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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
1
A local advertises a stocked line of white and cream writing paper and cards, matching envelope stock, including linen Swan and Imperial wedding grades. It touts bulk and cheap purchasing options and promotes in stock availability at the Journal office.
A fire in Perrynburg near Wm. Schlect’s implement shop on Loulalana avenue triggered a firefighting effort. An explosion followed when a worker touched a lit match to a suspected water issue, sending the engine skyward and injuring several bystanders, with George Hillebrand sustaining the most severe burns. The blast is blamed on accumulated sewer gas.
A. E. Larfalotts of Gregory Landing Missouri credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life after doctors said he could not live. He reports immediate relief after taking it nine years ago and says the medicine has always remained in his home as the best on earth sold by A R Champney, Druggist.
Notice to contractors announcing that sealed bids have been received and opened for a project. Details include the time and date of bid opening, required bid securities, and project specifications as specified in the contract documents. Contact information and deadlines are provided for prospective bidders.
Black knot and yellows plague plums cherries and peaches with rapid spread. Cut infected limbs and burn, destroy roots and branches, and avoid dragging diseased material through the orchard. Detection is easiest late summer and fall. refer to Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins 72 and 92 for fuller details.
A regatta will be held on the Maumee River July Fourth for 25, 20 and 15 foot yacht classes. Championship flags will be awarded. The Maumee River Yacht Club has accepted. the Up River Yacht Club may join. Boats include Brownie Laodema Volunteer Arline Erwina Camille Earnest Catharine Geo Whizz Trane Dixie Mable Valletta and others. DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver pills advertised by A B Champney.
Leonard D. Carter died at his residence near Perrysburg on Friday June 8, 1900 at 9 a.m. after several weeks illness from Appendicitis. He leaves a wife Ida Kazmaier and an infant child. Funeral services were held at the home and the remains interred in Fort Meigs cemetery. He is mourned by many neighbors and friends.
Druggist J. Goldsmith of Van Etten New York endorses Chamberlain Cough Remedy noting five years of sales with complete satisfaction. He reports using it in his family for deathly coughs colds and the lingering aftereffects of influenza and highly recommends it.
A Thursday night blaze destroyed Wm Schlects implement store and an adjoining shed, starting from a lamp explosion. The building and stock of Ebarly and Matelager structures suffered. Eberly shoe stock partly saved, and George Leatherer’s household furniture was damaged. Insurance settlements were prompt and satisfactory.
Lucas and Wood counties agree to raise the Grand Rapids river bridge after inspection shows the new floor would have been too low. The $17,978.90 project will be shared, Wood County paying most upfront and Lucas borrowing funds. Also noting Que Minute Cough Cure credited with saving hundreds of lives in grippe croup asthma and pneumonia cases.
The following persons who took the Boxwell examination have received their certificates Josep Kiefer Wright Pargiliss Claud Comstock Dora Porter Charlie France Anna Carpenter Emma Hannon Edith Lovell Mable Gavenor Myrtle Bowman Jerome Calkins Nora Harbaugh Hope MacCollig Cyrus Kuunes
Joseph Vork, 56, unmarried with no local relatives, was killed on June 4 when struck by a Baltimore and Ohio railroad engine in the yards at Chicago Junction Ohio. A Barryabure township resident for 25 years, he was described as honest and hardworking. His remains were buried at Attica on Friday as friends lament his untimely death.
An ad claims Dr King s New Life Pile Cure safely treats constipation and many organs and systems. It markets a germin formula as a world beating remedy for stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders without drugelus.
Perrysburg invites residents to a full day of events starting at sunrise with a salute. A morning parade, races, a riverfront regatta with 25 yachts, tub and swimming races, and a public wedding prize of a $40 parlor set sponsored by Alfred Witzler. Fireworks and a 16 piece Bowling Green band cap the day with Battery D of Toledo in drills.
The Casino presents a three act Wood and Ward comedy titled no Merry Teamps, featuring two top comedians and strong vaudeville acts led by Mise Kite Walte. A grand pantomime titled Cinderella plays with animated photography and fully colored scenes, costuming, and 35 performers plus cinematic trick effects.
A Kansas paper notes the death of G Whizz a gentleman whose name was widely used as a substitute for common swear words among local Christians. The piece also comments on place name spellings Porto Rico versus Puerto Rico referencing a Washington letter and a government board.
W S Wheldon cashier of the First National Bank of Winterset Iowa recalls a carpenter in his employ troubled by diarrhoea. He shared that Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured him after a single dose, and the worker returned to his duties.
Ad copy cites DeWitt’s Little Kirty Risers as small pills that cleanse liver and bowels and do not gripe. Mentions A. Champney Draggiat and cites a 1899 report that American dealers sold over half a million dollars of foreign cosmetics. Kate Field quote criticizes women's bone tile luxuries as poisonous. A Philadelphia doctor touts insomnia remedy via mental visualization.
A list of fragmented real estate transfers: Charles S Strong to Charles B Adama for one lot in Freeport. Eva EB Hum to W Smith for one lot in Risingsun. JH Harper to Van Vorce for three lots in Weaton. JD Stucker to Nancy Sparkin for 40 acres in Weston township. Emma A Miller to Abraham Meyer for one lot in Risingeun. E Capple to Willis E Cupp for one lot in Freeport. Emery Coleman v Anns M Ash for two lots in Rinlogeun. Sarah J Heath to Fannie G Argue for three lots in Freeport. SJ Dero to Pannie G Argue for one lot in Freeport. Charles South to Ashel Philo for 35 acres to Perrysburg township. Ashe Philo to C D Hagerty for 25 acres to Perrysburg township. Charles F Peck to Caroline K Walport for one lot in Perrysburg. ID Whitacre to Elmer Henson for three kets in Webster township. Charles Strong to James E O Nell for lots in Freeport.
Buskley's Arnica Salve claims to beautify the face by curing all eruptions and sores including cuts and burns. The ad lists many misspelled conditions and asserts a 2% solution per box with a guaranteed sale through druggists.
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