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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
1
Permanent position offered by the Frank W. Williams Company in Chicago. Earn 00 per week or 400 percent profit with free samples, stationery, and art catalogue. No experience required. company furnishes capital and sales instructions. Write today for particulars and catalogue.
Fire swept the hay mow of William Pultz's barn in Milton Center Tuesday night while three horses were rescued with great difficulty. A nearby chicken house owned by I. F. Hill also burned, destroying about 25 thoroughbred birds.
Mr Pultz reported hay and corn losses near 250 dollars with 150 dollars insured at Nearing and herd agency. Mr Hill sustained about 200 dollars loss covering building, chickens and corn with 159 dollars insured. Cause unknown though suspicion falls on possible arson by tramps.
Mrs. Hannah Williamson, aged eighty one, died Thursday at nine after more than a week’s illness at the home of her niece Mrs. EB Loomis in Scotch Ridge. She had lived in Mt. Cory, Ohio, most of her life and had just passed the eighty first milestone. Her death is attributed to old age, with little suffering preceding the final fade.
Mrs Adam Croom a Vaughn Mississippi hotel proprietor credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a severe cough and feared consumption after months of illness. She says three bottles completed the cure and notes the remedy s wide reputation. Sold at Wm Comstock Son s drug store 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free.
In the closing week of the campaign voters weigh candidates and issues while the market trend shows support for Republican State Senator candidate C. R. Painter. Painter has served two terms in Ohio's General Assembly as representative from Wood County.
The article lauds Painter for two legislative terms highlighting chairmanships on Elections and Judiciary, his leadership against Cox Ripper to keep Cincinnati governance with the people, and success defeating a rail rights bill. It notes his role as permanent Republican caucus chair and his influence on Willis and Cole tax bills aiding state debt reduction and treasury growth. (Continued on Eighth Page.)
Albert T. Pettys of Custar committed suicide Wednesday afternoon by ingesting carbolic acid. He left his wife momentarily, consumed the contents of a bottle, and died within half an hour. Pettys, 56, was a longtime farmer and publisher, Knight of Pythias, and leaves a wife and son Charles.
Rusten S Sweet born near Perrysburg farms and educated in Perrysburg public schools is an experienced accountant and candidate for Wood County Recorder. He was nominated by the Republican primary with a large vote lead and appeals for endorsement at the November polls.
Rural Guilford residents report repeated thefts of crop from local farms including 50 bushels of corn from the Crise farm and 50 bushels of potatoes from Amog Coy in Ross township. Deputy Shoecraft holds warrants for suspects linked to the crops thefts as farmers struggle to protect their harvests.
Beautiful colored post cards of Perrysburg scenes printed in Germany by Berlin artists. They are finely crafted works of art and sell at two for five cents. Available exclusively at the Journal Office.
Mrs. L. Willeacre of Buffalo New York says Dr. Thomas Melectric Ol tg the Dest refinery cured the often fatal disease croup in her family for eight years, praising its success and safety.
Lake township justice Joseph Crago reported a large fire Friday in his district. About 25 acres of woodland were burned including land owned by David Whitmore George Hoodlebrims John and George Welling. The fire was sparked by an engine on a railroad.
E. L. Blue expresses commitment to public service and thanks voters while seeking a second term. He pledges to continue serving the community with diligence and attention to every constituent.
The record shows Dane N. Pilllod suing Odin H. Haneley for 1000 on a June 22 1905 note, plus mortgage foreclosures on Lemoyne plots. Other cases seek to bar a culvert expansion on a Lake township railroad right of way, quiet title disputes in Center township, and a cognovit note judgment of 678.06 against Bateson and Aurand with the county and circuit courts affirming prior rulings.
Bowing Green area celebrates a new oil well drilled by Tom Coutt on the Harriet Green farm, one and a half miles west. The well flowed 160 barrels by midnight after coming in Wednesday at 2 PM, with about 300 barrels lost as it overflowed onto the ground before pumping begins.
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