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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
4
The Journal calls Perrysburg residents to unite for progress noting Monument Park improvements led by women planners and public officials. It praises village Council and Township Trustees for support, promises credit to private helpers, and urges collective effort to advance the town.
The speaker claims the C H D R R was pressed to eliminate crossings and to place gates over Main Street to stop trains from delaying traffic. They urge continued efforts to curb speed and force engineers to obey town limits for safer passage.
Hobart John Bench and wife Chas Swarts and families visited William Bench Sunday. Charles Bench of Swanton visited relatives Friday. Fred Nietz and family visited Edward Muir. Jay Miller and wife from Lime City visited Chas Puse family Sunday. Margaret and Ella McQuillen visited parents. Grover Schiller of Perrysburg was last week’s guest. A Mandell and wife hosted relatives from Iowa. Ray Mandell visited Geo Miller and family in Toledo. Emma Swartz stayed with her parents John and wife Sunday. William Bench traveled to Bowling Green last week. John Deniston and Toledo family called on Bench family Sunday. The ad promotes Dean’s Regulate for constipation, 25 cents per box.
Heinie Sill spent weekend with parents G Sill and wife of Toledo. Philip Artz and family hosted visitors including Mrs Wm Brossia and daughter Amanda. Elsia Hahn visited Lydia Thaiss. Leo Sill from Toledo stayed with Philip Artz. Numerous Toledo guests visited Pred Artz, Fred Hahn, Lottie Jossia, and others. Bates Beach opens evenings for swims. Clara White visited her parents. Mamie Brossia noted.
A western detective observes a Scotch-Canadian trying to join the force. The applicant wears a bought suit to look respectable and faces Mr Sherlock Holmes at headquarters. Holmes, peering around the room, remarks with deliberate gravity about the applicant’s claimed trade.
J. W. Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Georgia praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best in the world for healing wounds burns and sores. He cites a felon on his thumb that the salve cured and notes reliable healing for various injuries. Available at Wan Comstock and Son's drug store for 26a.
A long list of local social visits and trips is reported. Residents hosted relatives from Toledo Findlay and Perrysburg visitors, with many outings to Bowling Green Woodville Port Clinton and Dunbridge. Attendees include the Libben sisters Beards Frushers and Caldwell family among others.
Dr Edward Everett Hale argues that American success rests on local home rule and community self reliance. He notes women increasingly run neighborhood affairs such as libraries explaining they know local needs and can drive trustees meetings and book selections.
A woman lies dead, eerie in Ife beauty, while her husband sits nearby with a cruel letter in hand. He mutters vengeance and drafts a telegram to seal the grim fate as readers are drawn into a Maine courtroom scene with a comic witness and a yawning exchange over rails.
Yale Dining club reports on weekly and daily food intake for 1,068 members. Highlights include meat, bread, milk, cream, butter, and significant quantities of potatoes, bananas, and rolls as part of a typical Yale day.
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