This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1906
Page
4
Mrs. S.M. Kirk of Oklahoma, long blind, has gained remarkable tactile skill. She prepares meals, selects potato eyes by touch, sews for two girls, pairs carpet rags by color, threads a needle, bakes cakes with exact proportions, and does all in her own home without formal schooling for the blind. She lost an eye as a child and has been totally blind for twelve years.
The notice lists subscription prices for The Daily Reporter and The Weekly Reporter, including per week and per year rates, plus mail options. It then presents a Republican ticket with names and positions such as Carmi A. Thompson for Secretary of State and Edmund A. Jones for Dairy and Food Commissioner, among others, with locations like Elyria Norwalk Amherst Kipton.
Readable fragments show a proposed Tephant farm in Pes Me provoking mixed reaction. The note hints at home breeding of pachyderms and compares public opinions to spectacular, uncertain outcomes.
The piece discusses fossil evidence of elephants once widespread in North America. It cites The New York Commercial on potential breeding in Texas to support driven use in traction and rides, comparing to introduced ostriches in California Arizona and Florida. It notes long gestation and profitability questions and references a recent fossil horse discovery amid wide speculation.
A notice from New York dated October 2 offers five dollars for information leading to the recovery of a yard of pedigree parchment. The advertisement names owners and locations in New York and nearby towns and notes a ten day limit for return.
The state provides funding for Farmers Institutes in each county this year with selected sites for meetings where speakers will teach farmers on rural interest topics. Demand exceeds supply as many counties seek more than the four legally allowed meetings. costs are charged to each county per meeting totaling $125.
United States readers will soon use granulated and other sugars with a yellowish tinge as bleaching minerals are banned. Sugar chemists admit using four pounds of mineral blue per million pounds of sugar for whitening, a practice cited as purification by healthful means, but the Bare Food Commission views it as adulteration and demands abandonment.
EB R McFarland of Wellington ton finally grows a tomato plant that tops ten feet with a fruit harvested six feet above ground. The plant has continued to grow beyond the mark, reaching a height described as over ten feet.
Knox notified J. King owner of 88 acres near Knox properties that the option on his premises would lapse. Meanwhile word reaches friends that George E. Baldwin of Canton, a U S conqueror at Nuremberg, is losing eyesight and may go totally blind with his son Ernest Baldwin in New York by his bedside.
Reverend Frank D. Steyter, pastor of Gawn Avenue Methodist Church in Lorain, has been transferred from the North Ohio conference to the Oklahoma conference and assigned to a charge at Hinton, sixty miles from Oklahoma City. The move follows his own request due to poor health. Stevick, formerly a Lorain resident, once worked in the local newspaper field and founded the temperance paper Hot Truth in Oberlin.
Cleveland Ohio October 20 Wast Wigh defeated Oberlin academy 4 to 0 in a tight gridiron contest. Oberlin’s only costly mistake came on a high pass over Suits’ head, while Brown’s miscue on a punt helped settle the score. Both teams showcased sharp coaching and strong defense in a clean game.
Oberlin High defeated Shaw High 12 to 0 in a wind aided, fast game at Dillfield. Key plays featured Capt. Tagersell stopping Shaw’s drives, Waite’s long runs and a late Oberlin touchdown after strong second half offensive push. Oberlin will meet Oberlin Academy next Friday in a hard fought contest.
Candidate Thdd on Democratic ticket warns local committee to arrange fall campaign meetings without dictating district details. The piece markets Hot Asters Rocky Mountain Tea tablets for 85 cents from A F Frost as a tonic.
A fragmented note urges shoppers to visit Hart's store for better prices and to save money by watching every penny, mentioning fuel costs and careful spending to stretch budgets.
When you buy salve for the home consider DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. It’s the original with the stamped name on every box. Useful for eczema tetter boils cuts and bruises and especially piles. Sold by all druggists.
A mass meeting at Oberlin Conservatory and Seminary creates a student senate to improve faculty student relations. It will include four college class presidents and leaders from the Oberlin Review Y M C A and conservatory boards with rotating members to fill seats each year. The piece also notes animal cruelty implications of overworked horses and promotes Koedol For Dyspepsia from retailers.
Mrs. Ward J. Mungen of Fostoria Ohio records her voice and conversations with her oilman husband on a phonograph as a keepsake before her death. The couple has traveled the world and she leaves impressions of sights and evenings with him on cylinders. An ad fragment promotes Mrs. Austin's Pancake flour as a quick breakfast aid.
An advertisement touts Electrogen a liquid remedy claimed to cure diseases like consumption catarrh syphilis rheumatism and a sore throat within 24 hours. It offers a free 50 cent bottle and a booklet by mail from The Electrogen Co Fremont Ohio, with sale at Eady Drug Store.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.