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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1903
Page
3
The Elvria Reporter carries a home phone listing for 9 Bell Phone Black 142. The notice provides a local contact line and address reference for readers seeking assistance or service information.
Local residents attend opera in Cleveland and travel clubs report. Elyria Athletic football clash with Grafton set for this afternoon in Grafton. Numerous social visits include Fred Kelbie with parents on 2nd Street and Ethel Faverston visiting from Atlanta. Royal Arcanum members journeyed to Cleveland for a joint council meeting with initatory work and a reception for supreme officers.
In Lorain Thompson and Glitach sue Captain Lampole of the Steinbrenner for Dr AN Garver who treated injured deckhand Frank Stork after a July 10 1907 accident on the steamer Orinoco. Garver claims 240 dollars in fees. Lampole and boat owners refused to pay and the captain was served for court appearance.
Not so Very Lorain reports an outbreak of typhoid fever linked to lake water contamination. Despite filtration, bacteria persist. September saw over seventy reported cases, worrying residents who will soon rely on lake water.
The will of Earl P Streator of North Amherst was ordered admitted to probate by the court. The piece discusses public belief about the canteen and alcohol in the army, noting revisions after abolition and citing the surgeon general and Army and Navy Journal as sources.
Classified ad notices offer cheap travel to the Northwest and California with intermediate stops, one way second class colored tickets at very low rates. Tickets valid until November 30 with stopovers allowed. Also listings for a modern Cleveland Street home at 177 with one and a half acres, barn, fruit trees, and electric line service. Rentals and room suites with city steam heat and private bath advertised. Contact Cox or Bemis for details.
For sale a trappe nearly new at $74 cash from $210. Inquire of M Stransa at 284 Washington Avenue 1813. Good anita of rooms on first floor at 227 Court Street with gas water and furnace for $16. Available mornings or after 4 pm. Two suites of rooms at the Gray corner Second at West and West Avenue. Inquire at Gray's ahoe store tt.
Property listing describing a six room home with good well and fruit on a corner near a planned bridge. Located at Bank and West lath Street, one street south, price 1250 dollars. Contact G A Cox Room 180 Building Power Bank. Both phones. Also a travel job listing offering 25000 capital and 1072 annual pay plus expenses paid weekly for a gate role with J A Alexander Elyria Ohio.
Mixed ads list four unfurnished rooms at 125 West Bridge Street with gas and heating options from Heldmyer Hardware Co. 112. Jobs sought include general shop and factory help at 669 Broad Street, Elyria. Also several sale notices and notices requesting a girl for housework plus a lost overcoat near Fifth Street and Century block.
Two houses available for rent at 7.00 dollars per month, one house at 10.00 dollars, and one at 22.00 dollars. Contact day phone 128 or 4716 for details.
A London Medical Institute branch in Lorain offers free three month treatment by eminent physicians for chronic diseases. They will treat deformities and provide consultations from 2 to 8 PM, Sundays 10 to 1, with multilingual staff. If unable to visit, submit a stamp for a home treatment questionnaire.
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