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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
2
News of the Industrial Field, Personal and Political Items, Happenings at Home and Abroad. Notable items include Hoyt declared insane in New York, a deadly factory explosion in Chicago, Cuba convention planned for Havina, and multiple fatal incidents. Reports cover railroad wrecks, mob violence in New Orleans, political mobs in Fort Scott, and stock market and crime updates with several deaths and injuries.
A fractured report details riots in Cuba, bank robbery in Alabama, and a deadly camel barrel blast in Springfield. It notes census projections for the United States near 76 million, plus political nominations in Michigan and Indiana. Foreign clashes surge from Panama to China as nations reel from war and reform.
A roundup of brief items notes petroleum fields opening in Japan, a Atlanta jury ruling a wife must cover her husband’s burial expenses, rapid land uptake in Nebraska, and a Gettysburg battlefield road extension. Other notes cover Kansas City grain pricing by weight, a $650,000 sale in Columbus, a call for more medical officers for the Philippines and China, Miss Tile Roy’s appointment as deputy marshal in Hawaii, census migration expectations, and Belgium’s nonenforcement of the death penalty.
In New Orleans a lengthy pursuit ended Friday when the negro desperado Robert Charles was trapped in a residence district and killed after a fierce firefight with police and armed citizens. Several officers were fatally or seriously injured, and the total at that time listed 11 killed and 22 wounded. The scene drew thousands as the gunman was finally destroyed by a mob after a house was set ablaze to smoke him out.
A garbled dialogue recalls tension between patrons and townsfolk over taxes and a funeral, mentioning Uncle Hiram Tinker, a grange picnic, a fishing misadventure, and an eclipse. References to the United States wealth and a demand for payment surface amid confusion and sarcasm.
A perilous sea rescue unfolds as passengers panic with no lifeboat setup and no sailor swimmer. A famed political orator inspires with bold words, guiding the stranded to safety as boats are lowered. A later quip riffs on names and careers in a column of era humor.
A fragment describes an under current that grasps suddenly, weakening the mucous membranes and allowing disease to establish in any organ such as the lungs head throat stomach or bowels. It asserts the cause is the same regardless of location or apparent condition.
An advertising claim asserts catarrh drives winter illnesses such as pneumonia grip and fevers and promotes Pern-ta as the sole remedy. It claims catarrh affects the eye and insists Pern-ta reaches the right place and cures it, urging readers to stop other treatments.
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