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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-15
Easter Suits

Without doubt the handsomest fash
ions in women's tailor-made suits are
being shown this season that have ever
been prodnced, and we have selected
very generous assortment OF the choic
est designs, made up in the most desir-
able and smartest models They come
IN all the colors that will demand, but
gray in all its various shades, executed
in checkard and striped patterns that
evince an unusual amount OF style. The
jackets are made in the Eton style with
girdle, and in the hip length form style
skirts are all plated. Prices from IS
to Sis.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-03-15

Give the Band boys your assist
ance.
e. A. Underhill was In Bowling
Green on business, Tuesday
S. +. Hartshorn is compelled to
stay at home on account of illness.
Il. Drivers and wife of Toledo
were Sunday guests of Miss Lu Harts-
ing,
Mrs. Chas. Bleckler of Oak Har-
Dor was the last Friday guest of Mrs.
M. Hartsing.
DIR. F. j. Champney is at home
for few days on account of his
fathers illness.
Mrs. August Winzler of Toledo
was guest of Benz. Thornton and
family, Monday.
Let the agitation for the band
stand be renewed. Get ready for
Band concerts this Summer.
Mrs. e. B. Clark of Punel Hill,
Ca, en- route to Wauseon, spent the
past week with w. p. Adamson and
wife.
Mines. Wm Cobb of Waterville
and Roy Waffle of this place took din
ner with Gotleib Walters and family
last Thursday.
SIOO 600 To Loan on real estate
pAVV,VVV mortgage at
5 per cent.
GUY G. NEARING,
Bowling Green, o.
Mrs. Grace Merrill of Waterford,
Mich, daughter of John L. Wiltsie
formerly of this place, died on Tues
day. Her remains were brought to
| Toledo where the funeral was held on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28

and music and books and intellectual
life, we are civilized, riding in palace
cars, but as to the liquor question,
we are still savages. jolting along in
an old OK cart But by the providence
of God and the fanaticism of men, the
cloud is lifting. Business men and
men of every rank, are now studying
the problem scientifically, the march is
steady. and continuously onward. state
by state, and there is to be no retreat.
VIII Repeat History.
while our hearts are joyous i'll
thanksgiving to God this day for the
marvellous mercy and love he has
shown in the discovery of our land
and in the broadening of its territory
and in cleansing and enriching it for
us, We would ere greatly should we
think for a moment that this blessed
land and our enjoyment of it, is an end
in itself. Our land will repeat history
and our government will fail. if we dc
not do far more than this, and if ouI
national life does not mean more. Oui
nation must be the beacon light fol
the world, or grow dark forever
At the Hospital.
The day was a merry one at the
Watertown hospital DR.. Taylor as
usual providing a genuine Thanksgiv
ing feast for the patients. Dinner was
served at O'Clock, and the provision.
included $50 turkeys, four barrels OF
cranberries, a barrel of apples, and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28
A DAY OF THANKS
Church Services Are Held as a
Fart of the Observance of
Thanksgiving.
THE CONGREGATIONS UNITED
Rev. Marion Humphreys Delivers Ser.
mon at Union Meeting-WheeIs
of Business Are Stopped.

thanksgiving was observed as usual
as holiday in Rock Island today. The
business houses, banks and public of.
fees were closed and holiday hours
prevailed at the post office. The two
chief features of the day were of very
different characters. being the union
Thanksgiving service of the downtown
churches this morning at the First
Baptist church. and the football game
this afternoon between the Rock Island
and Peoria high schools at the Island
City park
Many mt Church.
There was a large attendance at the
church services. not only at the union
service, but at the customary services
III the different churches. The sermon
at the union meeting was delivered by
Rev Marion Humphreys. pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church. and Rev.
H. w. Reed. Rev. w G. Oglevee, Rev.
Rev. J. l.. Vance, Rev. w. g, Clemmcr.
and Rev. w. c. Schultze participated
in the service.
Thanksgiving Sermon.
Rev. Marion Humphreys, in his ser
mon. took as his text Isiah G3: 13. Tile
led them through the deep as horse
through the wilderness. that they
should not stumble" His subject was
The Providence of God and the Fool
ishness of Man as Factors in Our Nat
iOnal Life" Mr.. Humphreys in. his dis.
course showed that what men at the
time consider foolishness, often later
proves to be a critical event in national
history. and is the manifestations OF
Gods will in molding the history OF
the country.
He spoke in part, as follows:
by count Of years, our nation is
only an infant; by dint of experience
however, ana measure of discipline
quite mature. Our march has been
rapid. because of the purity of the in.
spiratiOn from the first, and our STUN
bling has not been SO fatal, because OF
the transcendent leadership that has
been ours. Great is our national life
because greater has been our leading
We have followed heroic souls in ev
cry crisis who themselves have forg
ed ahead as seeing a leader invisible.
"At the nations capitol, in the great
rotunda, and in Statuary hall, frescc
and canvas and statue unite in silent
eloquence to proclaim in the stiffness
by graphic panorama about those
walls and inches, the real Significance
of our national life and leadership
The great events pass before us.
Here is Vanderlyn's Landing OF
Columbus there is Weir's Embarka
ton of the Pilgrims yOnder De Soto
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28


