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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
2
A garbled column from Perrysburg Journal lists assorted topics from politics to social issues. It mentions women's suffrage, Young Turks, Musings on war, and notable women like Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton. The piece references unverified claims and assorted opinions about crime, punishment, and marriage laws.
The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons has urged Gov. Stuart to grant a pardon to James B. Gentry, jailed nearly 15 years for the murder of actress Madge Yorke. The case traces to an 1895 Philadelphia killing after a theater engagement, with Gentry surviving injuries and suffering during escape attempts before conviction for murder.
A raid by post office inspectors and detectives led to the arrest of twelve Italians in Cincinnati. Two men, Vicenzo Arrigo and Meant Spudero, were held on warrants alleging conspiracy to extort funds from a man named Tol Amteon. The operation occurred at Spadero's saloon, resulting in firearms and literature being seized and potential witnesses to be called. The raid ties to investigations of Black Hawk suspects and local crime networks in Marion and Columbus.
The British steamer Waniburn was fired on off Viboris by a Russian torpedo hit amid the Imperial Willan and Czar Nicklas approaches. A shelling followed a mine blast. the engineer was wounded and evacuated to a Russian cruiser Asta and later to a hospital at Viboris.
In Charlestown the Town Market celebration ended with a spectacular electric pageant. Numerous spectators enjoyed fireworks and plaitals as doctors treated many maimed and injured attendees. The event surpassed prior exhibitions in beauty and spectacle.
A mangled trunk body found in a Tenderloin Chinatown restaurant room is linked to a jealous romance among two Chinese men and a New York girl named Elizabeth Sigel. Detectives trace a complex tale involving disappearance on June 10, a note signed Relate, and a suspected pattern of revenge.
Dayton celebrates Wright brothers receiving medals from the War Department and local officials. Gen James Allen presents national award as Gov Judson Harmon and Dayton Mayor Burkhart give local honors. A 2,500 pupil crowd watches, with Katherine Wright and Bishop Milton Wright among attendees. Baron Takahira and Cuban minister Carlos Garcia Ver Jez also present before departure to Washington.
New York City reports a sustained advance in industrial activity with broader labor demand, more work for contractors and builders, and increased manufacturing material orders. The market outlook remains optimistic as road repairs bolster iron and steel demand and equipment orders from transport firms show liberal tonnage. A separate item notes an 11 year old Navajo boy pleaded guilty in Utah to murdering four relatives in a distant state area.
A balloon crash in Petersburg kills Chamberlain Palstein wie Aled and seriously injures his wife and two others. The incident caused multiple fatalities and injuries among spectators and bystanders at the scene.
Ten killed and forty injured in a head on collision of two electric cars on the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend line in Porter County Indiana. Mor torman George A Reed who failed to heed orders was killed. East bound car going fifty miles an hour struck the west bound unit near Babrytown, wreckage described as a mass of devils. Passengers aided the wounded and authorities dispatched doctors by speeders and trains to South Bend Laporte and Dune Park hospitals.
In San Francisco a jury could not reach a verdict in the bribery case against Patrick Calhoun, head of United Railroads. Ten jurors favored acquittal and two favored conviction after five ballots. Judge Lawlor discharged the jurors and urged legislative changes to court procedure. Lawyers will set another trial date on the same indictment.
Springfield Ohio report by Examiner Jackson clears Liken Beth Lounsberry former City Hospital superintendent of criminal charges tied to a found shortage in her accounts. Exoneration follows resignation and accounting review.
Noted scholar Bt Peterbilling of Russia and professor De Martens, long associated with the University of Steversburg, are reported dead. The International Law expert’s passing marks a quiet end to a storied academic career.
Turbulent Chicago Baptist scene as University of Chicago professor George Burman Foster is dropped from the local ministers conference. The meeting featured loud hosannas and hostile interruptions, with Rev. Dr. A Dixon pressing for Foster’s removal and Dr. M P Boynton, Dr. Myers, and Dr. Harney trading motions and counter motions amid disorderly conduct.
James D McCain alias J H De Haven alias D D Haven alias Joseph J O'Brien was arrested at Shelly Pa on a $500 Chicago forged check charge after a nationwide hunt spanning Denver Salt Lake City Mexico San Francisco Washington Philadelphia and Quakertown Three men James Lilliger and Jola Lewin drowned while attempting to rescue the son of James Lillister at a St Joseph Missouri reservoir where all three bodies were recovered.
A fire destroyed the storage and whipping building of the Daniel Baugh & Sona fertilizer plant in Philadelphia. One man was killed and another seriously injured in the blaze.
A jumble of quips and anecdotes appears, including a judge praised for dignity over ability, a patient joking about whisky and soda, a note on Boudec's Vanilla Extract, and assorted one liners about love and a broken five dollar bill.
A Chicago woman, after two failed operations and constant pain, credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after a third operation was deemed necessary. The ad urges women to try the remedy to strengthen the feminine system and address displacements, inflammation, and related symptoms.
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