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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1899
Page
2
Locals report Oberlin facing another measles outbreak while residents note illnesses and visitors. Pension gains, schooling end, and visits relate to Elyria area. Harbor work begins in Sandusky as prices and local plans shift, with multiple personal updates across Lorain County.
Lakeside will be under more liberal management this season with no admission fee at the gate. Boats will run to and from Lakeside on Sundays. The auditorium has been enclosed and an admission fee will be charged for one entertainment per day.
A report from Oberlin claims a local printing office always opens with prayer. If true, it contradicts the long standing joke that printers begin with the devil and end with the sheriff.
The jury commission led by D C Bullvin Elyria Alfred Pau ver Oberlin W Bent Vischer Wellington and A H Babcack Lorgin named jurors for the coming term. The soldiers relief commission reimposed of W E Cahoon Elyria J F Harmon Oberlin and Cassin Sage Wellington approved indigent soldiers relief funds. Equalization boards of Elyria and Lorain completed arrangements for next week’s valuation work. Adjourned meeting set for May 29.
Doctors Spooner and Spooner, already in the Elyria block, have rented the two upper floors of the Sampsell block at Cheapside and Second street and will move their offices by June 1. They plan a hospital in the new quarters with modern conveniences including medicated baths and electrical appliances, hoping to meet a long-felt local need.
Postmaster Griswold predicts free rural mail delivery soon across thickly settled areas. A route now operates from Port Clinton to Catawba Island in Ottawa county. In several eastern states wagons are used to transport letters as on trains.
A district schools picnic and reunion for Pittsfield township will be held at the center next Saturday with a free dinner for all attendees. A similar reunion is planned for Kipton on May 31 for former pupils of the Gistriet schools of Camilen township. Professor H. M. Parker of Elstia will deliver the day’s address.
Negotiations are under way for a new flour mill and grain elevator to replace the mill burned two years ago. Since the fire, farmers have shipped grain to Alyria and Oberlin, trading away from home. The plan lifts local business hopes and excites home merchants.
Firefighters battled a Sunday morning blaze in the Elyria elevator near the L S M&S freight depot, with interior damage to building and contents. Owner Clarence Lyndon estimates losses at 30000 on building and stock, insured, plus 2000 for sugar owned by Ross Sprague Co. Cleveland. some coverage unclear. Lyndon praises the fire department for saving what might have been total loss.
The Boxwell examination conducted in April and May 13 produced 24 graduates from 62 examined. Names include Solas, Petty, Amherst, T. Py, Alice M Powers, Florence M Chambers, Iva M Lewie, Pearl Fowls, Lucile Wright, Sidn Balcomb, Nellie Reneward, Walter Ludwig, Jessie Burge, Wm Miller, Gifford, and others across Elyria, Amherst, Columbia, Brighton, Wellington, and Pittsfield.
In mid March seven year old Eddie Berrill son of Mrs N Berrill was bitten by a dog on Main street. He developed hydrophobia by Tuesday of the following week and deteriorated until his death after treatment in a Cleveland hospital. Saturday morning he died, ending his suffering.
At a county coal dealers meeting held at Hotel Andwar they found credits totaling about 750000 with a large portion deemed utterly worthless. They resolved by unanimous vote to switch to cash terms, effective June first, a move the doctors in Council call the only remedy for the deteriorating situation.
Post Master Griswold implements a revision in southern mail flow. Mail previously routed via the L. & W. to Cleveland now goes directly to Elyria and Lorain via Lester, cutting nearly half a day from transit time. This adjustment enhances delivery speed to Elyria and Lorain.
The Botson E H 8 team lost to Eaton 17 to 15 on Saturday. Elyria players blamed the defeat on a lack of practice. Batteries were T P and A J Robson for Eaton and Buchanan Brandt and BR and T Robson for Elyria, all Robson brothers of Ed Robson of Crehore Fauver Robson.
Oberlin college baseball beat the University of West Virginia nine at Oberlin college grounds Saturday with a 9 to 1 score. The game drew a large crowd and was praised as one of the best seen in Oberlin.
Editor Bowman of The Lorain Times questions the accuracy of The Reporter statement predicting a total solar eclipse on May 21. He implies his own post office candidacy eclipse was the sole event, but the remark is mistaken as other significant events will occur this year.
A new enterprise in Elyria the Elyria Decorating Co offers decorating paper hanging and painting with skilled workmen. The office is at 65 East Broad Street where estimates on all kinds of work may be obtained.
Work commenced this morning on the spur of the electric line from near D L Gibbs residence between here and Oberlim to a grove about half a mile south of the track. A large amusement pavilion is planned to be erected there soon.
The West Side is expanding as the latest census shows 70 children of school age in that section last week. This compares to a shortfall of nearly 200 in the west side enumeration a year ago.
One hundred forty five members of the Good Samaritans, a famed Cleveland colored society, traveled to Oberlin yesterday for special services held at the Colored Methodist church.
A blind horse hitched to a wagon bolted along Mill Street when the Uncle Tom Cabin band played startling music. The frightened horse crashed through a glass door at the Robinson and Hancock building, landed on its back, then was captured with only minor head and mouth injuries.