Europe plead with this stubborn man
to forget his perverted idea; but the
hatred of religious. tyranny, and the
love of the truth of God. so burned in
his heart, that God used this very
blunder of Luther's to awaken in hearts
everywhere the burning desire for re-
ligiOus freedom, and a place thus to
worship God, with the result that Pill
grims, Quakers, and Huguenots, the
very cream of the world, prosecuted
and oppressed, were prepared and gath
fered here with English oversight and
control
Kings Error.
But this scattered people must be
welded together in a common purpose
for common protection. and to do this,
there must be an independent common
wealth; but no one thought of a revo-
luton; but the English were not, in
| the providence of God, destined to
tyrannize a people too keen for relig-
ious freedom. A mistake made by a
selfish, greedy. foolish king was the
great factor George I'll, the stamp
act, the Boston tea party, independ-
ence bell, and Valley Forge, tell the
story, and the work was done The
English king had no thought of breed
| ing the spirit of alienation in the
hearts of his subjects, only to work Z,
little modern graft scheme; and his
| subjects, too, never intended revolu
| ton, only to ask for civil rights; but
the die is cast by the foolishness of a
king, and God has made it and the
wrath of man to praise Him. There is
divinity that shapes our ends, rough
I.hew them how we will
Turn again to the expansion of our
country. Our forefathers were over
whelmed with the vastness of only the
| Atlantic coast, and for all of two cen
turtles they were fully satisfied with
the dream of a republic, bounded and
protected on the west by the inpen
etrable wall of the Appalachian
mountain system, and a little more
than century ago, the man on horse
with book in hand, and the family in
wagon, daring to cross into realms
beyond, were termed "foolhardy." bu
God is leading on, and all is well will
these foolish dreams, for the provi
dence of God is preparing for 10000,
600 of souls, and more, and still more
NapoleOn's Need of Money.
Zone century and a decade ago. tn,
colonists had largely followed tn,
Westward Ho, and the territory of tn,
original Is states, was reaching owe
the mountains, till the eye could easil,
look over into the most fertile stri,
of all the garden, the Mississippi val
ley. This all from north to south
will soon be needed for the increas
ing race, but the sign is there writer
by France, Hands off, ORDINARILY
men wait in such times, till a deadl,
clash is precipitated, and it is decides
by sheer preponderance of militar
force, not so here. God in his provi
dence simply used the blunder of on
man to lay at our feet such ricl
heritage as the vast Louisiana Pul
!, chase. Napoleon was worried over /;
financial furry; his exchequer wa
low, and he was anxious to ward o.
| hard times, at least for himself. H
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28
LINGERING COLD.
Withstood Other Treatment But
Quickly Cured by Chamberlain's
Couch Remedy

Last winter | caught a very severe
cold which fingered for weeks" says
=. Urquhart, Of Zephyr, Ontario. "My
cough was very dry and harsh. The
local dealer recommended Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and guaranteed
it, so l gave it trial. One small bot
tie of it cured me. 1 believe Chamber
lain's Cought Remedy to be the best
have ever used" This remedy is for
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28
FAIR IS OPENED
Armory is Prettily Decorated in
National Colors for the
Eagles Event.
fR1CKs FOR HOME SOLD
Program of Talks, Comedy Acts, and
Musical Numbers Given and Or
chestra Music Rendered.

