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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1896
Page
5
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Cameron Gas & Os Co. will be held at the Company's alfiza Elyria on Tuesday January 21 1896 at 7 40 p m. The notice appears in the local listing with details and emphasizes the event as an official corporate gathering.
Subscriptions priced at 81.25 a year. Holloway Library hours and tea service listed. Central Shoe Store features Charley R Flower and West Broad Street. Water bills due at Gas and Water Co. notes on local businesses and incidents. A fatal derailment near the electric road. local commerce plans include hotel purchase and beaver creek docks. City council inquiries into mayoral accounts reveal a $250 shortage, sparking calls for resignation. Community events include church meetings, night prayers, and a concert at the opera house with upcoming lectures.
A large Prosperity banquet in Elyria drew invited guests from Cleveland Berea and Lorain with Mayor Levi good and a host of officials in attendance. The evening featured speeches from A J Maxham H Ely and others, praise for local industries and electric rail progress, and a well managed reception by the Womens Relief Corps. A minor accident occurred when a waiter spilled soup on Hon. Maxham but he recovered quickly.
A sprawling catalog lists 10 000 items with prices from 3 cents to $10. Seaside Library advertises bound books, directories, writing supplies, clothing, hardware, tools, and household goods. Notable lots include French shoe dressing, gloves, silk threads, revolvers, rifles, and a 87 guitar for 225 dollars, with many fabric and pantry items priced in cents. The page urges early calls to beat the rush.
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