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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
5
Brief items note Cac en con Daley visiting Oberlin for business and Mrs McNeal in Ambersh. R J Wirk advance agent for Way Down East to be staged in Elyria on September 26, with a social in Mrs Whitney’s honor yesterday. A parish party in Mrs Quick’s Cascade district is mentioned.
Mrs. Quick plans to move to her new home on eastern Heights next week. Jane Bingham returns from a Cleveland visit. Salvation Army officers will lead the prayer meeting at the Methodist Episcopal Church this evening and speak.
Local items describe residents visiting and traveling to Lorain and nearby areas, with mentions of a bicycle shop move, county fair attendance, and visits from relatives. An advertisement offers 100 dollars for a catarrh cure, and local druggists endorse Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a sales pitch.
Miss Helen Nestor, 17, daughter of Supt. J A Nestor Go and S W, was taken to Lorain yesterday by special car to Str Josephs hospital where she underwent a 2 30 o clock operation by Dr Wheatley. Her condition is reported very serious. Suzette Baron, a promising 3 year old filly by Baron Wilkes, won the 2 59 trot at Bethlehem last week in 2 20 1 4, hailed as fast and promising. Reports say Driver Brown and the Red Bow mare were expelled at Wheeling in the 2 30 pace. George Teare worked Little Guy 2 22 4, daughter of Guy Wilkes 2 15 4, and is praised for his improving trotting skills.
Official figures indicate deposits grew from 1.248 billion to 4.735 billion dollars between 1885 and 1905, a 271 percent increase, far surpassing the world average. The article credits property ownership in the United States for this surge and notes that wants ads bring results.
The Amherst High School Junior class, after starting with a dozen students and gaining two more to make thirteen, resolves to confront what they see as an unlucky year. They debated resignations and considered returning to a smaller class, but officials advised keeping all present members and pressing forward with resolve.
A 15 pound ferocious turtle arrived in a mail bag at the Middletown New York post office. It popped from a bundle and snapped at handlers before a negro porter subdued it with a rope. The origin and bag of entry are unknown.
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