The Eagles fair opened last even
ing at the Armory hall with good
crowd present The fair will continue
nightly till dec. u. and the proceeds
will go toward building fund for the
erection of home for the Rock Island
aerie, which it is determined gto have
constructed within a year if possible.
The hall is handsomely decorated for
the fair Overhead, two rows of fancy
flags run diagonally from corner to
corner Of the room. The speakers
stand at the south end OF the hall is
+festooned with small United States
flags, and as back ground to it two
immense flags are hung on the wall
with an eagle in the center. The
booths in which fancy articles. candy,
flowers, coffee and sandwiches are
sold. are arranged along the east side.
Opposite are refreshment stands and
various amusement devices.
Building Model Home.
One of the plans for raising funds
consists of the selling of bricks at ST
each. A frame eight by eight feet
square of wood was constructed at
the north end of the hall and the
bricks sold are being used to enclose
the frame. One thousand fancy press
ed brick were furnished by the Black
Hawk Brick company of Sears. The
name of the buyer of each is written
| on the bricks with the number of the
sale. These will later be used in {
prominent part of the home. Twenty
| five were sold last evening.
The program last evening consiste,
of solo by Al Wallace, vaudevill,
act by Sam Wood, black faced com
| edian appearing at the Elite theater
and an address by G. w. McCaskrin
who mentioned the purpose of the fail
and the determination of the order t.
push the project of building a home
through to completion.
| A dance is being held by the Aeri'
| in the hall this afternoon from to
| O'Clock. A program of vaudeville act
and musical numbers will be give
this evening. Bleuer's orchestra ha
| been engaged for the week, and wi
| give a program nightly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28

celery, cigars, and all the other Incl
dentals. This afternoon there was
band concert in the amusement kall,
for the patients. and this evening
there is to be masquerade ball for
the employees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28

Discovery of the Mississippi by Pow
|ell, and, beyond, Trumbulfs canvas,
The Declaration of Independence
"And then the Circle or fame, that
conclave and consul of braves, Win
throp ana Bradford, Washington and
Adams, Allen and Stark, Lincoln and
Garfield But a truer Interpretation of
all these is had when we lift our Wis
ion upward, and, yonder, 200 feet aloft,
on the canopy of the rotunda, is that
colossal fresco, the Apotheosis of
Washington. The central figure deified,
with the supernal spirits attending,
and there, above all, and over ali, the
|superhuman, the supernatural, the di-
vine is represented as not only having
an oversight, but also the supreme con
troll of all these scenes and spirits,
and each of these silently, yet in fact,
attest the allegory, truer than the
artist knew. 1t is this divine Provi-
dence, brooding over and controlling
the ignorance and the folly of man in
our national life that gives us our
Thanksgiving thought.
con no other day in the year, and
of no other year in the decade, so
much as on this THANKSGIVING day, OF
this the Booth anniversary of our
American life, should our minds go
back over the great events and salient
features that have placed us foremost
among nations.
Foolish, of Course.
The Story reads as follows: A re-
ligious and liberty loving people be-
yond the deep, hunted and bounded by
tyranny until very life cords snapped
Their faces are turned this way, but
their angle of vision is heavenward
The hungry waves tell on-later a few
of them are on the waters, nestled III
a flimsy caraval, scarcely more sea
worthy than modern yacht. How
reckless a venture They moor, dis
embark and push inland into the desert
wilds, with danger and death ahead
How foolish: Another similar com
pany lands at Plymouth Rock. Theil
faces. too, are set like flint toward the
| woods, but theirs, too, little above
Them and now we begin the second
volume. and read it in the signing o.
| the trees, and the little mounds Of
clay. and in the only five grains O
corn which was all that each coult
have on that first Thanksgiving day
ubp,, tho IolaI-n1 hnot wifi
| the abundant provision and an earnes
plea for these queer people to return
safely home-read it-not a one woulj
90. How, foolish!
Now. we could read on through tn,
story of colony and conquest, of revo
luton and rebellion, and as the stor!
unfolds. we would find that from ever
the wisest men of rne day, there i.
often the Interpolation, what a mis-
take, how foolish!
Viewing our national life today
from the dizzy height of our wonder
| full achievement, we are apt to boas
only of the herOism of our forefathers
the wisdom of our leaders, and tn
genius of our inventors and artists
with boast that smacks of We ar
the people What have we wrought
We have had. and have, men of whom
We may proudly boast, and many deed
of valor to tell, but have you eve
! stopped to count how many times
has been true that the pivotal even
upon which our national life has bee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28

