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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
Is CRATERS GuSH FORTH LAVA
Eruption of Mt. Etna Accompanied by
Earth Shocks and Explosions
Damage Is Enormous.

Milan, Italy.-Mt. Etna is quiet
ing and danger to Borello, Nicolosi
and Belpasso seems definitely averted.
Trustworthy accounts tend to show
that the magnitude of the eruption
was much exaggerated, though the
mass of volcanic matter expelled from
the craters exceeds all eruptions of
modern times. The total damage is
now estimated at 1000 pounds.
Rome, Italy.-The eruption of Mt.
Etna is increasing in violence
hourly. Fifteen new craters, opening
laterly are sending forth blue and
gold flames, burning cinders and melt
ed lava, accompanied by terrible earth
shocks and violent explosions. A
black and scarlet stream of lava 1000
feet wide and seven miles long is flow
ing down the mountain side at the
rate of % yards an hour, doing enor'
nous damage. Nicolosi small but
prosperous town two hours climb
above Catania, appears to be doomed
Borello and Belhasso their suburbs
are entirely deserted, the inhabitants
and the shepherds streaming down tc
Catania. The cultivated fields and
chestnut woods are buried under q
fiery stream ten to 80 feet deep, and
are lighted by blue and green light
ming cleaning through clouds of cop
per colored smoke. Panic and despair
have seized upon the peasants, who
plant images of favorite saints and
then flee.
No loss of life has been reported
but the property damage is immense
Viewed from the top of hill neal
Nicolosi the sight was extraordinar
lily impressive. The hills of molter
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
Somewhat Disappointing.

He was doctor and was patiently
waiting for his first patient. Thought
he: IF the mountain will not come
to Mohammed, Mohammed must go
to the mountain. And as patients will
not seek me out l must needs seek
them out" He strolled through the
cheap market and presently saw a
man buy six nice cucumbers. Here's
chance!" said he, and followed him
home. Patiently he waited for four
long and lonely hours and about mid
night the front door quickly opened,
and the man dashed down the steps.
He seized him by the arm and cried
earnestly: do you want doctor?"
MOI" replied the man roughly
Want more cucumbers!"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
NO HEALTHY SKIN LEFT

My little son, boy of FIVE, broke
out with an itching rash. Three doc
tors prescribed for him, but he kept
getting worse until we could not dress
him any more. They finally advised
me to try a certain medical college,
but its treatment did no good. At
the time / was induced to try Cuti-
cura he was so bad that had to eft
his hair off and put the Cuticura Oint-
ment on him on bandages, as it was
impossible to touch him with the bare
hand. There was not one square inch
Of skin on his whole body that was
not affected. He was one mass Of
sores. The bandages used to stick to
his skin and in removing them 1t used
to take the skin off with them, and
the screams from the poor child were
heartbreaking. / began to think that
he would never get we'll, but after the
second application Of Cuticura Oint.
ment began to see signs of improve
ment, and with the third and fourth
applications the sores commenced to
dry up. His skin peeled off twenty
times, but it finally yielded to the
treatment. Now l can say that he Is
entirely cured, and a stronger and
healthier boy you never saw than he
is to-day, twelve years or more since
the cure was effected. Robert Wattam,
114S Forty-eighth St., Chicago. ILL.,.
Oct. 3, 1909"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
400 KILLED AND 100 INJURED
Rumored that Peasant Lad, Through
Revenge, Set Fire to Dance Hall
in Hungarian Town.

