Local News Highlights From Elyria and Nearby Towns
Local residents visiting relatives and friends across Elyria Norwalk and Fremont include B E Michaels Lena Colburn and Kate and Carrie Sherwood. Water sewer work continues on W Broad street while a Century Park outing and a Rochester family reunion entertain locals. Weather calls for partly cloudy skies showers and cooler temperatures with August carrier collection planned. Travel by Jensicians and a Sandusky Islands trip punctuate a busy week as residents return home.
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S DeGraw
Cleveland
Endi Street
Flower
Second Avenue
Rochester
Elyria
Century Park
H. M. Potter
West Sixth Street
Foster
Glen’s Beach
Geeas Foster
New York City
F. H. Foster
Grace Court
A. J. Robbins
Chicago
Geo. H. Robbins
Will F. Eldred
East Avenue
G. Everard
Lorain
Loraing County Baptists Association
Daily Reporter
Gertrude Talcott
Geneva
H. M.potter
T. G. Hart
West Mentor
Spanish War Veterans to Meet for Monument Unveiling
Spanish War Veterans from Company A and other units will gather at the G A R hall over Citizens Bank Lorain on Monday at 1 pm to unveil the Soldiers and Sailors monument. Dress code is citizen’s dress and campaign hats. morning meeting at 8:30 will plan travel to the G A R Fennion in Coveland September 10.
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Company A
Marine Corps
G. A. R. Hall
Citizen’s Bank
Lorain
Soldiers and T Sailors
G A. R. Fennion
Coveland
Pole
Samuel Rickard
Guardian seeks probate order to adjust dower and sell land
Ann E. Gibson as guardian of William J. Gibson files in probate court for authority to adjust and compromise the dower in real estate. The petition requests a sale to clear title and resolve the husband’s property interests.
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Ann E. Gibson
William J. Gibson
Marriage Licenses Rise in August Countywide
This year brings prosperity as forty two marriage licenses were issued in August, up from thirty a year earlier. July saw thirty eight licenses. With the county fair next month and other attractions, records may rise again.
Governor Hunt Named Porto Rico Governor by Vice President
The vice president formally appoints William H. Hunt as governor of Porto Rico on Friday. Hunt, living in Montana, has served as secretary of the local government under the U S authorities. The article also notes names such as John J Cobb and Lorain and Henrriette E Meade and advertises positions for experienced girls for second work and cooking.
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William H. Hunt
Porto Rico
Govenor Hunt
Montana
United States
Ordinance 1055 Sets Pay For Police Force In Elyria
Ordinance No 1055 amends prior rules to prescribe and regulate Elyria police officers pay at 147 dollars per day for infected cases. The ordinance takes effect after passage and legal publication. Courteously signed August 23 1901 by Norton Surr President of the Council and W H Panx Clerk.
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Slyria
Elyria
Panead
Norton
W. H.panx
Heaviest Mail Trains on Lake Shore Routes
The Lake Shore system operates the heaviest mail trains in the world, with Train 25 and Train 35 noted for length and speed. Train 35 covers New York to Chicago, 964 miles, in 24 hours via Syracuse and Cleveland. On the trip 49 clerks handle mail, and an average 56 tons of mail are moved. Other routes, like a New York to Philadelphia train, move 175 tons daily. Mrs Frye and children depart for Buffalo to join Mr Frye in Cleveland en route to the Exposition, as he works in Pittsburg.
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Uncle Sam
Lake Shore
New York
Chicago
New York Central
Syracuse
Cleveland
Alytia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
J. K. Frye
Buffalo
Handsome Young Women Failures AG Conductors
The Madison street railway in Indiana has eliminated women conductors, citing jealousy among male passengers. Officials say women were hired for lower cost and hoped traffic would rise, but female conductors showed favoritism to certain men, provoking discontent.
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The
Street Railway Company
Madison, Ind
Baptists Elect Officers At Lorain County Association
The Lorain County Baptist Association elected officers for the coming year. Moderator C. A. Metcalf of Elyria. clerk Rev. Ingram H. Bill of Oberlin. treasurer D. W. Gage of Oberlin. trustee E. P. Chapman of Huntington. trustee T. B. Hopkins of Lorain. The next session is set for the third week of August in Litchfield with 170 delegates registered.
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Lorain County Baptist Association
C. A. Metcalf
Elyria
Ingram H. Bill
Oberlin
Treaster
D. W. Gage
E. P. Chapman
Huntington
T. B. Hopkins
Lorain
Litchfield
Outwitted Attorney Draws Lesson From Feud Tale
A Boston Traveler clipping recounts a Detroit lawyer famed for his legal right humorously narrating his failed start. He recalls moving to a central state town for work, forming a mutual defense pact with a rival, and the rival’s staged setup that ended with the lawyer quitting town.
