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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1898
Page
1
Local notices report sale events commencing July 16 and ending July 30 in La Grange, along with numerous community updates. The item lists residents, visits, illnesses, travel, and social activities across Elyria, Lorain, Cleveland, and nearby towns, with farm and harvest notes and a weekly crop bulletin noting favorable conditions and yields.
A page item recounts visiting friends in Toledo Urbana and Elyria areas with numerous names, gatherings and social visits. It notes a funeral in Avon and veteran reunions at Lorain park, plus plans for the Lorain County Farmers Picnic on July 27 at Linwood and Shadduck parks and a track reopening on July 25.
The piece critiques overdone expressions of gratitude in local notices and cards of thanks, noting their intrusion into public and private acknowledgments. It also mentions small business ads and event promotions amid a patchy, distracted text.
An unsigned notice promotes See Gray's bicycle sale for ladies during Summer Bargain Days. It advertises the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway excursion tickets to Chautauqua at reduced rates with return options. Details direct readers to ticket agents or A J Smith Ge Ta Cleveland. The fragment also mentions shoe and eyewear promotions and a jewelry eye examination offer at Fisher's Jewelry Store.
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