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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1906
Page
1
A period ad claims Herpicide destroys germs causing hair loss and baldness, promising dandruff removal and baldness prevention. It cites endorsements by Kinnan & Marvin, druggists of Toledo, and notes Hall's Catarrr Cure with a testimonial about blood-borne action and direct consumer pricing.
Coroner French begins exhaustive inquest into the Garford plant collapse. Witnesses from Detroit and Toledo testify on foundations, piers, and concrete mix as the probe seeks cause of the fatal accident at the new building.
H H Clough of Elyria holds options for a private right of way for the Elyria to Oak Point line. Cleveland capitalists form a financing company with $3,000 nominal capital to back the project as promoters, including A R Manning Jr and M R Dickey Jr, push ahead despite doubts about Byria belt line. The Oak Point route to Oak Point from Elyria through North and South Amherst and quarries is seen as a money maker, with construction pending further development.
Suit instituted to recover fifty thousand dollars of Crawford county funds lost in the Galion National Bank failure. Taxes were deposited there and handled by a bank employee acting as deputy treasurer. Prosecuting Attorney Hinkle filed suit as one of the bondsmen of the ex treasurer to recover the full amount.
At Anherst High School on September 10, students oppose a class of thirteen, threatening to add another member or remove the last existing entrant to prevent the hoodoo. They fear graduating with thirteen and refuse to accept the baker’s dozen.
Alma M Scheunman appointed guardian for Lorena Scheunman aged 10 and Mae Scheunman aged 5 in probate court. Reporter Want Adds Bring Results.
A barking dog thwarted a Sunday night attempt to break into Mrs. Numina Sherbert’s store at the junction of the Elgin Amherst and Lorain lines. She awakened with a revolver and fired three times as the two men fled, but nothing was stolen and no suspects were found in the morning.
The state convention in Payton narrows to a battle between Dick and Foraker factions and Congressman Burton. Rumors center on former Governor Herrick and possible district switches to Burton. Surface signals favor Dick, but stampede outcomes remain uncertain as roll call nears.
Olive Hathaway has brought a divorce suit against Charles Hathaway charging idle and dissipated conduct, failure to provide, and numerous instances of beating her. The couple wed in Lorain in August 1904. Attorney Lee Stroup represents Hathaway.
Notice warns that excavating in streets and tapping city sewers without a permit violates city ordinances and will be prosecuted by the Board of Public Service.
At a regular Elyria Builders' Exchange meeting on September 10 1906 a resolution denied the earlier report that a committee examined the Garford plant and found construction bold or unsafe. The exchange criticizes The Reporter for misreporting, notes a coroner's jury investigates a factory collapse with deaths and injuries, and confirms no exchange committee was appointed.
Robert Ammon, known to Elyria residents from Bins' Book Store, departs this week for Cleveland to study at Case School of Applied Science. A 1905 high school graduate, he is praised for his genial manner and leaves with many friends wishing him success.
A southbound Southern Pacific Coast Line train derailed at Sea Cliff near Santa Barbara. Twenty-seven people were injured, including Lorain, Ohio resident W. W. Hoffman who suffered a head and arm injury. The accident was reported from Santa Barbara, California.
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