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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
8
La Grange residents host and visit neighbors across Avon Berea Elyria Lorain and Penfield with mentions of illness mumps and smallpox scare. Family births birthdays and social gatherings anchor this crop of town notices and friendly visits. Prolific name drops include Hicks Pritchard Waite Moon Martin and Wilcox among others.
Mrs Sam Rawson of Elyria spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Frank Root and family. Edna Mills has returned to Lorain after a week with her son. Nancy Sheldon and granddaughters Mable and Ada Bersing visiting Clarksfield. R D Wilson shipped twenty five spring pigs last week. L C T M to hold an ice cream social and literary program May 19. Warner Worcester of Columbus called on relatives. Wi Crosier in Elyria. Zera Rawson of Michigan visiting daughter Will Avery. Kittie Ward A W Clodwick died May 6 1890 Watertown N Y born May 14 186?. left two young daughters, husband, parents, four brothers, two sisters. Remains brought here. Funeral by Rev F E Baker M E Church.
NORTH EATON May 8. The members of Luster Hive No. 32 T. M. are requested to be present at the next review May 12. An important business is to be transacted on that date. Mr. Frank Longbow of Cleveland visited friends in Eaton last week. Mr. Sheldon Streeter who was thrown from his carriage and badly injured is improving.
Chicago May 10 testimony in a pure food investigation describes butchers using a liquid named freezine to preserve meat scraps for hamburger steaks. Chemists warn it is nearly pure formic aldehyde, dangerous to stomach tissue, with large quantities used in butter preservation and by farmers to keep milk. Dr Wiley identifies the antiseptic as related to cadaver preservation and disinfection practices.
Duluth Minn May 10 rioters attempted to blow up a West Duluth street car with dynamite. Ten passengers suffered slight bruises as the car toppled and its trucks were blown to pieces. No arrests have been made. In Chicago a Chicago May 10 strong movement forms in the west to urge Admiral Dewey to enter the United States through San Francisco rather than New York the present plan.
A 23rd annual National Association of Stove Makers meeting in Cincinnati gathered about 600 firms controlling 90 percent of U S stove business. A seven-man committee will work with promoter John W Baker to gather data and draft a joint consolidation plan promising lower prices and wider capital backing.
Kansas City May 11 The Star prints excerpts from a Brig Gen Funston letter to Prof S L Kellogg. dated April it outlines his first hints of a political career. He says there are few offices worth the risk, and the critics who questioned his Cuban campaign are noted as unfounded. He adds his Philippine record may satisfy critics.
Buffalo May 11 Grain shovelers and Centmeter Connors near a settlement as talks with lake carriers progress. A general superintendent to oversee unloading at the port may be appointed by Bishop Quigley and paid by the Lake Carriers association. Connors would draw commissions only to year end. Washington May 11 The War Secretary approves Gen Otis’s recommendation to delay sending home bodies of Philippine troops until after the rainy season and unfavorable weather ends.
Notices posted at South Chicago and Joliet mills announce wage increases for common labor from 13 4 to 15 cents an hour with all hands raised proportionally excluding tor masonry men. The raise is the second of the year and takes effect May 15.
A dubious summary of a military advance reports Col Weersatean and forces swift in action near Hera and Adee Dinthizmiohes. Gen McArthur moves toward San Tomas while Gen Lawton blocks rebel retreat from San Fernandino. Insurgents retreat toward the mountains as American troops seize rice stores and advance on Calumpit through San Tomas. Spanish commissioners push for prisoner exchanges but Aguinaldo negotiates peace terms.
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