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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
4
The piece blends notices from the Perrysburg Journal with editorials on Secretary MacVeagh's customs reform efforts, the Sugar Trust investigations, and aviation ventures linked to the Wright brothers. It also touches on the Wrights' finance and a pole expedition dispute involving Walter Wollman.
The Tathmian Canal Commission report praises Panama health improvements for Mose employees. No yellow fever or bubonic plague found last year. Death rate 11.97 per thousand and disease rate 23.49 per thousand show sanitation advances from prior worst plague spots.
A narrator describes Doris who floods conversations with mismatched stock phrases about bridges sunsets and clothes. The speaker laments the repetition of vague compliments and jokes about her exaggerated talk during a motor ride, noting how Doris pulls out phrases that fit poorly and disrupts social moments.
A Coventry collector holds a Tay Bridge Disaster watch engraved with the event date December 1879. The watch, a gold keyless lever, allegedly lay in the River Tay six weeks and restarted underwater after the 1879 calamity. The note mentions a drowned Cheltenham man and a dynamite charge to raise the body.
A family from Friendly, West Virginia, totals 2 076 pounds for nine members, averaging 430 pounds per person. The mother A D Smith, 45, weighs 240. daughter ages 23 at 294 pounds. a 1 year old with 9 pounds. other daughters 198 pounds each. four men in the family add to the heavy total.
An ad text urges customers to choose outfits that look fit and wear well. It promotes a guarantee on clothing quality and suggests staying in business depends on offering reliable, well fitting garments.
Fuller C and Ludiow of Vienna spent Sunday with Charles Grueshaber and wife. E J Spitker and wife visited Wm Kurfis and wife. Foster Pratt of Perrysburg visited Grand Rapids with daughter Mrs Kerr. Louis Finch Jr and family Bert Finch and wife and baby Lucy Finch and Philip Killian shared Thanksgiving at Wm Slater home.
Reverend J D Knapp of Miles Grove Pennsylvania testifies to Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best cure for diarrhoea he has tried. He bought a bottle from druggist R R Brooks and speaks in praise whenever possible. Sold by P Champney.
We express our thanks to Mrs. Eberly and Mrs. Williams for the music Rev B J Webster for sympathy and kind remarks the G A R Post and our friends and neighbors for kindness during the sickness and death of our husband and father MRS CG M McALLISTER MISS NELLIE McALLISTER. Most disfiguring skin eruptions etc are due to impure blood Burdock flood Bit tern Io cleansing blood tonic stakes you clear e vipar beat ed lear skinned.
Hugh F. McAllister born April 26 1840 in Meal Sisterville Pennsylvania died November 22 1909 at his Perrysburg Ohio home aged 69 years six months and 26 days. He married Cynthia M Fowler of Grand Rapids on June 26 1872 who survives him. They had three children Nellie McAllister Bow Jing Green and Laura Overly of Toa togany. He served in the Civil War with Company I 49th Pennsylvania Regiment and later in Company K 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery reenlisting November 1 1862 and discharged November 9 1865.
A wagon owned by Nick Keill frightened on Main street on Wednesday, striking a hitching post and throwing Mrs. Keill to the pavement. She was taken to Rheirtrank hospital with an elbow injury and severe bruises, later returned home. Frank Isch and family of Moline visited Mrs. Isch's parents, B. F. Gunder and wife.
An advertised adult course ticket costs 1.00 with child tickets at 0.60. A single twist for one entertainment shows adults paying 0.35 and children 0.20.
Mrs Elizabeth Hufford Hartsing born Perrysburg township Ohio September 18 1849 died November 20 1909 at age 70 years two months eight days She married Michael Hartsing September 27 1857 at Woodville Ohio They had seven children one died in infancy Surviving children J and D G Martsing Perrysburg OH H H Hartsing Lima Catherine Cowles Detroit Nellie Redding Toledo Lara Showalter Mansfield Grandchildren eight and one great grandchild She joined the M B church in 1870 and remained a faithful member Her golden wedding was celebrated in 1907 She last attended church June 20 and died after a prolonged illness with faith in Christ.
Mrs Josephine Raymond presents the folklore of different peoples with scholarly charm. So far Indian Japanese and Russian folklore have been explored and now Welsh customs and ideas will be shared on Tuesday evening December 7. Perrysburg citizens are praised for bringing this opportunity to the community.
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