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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary notice requests action by Friday morning to resolve a ceremonial matter. It references a dated Journal and a Thursday afternoon appointment at 2 o'clock and includes a long distance telephone contact.
A damaged notice mentions a one dollar annual advance payment and a higher fee if not prepaid. It also references obituary poetry and publication regulations, indicating a deviation from prior rules and a call to respect established standards.
A column critiques advertising, editor authority, and political wins. It cites the Tontogany Times editor on vacation, a Japanese naval review, and Governor Gilby Root’s Senate run. James J. Hill argues Canada free trade, noting Canada’s greater trade with the US than France or South America and near Asia levels.
A report describes a method to remove stumps by drilling a two inch hole two feet deep, filling it with equal parts nitric and sulphuric acids, sealing with a paraffin-dipped plug, and after thirty days the stump becomes a charred pulpy mass that can be spread as fertilizer.
A few small pox cases in Pemberville prompt public vaccination. Physicians nationwide endorse vaccination as the preventive method, noting it would be as fatal today without it as thirty years ago. The Pemberville Leader quotes medical experts urging action.
A note from the Pemberville Leader claims a rival paper will soon open in town to oppose the lamider. It dismisses the move as unnecessary and hints the present proprietor will sell, inviting would be competitors to enter the field. The Leader warns against a “busting” scheme, boasting it will not be deterred.
A reflective editorial discusses the tariff debate shaping US policy. It notes Congress balking at a federal tariff commission, regional interests driving cross purposes, and the risk of a weak bill. It cites Elkins, Adams, Beveridge, and diverse state aims on sugar, leather, iron, and steel amid a national push for reform.
Mrs. Mary Dowling of 225 8th Ave San Francisco endorses Mieotile Bitters for acute indigestion stomach and liver troubles. She calls Electric Bitters the best remedy on the market, praising its tonic energizing effect and blood purification for general health and male weakness. A stock listing for Wm Com stock and bonds follows.
At a recent meeting of the Board of Trustees of Tray township a hearing is granted to consider opening Main Street to the electric line. The plan would improve the area with a fire cement block station and paving. The company offers Jobert $100 and will refund the jet price for any one building within a year.
The egg famine persists with few Fremont dealers stocking hens fruit and high prices. butter is scarce and milk deliveries complain of shortages. Wells and cisterns continue to fail and a soaking rain is badly needed. Cremont News notes two 14 year olds, Wilbur Crary and Paul McCarty, faced Juvenile Judge Hutchinson for tobacco use, one caught smoking a pipe, the other for using a clearer, amid Ohio law restricting minors under 17 from tobacco. The judge plans an order to bring under-17s caught using tobacco before him.
A. E. Hardy of East Wilton Maine praises Bucklen’s Arnica Silve after fifteen years of use claiming it cures sores boils ulcers and burns and has saved many doctor bills. The product is available at Wn Comstock and Sons drug store.
The piece mocks busy social life of Chicago club women who juggle many pursuits from bridging to Browning. A verse from the Saturday Evening Herald warns that excess leisure and overcommitment can be deadly. Also notes visits and a Thanksgiving gathering inNapoleon and nearby families.
Edward Neiderhouse son of Mr and Mrs Fred Neiderhouse wed Miss Elizabeth Bayer youngest daughter of Mrs John Bayer Sr in Monroe Michigan on Tuesday November 24 1908 The couple will reside on the Fred Neiderhouse farm and are greeted by many well wishers for a happy prosperous future.
Miss Brossia daughter of William Brossia of Perrysburg Township died Saturday November 20 1900 at age 13 Funeral services were held at the German Lutheran church on Thursday at 1 o'clock a m conducted by Reverend G B Ide The females were interred in Port Meigs cemetery The family has the deep sympathy of many friends in their great grief
The notice lists office closures on December 1 2 and 3. It notes Dr H D Geiger attending the Ohio Dental Convention in Columbus. It mentions visits by Julian Scheupel to Bowling Green, families visiting Wes ton and Toledo, and Perrysburg Lime City social events. Colored Post Cards of Perrysburg scenes are selling. A shoe repair shop moves to Laydorf building with Chas Bayer agricultural implement store opening nearby.
A crowd gathered at Lambert Carter’s home to mark his seventieth birthday anniversary last Tuesday evening. W F Spilker and wife spent Sunday with Lambert Carter. A E Wallace and family stayed with Frank Sly in Bowling Green. George Heckler visited Moling. Fetterman and family, Ed Fetterman and son, and James Hite with their spouses spent Thanksgiving with George Fetterman’s family. W EF Spilker and wife planned a Cleveland trip this week to visit friends. Bert Dennis and wife visited George DeVerna and wife Sunday.
George Wallace and his wife visited Perrysburg with a key scene noted. Chas Frosher is reported to be suffering severely with rheumatism. Roy Spilker visited Perrysburg for Sunday evening with friends. Albert Kazmaier and family shared supper with Thos Frusher and wife on Sunday evening.
Mrs Burdette Klingler wife of Fred Klingler died at home in Perrysburg November 24 1908 at age 36 She leaves a husband five children parents four sisters and one brother She was a daughter of B R Trombla Funeral services will be at Evangelical church Friday at 10 conducted by Rev Ziehwan Sympathy is extended to the family in their grief
Toledo theatres announce Robert Mantell will star in a week long engagement at the Valentine theatre Toledo starting Monday November 30th. The program includes King Lear Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Richelieu Iago Louis XI The Merchant of Venice and Macbeth with a cast noted for authority and distinction. Mantell returns to some of his earlier triumphs in Romeo and Juliet and Louis XI among other classics backed by notable players.
Lyceum Theatre in Yoledo presents Fiske O'dara and Dion O'Dare a romantic Irish comedy as the next attraction, opening Sunday and running all of next week.
An afternoon notice describes an original production featuring a young actor with notable stage talent and a gifted lyric range. The play follows a youthful aspiring sculptor through trials to become a renowned figure, with performances slated on Sunday Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
Burt's theatre schedules a week long run starting Sunday afternoon for The Gambler of the West a melodramatic piece featuring a New York cast. The production promises thrilling action, gunplay and dramatic electrical effects, with claims of a largely original ensemble.
The snippet presents garbled lines from a 19th century letter or novel excerpt. It references the Line of Least Resistance, a mother and child, and the fear that a boy’s life be embittered by being deemed different from other Americans. The text shows signs of OCR errors and mixed phrases.
A garbled OCR fragment from the Kansas City Journal references Life to likely Aphelensa and a nostalgic game memory. The unreadable text hints at a distorted quote about pretending and edad like lines from a child's recollection, with unclear context or events.
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