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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1906
Page
7
Lorala police oppose parole for Daugherty, awaiting parole board review on November 15. He was sentenced to 15 years for slugging Streator at B&O yards, stealing a diamond and money, leaving Streator unconscious until found by friends. Police expect possible re-arrest on charges of attempting to escape if released.
The steamer D. R. Hanna was launched at Lorain by American Shipbuilding Co for C. L. Hutchinson on October 20. Captain C. A. Benham will command, brother of W. P. Benham of the steamer JG. Butler. Both captains are young with long experience on the lakes.
Five years ago Kip ob girl Blair Hubbard rose from modest looks to fame as cloak model for Landesman Hirschheimer and Prints Biederman in northern Ohio. She quit recent job to wed GC W Somers, wealthy coal operator and baseball magnate, after his divorce. The piece notes cloak models’ job and social ascent, with a closing plug for Holister’s Rocky Mountain Tea.
A Frost era notice directs sympathy to the young woman and advertises affordable land in The New Center with low price and easy terms. The message notes 35 cent references and implies a sales pitch to potential buyers seeking property.
In Venango valley Cambridge Springs is praised as a healthful village near Cleveland. The piece touts mineral waters baths hotels and scenic beauty with bracing air and easy rail access via Erie Railroad offering special excursion rates. It invites readers to request guides and reading material from Jas. D. Brown in Cleveland Ohio.
Wholesale price list from Jackson Brothers showing per unit and per pound quotes for fruits and vegetables including lettuce head price 12¢, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, green onions, celery, beans, spinach, cabbage, potatoes, onions, turnips, sugar varieties, flour, oats, and meats. Includes beef, pork, fowl, lambs, veal, and hides with live animal and dressed meat prices, dates not specified.
A colonial era ad notes distrust of cures claiming multiple disease cures. It cites science’s progress on disease origin, promotes Hlectrogen to purify blood and tone the system at 50 cents to a dollar, offers a free 50 cent bottle and lists The Neotrogen Co. Fremont Ohio and Eady Drug Store as sellers. It also recommends Kennedy's Lazative Honey and Tar to cleanse the system and ease colds.
The schedule lists eastbound trains including No 20 Night Express at 6 21 am and No 28 New York and Boston Express, plus Norwalk and Toledo Buffalo accommodations, Fast Mail services, and Chicago New York Boston routes. Westbound shows No 6 Buffalo and Chicago, No 9 Day Express, Norwalk and Sandusky division trains, and Pacific Express with multiple via routes. Officials A J Smith and W C Heim sign as GP&T A Ticket Agent.
Train timetables list hourly Elyria to Public Square Cleveland departures from 5:66 a. m. to 11:00 p. m. with multiple limiteds and through routes to Oberlin Wellington Lorain Amherst Grafton Norwalk and more. Additional west east bound times across Lorain Beach Park South Lorain and Cleveland traffic detailed with daily variations.
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