Attorney Clark M. Watson Firm Prominent in Elyria
Clark M. Watson, attorney at law based in Elyria Ohio maintains office above Chap Dian and Robinson's clothing store on Went Road Street.
21 Oct 1893
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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1893
Page
1
Clark M. Watson, attorney at law based in Elyria Ohio maintains office above Chap Dian and Robinson's clothing store on Went Road Street.
Correspondents are urged to send letters by Thursday noon with Friday morning for urgent items. Reports cover a week of social visits, travels to fairs, house sales, weddings, theft recoveries, and local incidents including a house collapse and a family’s loss to consumption.
October notes from Pittsfield record social visits weather remarks and church update. Mrs Root and Mrs West travel to Chicago for events, World’s Fair memories noted, Rev Progser fills MoE pulpit, Pastor Corfman welcomed for the year with praise for his devotion and eloquence.
October reports from Ridgeville show visitors including J H Reed returning from the White City and Wm Cheesman of Cambridge visiting relatives. Frosts reappear while L T M hosts a gathering at Mrs Byron Miller s home. Milk shipments average 25 to 30 cans daily as Central Shoe Store advertises.
Town visitors flock to the Pub as hopes rise for a small town revival with a potential 2 cent on the dollar settlement with J W Wilbur creditors. Mrs Cyrill Wadsworth injured at the World's Fair after a car fall. obituary for Mrs Sarah M Wadsworth. Willie Gott dies of scarlet fever and other siblings ill.
North Eaton reports Oscar and Mrs Durkee celebrating a newborn son Ed Hance plans White City trip with two sons. Wey Howard Russell addressed a crowd, forming an organization, with another meeting planned in a month. Sheldon Streator injured climbing a straw stack breaking both bones and dislocating an ankle. Obituaries reflect local deaths as townspeople pass, while religious meetings at Church of First Last Week draw large attendance and practical Christian messages.
Belden villagers share greetings from Milwaukee and Chicago as residents return home. A funeral is noted for Mrs Gea Nichols at her home, with several locals traveling to and from Lorain. A church wedding between Ralph Wonnell of Cleveland and Evett Williams occurs at the local M Church with a full ceremony and reception. Our best wishes go with the newlyweds as they begin life in Cleveland.
Mr Lee Jaycox and family returned from Avon. Mrs Swain and daughter visited Mrs R J Johnson and Mrs O B Avery. Rev Mills will hold schoolhouse meetings. Mrs C B Avery received china and a silver tea set from Judge Welker in Omaha. Several residents noted travel, illness, and weather impacts. The Maccabee social hosted by Mrs Ed Spicer set for Oct 26 with supper.
English novelist Walter Besant discusses American cities and people in an interview via Jett Mill Bell. He notes Chicago’s vast business blocks housing thousands daily, foreign quarters in Buffalo, and the tendency of English to merge with Americans while other groups form distinct quarters and caucuses.
The speaker recalls a ten year old Polish Jewish boy in New Haven who shined shoes while attending school, illustrating American grit. Besant notes Chicago as the true American heart, contrasting New York and Boston, praising American wealth, generosity, and ongoing optimism despite centuries since independence.
Colvmpes October 15 Historian Frank Henry Howe renowned for state history died suddenly after a breakfast paralysis attack. Born October 12 1840 in New Haven he crisscrossed Ohio researching lore and legends writing histories of New York New Jersey and the Old Dominion. He faced poverty while lobbying to place his work in schools and was noted for his scholarly unpretentious bearing.
A critical column laments the Democratic return to power and Senate gridlock, arguing idle money in New York banks and stalled business. It cites Goldsmith lines and accuses minority Senators of hindering confidence. An advertisement touts Parks Sure Cure for various ailments with a money back guarantee.
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