Prize Draw Ticket Sold With Each Purchase
A sales notice states that a prize ticket is included with every purchase of 40 uts. The offer highlights ongoing promotion terms and eligibility details.
24 Mar 1904
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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1904
Page
1
A sales notice states that a prize ticket is included with every purchase of 40 uts. The offer highlights ongoing promotion terms and eligibility details.
Jacob Wallecker was arrested by Officer Whitney for stealing a hound from Severn Ott. Ott agreed not to prosecute if costs were paid. Wallecker traveled to Lorain with Constable Cahoon to raise money and was rearrested for a misdemeanor by Lorain police.
A southbound freight train on the B and O railroad derailed just north of the city on Wednesday morning. The damage was light but the track remained blocked until nearly eleven oclock.
Ebljit Hayden post No 45 GLA RB mourns the death of comrade W E Cahoon. The post drapes its charter for thirty days and sends copies to the widow and local papers. Presidium names J E Borrell G C Bust J H Redfornm.
A Cleveland boy, George Westlay, six, disappeared after school with witnesses saying a strange woman forced him toward a car. His father Harry Westlay and Mrs. Albay hold custody. authorities suspect the mother may be involved and Cleveland police have been notified to search for the child.
Tuesday council proceedings detail debates over sale of half interest in the town hall property and control of new city hall plans. Solicitor cites need for state health approval and engineer oversight before bids, while budget limits complicate hiring a city engineer and assistants.
The council referred a plan to the Board of Public Service to solicit expert bids. The motion passed with Ayes Hill Sam mora Worthington and President Smith voting aye. Nays were Cook Moeller and Smith. A Day abdivision plot and Sixth street extension were referred to the splitting commission. Summers moved to adjourn.
At the Wednesday badge shoot BOW Hill tops with 30 points. GN Surridge scores 20, LR Marsh 19, OL Morse 18, O Blanchard 18, Od Smith 16. Mr Surridge, handicapped at 16, wins the badge with 8 points.
Farmer Chris Ott reported his horned rig missing after visiting Elyria on Wednesday. He left the rig hitched to a fence at the Daisy Field allotment and it was not found until Thursday morning when Patrolman Smith recovered it in front of Lamison's meat market. The owner seeks the rightful finder and warns of prosecution for theft.
A. G. Kolv was granted a divorce from Mathilda Kolb on Tuesday for gross neglect of duty. The judge remarked he would forbid the defendant to remarry for five years if within his power. The couple resided in La Grange.
The will of Rectina Edwards of Oberlin was filed and a commission issued to the Chagrin Falls postmaster to take witness testimony. J E H Moeller named executor of Anna Catharine Moeller of Brownhelm.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern will unveil two fast trains with a spring schedule reducing the New York to St Louis trip to about twenty six hours. The current fastest on any line is 31.5 hours on the Pennsylvania route, and the plan aims to shave at least four and a half hours, as the four big New York to St Louis lines compete for exposition business.
The Tribe of Ben Hur asks members to attend a meeting Friday night at 7 30 p m at 15818 location for an important gathering.
A funeral tribute recalls Cahoon born in Wiyrin Ghia May 187? died March 18 19?, aged 67. He served in Co KR 135 O V I and lost his right arm on Memorial Day 1874. Survived by wife, a brother and sister, with many others mourning his loss. The piece honors his Grand Army service and loyalty.
At a council meeting a resolution approved more electric street lights beyond the initial hundred and set a price of sixty dollars per light per year for the excess rather than one hundred dollars. The Citizens Gas and Electric Company filed objections to the council’s pricing authority and the issue was referred to the city solicitor for report at the next meeting.
Chapman and Wallace announce a new tailoring shop in the former Fr M Whiteman room on Mill Street Elyria offering a wide woolen line including worsteds cheviots homespuns and craginetts both imported and domestic. Call to inspect spring stock before orders. Reward for finder of sable brown fur tail. Lunches served at City restaurant from 4:30 to 8:30.
W M Smith of Fox Furnace Company was badly mangled Wednesday morning when his clothing caught in a moving machine. He was drawn in, suffered head and shoulder injuries and a crushed left arm. Taken to hospital, surgery took nearly two hours. Smith, about thirty five, with a wife and several children, remains in precarious condition.
Jack Steel a shipyard fitter, about forty and unmarried, killed himself Wednesday afternoon at Chris Critz saloon on Fifth Street Lorain after drawing a revolver from behind the bar. He fired a shot into a man’s temple then attempted to speak with a patrolman. Simmering details note no survivors mentioned. Elizabeth Durand appointed administratrix of Edwin C Duran of Oberlin under $500 bond. Clarence Betts petitions court to sell Janda estate to pay debts.
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