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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
2
The Cleveland Leader notes that national banks show at least 174 201 000 in total resources since May 14, 1908, an almost nine percent rise in a year marked by low mood. It suggests potential annual growth over 6 000 000 in good years, predicting upwards of four and a half billion. The piece reflects on Americans' awareness of wealth and the country’s economic strength.
An authoritative outlook cites weather and finances expanding the corn field to 102,750,000 acres, a 62 percent rise from last year and the largest ever for a single crop in any country. Other cereals rise, no famine expected, and US aid to global food supply continues. Delaware Maryland peninsula reports a record strawberry crop with 16,676,000 quarts shipped, 2,600,000 more than last year, despite heavy rains. Strawberry season remains brief, yet abundant supplies are expected to boost desserts and jams.
The treasury statement reports a national government deficit of 89.8 million dollars for the fiscal year end, with an estimated shortfall of 114 million. Receipts and expenditures are drawing closer, leaving Uncle Sam with a handsome surplus and strong credit.
The article notes an eastern firm will build three new large steamships for Har whl service, all American owned and operated. It expresses hope the vessels boost American industry and provide more pure goods promptly, with patriotic sentiment about national prosperity.
Central Mexico reels as a series of powerful quakes from Guerrero to Mexico City devastates Acapulco and Chilpancingo. At least one killed and many injured, with Acapulco partly razed, communications cut, and famine looming amid damaged markets and displaced residents.
Orville Wright on a ten mile cross country flight in a homemade aeroplane with Wilbur Wright and Army Signal Corps officer Ideut Benjamin J. Foulers. He surpassed contract speed limits, set new records along the course, achieving 42 plus miles per hour with about 14 minutes 42 seconds for the ten miles including a 20 second turn.
New York City report notes favorable crop reports for corn and spring wheat with winter wheat nearly harvested. Iron and steel trade shows improvement, producer report and higher dividends. July failures fall to the lowest monthly total since early in the decade, signaling a shift from previous gloom.
Noah B. Marker formerly assistant cashier at the First National Bank of Tipton waived examination before U S Commissioner in Muncie and was bound over for the Indianapolis grand jury. He was released after bond was signed as friends gathered in Tipton.
In Canton a fatal struggle followed an elopement ending with Tony Panella and Mia Pizzani found in an embrace by Panella’s wife Clara Panella. Clara fatally stabbed the rival after a violent assault, and a police chase ensued. Panella and Mia Pizzani were arrested February 12.
Confusion remains as a vast Tokyo Osaka fire leaves thousands homeless and hungry. Municipal relief operates, but help from distant towns flows in. Casualties undetermined. hundreds of injured occupy hospitals. An estimated loss reaches several million yen as the blaze lasts over a day.
In Algonac Michigan the coal laden steamer Cadillac bound north was rammed by an unknown steamer while in the channel opposite Bedore's hotel. The Cadillac sank quickly after a large hole was stove in her side and she rolled over on her side. The crew of the Cadillac was saved. Cad Mac of Cleveland was in the vicinity.
Washington fans celebrate as the house passes the conference report on the tariff bill by 195 to 183. Republicans shout in approval while Chairman Payne leads a crowd of colleagues. Twenty Republicans opposed the report and two Democrats supported it after an 11 hour session marked by fiery exchanges and a large Capitol turnout.
Mrs H 8 Baker, wife of the pastor at the South Brooklyn Unitarian church, preached in her husband’s place so he could take a month off. The plan avoided the expense of hiring an extra pastor and kept the congregation served during the vacation.
A mass drowning record in Massachusetts details six deaths with one exception, noting white individuals among the victims and a tragic set of circumstances surrounding the incidents in Boston.
The bulletin from John Norrin of the American Newspaper Publishers Association details tariff shifts on pulp and print paper. It notes a drop from $8 to $3.75 per ton on print paper, a roughly $2.7 million annual saving for consumers, and outlines broader Canadian export rules and Quebec stumpage taxes amid disputes over protectionist rates.
Grace aged 6 and Thomas aged 3 vanished near their Italian colony home of Pietro Viviano, spaghetti manufacturers. A ransom note demanding 25,000 dollars arrived at Pietro Viviano senior, with a cousin sharing the same name. Police seek Samuel Turrisi, an employee of the Viviano cousins, reportedly seen with the children before the disappearance.
Antwerp report states Charles Brown once a Buffalo banker died by self inflicted throat cutting aboard the Vaderland near Antwerp while troubled by melancholia after a prior sea jump attempt near Dover. A Washington Pennsylvania auto scene followed a hill dash over an embankment into Monongahela River. occupants uninjured. Pittsburg writer Pat Calvin Wells, 42, former Philadelphia Press owner and Hussey Wolfe partner, died recently in Pittsburgh.
State capital cullings report Secretary of State Thompson settling the Jackson county democratic contest over deputy election supervisor by appointing Dr BE T Dando who appeared to have 18 of 21 members. Gov Harmon seeks a war department figurehead for Ohio from the battleship Ohio to be shown at the state house. Ohio railways will pay taxes on a valuation about one and a half million larger this year per Auditor Pullington. D B Booker of Barnesville shot to death by Peter Duffy an employee of Kilbourne Jacobs Mfg Co at Third and Long streets after a quarrel over race. A mob of blacks pursued Duffy. police rescued him. bystander Joe Gladden shot in the legs.
Columbus reports a new Paine law reorganizing city government in Ohio. Effective August 1, 1909, elective officials finish terms while service and safety boards wind down by January 1. A mayor appoints a director of safety and a director of service to head police, public works, and related departments under boards of control. The law shifts responsibility to the mayor.
Rev J Spencer Smith blasted church members for starving him in a provocative sermon titled The Crisis in the Westchester Methodist Church He recounted days with hot bread and water and a woefully low salary stating his wife had returned from Michigan penniless and that only the bell in the church rang true to him.
In Coshocton Ohio mayor taunts chief Mapel over appointment of Ligot claiming Johnston chief and Hawkin lieutenant under Paine law. Mapel vows legal action while a reporter and mayor clash in city hall. Delacourt strikes the mayor with an iron depicter amid a sensational scuffle.
A Big Four passenger train derailed after plowing into an open switch and crashing into a Bellefontaine restaurant. Many passengers were severely shaken. Owen Meredith, an express messenger, was probably fatally injured as the building was partly demolished.
Residents of Delhi and nearby Sauburty backed a local option measure by a narrow four vote margin. The outcome defines local governance steps and potential policy changes in the district, with results certified by election officials.
An editorial lauds J H Harriman as a premier railroad builder and operator. It praises his roadbed and track quality, fair treatment of stakeholders, and devotion to improving American railroads rather than pursuing foreign or frivolous gains.
Scientists describe laughter as a sequence of rapid barking sounds produced by repeated chest and abdominal contractions. Air is held by tightened vocal cords then released, creating four barks per second when the reserve lasts, with whole-body involvement during violent laughter.
An interview transcript shows a professor debating the possibility of life on Mars. He argues that intelligent beings on Mars may exist and could be more advanced than humans, noting signs of their long history and the likelihood they would not waste effort on impractical ventures.
Fragmentary dialogue describes a tense confrontation where Jenkins claims he spoke bluntly to a man about conduct and authority. A follow up question suggests retaliation, with abrupt telephone disconnect and unresolved tension lingering in the exchange.
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