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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1899
Page
2
The Elyria Reporter lists publication details including publisher L. B. Fauver editor E. L. Disbro and associate editor Nerma of subscription rates and delivery information. The office location is given as No. 15 East Brom.
A long editorial dispute centers on Senator Hanna stance on trusts. The Elyria Republican’s misquotation prompts The Reporter to seek direct statements from Hanna in Cleveland. Hanna declares opposition to any organization of capital that suppresses competition, calling the accusation a falsehood. The piece questions the Republican editor Clough’s motives amid election eve rhetoric. It also references Bryan and Nash in broader political context regarding governance and prosperity.
The piece surveys Democratic and populist reactions to McKinley era policies, praising protective tariffs and industrial gains while warning of risk to contracts and prosperity if Republicans lose power. It highlights county figures under different administrations, urges support for McKinley aligned candidates, and criticizes Democratic opposition and Philippine policy.
A crowded Saturday Nash gathering at the opera house featured A. R. Webber as chair and Hon. George H. Ely delivering a brief address. Missouri newspaperman KE. B. McJimsey spoke, followed by Webster Davis ex-mayor of Joynes ity whose vigorous oration praised Ohio and Judge Nash, urging support for the Republican ticket.
The rail line construction advances as ties that were delayed are now being delivered by alternative suppliers. With ties arriving, the electric road work is expected to finish within a month to six weeks, ending weeks of retardation and moving toward completion.
The Forty-seventh Regiment, U S V, will sail for Manila within a week on a round-the-world voyage via Gibraltar and the Suez canal. It is to carry 290 coffins, with Thomas here to receive the vessel at New York. The unit, 106 strong, now at Camp Meade, Pa, includes former members of the Sixth to the Philippines.
Plans for a big independent telephone combination were outlined to fight Bell Telephone Co. A rep said 2300 independent companies east of the Mississippi will be linked into a long-distance network with trunk lines carrying 40 wires each, but 20 installed at first. Key cities like New York Washington Chicago and St Louis will be served. rates would be cheaper though exact schedules were not stated.
An advertisement claims Fotey's Kidney Core is a safe, sure remedy for kidney trouble. It promises guarantee or money refund and is attributed to Dykeman.
Jones spoke at Wagner's opera house amid a semi darkened hall as Republicans and others voiced mixed reception. He avoided direct questions about trusts, claimed broad support, and left with his party for Oak Harbor after a late Lake Shore train delay.
Probate notices announce accounts filed in Lorain County Probate Office with hearings set for November 1, 1899 at 6 pm. The document lists executors and heirs including George Wells and Emma Haag, plus a sheriff sale in Mary Wells Comstock et al. at Elyria’s courthouse on November 18, 1899 between 10 am and noon, detailing the Ridgeville Township property and coordinates for the bid description.
The notice, dated October 23 1899, alerts lot owners and the public that Adam Diedrick and others petition Forti County auditor for widening and deepening a county ditch from Ridgeville to Avon townships. A hearing before the County Commissioners is set for 9:30 a.m. to consider the petition and assess benefited parties and costs. Names of many property owners associated with the proposed ditch changes are listed.
Sheriffs Sale on order of the Court of Common Pleas within Lorain County Ohio directs sale of real estate in Granton village Lorain County known as village lot No 8 on the northerly side of Crivatton Street at rest and 14 fifty seven feet wide appraised at 400 dollars with terms cash on day of sale to the public auctioneer W H Wardin.
Rollin Lewis and others file with the auditor a petition for a county ditch project in Sylvia L Butler area. It requests construction along a line from land owned by Arthur Falkner to Marcus Terrell and others, with a hearing set before the Board of County Commissioners on October 8 1280. The list of properties and owners to be affected is included in duplicate form.
Public notice details hourly passenger service between Oberlin Public Square and Cleveland from 5 30 p m to 9 36 p m daily with Oberlin to Elyria runs at 10 10 p m and 11 p m all day. Cleveland to Oberlin runs hourly 5 a m to 9 p m plus 11 p m. Through cars to Rega and Elyria to Cleveland times 4 40 a m 10 40 p m and 12 30 a m. For information contact agents at Andwar Topliff House or I T Pomeroy General Manager 614 Garfield Bld Cleveland O.
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