05 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1896
Page
1
A long list of social calls and visits across Oberlin and adjacent towns highlights Sunday and weekday household events. Friends and relatives from Cleveland Lorain Toledo Akron and Detroit visit, host dinners attend parties and mark birthdays while plans for travel and residence updates are noted among residents and guests.
The Ohio State Journal notes the Board of Pardons recommended clemency for a man sentenced to probation for a criminal assault after later evidence suggested his innocence. The case involved a defamed alibi and a controversial relationship with a married woman, whose death and later confession cast doubt on the woman's testimony and spurred a gubernatorial inquiry. Officials including Judge, Prosecutor, jury members, and Hon. G Washburn urged the pardon.
An old style advertisement sells Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites as a cure for throat coughs. It claims the remedy strengthens blood and nerves, heals inflamed membranes, and removes the cough cause, promising vigor and new life.
The 135th Regimental Association will hold a reunion in Elyria on Thursday December 1 with headquarters at Mavic ball. In the afternoon a monument erected by survivors of Co K will be unveiled in the cemetery north of the city vault. Lorain county ex-soldiers are urged to attend and participate in the exercises.
Fragmentary advertisement notes trimmed bats from $1, items in Millinery 91 Watsons and Woodman's. Mentions novelties and low prices. Text is garbled but indicates a sale of millinery and related novelty items with reduced prices.
A fragmented OCR snippet references dates, places, and events with names such as Washborr Nowak Geo G, KUTV, Tenor, and Trojan-related terms. The text weaves celebratory notes, weddings, and religious or community references amid garbled phrasing and scattered entities.
A garbled court docket section lists cases including divorces, money judgments, and equitable relief. Items name plaintiffs like Mary Mills, Jonas Lucas, Chas Vogelsong, and James Davis, with defendants and vague outcomes such as money judgments and injunctions amid scattered attorney references.
A December 19 charity bazar and banquet at the Odd Fellows hall invites all, with suppers priced at ten cents. A Salvation Army prayer session included a controversial line about breaking a ruler’s neck. Following events list the American House Elyria offering meals at 25 cents and local stores discounting crockery and goods at 16 percent, with Central Shoe Store and Riv Flower Grocery named among sellers in Elyria.
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