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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
6
A ram owned by an American farmer has been reported to grow an extra pair of horns, making the animal appear with four horns. The ram’s parents are said to be normal, and the odd feature has drawn attention to the unlikely freak of nature.
London city officials renewed a 500 year old ritual by presenting six ponderous horseshoes and 61 nails to the crown at the royal courts of justice. The hatchet and billhook souvenir for a Shropshire land barter also featured, attested by the city solicitor amid onlookers including the lady mayoress and her daughters.
An English aeronaut performing a Java balloon act with a parachute and trapeze faced a dramatic escape as a native climber grabbed the rope. The flyer held on with feet and one hand, then pulled the man to the trapeze. The terrified native fought wildly for control for about 18 minutes before both men safely descended with the parachute.
A tuber grown on the A. Sean farm at Vickstars Michigan displays a striking human face. The description notes no man made the facial appearance, only nature.
The compass plant of western North America is a dwarf perennial reaching about three feet six inches. Its vertical, north south leaf edges guide travelers on dark nights by equal light receptivity on both leaf surfaces. This unique feature makes it a valuable natural compass for wanderers.
Herr von Noel narrowly escaped a torrent of burning oil in the Boryslav district of Galicia after a thunderstorm set two oil reservoirs alight. The fiery oil surged down the road as he fled, outrunning the blaze only by leaping into a nearby peasant cart and riding to safety with the horses. Local residents also sought shelter as their homes faced destruction but were saved.
Mrs. Mary Kirkpatrick died at Pottaville, Pennsylvania, in her eighty third year after a kitchen fall tripping a carpet. Her husband James Kirkpatrick had died shortly before in an identical manner from a broken hip.
L. B. Hull a 56 year old veteran ear ring maker of St. Johnaburg was found dead in bed by his wife who had dreamt of his death earlier that morning. He had been in poor health and recently weakened. The coroner noted heart disease as the likely cause.
An article lists items found in a field outfit including eight mosquito nets, a collapsible folding table and two stools, a shaving kit, a housewife for mending, brushes for clothes shoes and hair, a refrigerator or heat retainer, and a toy cap pistol that opens on a hinge.
The passage describes a bootjack design for night use and emergency camp alarms. It mentions a lantern a pocket flashlight a waterproof clothes bag and a canvas carpet wrapper. A compact roll packs a table cot and outfit into a two foot diameter “bad roll.”
Gen Jeremiah H Gilman retired A S A died at Manhattan Beach New York at 79 after two months illness. West Point graduate 1856 he led Fort Pickens and ordered the first rifle shot of the Civil War. He served as captain and later colonel and assistant commissary general before retirement in 1895.
Lewis Hollings, veteran constable of Bristol Pa Third ward, recently turned 73, says if needed he would enlist again to defend old glory. He served from 1861 to end of the Civil War, fought in 17 battles without a wound, and is father to 17 children.
A family scene shows Willie missing from the table with his father arriving home to find his son still in bed. The Rat-faced mother delivers a stark rebuke about the boy swearing, while relatives debate the appropriate lesson to teach. The father rises in anger but falls back as the mother suggests enough discipline has been given.
A Chicago man describes severe itching and skin tearing from a skin eruption. After trying doctors and ointments, he reports relief with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pu combination, noting eruption vanished in three weeks and no further trouble.
Dr S F P Spohn president of Spahn Medical Co and proprietor of Spahn's Distemper Cure wins the Goshen Indiana mayoral race by a solid majority. The note mentions Spolin former county superintendent seeking the post. Canada trade figures show Britain buys US goods totaling 3620 million in 2008, surpassing France Germany and Holland combined.
Three new ships in the New Orleans to Colon fruit service feature refrigerated staterooms. Each room includes a cooling radiator connected to the shipboard refrigeration system for preserving fruit in transit.
A garbled text fragment from a public notice or feature appears unrelated and incomplete. It references aid for all drugs and a timetable in a day, but lacks clear names, dates, or locations to identify a concrete action. The readable portion offers no verifiable facts for a fuller summary.
A fragmented text warns against using a home brewed cold remedy mixing whiskey glycerin pine compound and other ingredients. It notes the risks of sharing prescriptions and the harm of taking medicines not prescribed, stressing that symptoms vary and friend supplied cures can be dangerous.
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