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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1898
Page
1
Partial readable items include garden rake, shovels, forks, traps and assorted tools with varied cent prices. The fragmentary OCR mixes numbers and abbreviations, obscuring full context and item counts.
Mrs W F Obiys of Granville visits Elyria friends while Mr Henry McElwin dele travels on business. Many locals host and visit relatives in Tonowtown Detroit Cleveland Toledo Ontario and New York City with trips, dinners, and prayers. Travel spans from Mansfield to Chattanooga and Buffalo as families attend funerals and celebrate gatherings.
View shows the proposed Lorain and Ly Young Men’s Christian Association building to rise on South Lorain near Tenth Avenue. A two and a half story Colonial brick structure, with a one story gymnasium annex, includes a reception hall, reading room, game room, offices, and numerous classrooms and dormitories. Plans emphasize skylights, ventilation, and heated, cedar plank first floor with pine upper levels, with an anticipated cost of 16, the start of construction expected in about two weeks.
Mrs E Criz chairs a luncheon and a Horn Missionary Society delegate attends the National convention in Plymouth Church Cleveland. Residents plan visits, union meetings, and church projects. A youth’s misdeed leads to reform farm transfer. Community gatherings, railroad posts, music releases, and charity raises fill local calendar.
Church notes report pastor leads morning services at 7 oclock and a children sermon at the tach School. Excursion tickets offered at reduced rates June 2 and 29 with return to August 4. Memorial services by the Keights of Maccabees at Music Hall Sunday afternoon.
A 19th century style notice cites Ohio General Assembly enactment penalizing adults who neglect aging parents. It describes misdemeanor punishment up to one year, requires bond to ensure support, and urges enforcement by humane societies. Editor urged publication and readers urged to report cruelty by children to protect elderly residents.
A damaged notice advertises a travel option to Denver via the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway with low fares on June 1 or 7 and 17, urging readers to consult the ticket agent for details and bicycles for ladies.
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