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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
4
An article warns of dangers from loose natural gas in residences. It advises opening doors and windows, shutting off cocks, and calling a plumber to locate leaks. It cautions against improvised fixes, notes gas concentration thresholds for danger, and condemns unsafe rubber hoses leading to explosions.
An inspector warns that rubber gas tubes on stoves are a major fire risk, capable of igniting from stove heat and causing explosions. Reports describe failed containment, accidental ruptures, and incidents where gas fires travel back along tubes, with calls for penalties and stronger local ordinances to ban nonmetallic tubes and require proper venting and connections.
1905 Our stock is complete with the finest true wallpaper made in the world and ready for immediate delivery. We buy direct from manufacturers in large quantities to offer prices far below competitors. About 6,000 rolls of 1904 styles are offered at half wholesale cost. Smith Bros. 641 Broad Street Elyria Ohio.
Notice records attorney J C Conway relocating from the Elyria block to the Ely block with entrance details via Broad Street first stairway east. Also mentions a March sale of furniture by Engign and Wilkins, and an old advertisement for Holliser’s elixir of life with price and druggist H A Dykeman.
A public sale is scheduled for Saturday next April at 29 o'clock standard time in front of the public square on Broad Street. Items include a 9 year old black brood mare, a nearly new survey priced at $165, a hand made top buggy priced at $150, a single harness at $30, a hand made angle wagon priced at $125, a Chap and Henson make, a black walnut child’s bed, and other household goods. Terms cash. Auctioneer Dan Eason, address 18103. Mackey handles calls. upholsterad item listed as 2086f.
A lurid ad claims thieves steal coins to fund disease demons attacking sleeping children. It hawks Kennedy's Laxative Honey and War as a new remedy said to drive out death-dealing demons before doctors arrive. Contains no opiates and is advertised by H. A. Dykeman.
The entire stock fixtures and tools of the late H. F. Norton are for sale and the room for rent. Items will be sold cheap if sold at once. Inquiries to A. D. Hall in Litchfield.
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