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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary Perrysburg Journal item notes weekly publication timing and processing details. Mentions a long distance telephone line and a dated issue, with garbled street and building references and a poster-like stamp. Contains no clear news event or named individuals.
In 1909 debates ripple over Dr Cook’s North Pole claim as a Brooklyn explorer, once hailed by many, a chosen jury later finds the assertion faulty. The piece notes loyal friendships and public trust, contrasting belief with the mounting doubt and calls for restraint as the controversy unfolds.
A consular report notes higher demand for Canadian apples in Bugttd than for U S fruit. Buyers trust uniform Canadian lots due to single variety packing and strict grading. Ontario growers form an association with centralized packing and guaranteed quality, urging similar methods here to protect reputation of honest packers.
An advertisement touts a cheap eczema cure claiming instant relief with a wintergreen oil product from Chicago Laboratories of D. D. Company. It promotes a 26 cent special offer and a 20 cent consultation of the alleged remedy. Also included are agricultural notes praising boys in South Carolina Mississippi and Arkansas for corn yields and a mix of aphorisms and quotes.
A dapper man confronts a waiter at a fashionable hotel, claiming someone has dined without paying. The altercation escalates as a second figure resists and the incident moves quickly to the next scene, with nearby prints of Perrysburg scenes praised as art by Berlin artists.
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin notes the Norway rat as the top mammal pest, destroying millions in property and spreading bubonic plague. It cites global spread, adaptable habits, and vast food consumption, urging concrete building foundations, garbage reduction, and food protection as key controls.
I H A Berning and wife entertained Christmas guests Clem Berning and wife of Wackey, Chas Britton and wife, and F G Hartshorn and wife of Perrysburg. Frank Hoover of Pittsburg is expected Friday to visit Perrysburg friends. The W C G T A meet at Mrs Sprout's home Tuesday Jan 4 at 2:00 PM.
The court fined George Rogera 200 dollars for a first offense under the Rose law and fined his drug clerk Carmack 100 dollars with sentences suspended for thirty days to allow appeals. Other Rogers firm cases await refiling due to time limits.
On Christmas Day J F Byrne and his wife hosted a sumptuous turkey dinner for E J Spilker and wife Jas Frasher of Webster Frank Shinew and wife of Portage Miss Sarah Shinew of Bowling Green and Jobh and Chester Byrne The gathering also marked their 4th wedding anniversary and all enjoyed the occasion.
The Toledo Times offers a combined deal with The Perrysburg Journal and Dally at $2.75 per year for both papers. Readers gain access to a metropolitan daily plus weekly county coverage, with full world and market news from the Associated Press.
An old time appeal promotes The Saturday Times as a miniature Sunday paper with short stories a children’s page popular music and Nip and Tuck features. It promises court news from the county a range of departments and asks readers to mail in subscriptions with $2.75 for one year to Perrysburg Journal.
Entertainment dates list Herbert Leon Cope and Humortat with Bellharz Entertainers presenting music in personation and comedy, January 7 1909 and April 1 1910, noting the acts and dates on stage listings.
Excursion tickets will be on December 24 and 25 and December 31 and January. Return valid until January 1910. Round trip fare is one and a half times the one way price with a minimum excursion rate of 25 cents. Call up agents for full particulars.
An ordinance sets mayor salary at 100 dollars per year with 1000 dollars bond, clerk 125 dollars salary and 100 dollars bond, treasurer 100 dollars salary and 10000 dollars bond, marshal as light inspector 8 dollars a month with 1000 dollars bond, and councilmen 48 dollars per year each. All former salary ordinances repealed. Passed August 12, 1909.
Perrysburg school district invites bids on interest for the year 1910. Bids must be received by 6 p m on the first Monday in January 1910 by Charles Vannonman, Clerk.
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