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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1900
Page
1
A LaGrange healer promotes a blood purifier and liver regulator claiming benefits for nerves and rheumatism. The ad touts a cheap family medicine, guaranteed to aid the liver kidneys and whole system, urging readers to obtain it through Ross in LaGrange Ohio after a late Friday night meeting.
The Grave Crop Report from last week shows considerable damage to home grape plants with lesser impact on others. Near the lake the harm is reduced while backward seasons lessen losses for growers. Professor Hicks at the State Experiment Station conducted tests on pest damage and believes about half of the grape crops are thriving despite the infestation.
N L Johnson longtime Lorain County attorney died at 1 05 am Monday at his East Avenue home after nine months of illness including a fall in Pittsfield Massachusetts and a typhoid bout. Born February 23 1828 in Lennox Massachusetts he studied at Williams College and Harvard Law School. Survived by sons Curtis T Ben W and N L Jr a daughter Mrs White and a wife Sarah Tillotson. A lifelong Democrat he served as a delegate to the 1880 Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati.
The mayor announced strict enforcement of bicycle ordinances. Cyclists must keep lamps lit at night and observe rules or face consequences. Some riders on Middle Avenue sidewalks endangering pedestrians. one arrest has occurred for riding without a lamp, fined by the mayor.
C L and W trains run regularly again on the company’s track after the bridge over Mager Creek near Strasburg gave way on Tuesday. The resumed service drew a rush of traffic and is expected to keep employees busy for weeks. The Strasburg wreck is estimated to cost between 75 000 and 100 000 to the company.
Seventy year old Captain F Duge famed as a lake captain and father in law to U S Senator Kyle lived a solitary life aboard the White Wings for fifteen years. Once of Elyria he owned two Medina county farms and held business interests in Cleveland and Detroit. Twice yearly his daughter visits from Dakota and pleads for him to join her, but he remains fixed on the lake until his death.
Homer Wants 5000 for injuries after an oil wagon was hit by a GO B EK O car operated by CBR ER and O Ry. He alleges he was thrown from the wagon, bedridden five weeks, and permanently disabled. Attorneys are Lee Stroup and Skies and Skiles. He seeks 6000 in damages alleging sole fault of the motorman.
A witty fashion note predicts rattlesnake skin accessories will reappear this spring. It quips on belts gloves and neckties made from rattlesnake skin, noting the era’s abundance of extravagant furs and skins and the paradox of fashionable danger.
The Big Four section men between Cleveland and Shelby return to work after a two week strike. They say wages were insufficient for the labor, and several found higher pay elsewhere while most resumed railroad work at $1.25 per day. A Fourth street boy who went missing Tuesday was located later on the street where he had wandered.
In a dramatic backroom to final ballot, W. W. Skiles of Shelby is nominated after a long convention. Kerr’s 98 votes transfer to Skiles on the 2101st ballot, overcoming a deadlock that had tied Lorain and other counties to Johnson and McElroy. The final roll calls show Johnson sustaining Lorain and the party stalwart path amid a protracted, nationwide style fight.
Chauncey Wack of Oberlin, a longtime Democrat leader in Lorain County and former proprietor of the town's leading hotel, died at his home after a long illness aged 88. He leaves a daughter Mrs. M. E. Peck and another daughter Mrs. Helen Dorsey, wife of ex Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, plus two sons who had died earlier. his wife died in 1695. Wack was reportedly the only Democrat elected to Oberlin's village council.
The Medina postmaster reports the local office elevated to second class with annual business around $8,000 and residents anticipate when receipts will reach $10,001.
A report describes a mad dog scare at the East Side school where teachers and pupils were said to be held. Braman sped to the scene fearing bite reports, but found nothing amiss. the dog was resting in a cloak room and was later seen leaving with the canine chased home by a bystander.
A new children’s room has been created on the second floor with half the open court covered for a cosy, well lit space. About 2,000 juvenile volumes are organized by fiction on the west and history on the east, walls burlapped for sound control. Librarian Miss Mary Parker led the effort and decorated with bird pictures and captions, plus an historical portrait gallery. The room is warmly welcomed by the younger patrons.
The Hasbeen base ball club is formed for 1900 with stars including Jim Seward Jude Jones J Mana han Jim Moran Charley Sawyer H C Wilcox Ed Douglas Reuben Glnes Will South Byron Taylor Will Garfield Mit Flannagan Frank Britzel Rose Fauver as manager and Will Smith captain Grounds are secured and the club seeks a game with Elyria on Decoration Day, issuing a challenge through The Report.
Officer Harry E. Braman resigned from the police force Sunday and returned to the confectionery business he had before his appointment. The record speaks for itself with high praise for his service. Whitney moves to day duty and John Smith takes the night shift.
John Kruggel, who bought the L. M. Smith farm in Litchfield years ago and held a mortgage of 8000, has just canceled the mortgage after six years of payments. He emigrated from Germany where wages were low and he supported himself while working on the same farm, the first he ever owned. The Medina Gazette notes the milestone and echoes Emerson on opportunity in America.
The Wellington village council repeated former prohibitory and regulatory ordinances and adopted a new opening and closing hours law. The new rule allows saloons to stay open 5 30 a m to 10 p m standard time, with stricter penalties for violations and lunch rooms required to close during saloon hours.
A stranger who visited to engage board at Mrs Mary Hill’s residence on Second street is suspected in a daylight robbery. Mrs Hill was away in the afternoon. upon return she found items missing including a gold watch, umbrella, pin, patent leather shoes, and a boarder’s shirt. Police pursued a suspect on the west side, but the man was released when not identified. the real culprit remained at large or had left town before notice.
Electric railroad construction in northwestern Ohio advances at an unprecedented rate with ads calling for a power house for a Norwalk Sandusky line via Monroeville and North Monroeville. The route would run independently of existing Toledo Fremont Norwalk and Norwalk Sandusky lines via Milan. Right of way secured and financing understood to be in place.
Marshal Schaffer hunted an alleged suspect east of town this morning matching the murderer’s description of Police man Shipp of Cleveland. The man was found but not identified as the killer and released.
Oberlin defeated the Case School team of Cleveland 12 to 2 in a one sided baseball game here yesterday. The Cleveland boys managed only a single inning in the fourth.
George M. Ely, indicted for grand larceny in Lorain, pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Judge Nye to one year in the penitentiary plus costs. The theft involved a valise from the Franklin hotel, owned by A Elmer of Cleveland. Ely claimed memory loss due to a wartime head wound and past arrests, and described his travels through Maine Arizona and California before the incident. The court noted the lack of alternative once guilt was admitted and Ely showed no strong emotion at sentencing.
At a county auditors meeting in Cleveland the Lake Shore railroad was assessed per mile for main track 919,000 second track 7,000 side track 3,500 credits tools per mile 1500 rolling stock per mile 5,800 with a 498 increase in rolling stock per mile. The Nickel Plate was assessed per mile for main track 8,000 second track 3,000 side track 2,000 rolling stock 3,100 moneys per mile 390 with a 150 increase in moneys per mile and a 4 decrease per mile in rolling stock.
Mrs. Antone Sagi kept a boarding house at the steel plant for her imprisoned husband. She ordered Jim Luckey to leave, he drew a knife and resisted. Other boarders attempted to disarm him. they fled. Chief Braman pursued him. he was arrested and fined 16. Lorain coroner viewed Henry Lombke’s body after a quarry drowning in Lorain.
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