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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
2
Clinton Center School hosts a one mile west and south of town social featuring a Cinderella program as part of an evening event. Families are urged to attend the box social and remember the date for the season’s social.
Local notes cover a flurry of visits and social calls from fraay to Sunday. Families including Bernath, Robinson, Schelmeyer, Frisinger, Glanz, and Bender are among those sharing time at homes in Napoleon, Ridgeville, Wauseon, and nearby towns, with short mentions of schooling and hospital news.
A 1916 address by Col. A. D. Watts touts Winston-Salem as the world leader in tobacco manufacture and exports. He notes one fourth of U S chewing and smoking tobacco use and one seventh of all tobacco products are produced there. The city pays substantial revenue taxes daily and is highlighted by a grand government building completed nearby. He predicts weekly tobacco tax receipts will more than pay for the building by year’s end. He cites daily shipments of at least 150000 dollars in tobacco products to domestic and foreign markets. The piece also lists local school notes, society items, and health ads, including worm remedies and class reports from Howard and Bayes schools.
Governors Willis administration touts a year of actual deeds and cost savings for Ohio taxpayers. It claims no job handouts to politicians and maintains high efficiency. A Dodge sales note mocks the era with dispersed local auto ads and odd figures from a period page.
The advertisement extols men who choose the line between smart headwear and loud caps. It presents Stetson Hats as the preferred option for style and dress, noting regular and Self conforming Derbies with a tapering crown and rolled brim as especially interesting for formal attire.
Mrs Vissa Harper died Sunday morning February 20 1916 at Toledo Hospital after three months illness. Undertaker from Wauseon brought remains with Mr and Mrs Wendel of Detroit. Rev Huffman conducted service and burial was in Wauseon Cemetery on Mr G W Grice lot. Born January 21 1847 near Adrian Michigan she left two brothers Jacob Have land and Lyman. Lived in Sturgis Michigan with husband Rice Harper who died March 1 1902, she lived last two years with G W Grice 281 West Elm Street Wauseon Ohio.
A moral meditation on self conceit and pride. The poem warns that lofty self esteem leads to lower seats or untold penalties, urging readers to practice forgiveness and love one’s neighbor as oneself as taught by Jesus. It contrasts preacherly display with the need to heed the Savior’s life and death and to live by the command to forgive others.
The article reflects on Arbor Day at a rural school, praising evergreen tree planting, Boston Ivy for beautifying old brick buildings, and the importance of birds. It includes local advice on care and a small ad insert promoting Foley remedies and Hanford’s products.
The writer argues for strict adherence to international law amid war. He warns that violating these laws would erode global order and delay mankind’s progress. He urges Americans to unite beyond party lines to defend liberties and seek peaceful, humane conduct in wartime.
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