Oekoerto, Hungary.-This village,
In the northeast of Hungary, close
to the estate of the late Arch
duke Rudolph, was the scene of a
frightfuI holocaust. A ball was given
at Public hall on the occasion of
Easter festivities and the place wac
fired, It is rumored, because of the re-
vengefuI feelings of a peasant lad
whose sweetheart had danced too
much with the other young men. In
that fire II is estimated 400 were
killed and 100 injured. When the aw.
full extent of the catastrophe was ap.
parent all the doctors within reach
we're summoned, but their services
were too late. Many of the injured
lived but few minutes after being
dragged from the burning wreckase
and others died on way to hospitals.
Military have been summoned to
prepare huge trenches for the victims,
as the ordinary methods of sepulture
are out of the question. The victims
we're mostly married folks, so hun.
dreds of children are bereaved and
will be taken charge of by the state.
The men behaved With brutal VIC.
lence, trampIins down women and old
men. The picturesque costumes of
the women made them an easy prey to
the flames, their starched headgear,
bodices, aprons and widespreadlng
skirts were quickly alight.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
DAv|DJ. BREWER DROPS
DEAD IN HIS BATHROOM
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME
COURT EXPIRES SUDDENLY
WHEN HEART FAILS.
JUSTICE BREWER WAS 7s YEARS
OLD AND HAD BEEN ON THE
BENCH 21 YEARS.

Washington, d. C.-David Josiah
Brewer, associate Justice of the SUI
preme court of the United States,
dropped dead in the bathroom of his
home, 1928 Sixteenth street, few
minutes after IL o'clock at night.
Heart disease is believed to have been
the cause of death. Justice Brewer
apparently had been in the best Of
health. He was 73 years old and had
been member of the supreme court
since December, 1889. He was born
in Smyrna, Asia Minor, where his par
ents were residing as missionaries.
He was a graduate of Yale college.
He was appointed to the supreme
bench from Kansas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
GUARD FREAK OF NATURE
Scientists at Experimental Station
Reported to Have Bred Chicken
Covered with Wool.

New York City.-The dear public
is not to be permitted to see. for
time the latest product of the Car
negie station for experimental evolu-
ton at Cold Springs Harbor N. Y.
The animal or bird, or whatever it is,
is being carefully guarded and no out
slider is to be allowed peep at 1t un-
til it has been catalogued and tagged.
A chicken without feathers, but
with plentiful supply Of wool is said
to be the stations latest The beast
or bird is said to resemble chicken
in form, but its flesh and even its
bones are black, while its abundant
wool gives it the appearance of a
something between sheep and a
chicken.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
FALLS ASH LEEP IN THE WOODS
When FinIander Awakes His Hands
and Feet Are Frozen and They
viii be Amputated.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. = THE
northern country" has just sent
to this city on special train a pitt
able victim of the winter forest. Ell
Kankus, Finlander. seeking en-
ployment in a lumber camp, became
lost in the woods about 80 miles north
of here on the Algoma Central rail-
road Exhausted by hunger and cold.
he fell asleep and woke up with both
hands and feet frozen and helpless.
Ten days the immigrant crawled en-
his hands and knees. The bloody
trail he left formed by the crust of the
snow cutting into his hands and
knees led to his discovery. Both his
hands and feet will have to be am
putated as soon as he is strong
enough to submit to the operation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
Fire elots out VILLAGE.

Mt. Hope, w. Va.-Two hundred
families were left homeless and
without shelter of any kind by n
fire which wiped out practically the
entire village. More than 300 homes
and buildings were destroyed; loss
100000. Nearly every one of the L.
500 Inhabitants of the village suf.
fered some kind of a loss. Practical
ly everything the victims owned in
the world was destroyed. Only four
houses remain intact. SO destitute
are the homeless that an appeal has
been mGGe TO tie governor for aid
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
WOMAN CLEARS UP
MURDER OF GIRL
JEALOUS COMMON LAW WIFE
DRAWS DAMAGING ADMls-
SloNS FROM BOY SHE
WAS LIVING WITH.
VICTIM OF MOST BRUTAL CRIME
Stenographer Goes to Seek Position
and Her charred Body with
Strands of Tell Tale Rope
About Neck Found Later
on Fire Escape.

