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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
4
The Perrysburg Journal prints on Friday afternoons at 2 o clock with readers reached by subscriptions. Rates listed include one dollar per year in advance and one dollar and center cent paid in advance. Obituary poetry and resolutions are published. the paper notes no deviation from the Friday schedule.
January issue urges readers to settle up now or be removed from the mailing list as required by a post office ruling. It notes Taft's Cooper Union speech, discussing government injunctions, labor relations, and the use of injunctions against unions and corporations. It critiques Aldrich’s emergency currency plan and praises progress in currency understanding.
The President criticizes efforts to misstate how West Point principals with alternates are chosen. He notes a recent appointment of a private’s son to West Point as a sign of recognition. The piece urges readers to value a strong local newspaper as a stable community institution.
An exchange notes that a poor girl must be exceptionally good looking to be considered pretty, while a rich girl can be plain yet still seen as attractive. It also claims a poor man must be very smart to be regarded as intelligent, and a man with little.
A batch of political notices seeks Republican nominations for Wood County offices in the February 11 1908 primaries. Candidates include W P Toan for auditor Jonathan F Ladd for prosecuting attorney D K Hollenbeck for probate judge C R Nearing W H McMILLUEN W M Wickham and W G C Bowling Green names appear with calls for party support and endorsements.
John Schlatter announces his candidacy for U.S. Congress and outlines policy stances on direct elections, immigration, veterans’ aid, currency, tariffs, and national waterways. The piece lists his affiliations and his intent to study major issues if elected, followed by multiple Republican primary declarations for Wood County offices including commissioner, treasurer, recorder, and surveyor with various sign-offs.
Perrysburg Dramatic Company stages the five act comedy The Deacon at the town hall Perrysburg January 20 and 21 with local talent and a four piece orchestra led by A. C. Fuller. Proceeds go to Perrysburg Base Ball Club debt. Admission details list children under 12 at 10 cents. Death reported of Mrs. Wm Neiderhouse aged about 40 1 month and years. Funeral at 4 pm Friday at German M. E. Church with family and friends expressing sympathy.
Two of the Phillips jewelry robbers were given five years each in the Ohio penitentiary and one was sent to Manefield reformatory. The jury found George Orwig guilty of shooting Ora Shirts with intent to kill. He will be sentenced later.
The Kansas City Star argues Taft stands alone in experience and training for the Republican nomination with no rivals except in states with favorite sons and those opposing Roosevelt. It labels Roosevelt backers as selfish and unpatriotic, seeking to undo the Roosevelt era rather than continue it.
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