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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
3
Cleveland reports rising labor demand for farm and construction work yet shortages persist. Weather and heavy rainfall hinder hiring while colleges release students seeking summer jobs to fund next year. Brad Lange notes many applicants, with two factories reporting 150 layoff notices each.
Akron Ohio resident Jazon Brown, 87, son of John Brown, lives two miles west of Akron in a small tent for three months. He and his recluse father’s legacy, once in California mountains, contrast with his son's wish to move him to the Brown home as Brown studies an airship device amid isolation near a lake.
Hundreds of delegates and visitors gathered in Xenia Ohio for the forty fourth annual encampment of the department of Ohio G A R and allied groups. The opening June fourteenth featured greetings and remarks by Mayor William Dodds Superintendent EB D Lawyer of the State Orphans home Col J F Mack Sandusky Viola Galbraith Past Department President George Hall Lima L H Williams Ripley Charles A Miller Cincinnati and Col W L Curry Columbus. Governor Harmon delivered an address at nine oclock.
Miners in Canton subdistrict No 5 begin a strike except where operators have signed the scale leaving 2 500 workers idle. The stoppage follows the joint scale committee impasse last week as miners shift to individual operation options.
Rum and whisky dominate Ohio political maneuvering as both major parties strive to keep liquor issues out of the state convention while liquor policy shapes the legislative race. Democratic leaders fear any platform declaration could aid the Rose County local option law and hinder party unity. A well funded liberal campaign aims to seize the next assembly and a seat in the U S Senate remains a key prize.
Columbus residents hear a Twenty Million Educators Co proposal to unite people of good character to study economical conditions in food grain and breadstuffs, using a dispersary system under Ohio control, avoiding spirits except government produced products. Cloud H Knight leads the Cleveland incorporated group approved by Attorney General Denman.
In Akron Frederick Wicklin brother of Census Supervisor C W Wicklin was struck by a freight train in East Akron. his head and arm were mashed. In Steubenville Joseph Richarda 61 wandered shoemaker died on a freight train near Gallipolis. In Canton Frank Atkinson 35 Pittsburg machinist killed by a city street car. In Youngstown Edward J Fitzpatrick 26 boilermaker fell from a street car, skull fracture, died later at City hospital.
Dr Craig Smith of Youngstown advocates a home for newspaper men on a 100 acre plot near St Louis. A wealthy owner supports the plan and will provide land for a sanitarium style facility with a hotel and cottages for members. Admission would be nominal.
William Bolton 1 killed himself after failed work efforts in Cleveland Ohio. He had ailing luck for years after an accident disabled his left hand and hindered supporting his wife and two children. He sprained his ankle March 17 while employed as a laborer for a Bedford company. He recently sought new work but found none.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt toured Europe in 1909, lecturing in Paris, Berlin, Oxford, and other cities. He met royalty, attended Rome Vatican events, spoke on peace and civilization, and received honors from Berlin, Cambridge, and Oxford before returning to New York aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria.
The article argues Canada offers the strongest farm land investment on the continent with rising land values, guaranteed grain prices, rail access, and strong profits from homesteads. It notes 160 acre entries for low fees can yield substantial yearly returns and growing migration supports increasing demand. David Starr Jordan extols helping children as essential philanthropy.
fragments mention Hall's Catarrh Cure Toledo Ohio and fake claims about channels of treatment. The text blends consumer warnings with unrelated quotes and promotional lines about soaps and art reproductions, reflecting a damaged OCR page.
Hundreds of letters from mothers in Ohio and beyond praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for helping girls distressed by irregular periods backache and fainting spells. The company invites confidential letters to Mrs Pinkham for free advice and guidance.
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