could not SO effectively as some other
people, by Issuing clearing house
checks or $158000,000- of bonds. but
he wanted again to hear the more fire.
quent clinking of coin in his Golfers,
SO he made a big blunder for France,
but assisted Divine Providence in
lengthening the cords and setting the
state of the now United States over at
the foothills of the Rockies.
And what of the west and north
west? And what shall we say of
Alaska and the Pacific isles. is it not
the same story? Whatever of expan-
sion there may be in the future, may
God be leading, as in the past.
Planting is easy. but wedding out
is more tedious and difficult. Along
with the vintage and fruitage and har-
vest of our purer life there have come
and still are great moral evils which
take deep root, and rob the soil. The
fair land so wonderfully prepared and
populated by divine leading, Will
God lead on when man has so married
! all by the unrighteousneSs of human
/ slavery. and will not man see his
! wrong and make it right in haste? No,
it must be done by the providence of
God, and the act of man called
crazy. Many wise politicians and
distinguished patriots were eloquent
and emphatic in their declarations
that the sacred institution of slavery
was not to be meddled with. and so
| the darkness grew, until another man
stood all but alone in his so-called
| political mistake, by many, in issuing
| the emancipation proclamation as a
war issue.
The war at last is over, little is
said, but the cloud is lifted from north
| and south, because the wisdom of
| God has used the mistakes of these
| men to save the land. 1t was the
Lords doing, and marvellous in our
eyes.
| Liquor Traffic Slaves.
But when God and righteousness
| have removed one dark moral blot
from our national life, is it logical to
suppose that providence will be silent
and permit an even darker blot to re-
/ Wllllout d DlJttf
and a severe rebuke? Darker than
!, the cloud of negro slavery, is the sla
very of our own brothers to intemper
ance and drunkenness. The liquor
traffic is also traffic of souls. The
/ negro slave was captured in maturity
and bound only physically, but we
have been breeding slaves, both sou
and body among our brethren, from
infancy through all these years. and
never did all the slave masters of tbs
country kill a million slaves annually
and bury them without protest. and
yet this is exactly what is before us
in this darker slavery of today, and i
would have continued on indefinitely
had it not been for the foolishness
and fanaticism, called so by many
wise men and statesmen, temper
ance crank, and total abstinence ia
!. natic. But God is leading. and the
j providence of God is to do more foi
our dear land with this foolishness o
man, than in any Of the marvellous
J work related today. A distinguished
lecturer of Brooklyn. said few
. months ago, that as for our school,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28

swung, clean out into new world
has been, again and again, the ignor-
ance of man, or what is often termed
by the wisest men of the day. mis-
take, or recklessness, or foolishness !;
but the providence of God has, used
that very ignorance or recklessness or
foolishness as "a great pivotal factor in
our national life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28

Widely recommended for its curing
qualities. Its reputation for superior
merit has stood for 80 years. Nothing
SO good for indigestion, constipation,
rheumatism and bad blood as Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea So cents,
tea or tablets. Harper House phar-
macy.
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve Is healing and soothing. Good
for piles. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28
Discovered by Mistake.

at was nearly a thousand years la
ter that an Italian youth, hot-blooded
for excitement, and dreaming of adven-
ture, CHANGED to find this now
famous old map. He dreamed of India,
of wealth, and of fame, and decided
India can be reached by sailing west.
This whole story is most familiar to
every school boy, but l wish to EN-.
phasize that the crossing of that small
sea was counted by kings and cour.
tiers, a wild scheme, and fools err
rand.
Now that this richest garden of the
world was thus practically at last to be
discovered, there surely must be a
chosen people to plant and dress it
How shall such people be found for
its care? Again. it is the providence
of God and the mistakes of man that
sifted out the people for our national
parentage. Oliver Wendell Holmes
says that to make scholar, you must
begin on him one hundred years be
| fore he is born One hundred years
before the day was ripe for settle
ment in our country, God began the
preparation of that people, and it was
| by the great mistake of one man thai
this preparation began. quote
/, When Martin Luther nailed his 8;
| theses to the door at Wittenburg, Pope
Leo X. said it was a blunder So die
! Charles ". as did also the Elector O
lSaxony. The wisest wisdom of al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-28
Began Centuries Ago.