Joseph Baldouf of Russia township was injured when his team frightened by a dog on Bron street caused his wagon to crash into a telegraph pole near Mill street. He suffered a severe scalp wound and back and side injuries, was treated by Drs Hart and Cushing, and confined to home. He is around 56 and a member of the CMB A. This summary reflects the readable details of the incident and its aftermath.
Coal dealers urge a cash only policy for all buyers arguing it would curb the credit system's harms. They acknowledge a full cash system may be hard for some wage earners but say gradual adoption benefits both merchants and customers by reducing financial strain and improving stability.
Mrs Lu C Wyatt and her clan staged a polished musical recital at Mr and Mrs H A Plato home Friday evening. The program featured solos duets and group pieces performed with evident progress and artistic flair by Florence Belden Nina Aldrich Lenora Plato Rosa Plato Mary Belden Kate Plato and others. The event showcased diligent student effort and enjoyable performances in a intimate home setting.
War Department memorandum compares losses in the Spanish War with the first year of the Civil War. Spanish War strength about 267,000 May 1898 to April 1899 with 6,190 deaths, 2.44 percent. Civil War first year mean strength 276,371 and 10,159 deaths, 6.8 percent.
Prof J P McLean told Oberlin listeners that Americans in even remote areas know little of Scottish poverty with high taxes and onerous government demands. He called the Western Reserve a veritable garden of Eden compared with Scotland's prosperity and burdens.
After four hours the jury in the L W versus Emma Bumm case fixes land value at 7000. The riverfront Lorain parcel, long used as a railroad yard, is now deemed of little value except for current use. Both sides plan to appeal, arguing the amount is too low or too high.
The Cleveland Steel Canal Boat Company proposes a steel barge 360 feet long and 45 feet wide with a double bottom and pumped out sides to haul canal boats across the lake to the Erie Canal head. Small boats would be loaded, transported, and released at the canal head to avoid rough-water danger. Naval architects consider the plan entirely feasible.
The Young Men's Christian Association announces a gymnastic exhibition and entertainment on May 30 with about forty participants. Indoor work ends as outdoor grounds prepare for season and a Bible class replaces Sunday meetings all summer. Membership rises to about 266 with outreach and receptions planned for new and old members.
Mrs Eliza Townsend died at her daughter Mrs D W Courant home on Detroit road at 6 pm Tuesday. She was 93, widow of Hiram Townsend and mother to Judge Townsend of Indian Territory Mrs D W Courant Mrs J H Bradner of Franklin Avenue and the late Oscar Townsend a railroad man. An Ohio pioneer who came from New York in 1820s. Grandmother to Frank M Townsend of this city.
Peter Myer of North Ridgeville delivered the season’s first home grown strawberries to Elyria’s market. The Michael's Kayly variety berries were large, and Myer brought twelve quarts to Boylan Bros. grocery store Thursday afternoon and will supply fresh berries daily. Lorain county farmer Myer is known for early market entries.
A nurse living on Fourth street and East avenue sustained serious injuries Friday when she fell from a bicycle crossing Fourth Street bridge. Her shoulder was dislocated and slightly fractured. Dr. Charles Cushing treated and reduced the fracture. She is likely to be bedbound for several weeks.
Vermilion town approves the Sandusky Lorain electric line right of way as the Vermilion News notes the project appears set to proceed. The enthusiastic comment signals strong local backing and a likely timely completion.
A leading World feature cites Cardinal Gibbons on divorce and the Christian view of marriage. It notes rising divorce rates in the United States from 1867 to 1900s, highlighting dangers to family life and the implied sacredness of wedlock, with figures showing yearly divorces.
Cardinal Gibbons warns that the rapid rise in divorces shows a dangerous laxity in American law. He notes 827,716 divorces from 1807 to 1886, with 128,121 in the first half and 208,008 in the second half, a 64 percent increase, while the 1870 to 1880 population grew 36 percent.
Editor, a letter argues trusts are giant corporations rigging prices across woolens, iron, and steel. It claims tariffs on imported goods allow trusts to add taxes to local prices, urging repeal of duties to remove the fangs of trust power.
The 60 foot light-draft yacht Louise, based at Port Clinton, is being prepared for a cruise up the lakes to Chicago, then through the drainage canal to the Mississippi and gulf, potentially becoming the first yacht to traverse the new Chicago drainage canal on its way to Cubs.
Cars depart from east end of viaduct for Cleveland hourly from 5 30 a m to 10 80 p m half hourly 7 30 a m to 7 30 p m Cars leave Public Square Cleveland for Lorain hourly 3 a m to 11 p m Walt hourly service from 8 a m to 8 p m fare 45 cents one way round trip 8 cents with transfer to all parts of Cleveland city railway. Lorain ticket office 207 Broadway. Best service low rates fast time for information and rates contact F W Coen Gen Pass Agt Garfield Bldg Cleveland.
Electric railway service connects Cleveland Oberlin Berea and Elyria with hourly departures from Oberlin to Public Square from 5 50 a m to 9 30 p m daily. Special reverse and limited runs listed with times and a 1 p m daily car. Information via agents at Andwar and Topliff house or F T Pomeroy General Manager 614 Garfield Bvd Cleveland Ohio.
Advertises low prices and easy terms on lots and homes in the local addition with no interest or taxes. Promises owner financing to build up to three houses, plus several farms and business properties for sale in Elyria and Lorain.
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