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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1906
Page
1
Fragmentary clipping promotes LIFE PLANT as a cure for rheumatism and heart trouble. It urges readers to write to a company for a free booklet and claims thousands benefited. No clear dates or verifiable names besides a few scattered terms appear.
March saw many dogs killed in the city as police and Voglesong officials buried and paid for each carcass. The board of health debated costs and policy while residents feared dogs and urged stricter controls.
Architect W J Campbell designs a two story brick Parochial residence for the Church of Sacred Heart in Oberlin. The home at Pleasant and Groveland streets will mirror church architecture and cost about $4,000.
J. O. Preble and W. Hageman returned Friday from Columbus where they attended a two day meeting of the independent telephone company. The gathering added many new members to the independent association and featured a banquet at the Hotel Martins with over 500 guests. Speeches on telephone work were delivered by prominent men from several shires.
Telegraph operators employed by Nickel Plate Railway pressed for higher wages after two days of talks with General Manager A W Johnston. Johnston promised a thorough review and possible salary increases as other railroads expect similar demands. Underpayment concerns grow for minor railroad staff like switchmen wardmen and freight handlers amid rising moving costs.
During March the police court heard about 30 intoxication cases with fines around 34 and costs. There were two non support and three disorderly conduct cases with fines from 25 to 30 and costs plus Workhouse sentences. some fines and sentences were suspended. Recollections from fines and licenses will be posted.
At a Board of Health meeting Dr G E French was authorized to travel to Cleveland to inquire about milk testing systems. Locally the doctors could not go yet but planned a visit next month. Constable Bramay reported no new tests, busy inspecting dairies and stock. Cows were poor this winter and some dairymen fed them beet factory material from Freemont, a smell that alarmed stockmen.
A local inquiry reviews a pricey fumigation product bought for health. Sold at 2.54 dollars per pound, the agent claimed it would kill bedbugs and rats without odor after death. A professor tested it and questioned value, suggesting sulphur as an alternative. officials noted buyer impression of an easy board deal.
Notice urges SEs for seats to the Blythea theatre performance Land of Nod on Wednesday April 4. Excursions arranged at cheap travel rates and mail orders with remittance will be reserved in order received. S J BP Webster associated with an eastern publication found dead Thursday in Delaware city prison after arrest for intoxication Wednesday night.
Members of the club held a memorial service for Mrs. A R Webber on Friday March in which the president read the twenty third Psalm Mrs Margeret Chapman led in prayer and Mrs Mabel Phipps Little with Miss Willard sang Abide With Me and Thy Will Be Done as members paid testimonials to the late member and her cherished character.
Alvin Plogher of the Lorain county bank has been ill with symptoms of appendicitis. Doctors hesitated about surgery but concluded an operation was necessary. He was taken to a Cleveland hospital for an appendectomy today.
The Rev Dr R T Stevenson professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University will be the preacher at the Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow. He is described as a cultured church leader and his visit is a notable event for the parish with the public invited to attend.
Tomorrow the Baptists of South Lorain will dedicate their new chapel at Thirteenth and Lime streets in the Sheffield subdivision. The building seats about two hundred and features a handsome exterior. A Sunday school has operated from a private home with C A Motealt as superintendent. A 7 p m preaching service will be led by Rev. Geo W Johnson. Regular services will continue with Sunday school at 9:30, preaching at 7 and Wednesday prayer at 7.
Mr. Frank Scattergood of Lee State Mutual Life Insurance Co. received an invitation to attend the Cleveland Association of Life Underwriters annual banquet at the Colonial hotel on Tuesday April 3. President Seovil of the National association and other prominent men will address the meeting.
William Norris, famed comedian of Land of Nod, appears at the Elyria theatre on Wednesday April 4. He is celebrated for King Dodo and Alan in Babes in Toyland and poses as the Man in the Moon in a career highlight. He is praised as a refined singer dancer and comic.
The Lorain board of health discussed curb ing door to door meat sales amid concerns about sun exposed meat and dirty handling. They considered asking butchers to meet but postponed action pending Lorain authorities' decision.
Miss Margaret King and Mr. Ralph Hurst announce their engagement in Lorain. The couple, active in the First Methodist church and local music circles, plan a wedding after the summer term ends. They will likely live on Lakeside Avenue in the Murat home.
Humane Officer Dumas brought Thomas Murdock from Piedmont on non support charges. In court he pleaded guilty, was fined 24 dollars and costs, and sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse, suspended upon paying his wife 10 dollars and agreeing to work. Lewis Morse suffered a crushed arm at Chronicle office. Mary Hunter, 17, a month into marriage, killed herself in Wellston after her husband spent evenings away from her.
Nickel Plate announces extensive summer improvements including double tracking from Lorain to Cleveland, a new Rocky River bridge, longer sidetracks at Sheffield, added switch yards at Bellevue and Conneaut, a freight repair shop, and a large shop at Stony Point, with work starting as soon as material is ready.
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