ria
Val
Migrin Foundry
Ntekine
Prilding & uuWw
BF Shuart
Ig & wWel
Wenry Neipfoos
Neipftoot
Hly Realty Co
Lomin and
Elsha Io and Cont Co
Neipfoot
G H Arnold
F B Sweet Engine Co
Arnold
Will Provisions And Executors In Probate Court
Probate court rules distribute Parmetia Parmaty Elyria estate to charity groups QLCO and American Board of Foreign Missions with remainder to heirs. Executors named Dr O T Musuard and Wil Ghine. Lyon estate in Baton Rouge devises 95 to Mant Lyon Philadelphia and widow’s life interest then to children Bert Lyon John Frant Swartz and George Schartz directed to support Mary Schartz household.
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Parmetia Parmaty
Elyria
QLCO
Congregational Jlome
Yoolety
American Board of Foreign Missions
Mya
Hasna Phipps
Celia Phipps
Letho Phipps
Grete Phipps
Preoman Phipps
Liporge Hevock
Nottin Hucock
Nellie Hevock
Fdith Heasch
Florence Hevock
T Musuard
Wil Ghine Hay
Lyon
Nte
Baton
Mant Lyon
Philadelphia
Bert Pheabe
John
Frant Swartz
Shefield
George Schartz
Mary Schartz
Elyria Dentist Secretly Married in Cleveland Transfer
Miss Effie Coyne, stenographer for Chandler and Sones of Cleveland, wed Elyria dentist Alvin J Eadle in a secret ceremony. The couple will establish a home in Elyria as the news spread. Meanwhile, Odd Fellows plan a meeting to travel to Wellington by 6:20 car, and a Lancaster youth was ordered to a boy's industrial home after Frankency charges. A Levain County Sunday school convention is set for March 23 and 24 with interdenominational programs and guests, including two state Sunday school specialists.
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Mared
Akron
Effie Coyne
Qchandler and Sones
Cleveland
Alvin J Eadle
Elyria
Campbell
Midle
Bendle
Huron Street
Endle
Vie
Grand Secretary reports solid finances for Ohio Fel lows
Grand Secretary Charles H Lyman reports to the Ohio grand lodge that finances are sound and membership rose. He notes 74 lodges in good standing in January 1901 with gains, and by December 31 1908 total membership at 70 440. Cash in general fund and investments exceed 2.2 million dollars with tallied funds for widows and orphans.
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Charles H Lyman
Ohio Grand Lodge of
Oda
Huys
Trenton
Widows and Orphans Fund
A. Llosa
Down Mobile at open house March 26 in Lincoln Carter drama
The play Down Mobile by Lincoln J Carter will be shown at the open house on Thursday March 26 on the Criterion scale of production. It features four large scenes including Josephine Edgerly’s rural home a plantation negro quarters Dismal Swamp and a burning old mill. The cast includes Norman Spear Bather Moran Carl White Coral Barner Lee Bancroft Osborne Georgiana Barton Ernest Roger Clive Worcester and others amid a description of southern plantation life.
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Mobile
Lincoln J. Carter
Criterion
Mr. Carter
Oowb
Chicago
Josephine Edgerly
Down Mobile
South
Norman Spear
Boston
Bather Moran
Elyria
Carl White
Carpenter
Coral Barner
Lee Bancroft Osborne
Georgiana Marguerite Barton
Amherst
Waenamaker
Ernest Roger
Farmer
Pittsfield
Clive Worcester
Pittefeld
Dredge Plan for Lake Erie Receives Government Backing
Secretary of War Root approves construction of a government dredge for Lake Erie to replace costly private dredges. The project, budgeted at 175000 dollars, aims to reduce costs and navigation delays with a sea going vessel. A found item notice ends with an unverified personal clue and reward.
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Root
Congress
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Ruling on Mail Delivery Routes and Carrier Rights
The general superintendent clarifies that a mailbox of approved design on a route grants delivery by carrier even if the recipient does not live directly on the route. The decision implies carriers will have more stops and labor, extending duties and workload.
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Free Delivery
Elyria Hive Review Calls Meeting March 24 1908
Members of Elyria Hive No 3 LOTf M are summoned for a review on March 24 1908 by order of Commander Ida M Greer and administrator Haske of the estate of dimes Crawford. Judge Webber, Oberlin, delivered a speech at Oberlin Business College last Wednesday. spring term begins April 6 1908. New York girl Lola Leonard, 19, of Garyl, fell and died after signaling via writing.
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Elyria Hive No. 3
Lotf M
Ida M Greer
Judge Webber
Elsina
Atu
Oberlin Business College
New York
Lola Leonard
Caryl
N. Y
Garyl
California Return Trip Deals via Chicago and North-Western Big
Sell offers 50 dollar round trips from Chicago to California with May 34 and May 12th to 18th dates to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Low rates from other points with stop over options. The Overland Limited departs Chicago daily at 9 pm. Luxurious cars include drawing room sleeping, observation, dining, and buffet-library cars. Three trains travel Chicago to coast in two days without change. Tourist excursions to California Washington Oregon. Apply to nearest ticket print or address A F, Cleveland Ohio.
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Chicago
North-Western
Big
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cheaga
California
Washington
Oregon
Gleveland
Superior Street
Clevequire
Grace Court
Reongland
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Oal
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AIN County Ing Company
Vliatls
Eden Pease
Myeef Rua of
Eapside
R Ben
Renedies Co
the Arcade
Dykeman
Hilpitt
Helene” Loshoe
Eric Chapman
LaPorte
Oartners
WBO
Whhere
Elia Bailey
Automobile Geer
Tomobile Geer
Harry H. Smith
East Broad St
Elyria, Ohio
Lehiwan City
bin Beng
Pickering
Shakespeare
P. G Tite
Sotheby's
Dreesiout
Gen Johnson
Gertrude Atherton
Guereude Atherton
Denmark
Dravenaul
China
Harry H. Smith & CO
Snes Qoing
Northwestern
Wiivarsity
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sarcey
Francisine Sareey
Adolph Brisson
Cedar Street
Probate
Odd Fellows
Wellington
Lancaster
Yuri Sheng
Minor
Lern
Frmency
Liv
St Lanecaster
Llinnian
Suniay School Convention
Lafayette
Chester County Historical Society of
Pennsyvania
Brandywine Battlefield
Gen
B. W. Groves
Elyria Opera House
Corbin
Mai
Dreog
L and W
Simith’s
Leo
Probate Court
JT Haske
Estate of
Oberlin
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