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Detroit Free Press
T'va
Electric Road construction along Fourteenth street progresses
Rails are hauled for the Elyria and Grafton electric road across Fourteenth street and the rack will be laid as grading finishes. Poles between Elyria and Grafton are being equipped to carry the wire. Authorities remain confident the electric line will operate in town to draw crowds for the county fair. Mr and Mrs John Dayias of Cleveland visited Elyria friends Thursday.
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Elyria and Grafton
Fourteenth Street
Elyria
Grafton
John Dayias
Cleveland
Fresh Feminine Finery and Incubation in the News
Fashion prophets predict feathers remain in vogue this coming season with ostrich plumes and rich trims. Laces, embroidery, panne appliques, and Parisian styles appear in gowns, blouses, and hats, while green hose and blue silks mix with white tulle and rose accents. Electrical incubation gains traction for poultry, urged by Heat-based methods and a kerosene lamp origin, amid a focused push in agricultural districts. The bee tongue length and the glossometer are highlighted as tools to breed longer-tongued honey gatherers for improved yields.
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Paris
Tuscany
New York State
Moving pictures in education in early cinema
A discussion cites Everybody's Magazine on moving pictures as a future educational tool for rural and urban children. It describes devices like the tautoscope minutoscope mutoscope and biograph, outlining camera speeds film handling projection and the rapid sequence of life motion images used to teach geography history and current events.
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Everybody's Magazine
Central States
Great West
Niagara
Danube
Mississippi
London
New York
Paris
Bombay
Canton
Spain
Viscaya
New York Harbor
Santiago
Notice of Appointment in Estate of Sarah A Frager
The undersigned lessor appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Sarah A Frayer, late of Eaton Lorain County. Dated this 10th day of July. A TD. 11K W. H. GILES.
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Sarah A. Frager
Lessan
Sarah A. Frayer
Eaton
Lorain County
Dorensea
W. H. Giles
Harmony quartet to lead Methodist church lessons
A gentleman remarks his daughter is ready to study harmony while Senator Sorghum reminds him that teaching duties are about music not politics. The Methodist male quartet will be known hereafter as the Harmony quartet of the M. E. church.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington
Harmony Quartet
M. E. Church
Administrator's Sale of Real Estate in Lorain County
Public auction on September 26 1901 at 10 o clock in Lorain County Ohio offers an undivided one sixth of a 63 acre lot in Eaton township. Life estate of Castle Baker assigned to George Baker, property appraised at 400 dollars. Terms: half cash, balance in one year with interest, secured by mortgage. L B Fauver administrator of George Alan deceased dated August 28 1901.
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Lorain County
State of Ohio
Lorain
Ohio
Eaton
Loarin
State of
C. Hennie
Castle Baker
George Baker
L. B. Fauver
George Alan
White Man's Real Estate Listing Downtown Church Property
Whiteman's Real Estate Agency lists the Old Catholic Church property at the corner of Middle Avenue and Fourth Street. The package includes a large house on Middle Ave, a smaller one on Fourth St, and the old church on a corner lot with space for three modern houses. A rare downtown investment opportunity in high demand.
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Middle Avenue
Fourth Street
Middle Ave
Fourth St
For sale real estate list with diverse properties
For sale listings include multiple locations on Bond street West avenue Huron street Ridgeville and Beebe Court. Descriptions mention 25 acres two small cottages and barn vacant lots and bargain cash sales amid a real estate stir. Listings reference streets such as Rosh Walnut Chestnut West Brong Woodland Oak and Erie and suggest many others in Beebe Court.
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Bond Street
West Avenue
Huron Street
Ridgeville
Beebe Court
Darav Field
West Brong
Oak
Erie
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Charles Reeves
Sandusky
Islands
John J. Cobb
Lorain and Henrriette
E. Meade
Brownhelm
Washington Street
Baptists
Boston
Muda
Elyria Gas & Electric Light Co
Capital
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EB. Williams
Cashler
H. Squire, Jr
Massey
L. S Day
T. E. Jefferson
West Broad and
Westavenue
Parsch Lumber Co
C. Parsch
Lehigh Valley Coal Co
Improv
J. W. Emr
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B. Day
V.A. B. Tatrer
C. H. Sorzerr
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Whiteman’s Real Estate Agency
Stranahan’s
Lon
Frank Elliott
Parkside
Bell
Frank
M. Weeteman
Elyria Plumbing &Electric Company
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Relyria
Chas. A. F
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