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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
3
Three years ago Mr Dam bought our four dollar shoes and says they are as good as new. Mrs Dam also bought a pair and declares they are not half worn out. Their daughters flock to our store and the baby calmed by a replacement pair. The Dam dog lingers nearby while we hope someone will kill it. Mr Dam plans to use our repair department if wear-through occurs.
Californians in New York vow San Francisco will rebuild stronger and larger after the earthquake and fire. Leaders like D. O. Mills and William B. Crocker predict a phoenix rise with fireproof construction, steel frames, and a rebuilt Chinatown moved from Barbary to safer ground, while preserving the city’s harbor metropolis status.
Robert Watelorn, immigration commissioner, cites a Washington order delaying sale of passage to immigrants aiming for San Francisco. Twenty five Italians from Liverpool aboard the Republic pray on Ellis Island, unable to reach the coast due to higher fares and lack of funds. The piece notes Bret Harte’s poem predicting disaster and recalls the quake’s devastation in San Francisco.
Uprspring May 28 the Take Shore Michigan Southern Ry will place in service new accommodation trains between Cleveland Syria and Sandusky and intermediate stations west of blyria. The train runs daily except Sundays leaving Cleveland at 2: so p.m. and arriving Sandusky 6:95 p.m. Returns leave Sandusky 7:80 a.m., Blyria 8:21 p.m., arriving Cleveland 9:00 a.m. During the season trains stop at Linwood Park Vermillion and Ruggles Beach entrances offering summer resort service.
Take Shore and Michigan Southern Railway offers excursions to Boston Massachusetts returning at practically half rates. Tickets valid for return until July 15. For full particulars contact agents or write A F Smith at PP A Cleveland Ohio.
A curious tale describes Johnnie's family relying on Gold Dust Rye as a cure all and social tonic. His mother insists the brand differs from others and could tone the system in spring, prompting a skeptical friend to inquire where the whiskey is kept.
The notice lists multiple hourly and subhourly departure times from Elyria and Public Square Cleveland to Cleveland Limiteds and Oberlia, Wellington, Lorain, North Amherst, Grafton, Birmingham, Berlin Heights, Norwalk, and Norwalk Limiteds, with varied morning to evening windows and weekend specifics. It enumerates specific departure times such as 6:06 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. and 8:40 A.M. to 10:30 P.M., plus numerous midday intervals and special routes for Saturday and Sunday nights.
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