New York City.-Katchen Muel-
Ter, the 1S-year-old girl who wore
the yellow and black, bell tipped cos
tune of Folly" when she met Albert
Walter Wolter at masked ball al
most year ago, was arrested here
and detained as material witness
against the 1S-year-old boy she lived
with as wife, without sanction of
church or law, on the charge that he
is the murderer of 15-year-old Ruth
| Wheeler. The jealousy of Katchen
Mueller, who had worked to support
and keep in idleness her pursuant
| husband, caused her to question and
draw from Wolter admissions which
practically solve, by circumstantial
evidence, one of the greatest myste-
ries which the police of New York
have faced in many years.
Ruth Wheeler. girlish, innocent
and ambitious, left the Merchants
and Bankers business school at 605
Madison avenue soon after 9 o'clock
| one morning to seek position as
stenographer from "a Wolter, secre-
tary," who had answered an adver-
tisement in daily paper inserted by
the college in an effort to keep it's
| guarantee to furnish its graduates
positions. She called at 222 East
Seventy-fifth street, was directed by
Mrs. John Mohl, the wife of the care
taker to the cheap furnished room
! apartment occupied by Wolter and
the Mueller girl on the third and top
story and mysteriously disappeared.
Her charred and blackened body
with the strands of tell tale rope
about her throat was discovered in
the yard of the Seventy-frst street
apartment two days later, where it
had been thrown from the fire escape
leading from the rooms occupied by
Wolter. He was then under arrest
for abduction as the result of a
search instituted by the family of the
missing girl and the police.
With the finding of the body of the
missing girl, Katchen Mueller, who
had been active in the defense Of
Wolter, disappeared. A police drag
net was stretched and she was taken
into custody while approaching the
louse at 122 East One Hundred and
Fifth street, where Wolter had en-
gagged a room and had guided her
after sudden determination to quit
the Seventy-fifth street To the po-
lice. under a rigid third degree"
Wolter declared he never had seen
Ruth Wheeler. although admitting he
had written the post card in answer
to the advertisement The name and
address on this post card was turned
over to the little girl graduate by the
business college as position and
place to which she should apply for
employment. 1t was in conversation
with policemen at VOTERS apart.
ment that aroused the Mueller
woman's jealousy. By questioning
along this line the police drew from
her the detailed conversation between
Wolter and herself, which proves that
Wolter was at home all afternoon
and that he tried to conceal the evi
dences of burning the girls body.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
Undesirable Acquisition.

A scientist who lost his pet dog
put little notice in the paper head
ed, Warning" which charitably de-
scribed the animal as having
"strayed," and added:
1T is of no value, not even to tho
owner; but, having been experimental
upon for scientific purposes with
many virulent poisons, lick from its
tongue-and it is very affectionate-
would probably prove fatal"
The dog came back next day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
TRAPPED BY FIRE,
FOURTEEN PERISH
TWELVE cHARRED BODIES TAX
EN- FROM CHICAGO RUINS AND
OTHERS ARE MISSING.
GIRLS GO DOWN TO THEIR DEATH
WHILE HELPLESS CROWD
LOOKS ON.

Chicago.-Tweleve charred corpses
were taken from the smoldering
ruins of the Fish Furniture Co.
building after fire which destroyed
the six-story brick structure. Two
more bodies are believed to be in the
ruins and three people are reported
missing, but search. was stopped for
fear of the walls toppling on search
ers. While scores looked on in hor-
ror the victims, mostly young women,
stood at the windows appealing pite-
ously for aid and later we're carried
down to death with collapsing floors.
According to Isaac Fish, secretary
of the firm, the fire started when Leo
Stoeckel, an employe, went into the
finishing department on the fourth
floor to fill cigar lighter with ben
zine. The electric sparker of the
lighter ignited the benzine, causing
numerous cans to explode. The flames
spread with such rapidity that the
people working on the sixth floor had
no time to escape.
Stoeckel was brought before the
fire attorney with his hand, which had
been burned, swathed in bandages.
He appeared heartbroken.
"At about S:45 o'clock in the morn
ms" G,oeckel said, "Mr. Mitchell,
who is member of the firm, gave
me three pocket cigar lighters and
told me to go to the finishing room
on the fourth floor and fill them with
benzine. l had filled two of the light
ers out of the five-gallon can and was
working on the third when there was
an explosion.
"a sheet of flame almost blinded
me. / did not fully regain my senses
until / had reached the street. The
lighters contained a contrivance to
make spark, but whether | ignited
one of them or not / do not know.
either dropped the can of benzine
when the flames shot up in front of
me, or it was blown out of my hands. y
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
Man Student at woman's College.

