Expenditures Debate Prompts U S Budget Reform
The Perrysburg Journal notes growing bipartisanship in Congress to curb waste and unify appropriations under a single review, with Taft and MacVeagh backing efforts. It highlights a move toward coordinating department estimates with revenue goals, and cites an American consul report on rising living costs in China affecting missionaries.
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Thomas B. Reed
United States
Congress
Taft
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
Senate
The New Stadium Overcoat For Young Men And All Ages
An overcoat with an unusual snap design targets young men yet remains conservative for mature buyers. The ad urges readers to buy a winter outfit now, offering assortments for varied ages and styles.
Editor warns: small town papers must protect private business
A.C. Fuller discusses the delicate balance editors face in censuring public officials and enterprises. He compares editorial restraint to a grocer avoiding public rebuke to protect trade, and notes President Taft’s tariff stance favoring negotiated, nonconfrontational action. The piece also covers early Christmas mailing guidance from the Postoffice Department.
Snowbound Britain Faces Banished Travel And High Prices
In a 1930s blizzard scene, travel collapsed as fourteen mail coaches deserted routes while streets and markets froze. Railways carried on, with engines forging through deep drifts, delivering trains from Greensead to the capital in hours, despite snow piles and disrupted markets.
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Billizard
Hercules
Exeter
London
Mally
Chatham
Fron Greensead
Bruin Bear Stampede Ends Fatal Rodeo Clash
A startled bull herd on a hillside trail near Wortmiante road spooked by a bear caused a panic as 26 steers charged the animal. The bear was killed in the melee, with punchers and cowhands laboring hours to regroup the herd. The bear’s demise ends the incident with locals certain the beast is dead.
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Bruin
Wortmiante Road House
Valdez
Bear
Bulletin Urges Limewash Use in Workspaces
Chicago sanitary bureau issues a bulletin urging inspectors of workshops and tenements to require limewash in dark basements and workshops. It promotes limewash as a key aid against tuberculosis, noting a mix of 70 grains lime and five grains salt per gallon of water kills germs on dry surfaces and seals them.
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Chicago Sanitary Bureau
Sun Day School Convention Report At Miami Home
Wm Wellstead attended the Sunday school convention held at the Miami Children's Home on Sunday last. F E Hartshorn and wife are expected home this week from the south where they have visited Chattanooga New Orleans and other places of interest. Xmas Postale at Joup. Beautiful gift books suitable for Sunday school teachers to give to scholars. Something new In Postals. Mrs J B Gardner.
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Wellstead
Miami
F.E. Hartshorn
South
Chatanooga
New Orleans
Jo Up
J. BH. Gardner
Fortifying Diamond Head In An Old Volcano
Harvard’s weekly notes describe U S Army engineers fortifying Honolulu Hawaii by tunneling from 12 inch mortar batteries through Diamond Head crater to create ammunition magazines. The crater’s 20 acre bowl enclosed by 50 to 200 foot cliffs will host barracks and a vegetable garden with earth cover and small lakes, aiming to protect batteries and improve artillery accuracy.
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United States Army
Honolulu
Hawaii
Diamond Head
Fee
Wea
Hleatric
Haxver's Weekly
The Penny Nomenclature Then and Now in Currency Speech
A reflective piece traces coin names in American and British usage. It surveys terms like penny and cent, noting common speech shapes public perception while official terms diverge. The text contrasts the eagle ten dollar piece and the sovereign with long standing names. It discusses linguistic habits that tie currency to everyday speech across eras.
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America
United States
Perle
A Soldier Remains Forthright Amid Boots and Pride
In a trench front tale at Aliesghot a soldier lamented poor days as he toed his boots. A comrade urged him to look back, citing a saying about soldiers never glancing behind. The adjutant later granted him ten extra parades for carelessness, sparking renewed talk of vigilance.
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Aliesghot
Surade
Elvan
Ben
Behold the perfect man triggers men’s self scrutiny
A preacher declares Behold the perfect man causing every male in the congregation to grow self conscious as they study their own appearance.
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Ross
Holiday Excursions on the T and C C Ry
Excursion tickets go on sale December 24 and 25 and December 31 and January 1 with returns through January 3 1910. One and one half fare for the round trip with a minimum excursion rate of 25 cents. Call up agents for full particulars.
Christmas Program at Public Schools
Four grades prepare a Christmas program to be held in the auditorium on Thursday afternoon the 224. All interested in the schools are invited to attend and enjoy the children’s festivities. This will be the only public program by the primary grades this year featuring Christmas music recitations and dialogues. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as a cleansing blood tonic for skin eruptions and pimples.
Perrysburg Village ordinance sets officer salaries and bonds
An ordinance adopted by the Incorporated Village of Perrysburg Ohio fixes salaries and bonds for village officers. The mayor earns 100 dollars per year paid quarterly with a 1000 dollar bond. clerk 125 dollars quarterly with 500 dollar bond. treasurer 100 dollars quarterly with 10000 dollar bond. marshal as light inspector 8 dollars monthly with a 1000 dollar bond. councilmen 48 dollars annually paid quarterly. Repeals prior salary ordinances. Passed August 12 1909.
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Perrysburg
Ohio
Bae
Snenhaes
Coun
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