02 Sep 1893
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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1893
Page
1
A local ad promotes a written guarantee from manufacturers stating 25 furnaces in use in Elyria with testimonials from users. It invites readers to obtain estimates on short notice and to visit for low prices on galvanized iron work including tiny items.
Correspondence notes include Mrs A Haker returning from the World's Fair, Wernert family back from Pittsburgh, and a large attendance at the M E Sunday school picnic. The school board bought three hundred desks and approved Kennet and Deck ventilating system for the new building. Potatoes were stolen on North Ridge, a straw stack fire near No 6 quarry was fought by local fire units, and Lewis Hahn wed Lucy Ludwig with a World’s Fair trip planned afterward.
In Ridgeville Frank Hicks is sick abed and Mrs. Breck has been ill. Many locals dig new wells after a dry spell. C H Paeschke paints his house while the Catholic school reopened at the center. Rev Reidinger resumes his pulpit after two weeks absent. Farmers threshing. oat yield noted at 4 bushels per acre. Mark Robinson works in Berea in his uncle’s store. Breck builds a larger florist green house 100 by 273 feet. Mr and Mrs W B Wordin plan a golden wedding next Thursday. After rain mud returns and a local bridge is dumped into a ditch causing regret.
Local notes describe fair travel on the Lake Shore special with eleven tickets sold, school term starting September 5, circus and minstrel entertainment upcoming, and regular baseball scores led by Wellington. Reports cover World’s Fair visit, rain boosting crops, pioneer meetings, and July 4 celebrations with reminiscences of early settlers and a lemonade social.
Local items report visits among Elyria residents and neighbors. People listed include Mrs Anna Mason Mrs Alice Hosier and families visiting Camden and Columbus. tradesmen and travelers from Oberlin Wellington Vermon and Toledo noted with daily routines. A county infirmary visit, church services, and a Ladies Aid gathering are described alongside a bicycle interest and a Miss Phebe Avery related reception.
August news from LaGrange reports sick lists and visitors from Oberlin Greenville and Cleveland. It notes new block for Charley Rawson's hardware, school opening September 4, and a fatality Eddie Adams aged twenty in 1593. A fire at West Main street caused damage with unknown origin. A Maccabees outing in the woods features a large crowd and speeches.
The Central Shoe Store promotes specials for excursions on Nickel Plate Road to the World's Fair on September 3 and 7 with one fare round trips via Lake Shore. Additional trips and reduced rates to Chicago for the Catholic Congress and World’s Fair events are advertised, with tickets available for limited dates.
A large Inshwoman boarded a crowded Sixth Avenue car and stood patient as blocks passed. She finally quipped, and the refrain drew laughs before the group stayed aboard to see Lillian Kennedy in She Couldn't Marry Three.
Ohio Great Camp Convention of the Maccabees at Piqua drew about 150 delegates and officers. Reports showed growth and strong endorsement, with lively contests for Great Camp offices and notable leaders from Elyria Norwalk and Vermillion.
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