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The ad emphasizes fair pricing for shoes with no premiums paid to buyers. It notes value to customers and mentions four new styles for men in Calf and Vici materials.
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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
1
The ad emphasizes fair pricing for shoes with no premiums paid to buyers. It notes value to customers and mentions four new styles for men in Calf and Vici materials.
Public schools will open Tuesday morning September 4th. Pupils from last year will assemble in rooms they occupied before with promotions to be made. New entrants report to Lupus office for room assignments. A teachers meeting is scheduled for eight in the recitation room. Also note cider mill announcements and staff changes at Bowl ing Green schools with Miss Kittie Smith hired as assistant principal.
On Tuesday at 10 a m an accident injured Jay Lyons from Hillsdale Michigan while learning the business as a conductor for the T and M V Ry Co He leaned from an open car on West Front Street and touched a trolley wire slicing him from the car He is critically injured with a broken nose upper jaw badly fractured left cheek bone and caved in teeth He is at Doctors Hospital Toledo with the company physician and local doctors in attendance He had only worked two days and resided at 930 Broadway Toledo Further examination showed additional injuries but recovery is hoped for despite the grave condition
Capt George Rheinfrank aboard the swift yacht Camille of Perrysburg impressed Toledo yachtmen by offering a sample of speed and good sailing. Rheinfrank, holder of the Casino Cup, must win three races and has already won two contests. He is prepared to meet all challengers as he eyes the third race.
John Sherrick, a Hancock County farmer, describes a deadly encounter with a mad boar that attacked Jersey cattle and then charged him. He shot the animal in the head, killing it instantly after fending it off with one hand on the boar’s ear and the other on the gun. Sherrick collapsed from the exertion but recovered afterward. The tale highlights the dangers of escaped feral pigs and Sherrick’s narrow escape.
The A N Alexander descendants held their second annual reunion at Theodore Alexander’s home in Wood County on Tuesday. Forty plus attended. Mary J Thompson, 64, the oldest. Officers elected: President Mrs Ann Gurr, Bowling Green. secretary George Alexander. historian Elna Thompson Perrysburg. Attendees from Perryburg, Toledo, Pemberville, Baye, Tontogany, Weston, Deshler, and nearby towns. A history of the family was compiled by historian Miss Thompson. An unrelated note promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for regular bowels and cites a 25 cent price.
A muddled historic game law text claims quail woodcock grouse pheasant and other birds may be killed from November 10 to December 1. Ducks and waterfowl have restricted seasons with Sunday and certain waters off limits. Only a common shoulder gun allowed and no duck hunting from dry ground or on naptha or electric boats. Rabbits and squirrels may be hunted on personal property year round if crops harmed. The duck clause is near unintelligible.
The new Grand Rapids bridge, completed to meet high water risk, was set three feet lower than the old span by order of an architect. County commissioners, cautious about floods, urged higher piers to ensure protection from ice freshets and rising water.
Mrs George Long of New Stralteville Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving two lives after a long nights cough and failing remedies. The product allegedly cured Mrs Long’s cough and Mr Long’s severe pneumonia, advertised as a cure for throat chest and lung troubles. Non specific price and free trial bottles offered at all Drug stores.
Wood county Democrats convened on Wednesday selecting W. R. Walker as chairman and F. S. Kline as secretary along with committees on permanent organization resolutions apportionment and more. They endorsed the Kansas City platform and Ohio platform, backing Bryan and Stevenson with sheriff F. S. Fike recorder Thomas M. Franey commissioner Geo. I. DeWeese infirmary director William Elder and others.
Mias Careos Lee resigned vacationing in Colorado and has been reappointed as Principal of Perrysburg High School. At a Molaca-V board meeting Wednesday night Kate Jameson was elected to fill the vacancy. Reports claim One Minute Cough Cure has saved over fifteen hundred lives, mainly from grippe and related illnesses, with early use said to prevent consumption. The 67th regiment reunion will be held at Sylvania on Sept 6 with trains from Toledo at 10 35 am and return at 4 00 and 9 20 pm. Col A O Voris plans to attend. Perryaburg attendees include Sonny Wygant and others. march to Michigan line to camp near Lucas county. Sergt Henry Wygant leads advance guard. John McCaughey in command. Professor Aaron Knoll will supply field music with his martial band.
A historical note states Lennia is listed on all boxes of the genuine five tablets remedy claiming to cure nine cold femme day.
A garbled poem about books and lending shows signs of OCR errors, mentioning Spenser Lamb and Akenside with lines about loss of books and anger. The second fragment notes Republican organizing meeting in Pare rysburg township at the JOURNAL office on a Saturday evening, Sept 1 at 7:30. Also an election bond notice listing Hampshire and several sureties, plus an ad for Witty’s Little Early Risers liver pills.
A Saturday birthday surprise at Fred Hahn’s home on Avenue road drew a large gathering. Music and dancing accompanied festivities with numerous Hahn family members and friends in attendance, followed by an elaborate lunch and a three o clock curfew.
George D. Wilkens of Manchester Michigan reports his wife was helpless for forty years due to disease. After two bottles of Electric Bisture she recovered enough to do her own work. The ad touts the remedy as a cure for female complaints including nervousness backache sleeplessness melancholy headache fainting and dizziness. Guaranteed cure and sold by all druggists.
Special excursion sale via Ohio Central Linea open Tuesday September 4. Round trip fares to Crystal Lake Traverse City Mackinaw City and Mackinaw Telmund at 87.00. Tickets on sale until Saturday September 15 with full particulars and times by agents.
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