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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1906
Page
7
Witnesses recall a mass brawl near the harbor as a mistimed river skiff party turned chaotic with about 200 spectators. Two men, Ryan and Callashe, clashed while the town marshal faced censure for permitting the fight to proceed, despite stormy weather and plucked ropes strewn on a hilltop.
Reporter notes Joseph Ralph Bacow granted a half hour recess by Sheriff Marshall. He meets his wife in the street and drives to their home. The couple share humor as Bacow jokes about rules. Mrs Burton thanks the sheriff and praises restraint toward Senator Bailey amid lingering political tension.
Heney Meathman a farmer fled his home and leapt headfirst into a cistern twelve miles northeast of Princeton Indiana. He died after being pulled to the surface about twenty minutes later. He recently bought a farm for five thousand dollars, with a claimed shortage of one thousand dollars and alleged forgery involving relatives. While discussing the matter he plunged into the cistern.
In Great Barrington Massachusetts a police report describes Pastor Howard Murry Dumbell striking N W Athoe a university music professor and church organist after an exchange on the street. The men, both connected to St James Episcopal Church and St Pauls New York, proceed apart as bystanders look on.
The average young woman of today is busy. Beauty equals health, claimed in ads for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or Tablets priced at 35 cents, offered by A. B. Frost.
Two deluxe B and C passenger trains with Nos 16 and 17 offer wide vestibule coaches a high back seat ladies coach and amoker Porter in attendance no extra charge framed as an promotional railway notice with period tone and details of features for travelers.
Milwaukee Oct 24 laborer John Becker 36 of 461 Sixteenth street killed himself with carbolic acid after oversleeping and missing a 3 am work start. He had been out of work several days and had just learned of a job offer. He told his wife not to oversleep, then woke to news he was not needed. The act followed a jubilant mood from the prior days employment prospect.
Lorain October 21 slot machines seized in a police raid last week remain in police headquarters. Mayor King says they will stay until arrests of others are made, while lawyers denounce the morals of the legal debtors in Lorain. The money in the slots was missing, indicating substantial theft by those using the machines.
A 19th century advertisement promotes Electrogen as a safe liquid remedy for germ diseases and ailments including consumption rheumatism and sore throat. It claims a 24 hour cure for colds, offers a free booklet and a 50 cent bottle, with sales through Eady Drug Store and The Electrogen Co. in Fremont, Ohio.
Cambridge Springs in Venango valley promotes itself as the Carlsbad of America with mineral waters and baths. The article touts scenic drives and hotel accommodations, offering special Erie Railroad excursion rates from Cleveland and inviting readers to contact Jas. D. Brown in Cleveland for guides and reading material.
An advertisement touts an opportunity to enter the fire insurance business with no capital, promising big earnings and offering to help secure agencies, conveyancing, and policy writing. Contact Ozrem A Tarbell Co for free particulars about a new method. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is marketed as a cold remedy. Rodman H Wells, 68, died October 11 from paralysis and was a noted track builder in Indiana.
Dictionary of prices lists numerous items with per unit costs including lettuce cucumbers tomatoes and onions, flour and sugar varieties, dairy cheeses and butters, beans and peas, meats like beef pork and lamb, fowl and game prices, and miscellaneous staples. Names: Jackson Brothers and various product names appear, with ranges and per unit measures across fruits vegetables dairy grains meats and market items. This ad-like compilation reflects a historical wholesale quotation page.
East and west bound train listings for Norwalk and Sandusky divisions show daily services including No. 20 Night Express and No. 28 New York Boston Express, with numerous local accommodations and fast mails across divisions. Officials W. C. Smith and T. Heim announce ticketing and division details for passenger routes.
Train and streetcar schedules from Elyria to Cleveland and Oberlin, with hourly and limited departures to several endpoints including Lorain Wellington Amherst Grafton and Norwalk, plus east and west bound routes and ticketing note.
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