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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
2
A New York book Just Issued by Mrs Wince Mews Watsons and others advocates trial marriages with conditions. Critics warn of social decay as divorce rises and prostitution and adultery draw condemnation. Clergy nationwide condemn the volume while interviews reveal starkly opposing views on love, home life, and the future of marriage.
An advertisement touts Electrogen as a cure all for invisible disease germs in air and water. It claims to purify blood and toning the system, sells bottles for 50 cents to one dollar, contains no alcohol or opiates, and offers a free 50 cent bottle via mail. Product distributed by The Electrogen Co. and sold locally at Eady Drug Store.
A damaged OCR fragment extols the worldwide craze for buying and mailing picture postcards. It claims nearly one billion are sold yearly in the United States and notes postcards encircling the globe from Nile shops to Siberian plains. The piece highlights romance, education, and business as postcard drivers and cites a massive August sale on Confe y Island.
Auto clubs across the country plan to erect crossroad guide boards to show directions and distances to major towns. The Buffalo club already adopted the plan, while the Cleveland club will survey the Ashtabula to Sandusky route over three months and install cedar posts with inscribed arrows guiding travelers.
A crafty tale describes a merchant who dodges jury duty by paying a black-clad intermediary ten dollars to guide him into court. The impaneled jurors are named, but the narrator’s turn never arrives as a hooded figure signals him to stay silent and the tale turns on a courtroom charade.
A fragment describes Robeson Cutlery as well forged steel carving sets for gifts and own use. It notes sharp blades and thin clean slices, then shifts to a courtroom scene with a corroded dialogue about a jury list and a dead cousin named John Smith, ending with a clerk dismissing the matter.
On November 25 Lake Shoreby will debut a daily Cleveland to Buffalo service named the Cleveland-Buffalo Limited. It departs Cleveland at 7 30 A M and arrives Buffalo 11 45 A M, linking with the Empire State Express for New York. Equipment includes a broiler buffet parlor car day coach smoker and baggage car.
Washington November 23 Twenty nine of the world's largest cities are doomed by earthquake flood and fire within 24 months as God’s judgment on four nations. The list includes New York Albany Buffalo Detroit Lansing Boston Philadelphia Washington Richmond Lebanon Pittsburg Columbus Indianapolis Cincinnati Louisville Nashville Muskegon Milwaukee Chicago St Louis Hanover St Joseph Omaha St Paul Denver Minneapolis. The
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