Wellesley, Mass Wellesley college
has admitted man as a stu
dent in good standing. The man is
Diran Hagopian, an Armenian en-
ployed at the Wellesley Inn. Hagopian
escaped with difficulty from his native
land after the last massacres and
came to this country. All his family
were massacred. The young mans
first place of employment was at the
college. Here Prof Mary Alice Will
cox of the zoology department saw
him and understood his ambitions and
by her aid he was registered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
Rosin Rots Things.

Rosin is good for fiddle bows, but
when it is put in soap to give it
weight and holds it together it gets into
the clothes and rots them. 1t holds
the dirt there, too. Get a good, clean,
pure soap-get Easy Task soap. It's
made of cocoanut oil, borax, naphtha
and clean tallow, and it takes the
boiling and the rubbing and the all-day
labor out of washday. And it doesn't
make the hands red and sore and ugly.
A cake costs only five cents; there's no
economy in using the old-fashioned
kinds
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
EIaht bic on U. s. cruiser.

Manila, p. 1.-The report that a
fatal accident had occurred on the
United States cruiser Charleston has
been confirmed. Eight men were
killed and several others slightly in
jured. During practice at sea off
Olongapo the breechlock of a three
inch gun blew off, and it's flight across
the deck cut through steel stanchion
and moved down the men in it's path,
Seven Of the ictlms were instantly
killed, while an eighth died as the
Charleston was hurrying to Cayite.
Cause Of the explosion 10 not known.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
15o People Homeless.

Boston, Mass Famed by gale
three fires caused much damage IN
North Shore district. Essex, Hamil
ton and Revere each suffered from the
flames. The total loss is estimated al
100000, including 100000 In South
Hamilton. $4,000 in Essex and $z5..
900 in the Franklin Park district Of
Revere. One hundred and fifty per.
SONS are homeless. The gale spread
the flames so quickly frcm house to
ncuse that the occupants had barely
time to fee. leaving all their goods
behind them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

A news item from New Orleans tells
how blood dripping from the ceiling
disclosed the fact that millionaire
had committed suicide in room over
q store. 1t is not explained how they
Anew It was millionaire. Probably
the blood was blue.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
grandmother at % Years.

Richmond, Ind. = To be grand
mother at the age of 2S is the
unique and perhaps unparalleled dis
tinction. in this state at least, of Mrs.
Everett Parker of Richmond. A boy
has been born to Mrs. Parker's 15-
year-old daughter, Mrs. Charles Lane,
a resident of Indianapolis, making the
fifth generation in the family. Mrs.
Parker's mother and grandmother are
both living.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Precocity is the mark or the bane of
the age. but its limit is reached in the
action of band of Connecticut boys
of IL and IA to wreck train on
which were travelling number of
milllonaires. the object of the youth
full criminals being to loot the train
when wrecked. The nation can we'll
spare this brilliant youthful develop
ment when 1t flares tc this fire OF
genius.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

