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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
4
A collage of classified ads listing items for sale and needs. Scattered notices include poultry like day old chicks and incubators, various farm tools and equipment, and help requests. Also mentions loans on farms and a public note about war savings stamps legality. Names and local phone references appear, along with addresses and street directions.
Chesterfield notes a two week sparrow hunt at the Grange led by captains Clyde Smith and Lyle Boyce. losers to provide supper. John Bell returns from Chicago for a nephew's funeral. Local moves include Geo Bates farm west of Ottokee, F A Bates to the vacated house, Clem Smith and Frank Kiger moving to nearby farms. Teachers report mossias widespread. C H Statesman to move to Wauseon after repairs. J E B Briggs lights improved giving a more city like look. Alamo plant installed recently.
An old newspaper fragment lists Foley Cathartic Tablets as a stomach cleansing laxative. It then shifts to a local community notes section with names of residents, visits, moved households, birthday celebrations, school events, and a Farmers Institute attendance.
C L Slack of Pleasant Valley Muskingum County Ohio won first in the Ohio State Corn Contest earning a silver medal and $500 in cash. The Farm Journal Farm Journal Contest awarded top yields across crops with prizes and emphasized intelligent cultivation and state contests as part of wartime effort.
Village of Wauseon Ohio council authorizes board of public affairs to contract for a new electric generator and equipment at the water works plant. Ordinance to take effect as allowed by law. Passed March 2, 1920. Clerk M. Bulger mayor. Notice of bids for printing ballots and election materials for Fulton County primary on April 27, 1920. Bids due March 5, 1920.
An old advertisement extols Houstonia liniment as a remedy that penetrates beneath the skin to reach the source of aches and pains. It claims fast relief for backache lumbago stiff neck colds in the chest sore throat and related ailments with a non burning, non blistering formula. Sold by The Dr J C Jones Company in Ohio at 25 50 cents and $1.00.
Memorial notice recounts Rev. C J Guernsey pastor of Evangelical church in this city and his long ministry across several towns including Milford Whitehouse Wauseon Clover and Coleman. It notes his Civil War service, marriage, seven children, and death January 17 1920 after years of illness and paralysis. Funeral held January 20 at Mack Ave Church Detroit with prayers by Rev J A Halmhuber and several ministers assisting.
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