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Newspaper
Portsmouth Times
Location
Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
2
A Missouri movement, the National Prosperity Association, plans a June 1 demonstration to boost employment and keep wages high. It aims to show that consumer demand remains strong, and that banks will recover as optimism returns, urging national unity in a push for business and moral reform.
Thomas Jagney, a Chicago newsboy under thirty, grew wealth by saving and reinvesting. He bought papers at wholesale, sold to others at higher rates, and plowed profits into interests, real estate, city lots, railways, and billboard privileges, financing fellow newsboys in need.
The Arkansas attorney general was asked if a woman wearing overalls while not in disguise would break the law. He said it would not and that there may be times when such dress is desirable, though he hopes it does not become the prevailing style. The item includes other satirical notes on fashion and public figures.
Two Ann Arbor students paid fines of fifty and ten dollars for disorderly conduct after removing a red lantern from a building under construction. The defense claimed initiation into a fraternity forced the act, but the judge urged accountability and warned that youth mischief can still be criminal.
A fragmentary reminiscence notes Gra and Blendie Kirk of Casoni Illinois as examples of unseemly remarriage. The account mentions a divorced mother, a move to Indiana for a new husband, objections by Ora and Blanche, and a blushing duplex bride. It ends with a remark on bank failures and Congress nearing adjournment.
The narrator recalls writing to a beloved woman through sleepless nights and destroying many letters. After her letters ceased, he questions whether his heart felt heavier during the wait or after her handwriting stopped arriving. Mrs Clara Burgholaer, bedridden, can now see relatives at the home of Mr and Mrs Will Brandel at 920 where she has stayed during illness.
Charles Williama, resident of Selotu sormty, Freestone, Nebraska, recently purchased ten acres off Bry wai's Fairview farm at 475 per acre. He plans to build a fine home and establish his residence there with Mrs Mor Mckl haney of Freestone.
C UHL merchant advertises Wheeler & Wilson and Singer sewing machines Best nee dies oil and supplies at 31 West Second. Also mentions wholesale wines and liquors offered by unspecified party.
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