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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1903
Page
3
Local notices market candy kitchens in the Century block and a hardware firm selling stoves and linoleum. Listings mention rent, room details, and a sale of household items and a moving van route with various street references.
A London Medical Institute team establishes a branch in Lorain Pierce block 512 Broadway over Central Drug Store. They offer three months of free consultation examination and all surgical operations to all invalids who call before November 6, with no charges for services during this period excluding medicines. They treat many diseases and guarantee care, with hours 9 to 8 weekdays and 10 to 1 Sunday.
Local items mention Mr and Mrs J Carl Hoot returning from a wedding tour. Jude Jones plans a pond visit with Wm Jennings of Ambiwtret. The Weekly Reporter notes home news and a former Elyria native in Baltimore as a contractor. Mrs Mary A Freeman leads Judiey of GA HK. Lena England and others plan gatherings in Kentucky and Cleveland with a new circle formation and twenty two charter members. Various visits to Norwalk, Bolford, and Cleveland described with social events and a banquet finishing the meeting.
George W. Lynch, former manager of the Belt Telephone Co local branch, resigns after 16 years of service and will pursue other business. He is succeeded by Mr Wright formerly of Maansheid who assumed duties Monday morning.
The young man’s Republican club plans a meeting this evening with Hor Broderisk Landis of Indiana and Hon. WG Harding of this state expected to speak. The group aims to mobilize votes for the GOP in the upcoming county election.
A post office department ruling requires rural mail carriers to conduct a careful census of their routes. Carriers will copy names of all residents including servants, and forms will be left for households to fill. Married women will be listed under their own names rather than husbands.
The Standard Oil Co. lifts wholesale price on all grades of refined oil by 1 cent per gallon, signaling a 13 cent rise within a week. Analysts note repeated crude oil price increases over two months and justify higher refined product prices. Retailers plan Tuesday's 8 cent per gallon pass through to consumers.
A wave of petty thefts hit Lorain on Sunday with several men reporting pocket thefts. One man was robbed at his boarding house on Monday. Henry Hall, returning from work, lost money from his pay, and Charles Grattan had $18 stolen on the way home. An unknown man was suspected in another steal, while Chet of Polien Wiengries of Snocualty was the victim of a pocket pick.
A rumor spread Tuesday that the Lorain and Elyria Street Railway known as the Yellow Line had sold to Lake Shore Electric and would run through cars Elyria to Cleveland hourly starting Monday. Manager Cherry denied any truth to the report and said no such move had been contemplated.
An old advertisement invites readers to cut out a coupon and buy Dr. Howards specific for constipation and dyspepsia at half price. The druggist Hague promises a twenty five cent refund if customers are dissatisfied, claiming many local cures and urging use for dyspepsia, constipation, headaches and liver troubles. The note dates October 17 and 21.
Daily letters report women cured by Kodol after indigestion and stomach disorders. The text argues digestion failures prevent nutrients from becoming blood, weakening organs over time and leading to disease, criticizing treatment of diseased organs.
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