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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
8
A two year old girl on Huron street played with a lamp and matches, caught fire, and suffered severe burns. her mother Mrs McKay extinguished the flames but was badly burned. The child and sister Frank sustained minor burns.
The circuit court reversed Judge Hayden in the Afid le avenge injunction matter and dismissed J. W. Emmert Jr.’s petition for a permanent injunction. The court held bonds may be issued when funds are in process of collection and that the public service board can let contracts before money is in the treasury.
Adolph Bauhane a 24 year old German traveling from New York by freight train struck while boarding a westbound train near Elyria. His left leg was crushed and amputated above the knee at Dr Black's office. He was kept at the infirmary and is expected to recover.
Oberlin College Crimson and Gold defeated Western Reserve University 65 to 52 after Reserve forfeited the mile relay and high jump. Notable winners included Green and Bellows in sprints and throws, with Goodenough taking the mile and Welmot winning the two mile.
Employees of Columbia Steel presented Mr. W B Marwick with a sterling silver loving cup as a token of esteem. Gilbert spoke for the company noting gratitude for his leadership and the employees. Marwick will soon depart for Europe with his family and then assume a managerial post at Stanley Works in New Britain Connecticut.
Article describes Mayor Folgeria proposing a municipal employment push to help down and out men find factory and farming jobs. He has already secured two men Friday for positions, citing redeeming potential in the drifting poor and the need to broaden the program beyond a limited earlier effort.
Rankin loaned Wright a coat to wear at a funeral and Wright now owes sixteen dollars. The case from Lord's court moves to common pleas court as an appeal of the remedy dispute with attorney Renkin contesting.
The tale centers on a coat loan between Wright and Rankin. Rankin grows angry when Wright delays return. A mysterious rider pilfers a wrapped bundle from Wright’s porch but is pursued by a young man on the steps and the bundle is recovered, tying up the matter with a final return of the coat.
Promoters of a plan to erect a $100,000 three story building on vacant property near the Topliff hotel have abandoned the project. William Ely led the deal as principal. Land valued at 260 dollars per foot frontage with a 120 by 160 foot site proved insufficient financially to justify construction.
In a circuit court review of F. F. Thomas versus John Watt and others, elderly Watts sold a Rochester area farm but disputes arose over the verbal contract and delivery. The Watts maintain they were misled by Thomas misrepresentations and a draft, while the court upheld the Watts in both common pleas and circuit court, leaving the likely burden of legal costs on the Thomas side.
Chester Rowe of Field's fished a lake with an imagined haul and told townspeople about it. A policeman took him to the station, fined him thirty five dollars and costs for his hoax before allowing him to return home after promising payment.
A light rise in April deaths to thirteen. The total was eight more than February and four more than March. Consumption caused two deaths and heart disease six.
General Piet Cronje famed for Paardeberg will arrive in Elyria for the Boer War spectacle with Commandants Van Dam and Boshuff. Captain Franklin leads the British contingent in a dramatic reenactment at the fairgrounds Saturday afternoon and evening.
An officer detained Neal, a destitute addict, on a city streetcar and sent him to Lorain. In a drugstore he begged for morphine to calm his nerves, but the physician denied relief, saying Die is the only thing left for you. The scene portrays neglect and failed attempts at care.
A missing North Amherst wife left a note for her husband stating she had eloped with a barber a week earlier. He found the note in his pocket when returning to Berea to fetch their children. The wife took the infant and departed, leaving the husband to care for the other child.
Coroner French will investigate the death of George Hubbard and may summon witnesses to determine fault. Hubbard’s brother says he understood the danger, and co workers note the only safeguard is escaping gas. Dr. French cites near instantaneous death despite efforts to remove him from fumes.
Victor Busch was released from jail after a preliminary hearing on alleged failure to pay support. He had been absent from his wife for a year as authorities and the Lorain Humane Society aided the family. A mistaken exhumation occurred when a Vermilion man was killed by a train, leading Mrs. Busch to believe the victim was her husband. Later Busch was found in Norwalk and brought to Lorain where the grand jury case was dropped as Mrs. Busch refused to prosecute.
W B Thompson attorney and director refutes Treporta dispatches claiming the Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railroad will abandon construction. He says the line will be built with possible grade reductions, deflections, and parallels, delaying under thirty days while new blueprints are prepared.
Mayor Folger ruled the ordinance on petit Imroany legal overruling a motion to quash the proceedings against Fitch. A second motion to discharge Fitch was also overruled and the case will go to trial.
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