06 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1896
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR items discuss regulation for a drug named Flarita and related timeline considerations. The readable text hints at a medical product and regulatory context without clear dates or entities.
A lengthy town column recalls a Sunday congregation at St Joseph church with Matilda Plata and Miram Bodeman wedding. It covers a June alumni banquet at the high school with music from Mandolin Club and chorus, plus local social notes on residents visiting, anniversaries, and civic events, including plans to honor veterans and decorate graves.
Miss Ida Hubbard visited Elyria. A rain arrived Saturday evening. W Bougea and wife were in Elyria Wednesday. B Gottwan was in Elyria on business Wednesday. Harvey Ryan has a new barn and house. Elba Joy and wife called on friends in town Saturday. Mr and Mrs Pettus of Cleveland were in Jimtown Friday. George and Earl Wilcox of Cleveland visited Saturday. Mrs Phebe Bradley of Cleveland spent Decoration day in town. Frank Ecligit and wife of Oberlin called on friends Monday. W Plumb and wife entertained company from Henrietta Tuesday. Mrs Nettie McKisson visited her daughter Mrs Julia Platt last Thursday. George and Harry Shaw of Lorain were in town Thursday.
State Board of Health official Dr Probst met with Elyrm’s city council and local health board to discuss sanitation and funding. He advised the council cannot fund cleanup solely by ordinance, and questioned the proposed water intake site near the river mouth, while confirming river water could be rendered suitable for domestic use through settling basins and proper sanitation. The joint meeting concluded as a profitable, consensus-seeking session for all parties.
Griswold Kell y Ancassealy happy presaged event in Elyria as Fred Eugene Griswold and Miss Hareth Lincoln Wells wed. Guests including Mr and Mrs Grisswald and LeGrand attended. The couple left for Buffalo at seven, celebrated with jovial well wishes, and plan to return home soon.
Elyria residents were invited to a midweek Vocal Society concert featuring Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise sung by a sixty voice chorus. Soloists Miss Rona B Newcomb, Brederic M. Ph dis, Miss Halen, and Prof Geo ina rews were listed with an organist. A musical program preceded the hymn, promising a fine evening of music that attendees should not miss.
A long disjointed report traces a dual life romance linked to LaGrange and Mishawaka figures, detailing Montgomery Clarke, May Clarke, and family estrangements, a copper mining town newspaper war, and the tragic deaths surrounding ongoing conflicts with editor May Clarke in Manistique, Republic, and beyond.
The La Pearl Show promises a rich display Tuesday afternoon and evening at Middle Avenue South of Howe Street. Features include wild riders, trapeze artists, jugglers, clowns, and performing ponies. The event touts a 60 foot dive stunt and multiple acts, followed by a grand tree street parade and free exhibition. Local notes report a saloon arrest, a fire scare from a lamp, and GAR notices seeking homes for soldiers’ orphans, plus an accident at Parsch’s mill leaving a Syracuse man near death.
The court imposed penalties on several defendants. Lena Loux received larceny sentence five dollars and costs, Bertha Rominski larceny five dollars and costs, James Patterson robbery eighteen months penitentiary, Chas Lee Grind larceny twenty cents and costs, Martin Ford burglar eighteen months and costs, Lawrence Shupe assault and battery thirty dollars and costs, Greenskamer Selin liquor to a minor five dollars and costs.
Reading the clotted OCR, the page mixes marriage licenses among Chag Brown and Marcia Bore with names like Nicholls and Nichols, then shifts to medical soda claims and a tease of a tonic. It closes with rail fare ads for the Lake Shore line to St Louis and a Potters syrup offer, all in a dense, list-like layout.
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