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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
3
A New York Sunday Herald report notes that over the last twenty years about 1,300,000 divorces occurred in the United States, with roughly 900,000 granted in the most recent period. The Census Bureau prepares a full special report on the trend.
A 20th century column quotes Rev Phoebe A ford arguing there is no new woman only good or bad women and warns against hasty marriages. It questions whether education or modern business strain harms romantic domestic life and notes wives abroad seeking affection due to husbands absent in commerce. It asks if marriages are entered too quickly without recognizing economic and sociopolitical family roles.
The piece contrasts the vast divorce court networks in France Germany England and the United States with arguments about the so called New Woman. Defenders say she seeks equality beyond homemaking while opponents claim women's main role is in marriage and motherhood and warn against intellectual ambitions undermining family life. The discussion touches on gender expectations and why some blame or defend the evolving womanhood.
A column quotes Mrs. Diizabeth Bacon Walling arguing divorces rise as women neglect studying their future husbands. It cites modern machinery stealing domestic work, a woman observing a husband with another wife, and calls marriage a sacram entment to reduce unrest. It notes differing church and state views and cites Mme de Chateauroux on remedies amid rising divorces.
Rev Dr Houghton pastor announces three weeks public notice of all intended marriages in his church The Little Church Around the Corner The article reflects on whether marriage is a continuation of courtship or reveals new flaws as couples learn more about each other
A public discourse argues for a new doctrine of marriage amid rising divorces. Thinkers like Adler urge balancing individual happiness with duties to society. Critics warn against overemphasizing happiness and call for ethics guiding future generations.
Dr Robert Stuart MacArthur denounces the high divorce rate in the United States as a reproach to the nation and church. He cites causes from idleness and vulgar conformity to low ideals to hasty marriages and clerical haste. He urges higher spiritual aims and uniform laws to curb divorces and promote dignified, lasting marriages.
Dr Clarke Houghton argues marital unrest is an old global issue not caused by freeing women. He cites religious and literary sources from the Old Testament to biographers of leading figures to challenge the view that the modern woman drives societal tension.
Fragmentary lines discuss how France’s condition relates to U S divorce trends. The speaker notes Congress achieved little in two years and hints at possible spring federal legislation based on a census report, while acknowledging constitutional challenges.
Alliance Ohio residents vote next Monday on a local option election as ministers conduct revival meetings amid citywide debate. Church members split over closing 42 saloons in favor of resuming the former selling system. manufacturers and three-fourths of merchants favor keeping the saloons open. The town also watches the Kinsman sanity case after a hung jury discharged. Alfred Kinsman shot banker George Birrell, trustee of part of the elder Kinsman estate, in Kinsman.
In Columbus on Friday Judge Sater fined T-Leasure P Lane two hundred dollars and costs for sending harmful material through the mails to Miss Thompson, a schoolteacher in Alliance. Lane aimed to convert her with his letter about a philosophy near free love. He lacks funds, so friends will cover the fine. An Eto item notes misfortune to Mrs James Bird of Zanesville may aid Miss Emma Minor, hospital patient, as her leg amputation and earlier burn wounds complicate her condition. Both patients are recovering.
In Columbus on Friday Judge Jorney McPherson ruled that sending obscene postal cards will be stopped. Three young men were arraigned. Thomas Hoff man of Orbiston received one year at Mansfeld reformatory. Eraatus Williams of Washington County got six months in jail. Roy Jones of Athens paid a small fine for sending four cards to his father.
In Hamilton Ohio Mrs Mary Swigert widow of Roy Swigert of Middletown sues Ed Mobn A D Heffrick and Adam Schantz for 2500 damages claiming the gambling house owners and the building owner caused her husband’s death by gambling related distress. A Peculiar Case of Arson follows with state fire marshal report near Ironton. Eight Hour Law violators indicted in Columbus with Etna Construction Co of Wheeling named for overwork on Ohio river dam project.
In Lisbon, Harry Weber, 21, shot his wife in the head Sunday, then killed himself with a final bullet, dying instantly. The wife is believed to recover. The couple had been married about a month. jealousy is suspected as the motive.
Amos Sherer aged 35 killed himself in the hay loft of his father's barn east of Magnesia. The body was found Friday by relatives who had been searching. He had once been an inmate of the Mission White hospital and was believed to be suffering an attack of insanity.
Washington December 10 presidential nominations of Ohio postmasters were sent to the Senate Monday naming Leon H. Wadaworth at Wellington A O Barnum at Bridgeport Charlow 8 at Putnam Conanaut Walter B Johnson atPredjericktown and Robert C Stewart at Toronto with several other appointments listed in the telegram from the White House seeking senatorial consent.
A fight with clubs broke out between two gangs of tramps aboard a Lakeshore freight train arriving here late last night. The two men were part of the kite crew of the train and sustained injuries during the melee.
Pattern Department advertises a sewing pattern No. 6284 for an attached undergarment dress like an underskirt. Describes yoke shaping for smooth fit, generous width, lace frill, side closing, suitable fabrics, and trimming with valencieries or torchon lace. Gives yardage for sizes 10 to 16 years and instructions to order.
Pattern No 6910 describes a white plaque box plaited dress for girls in one piece with center boxplait concealing closures and a patent leather belt. It suggests mohair cashmere and fashion plaids, requires 3 7/8 yards of 44 inch material for size ten and smaller sizes need varying amounts. Requests pattern by sending 10 cents with size and address on the coupon.
A street poet in Paris recites verses on monuments and public affairs to gather listeners then hawks cheaply printed copies of his work, offering city portraits and tales of notable persons to passersby on the boulevards.
The Cleveland Leader reports an unusual notice about a formal engagement claim, mentioning calls and warnings to acquaintances. Details are fragmented but reference to engagement between individuals and a long standing personal matter is implied.
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