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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
8
A Sulphur Springs, Texas grocer named Davie testifies that a tattered item called Dora's Regulats has been reinforced and worn regularly since its modification, detailing longstanding use and claimed benefits.
Persistent classified notice advertises $26 weekly or 400 percent profit for permanent agents. No experience required. Company offers free samples, stationery, and a catalog. Write Brank W. Williams Company for particulars at 1214 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL.
Classified notice offers steady employment for selling Stark Trees with weekly cash pay. Company promises easy sales, a three year record, and free marketing outfit. Address for responses is Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Co in Louisville Missouri.
The text defines land boundaries in Howard County Ohio within Audition 16, including Innis Allofiot number two, the westerly one foot of lot one, and adjoining parcels. It references the northerly line of Joe number six, creek crossings, and the Lamayne area in Woo Founty, detailing measurements like ninety feet and eight inches.
In a sparsely legible 1908 township record, Trustees Croft Brozina Ault Wetzel meet to approve minutes and pay claims. Items include fence costs, road labor, janitor fees, and a tax balance ledger, with January and December sessions noted and a total balance of 1651.18.
December 10 council session discusses claims for damages from a fall on a defective sidewalk, purchasing a watering trough, dividing the village into fighting districts, copying Toledo lighting franchise, recording unrecorded ordinances, and detailed claims for labor, drayage, surveying, salaries, and legal services with several named individuals and amounts. It notes the mayor pro tem and clerk instructions, plus read claims on the claim ordinance.
A detailed ledger lists numerous contributors and payments for the Monument Park improvements. Entries show individuals and organizations such as Perrysburg Bank, Henry Athoff, Gen Munger, John Gunder, Rev J H Kleekamp, and Wm Pinkbelner among many others contributing sums from 2.00 to 6.00 and totals for subscriptions and receipts totaling 243.256 dollars, with line items for lawn fees and damages. The document preserves a long roster of donors and amounts with scattered notes on council costs and maintenance.
A roster of names including Chiia, Minkbelner, Mrs, H. Lawrence, C, PF, Rider, BL, Kingsbury, J. Davis, Donald Hampton, Jno, Gun der and son, Ford Glass Plant, Jos. Boright and Rail Light Co, Geo Mosher, Rusvel Barton, Robt Caldow, Fred Wents, H. M. Hoover, Ira Hoover, Roy Taylor, Wm. Mills, Barton Edw, Underhill Jas, Cook Wm, Witaler, David Main, Robt Pargulls, D. K Hollenbeck, Chas Maddy.
The Consul for the Defense a new American drama by Henry Irving Dodge stars Frederick Perry at the Valentine Theatre in Toledo presenting Monday and Tuesday December 28 and 29. The play reveals political chicanery lightly while centering on human interest and a strong story.
Vermont Education Commissioner Leslie Stone argues in Leslie's Weekly for racial fusion between Mongol and Anglo Saxon peoples. He asserts liberty as the core Anglo-Saxon ideal and urges adopting Orient learnings to strengthen the Western race and spread peace.
Lord Avebury spoke at the first history lecture about London and Westminster once open fields divided into acre strips. He noted plowing by oxen bent the lines creating curved Longacre and irregular Park Lane. He linked Piccadilly’s dip to the old Serpentine area and the Queen’s alream.
During a Hyderabad flood a native banker clung to a mound as waters rose to his neck. He urged for money, shouting offers of rupees to anyone who would save him. As the water receded he refused payment, shouting that he would not give a rupee, and escaped unaided.
An East End grocer praises veils that cover women’s chins, saying customers sample items without removing them. He notes women are eager tasters, often consuming small amounts while wrapping purchases, joking the veils prevent tasting unless via straw.
A compact observation on Japanese footfall contrasting with Western shoe sounds in Tokyo. The author notes wooden sandals creating a distinct clinkety clink rhythm as people move through crowded stations and streets, evoking a vivid, almost musical image of daily life.
A recently deceased Black man awakens and questions where he is. An attendant calmly responds that he is in heaven and jokes about wings and a harp. The dialogue then turns to his brass buttons and a red necktie amid a brief religious refrain.
A fragment shows Myrtle and Algy arguing over a church wedding versus marrying at home. Myrtle expresses doubt while Algy presses for a home ceremony. The text hints at a constraint or forbidden option described as being “forbid den in the lense.”
Toledo urban and interurban railway lists trains on the Toledo Dayton Limited with stops at Toledo Maumee Bowling Green Portage Cygnet North Baltimore Mortimer Lindlay Bluffton Lima Wapakoneta Sidney Piqua Troy Tippecanoe and Dayton. Departure times from Toledo start 7 20 a m through 9 20 p m with multiple daily runs and last car from Maumee 1 11 a m night. Timings for Maumee South Bowling Green North service and time guard south bound schedule included.
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