Bargain Block Promises Value Amid Limited Discounts
Local retailer touts a small batch of S BARGAINS with emphasized savings. Shoppers are invited to compare location and price, noting limited quantity and appeal to budget buyers.
23 May 1904
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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1904
Page
1
Local retailer touts a small batch of S BARGAINS with emphasized savings. Shoppers are invited to compare location and price, noting limited quantity and appeal to budget buyers.
The Garford Saddle factory of the Federal Mfg Co will be dismantled and moved to Chicago after a sale of all machinery and materials. About thirty carloads of material will be moved as hundreds of workers relocate. The move stems from rising auto parts demand and expansion at the Milwaukee Smith Stamping plant. Local workers face displacement as one of Elyria’s largest industries shuts its doors.
This evening Dr Beardsley will give an illustrated talk for ladies and girls only at the First Congregational Church with a separate men and boys night on Tuesday. Lectures praised by clergy and teachers. admission details mention adult prices and season tickets for holders.
Edwin Gessner six-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Geo Gessner of Ridgeville damaged his left eye using a sewing machine screwdriver Sunday afternoon. Doctor Patricks of fine reported only a one in a thousand chance to save the eye. The incident drew sympathy from friends and relatives. The Cleveland and Sandusky Brawing Company sues Nick Dobas for 2248 28 with interest from May 12 1904. Higley Maurer and Q A Gill are attorneys.
All members of North West encampment No. 198 O F A R are requested to attend at LO. Over hall this Monday evening May 23. Degrees and other rites will be performed. T. J. Bates, Scribe.
Judge Hinmann orders summons for a baby one week old to appear as defendant in a pending case. George L. Gittrod, acting as administrator of Thomas Ayilé of Lorain, seeks court permission to sell lands to satisfy debts. The infant heir of Thomas Ande must attend hearings when the administrator’s request is heard.
Rev. Ford Fisher, expelled from Cleveland’s Franklin Avenue Methodist Church, speaks at G A R hall on manhood and church differences. He decries doctrinal squabbles and claims Daniel, David, and Solomon erred in pride. Fisher, Oberlin graduate, now resides in Oberlin.
A fragment from Stray Stories shows Jinks tauntingly inviting someone to report in while Binks mocks fear of ghosts with a light, teasing exchange. The dialogue hints at a supernatural or humorous street scene.
State inspector John Bath investigated a Sunday blast at a torpedo factory in Findlay. Eleven people died and fifteen were injured as the plant ran overtime to meet Fourth of July demand. A faint warning preceded the disaster and witnesses described a fierce, rapid collapse.
A Knights of Columbus initiation near eighty eight was opened Sunday with five kneels seated at a banquet. Special cara brought large lumbers from Glenville Cleveland and Norwalk. Elyria conferred first degree Glenville second and the third by state officers from Toledo. William Cairns acted as toastmaster with speakers including M. B. McQuarty Mr Wagen Father Quinn Father Stuber and Fathers Schaffeld and Heffermann.
The E H S field day at the fair grounds this afternoon features events for two entrants from each class including 100 yard dash 220 yard dash quarter mile run half mile run running high jump running broad jump shot put hammer throw hurdle races and pole vault.
Ailes B. Edwards files for divorce from Francis E. Edwards and seeks custody of a minor. Attorneys Ingersoll and Stevton represent her. The couple married at this place in 1893. She claims desertion on December 39, 1901, and unknown whereabouts since then.
John H. Wood of Oberlin and former president of the First National Bank of Matthews Indiana was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Fanning on an embezzlement accusation. Indiana bank directors allege about 50 000 was involved with 1 000 taken, with falsifying bank books. Wood denies the charge claiming the bank faces financial trouble and he is not responsible. He posted 10 000 bond and awaits preliminary hearing with Commissioner Starek in Cleveland.
Practical tips on kitchen tasks and household care. Boost pud ding texture with cloth folds, sweeten soups with sugar, clean tinware with flour and newspaper, keep sponges soft with tartaric acid, and rub enameled pans with salt and vinegar. Suggests borax for whitening laundry and cleaning aids for stove, sink, floors, and furniture. Encourages rest, proper ergonomics, and regular deep cleaning of rooms, fabric, and woodwork.
A humorous exchange at a wedding follows a daughter explaining the groom has not enough savings for housekeeping. The father jokes he must hire a successor at the typewriter, while the bride stipulates the new hire should be paid half as much as she was.
The district columns list pupils who passed the Patterton or Boxwell exams this year and qualify for high school admission on July 2. Columbia leads with the most graduates. names span many townships and include both common and rare surnames, with a note to report spelling errors before diploma printing.
A man found sitting on the steps of a high school in Noen on Saturday was assisted to the hospital. He identified himself as George McNerney of Oil City, Pa, about forty, in advertising. His illness is not serious and he will recover. He noted Champneys ill in the ice cream business.
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