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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1900
Page
2
The Elyria Reporter lists subscription terms delivered by mail at one dollar per year. The notice includes printing company information and an address on Broad Street for the office of publication.
The postmaster general will ask Congress for a 3.5 million dollar appropriation to maintain free rural delivery. He argues free delivery proves successful and should expand to daily or multiple daily runs to connect farms with cities, aided by railways and telephone networks. Congress should approve the request to link farm life with urban centers.
The annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs debunks the extinction myth and notes the Indian population around 267,900. Census data since 1870 shows little change. vast forests once hid scattered Aborigines, yet doubling the current numbers across 3,600,000 square miles strains the imagination.
The Ohio chief game warden states that under Section 961.88 rabbits may be killed only from November 10 to December 1 unless they damage farm crops, in which case the owner or an authorized agent may kill them. there is no law prohibiting possession or sale at any time, so rabbits could be handled for profit if killed as stated.
Lorain Times reports the new brick block, 50 by 100 feet, two stories, modern in design, to be built on the corner of Penfield avenue and Kent Street just south of the bank building. Henry Warst and W G Sharp lead the project, praised as a product of good McKinney times.
Hon W A Braman described Scotland Ireland and England with historical notes on Glasgow Edinburgh and Westminster Abbey. He praised municipal water systems and railways, noted poverty in parts of Ireland, and recounted a storm story from the return voyage. Frank Linden estate administrator settled a damage claim against C E W railway for 100 dollars.
The article explains the marriage license requirement to provide the name of the future wife's mother. It recounts a Brighton area man who telegraphed his bride for the record and a counterexample of a man who refused to cooperate until he learned the facts. The goal is to illustrate public familiarity with the law and its insistence on accurate family details at the probate office.
Multiple property transfers listed with buyers and sellers including Mary and Anton Richart to D Fisher for part of lot 26 in Lorain at 2500 dollars and Warden sheriff transfers in Oberlin and Lorain. Transactions include quit claim deeds and parcel details across Sheffield Hins township Pitts field Camden Massey Lorain Elyria and nearby additions.
City officials report readiness for the waterworks case trial with no continuance sought. Judge Kohler's assignment and timing are being discussed. In St Mary’s fair coverage two rivals, Miss Sadie McGuire and Maggie Carr, vie for a bicycle prize during the event.
Grafton residents hosted and visited friends across Belden Cleveland Jamestown and Elyria. Local notices include a Thanksgiving Big Four rail fare offer and a winter payroll change at Grafton Stone Co. News covers church entertainments, a teachers association meeting, anti liquor rally postponement, charity efforts for a furnace fund, a new bakery shift, a storm, and plans for a winter lecture course and a new meat market opening in Bittner block.
The M E church choir under Victor Streator has done excellent work and will study a Christmas cantata. Any eligible singers not connected with another church are urged to apply for membership. A rare opportunity for disciplined singing under a competent leader. Inquire of the pastor for more information.
State of Ohio notice announces H J Buswell deceased with the undersigned appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of J J Buswell of Amherst Lorain County. Dated November 11 1900. Signed by J. C. bury? cee.
John Chalmers and several others across Scotland and the United States receive notice that William W. Nicholl filed a petition in the common pleas court of Logan County Ohio, case 6123, seeking to contest the will of James Nicholl and related codicils dated 189? and subsequent dates. The petition asks that the supposed last will and codicils be set aside and declared invalid, with appearance required by December 1, A.D. 1900 or judgment will be entered.
Legal notice outlines death and dissolution of Lorain Torch Company and claims to a mortgage on Ridgeville land known as Mary J Miller Farm. Cornelius D Fish and unknown heirs contest ownership while George M Stewart and Lorain Tron Company stake liens. Court action seeks nullification of mortgage and quiet title with deadline January 12, 1904. Attorney Lee Stroup represents the parties.
In the Court of Common Pleas Lorain County Ohio the plaintiff CS Miles seeks a divorce from defendant Rien Niles on grounds of neglect of duty fraudulent representations and adultery. Case number 6157. Notice by publication. Hearing set six weeks after first publication. Grant D. Honma lawyer for plaintiff.
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