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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
1
The Ohio Department of Agriculture reports an unusually early wheat harvest with an average prospect of 82 percent for the state. Oats at 65 percent, potatoes 77 percent, and fruit prospects vary as apples at 83 percent peaches 66 percent pears 71 percent grapes 86 percent berries 95 percent. Rain and worm damage noted. corn prospects appear promising despite drought.
Mrs M M Davison of 370 Gifford Ave San Jose California praises Electric Bitters as a superior family remedy for headache biliousness and liver and bowel torpor saying a bottle offers more digestive health than any other remedy. Sold under guarantee at White's drug store priced 50 cents.
The seventh annual McClelland family reunion will be held Saturday August 22, 1908 at A W Pifer’s home near Wadsworth Ohio. Relatives and friends are invited to spend the day and notify arrival plans at Wadsworth or Rittman to arrange conveyance. Alfred McLelland president Jene Martin secretary.
Bids for furnishing thirty tons of beat lump coal from Dalton mine No 14 and delivering it to the basement of Dalton school house will be received at the clerk's office until six o'clock p m Tuesday August 18 1908. Coal to be delivered before September 5. By order of the board Ernest F E Scott clerk.
A quiet wedding occurred at the Presbyterian parsonage at 8 o'clock Thursday evening August 6 uniting E L Ober of Applecreek and Miss Mary Kurzen of this place in marriage Rev J W Findlay officiated The couple were joined by Emil Kurzen and Nellie Snavely of Massillon who attended The couple plan teaching and home duties with family wishes from friends.
Mr. W. of East Poland Maine recommends Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for sore feet and a range of injuries including burns cuts and abrasions It is also suggested for piles The product is guaranteed and sold at White’s drug store for 25 cents
H C Myers D D of Huchinson Myers Jewelers and Opticians Massillon will present a full line of glasses and optical goods at my shop on the fourth Saturday each month. Myers is a college graduate and well recommended. Free examination offered with glasses guaranteed to fit.
The city council met in regular session last Friday with Mayor Hubbell presiding and all members present except Schultz. Clerk C W Horn was absent. E lloughton appointed clerk pro tem. Several bills were approved. Health Officer Dr J C Haney reported attending a state convention in Cleveland and described activity at Methodist church excavation and nearby street work from Jameson to McLaren crossing.
The wets petition seeking to declare the third ward vote invalid in the last local option election was dismissed by Judge Orr. Homer Fawcett of Wooster had the case, heard over a week, with Capt J J Taylor representing the city. A motion for a new trial was filed in probate court alleging thirty errors.
At the Central Exposition Buildings the Agricultural Building displays extensive exhibits of field and garden products, apiary and maple products, and a large butter and cheese show. The Columbus Exposition runs Aug 31 to Sep 4 with about three thousand dollars in premiums for collections and single specimens. Attendance last year surpassed three hundred thousand, and the new fair promises grander displays and mammoth brick structures linked by covered promenades.
The piece analyzes signs of an industrial revival in the United States, noting favorable crop prospects and abundant money. It argues that business activity is rising across mills and factories and that politicians' campaigns are not dampening trade as markets anticipate a return to normal conditions after the election.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky says after twenty years with granulated sore eyes a February 1903 recommendation to try Chamberlains Salve cured him. He bought one box used two thirds and his eyes have troubled him since. The salve is sold by A J White.
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