our national life.
Began Centuries Ago.
ut was centuries ago that God be-
gan this beneficent business for us.
when he used the ignorance of an
Ethiopian to discover the beautiful
garden spot OF the American contin-
ent. We read that as far back as $50
A. D., certain colony. the geographer
of Alexandria. conceived the most bril-
| liant idea of putting the geography of
| the earth on a map. Had he put upon
| his map only what was accurately
| known to him, his famous map may
have finally gone to the scrap heap
| and what difference would it have
at least. He not only marked off the
| Mediterranean sea- and the narrow
strip of land fringing it., but he guess
ed at the rest of the world, and mark
ed his guesses down on the map; bu
he could not have guessed big enough
to say nothing of being correct. H,
looked eastward, and then westward
and with a wisdom far ahead of his
day, yet he made the mistake of draw
| ing the westward extreme of Europe
SO close to the eastern extreme o.
Asia, that it left between these wha
our ocean liners would call only
pond; but God took hold of this liz
norance and used 1t nightly fol
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

4 the Democratic Voters Of the City
Of Chiekasha:
A primary election is hereby called
to pc held in the city Of Chickasha
on the 18th day Of March, 1907, be-
tween the hours Of 9 o'clock a. m
and 2 o'clock p. m. said election to
be held for the purpose Of determin-
ing who shall be the democratic nomi-
nee for the following city offices, to
be elected at the annual municipal
election, to be held in the city Of
Chickasha, on the first Tuesday in
April, 1907, to-wit
Mayor, Chief Of Police, Police Judge
and one Alderman from each Of the
four wards in said city; and one
member Of the democratic executive
committee for each of the four wards.
The candidates receiving a plurality
Of the votes cast shall be the demo-
cratic nominee for the Office to which
he aspires.
AMI it is further ordered by order
Of the democratic executive commit
tee, that there shall be conducted a
registration Of the voters Of said
city, the registration book to be kept
at the Office Of John A. Mcclure, at
the corner Of Third street and Kans-
as avenue Said registration book to
be open from and after March 1 and
closed on the 18th day Of March, 1907
and no person shall be allowed to vote
at such primary election, who has not
registered in person and signed the
primary pledge.
The following judges are hereby
appointed to conduct said electioa al
the place hereinafter named.
Ward No. 1. J. F. Bishop, at Car
negie Library.
Ward No. 2. J. |. Hill, at yellow
Barn.
Ward No. 3. !. D. Lindsay, at Po
lice Office.
Ward No. 4. s. ]. Hatzell, a
Woods Store.
BY order Of the democratic execu
tive committee Of the City Of Chick
asha.
]. D. CARMICHAEL,
Chairman
! (Attest:) G. H. EVANS.
Secretary
First published Feb. 19, 1907.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28

20 Whom 1t May Concern.
We have appointed Mr. S. q.
Barnhart as agent for the South
western Mutual Life Insurance As
sociation, Of Chickasha, I. 7. he
has full power to take applications
for new membership. receive initia-
ton dues and appoint sub agents,
it he should need such TO assist him
10 his work.
Yours very truly,
Southwestern Mutual Life Insu.
rance Assn. c. L. Hutson. Sec,
and Treas.
Would like 10 have three good
men to take up this work with me,
will make good proposition.
S. R. Barnhart,
Special agent for the Suu Acci.
dent Co. Of Oklahoma City.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
Even from Tbs Mountains

Ballard's Snow Liniment is
praised for the good 1t d 'es A
sure cure for Rheumatism and all
pains. Wright w. Loving, Grand
Junction, Colo, writes: II used
Ballatds show Liniment, last win.
ter. fol Rheumatism and can re-
commend it as the best Liniment
or The market. | thought at The
time | was taken down with this
trouble, that It would be a week
before ! could ut about out on ap-
plyiffg your Liniment several
times during the night, was
about in 4s hours and well in three
days.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-28
NOTICE
H. Al.o

A. o. U. W. N. w. Of A.
and w. o. w.
Pay your dues in room 8 Short
Building. Tatman the Tailor al
ways there.