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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
4
London reports a growing trend of women taking up cigarettes with ivory and amber holders and jewel studded cases. Hotels and physicians note relaxed etiquette, younger women preferring Turkish or Hasan tobacco, and tea time smoking spreading in cafes once seen as male territory.
San Antonio woman Mary Smith rose from washerwoman to owner of a thriving laundry business. Supporting a crippled husband and large family, she expanded from yard drying to hiring Mexican workers, using old washtubs and carts as the operation grew. A weekly payroll of sixty dollars supports a comfortable home, with thousands saved in the bank.
A Boulder area beaver colony of twenty five gnawed down over 100 trees, some three feet in diameter. The wood is used in constructing their homes and dams as part of daily work and habitat building.
In Royersford Pennsylvania Mary Medlar was feeding her chickens when a rooster attacked. She suffered severe scratches and cuts from the rooster's spurs and beak in the incident.
A clipped essay mix cites racial prejudice and dietary quips alongside Lord Rosebery on Dickens. It contrasts white supremacy with satire, referencing Upton Sinclair and Physical Culture while noting how laughter pervades literature amid a somber era.
Bill Bradley of the Tip Tops, a Brooklyn Fed club veteran, moves amid a season start in the International Federals. Once a top Sur hasenaty, he remains capable though comments about his form are mixed as recruits arrive.
English and American athletes diverge in peak ages with English champs winning titles well past forty. The piece notes English competitors often delay peak performance until long after thirty while American stars peak earlier, revealing cultural differences in athletic aging and lifelong sport involvement.
Word arrived that the steamship Karluk of the Stefansson Arctic expedition sank after an ice crash on January 16 near North Herald Island. Captain Robert Bartlett led survivors ashore and later reached the Siberian coast before being taken to St Michael’s Alaska. Lincoln Memorial Highway plan gains Wilson support in Washington. He backs routing Philadelphia to Wilmington to Baltimore to Washington and the battlefield, with private funding expected.
New York reports say William J. Gaynor’s heirs will pay about 750000 in state inheritance tax, far below expected estate value. A 9500 check was sent to the State Comptroller. friends say his mayoral salary of 15000 yearly did not cover expenses.
Recent patents granted to Ohio residents include Frank E. Blanchard for an ozone sanitizing apparatus Sea A. Dow for a safety switch mechanism E. Arndt for culvert F. E. Barns for a receptacle Q. A. Benham for a lock in Dayton plus other devices by Blanchard Dow Arndt Barns Benham.
Harrisville West Virginia enforces an 8 pm curfew for residents under 20 claiming it preserves peace and order. Mayor orders three youths jailed for violations amid constitutional challenge, with town noting its unique municipal ownership and civic plans despite controversy.
John J. Winiams of Winthrop Iowa warned by two confidence men in Chicago lost 2500 dollars after being lured by tales of sure races. He met a man claiming farming ties from Winthrop and a later acquaintance who arranged staged wagers and refused checks. Winiams later withdrew 2500 from a bank in Walker Iowa then met the pair again and never saw them.
A brief quip notes after fifty a man loses much as money or vitality. The saying jokes that teeth fade productivity, affections wane, and hair thins, summarizing aging in a humorous stereo.
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