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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
2
A condensed weekly overview covering home and foreign items. It notes canal debates, Philippine policy, military appropriations, pension measures, and various political and economic developments. It mentions strikes, lynchings, fires, and notable deaths, with multiple named places and figures.
A Cuban cabinet meeting approved distributing 2 million to sugar planters and 500 thousand to cattle raisers in Towns as reported by Dun and Co. The piece notes rising strikes, shipping company capitalizations, and various global events including epidemics, uprisings, and political moves across Europe and Asia.
A roundup of quirky items includes Montreal banning life insurance for children, Senator Hanna’s $50,000 gift to Harry Parsons linked to his daughter Mabel, and a Missouri suit alleging a dog killed sheep worth money. Other notes cover Rockefeller’s charity offer, crop forecasts, Cuba annexation talk, and a Chicago woman teaching parliamentary law.
Essex cavalry arrives at the Paterson armory to deter unrest. Mayor Hinchcliffe maintains control with city and county peace forces and state militia. A 50 member vigilante group plans to blacklist anarchists, with £250,000 pledged to push them out. Private detectives shadow Reds.
President Roosevelt plans to attend the Spanish-American War veterans convention in Detroit in September. Detroit Mayor Maybury and Senator McMillan accompanied by officials discuss arrivals on September 21, with reviews of parades and a possible address. Additional stops include Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, and Kansas City with dates tied to late September.
Kansas City dispatch reports a miscalculation in the wheat crop size and a sudden call for 10,000 additional harvest workers. State free employment chief Howard says 8,000 men could be shipped to the fields by Friday if available, as farmers intercept labor bound for distant Kansas points. Nebraska has asked Kansas City for harvest help for the first time.
A Cleveland council meeting erupted as Councilman Kehl claimed over two thousand dollars was offered as partial pay for helping amend East Ohio Gas Co. matters. Mayor Johnson then accused Dr P F W Daykin of acting as go between. Daykin was arrested at midnight after officials sought a confession.
The Ohio supreme court upheld a tax on private corporation stock at one fourth of one percent, estimating $400000 annual revenue, while another ruling declared unconstitutional several county salary laws. A fog shrouded collision on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh line near Mingo Junction killed two workers and injured others, Brakeman Walker of Toronto died trapped and scalded, and W McElroy of Fairmont died from injuries.
Lucas county paper reports Ben Landis and Wade brothers indicted for first degree murder as heads of the Wade Landis gang, linked to the Foster gang, suspected in the Kate Sullivan murder. Landis jailed, Wades in state penitentiary.
Sparks from an electric fuel fire caused a large display of fireworks to explode at Lewis Obley’s novelty store in Sandusky. The plate glass window shattered in a terrific eruption and one employee suffered minor injuries.
Ay Conneaut Ohio June 21 Amiah Snow 18 of Amboy two miles from here hanged himself to a tree near his mother's house he was tired of his lot as a farm hand he supported a widowed mother Wish Masked Robbers Fremont June 5 five masked robbers bound and robbed the night watchman at the Fremont Brewing Co plant the loss will exceed 1000 two men under arrest Snook Denominated Van Wert Ohio June 21 the democratic district renominated Han Jota for congress Fish Plant Burned Ashtabula June 25 Buckeye Fish Co plant at Ashtabula Harbor destroyed Tuesday morning loss 4000 Must Pro-rate Tax Values Columbus June 25 supreme court holds railroad rolling stock valuation must be pro rated among counties loss main line counties heavy losers
An odd exchange recalls a belief in a mysteri ous transfer of impulse. The speaker mentions spring as inspiration and a prior claim of being fired by an invisible imputee. The narrator notes submitting inspiration to an editor and facing another dismissal amid unclear wordplay.
Wisconsin authorities plan distribution of Pike Fry and Muncallonge in state lakes while promoting summer tourism. Chicago & North Western Railway offers favorable excursion rates and special train service from Chicago and Milwaukee to handle a likely record movement to Wisconsin resorts this summer.
Congressman Fitzpatrick of Kentucky praises Peruna as a splendid catarrhal tonic and nerve strengthener. The ad claims Peruna cures catarrh and related conditions, boosts nerve activity, and regulates blood flow, promising results or free advice from Dr. Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
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