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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
4
The front shows subscription rates and a special notice for cards of thanks and obituary poetry. It lists a few local names including commissioners W. W. Lockman H. B. Sayler and B. L. Loomis. A Cincinnati Tribune note endorses Fingy Connors for the Senate amid political satire and commentary on Taft’s weight.
The piece discusses candidates Bryan Taft and Roosevelt aligned positions, predicting Missouri and New York outcomes, noting Roosevelt’s navy and Panama Canal priorities, Sherwood’s congressional bid, Evelyn Thaw’s legal case, and quail season forecasts. It mixes opinion, election tallies, and local notices with editorial tone.
Pem berville Leader editor George Spock sits on the Petit Jury in Bowling Green for two days. He notes jurors uphold oath, laments low pay, and recalls two criminal trials in Wood County with swift verdicts and lengthy sentences. Judge Edward M. Fries is praised for dignified, impartial conduct.
A retrospective on attorney Jonathan E. Ladd forging his first term. The piece praises his appearance and thoroughness while noting he had little help in criminal cases. It also compliments clerk Ed L. Blue and praises court staff including the bailiff, sheriff Andrew Roach, and deputy Shoecraft for orderly proceedings. The piece ends with a humorous aside about a malfunctioning elevator.
A freight and passenger collision near Dunbridge leaves Lester Fuller, 17, and three others dead. Victor Stonebrook, 15, survived, with the coroner’s investigation detailing train crew actions, timings from Bowling Green to Sugar Ridge, and questions of fault for the two crews.
Hobart and family visited relatives in Toledo while Chas Puse and family attended a harvest festival at Stony Ridge. Wilson Kol of Perrysburg stayed with friends here this week. Wm Bench and family also visited Stony Ridge Sunday. Mrs John Bench spent Sunday with daughter Mrs Chas Swarts. Edward Neils and Edwin Bench were guests in Cleveland Saturday and Sunday. An ad promotes Dean’s Papas for mild action with a single dose priced at 25 cents.
Enrollment across grades shows 20 boys and 1 girl in the Legend of Sleepy Hollow segment, with steady attendance in some grades and absences in others. Maud White moved away, Dorothy Sebibrowske is ill, and Harol Mills relocated. First grade remains in high demand as arrivals bring visitors and tears, while a parent protests birth-hour reporting by the school medic.
A farmer from Rural Route 2, Empire, Ga, says W. A. Floyd and Bayard Bucklen’s Arica Salve cured his two worst sores, a hand and a leg wound. He values it highly, claiming he would mortgage the farm for it, priced at 26 cents at Wm Comstock & Son’s drugstore.
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