He had gone into the bathroom to
prepare his bath after having devoted
the night to study. A few minutes
later Mrs. Brewer, second wife of the
justice heard him feebly calling for
aid. When she reached him he had
become unconscious. He died before
the physician, DR.. II. A. Taylor. who
was summoned, arrived DR.. Taylor
declared death was due to heart fail
ure. Justice Brewer had been in his
usual good health all day.
Second Oldest Member of Court.
Justice Brewer was the second old
est member of the court, Justice Har-
Ian only being his senior. He was re-
garded as the most democratic of all
the members of the court, most affa-
BILE, approachable and accommodating.
He was the one man on the bench
who had proof copies of his opinions
prepared for the newspapers. This
he did consistently. Another char
acteristic of the justice was that he
never took any of the time of the
court or the public in announcing his
opinions. Justice Brewer was ap-
pointed by President Cleveland in
1896 to the Venezuelan boundary COM
mission. In 1899 he was a member
of the British-Venezuelan arbitration
tribunal. He was president of the
universal congress of lawyers and
jurists of the Louisiana Purchase ex.
position at ST. Lo lis in 1904. He was
the author of THE Pew to the Pull,
pit" "The Twentieth Century from
Another Viewpoint american Citi
zenship" and THE United States, a
Christian Nation"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

A New York woman is advertising
for her lost diamond-studded cigarette
case. There may be some plain folk
of old-fashioned notions who will not
at all sympathize with the lady in her
loss.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Mars. according to an astronomical
expert. has just finished new canal
1t is pity we cannot establish that
communication with the Martians SO
as to engage few gangs and choice
lot of engineers to hurry up the Pan
ANA Job.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

An Official Ia California says he is
going to arres: bridge players. as SO.
ciety gamblers are no better than the
professional kind. According to all
accounts. some society bridge playing
IS much more Of business than of a
pleasure and deserves to take rank
in the profession.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Now the men who keep eggs and
meat for years at time in New Jer,
eey may be indicted with the meat
packers. Truly, these are hot times
for cold storage
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

At the Chinese New Year, just past.
every Chinaman paid all his debts.
How can American civilization stand
being brought into contact with such
Mongolian superstitions?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

st. Paul thugs have solved the high
price problem. Two of them held up
cafe owner while his cafe was full
of diners who were receiving like
treatment from mine host.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Economy in the household is now
ahe slogan.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Divorce court proceedings show that
wives who spank their husbands take
risks of losing those useful articles of
household furniture.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

A woman in New Jersey. and not
In fairy tale, had long lost brother
who, the other day. came home rich
But Notwithstanding these occasional
bursts of verify. such occurrences still
remain chiefly In the fairy tales.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Twenty cents a day is enough to
spend on food" says an expert 1t
may be enough to spend, but 1t is GER
tain that you cannot get enough for 1t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

In the case of the hog 1t is slightly
different. People don't complain SO
much of the price of the choice cuts,
because the whole hog comes SO high
as to be out of reach. If not out of
sight"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

A woman may carry ton of false
hair on her head, but man who
wears wig Is the joke of the neigh
borhood.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

One of the surest aids to longevity,
according to numerous correspondents,
Is to be born a daughter of the war of
1872
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

A New Jersey man named Wire
says he has not slept for 20 years. If
that's true. he should be thankful that
he still is live Wire.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Cement manufacturers are slow II
they do not offer a germ-proof substi-
tute for the gum on the back of post
age stamps.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

1t is now said that the Atlantic
ocean is 170,0000O0 years old. 1t
keeps its age remarkably WELL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

There Is rather more water in this
country now than the country really
needs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

There Is Joy in the African jungles
The big hunt is over.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

An Ohio man has been killed by a
camels bite. Need we look for an
epidemic?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

AN empty human heart is an abyss
earth's depths cannot match.-Anni'
C. Lynch.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

The world is being flooded with
gold, says Yale professor. Perfectly
dry out here, prof.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

A fatal duel mas been fought by Aus.
trian government officials. They had
better stick to the hurtless kind.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Pretty soon you'll hear some man
Dragging that his hens laid all winter
for him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens no gums reduces in
aay pain. cures Wand collie 2c bottle
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Unfortunately there is never pre-
inventory sale in the necessities of
life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

In this crisis America expects every
hen to do her duty.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Vanity is due to leak in ones wis
dora tank.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01

Cold storage is now trying to hold
up 90000.000 of people.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-01
Satisfactory to Her.

answer"
Huh" snorted old Grumpley ~
never saw woman without one yet"
STRAY Stories.