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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
An Exnonnlvn Rnn.-


If you are a steady smoker don't
throw away your old tobacco bags.
By saving them until he had a trunk.
full a resident of Sixty-second street
got busy with a needle and made one
Of the oldest rugs one would find in q
days walk or course this economical
genius is an incessant smoker. Often
he smoked two bags of tobacco in a
day. Then, too, he changed his brand
ly colored assortment. He told his
friends about the rug he had in mind,
and they got busy collecting. As a re-
suit Mr.. Smoker got big crop each
week. In less than six months he had
gathered l0S square feet of tobacco
bags, which was a nice 8 by - rug.
He used piece of thick flannel as a
foundation and scwed the bags to IL
each night on returning from work.
On several occasions some of the fel-
lows from the Office helped him do the
sewing" 1t was interesting work.
For some unknown reason many of
the helpers sewed the bags on back
ward, but all were finally Strengthened
out, and when the rug was finally laid
there was little celebration in the
genius room. Now as he looks at the
rug In silence he priles himself upon
his economy. And yet the refresh
ments that he supplied to keep the
workers in good humor and on the
night of the rug laying" cost him
$24.50.-Philndelph Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
When the Presiden. Lost Hi. Hat.

The Crystal palace exhibition open
ed at New York July 10. 1873. was the
first affair of this kind In the country
for which foreign exhibits were So
licited. The big show" began with a
procession, In which President Frank
lin Pierce, mounted. was a conspicu-
GUS feature. The hero Of the day rode
a mettlesome steed. and while pro-
ceeding up Wall street the presiden-
tial headgear. a new silk hat of the
prevalent style. was incontinently
tumbled to the pavement. Another
horse recklessly stepped upon the un-
fortunate tile. crushing 1t out of the
semblance to itself. besmearing 1t with
mud-real Wall street mud. What was
left of the misshapen and bedaubed
hat was worn by the president. to the
great amusement of the spectators. unr
til substitute could be secured.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
0verloaded.


A United States senator had been
inveghng at a dinner against long
speeches.
"B;:t. senator" said congressman,
"you can't accuse me of ever having
made too long speech, can you"
The senator smiled.
Perhaps not" he said, land again
but did you ever hear about the tenn
perance lecturer? No?
"Well, you must know that there
was n temperance lecturer in Maine
who visited Ellsworth and lectured
He hit out pretty hard from the shoul-
der at these so called moderate drink
ers, and at the end of his remarks an
Ellsworth man took him aside and
said in an aggrieved tone:
"'Look here, Jim, I am moderate
drinker, as all the town knows, and
to many people it is going to seem
as if good part of your lecture was
pointed straight at me. What did you
want to do it for, jim? You never
saw me with more on board than ]
could carry
What's that? said the temperance
lecturer.
"'You never saw me with a bigger
load than / could carry, did your
"The lecturer frowned.
"Well, no. he said slowly, but
have seen you when thought YOU'D
done better to go twice for it,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
Wireless Money Lending.

One of the most interesting types on
the American track is the professional
money Lender. Money lending is alb
solutely forbidden, and so the entire
transaction must be conducted sub
rosa, but if a person who is ON goes
broke and he has some article of jew
elry of value with him it is easy for
him to realize money on it.
The lender is an irreproachably
dressed person who sits on the grand
stand with the rest of the crowd and is
known in his true colors only to the
habitues of the track. A man who
wants some capital makes an unobtru-
sive sign to him and twirls ring he
may be wearing at the time. Shortly
afterward both will proceed to a res
taurant, where, for the benefit of on
lockers, they will greet each other as
ordinary acquaintances. The exchange
is then made over the drink they order;
the loan broker has the ring and the
bettor his capital. If the latter cashes
in ON the next race he will return the
money and the agreed upon premium
and will receive back his ring.-From
''The People and the Ponies," by G. f.
Peters, in Bohemian.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14

Congress will soon be confronted
with situation growing out of the
dismissal from West Point of seven
cadets for the hazing of Cadet SUIT
ton which will probably appeal to
many of it's members as demanding
legislative action restoring to the
military academy some, at least, OF
the men dismissed. 1t will undoubt-
edly be urged that the penalty of dis
missal was in some cases too severe
a punishment for the breaches of dis
cipline committed and that four army
officers who constituted board to
ascertain the facts, recommended
that the cadets should not be dis
missed There is little doubt that a
strong effort will be made to undo
the action of the war department and
yet by such a course Congress would
be striking blow at discipline and
would in large measure nullify its
own efforts to stamp out hazing at
the military and naval academies.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
The First Teacups,

Even after tea was introduced into
Europe and had come into general use
teacups were scarce At the same time
coffee was introduced: but, apart from
Constantinople, the first coffee cups In
Europe date back only as far as 1915
In Venice, 1860 In Paris, 1862 in Lon
don and 1904 In Leipsic. From the
first, however, the conventional orien-
tai coffee cup. without stem or handle,
was little used, and In Germany not at
all. The Chinese teacup was used for
tea, coffee and chocolate as well. Speci-
mems of porcelain were undoubtedly
introduced into Europe in the middle
ages, yet not till the sixteenth century
were cups imported from China in any
great quantities, and even then 1t was
as articles of vertu. Most of those
found their way back into China again,
as collecting porcelain is lasting fad
there, and high prices are paid for
good specimens. The collection of
Chinese porcelain, II only the genuine
specimens are desired. requires i'm
mense study and knowledge. as the
Chinese are skillful imitators and put
numerous falsiticatlors on the market
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14

A ragged Irishman was charged in a
London court a short time ago with
rendering counterfeit shilling In pay
ment for penny loaf.
Though forlOrD in aspect. he was not
destitute of that shrewdness which is
characteristic of his couDtrymen. He
stated that he was sent for the loaf
by person at public house close by,
who gave him the coin 10 pay for 1t,
and that Oh discovering 1t was not
good he bought the coin for three half.
pence.
The Magistrate-How came you to
buy the shilling after you had discov-
cred II was bad one?
The prisoner. with much apparent
gravity. replied:
sure. then. your bonor. bought II
so that If ! should happen 20 have a
bad one offered to me might know II
by looking at the one had with me!'
There was burst of laughter. and
the rogue was dismissed with a eau.
ton.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
FRIDAY. JANUARY IA, 1910.

Uncle Sam is so constantly busy
welcoming new citizens at his front
door that he seems to be overlooking
the wholesale departure OF native
sone over the back fence. The Phil
ippines during the past ten years
have lured away at least 10000 Amer
icans and fully one-third Of them have
settled down in those islands and
win probably end their days there.
Probably FIVE times that number have
moved over the border into Mexico,
for in the city of Mexico alone there
IN permanent American colony Of
about 5000 persons. Thousands
have settled in other Latin-American
countries while the immigration from
tho United States into Canada is in
sreasing each year. During the year
1909 more than 10000 Americans
crossed into Canada, not to look at
the scenery but to settle in that
sountry. These pilgrims carried all
their belongings with them and most
Of them bought land According to
the Canadian immigration returns
they were citizens of the most desir-
able type and the average amount of
money that each carried was $1,000.
That 10 to say, these immigrants
withdrew from the United States in
one wear 100000. 900 So far Ameri-
cans have bought nearly 100000
acres of land in the Dominion and
have added half a million acres to
the annual acreage Of the Canadian
wheat crop. Indeed, the whole of the
Canadian northwest is becoming an
American colony. 1t is not incon-
eeivable that before many years an
American-born Canadian may be writ
ing oflcial messages to the parlia-
mont ut Ottawa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14

1t is whispered that the President
deems 1t necessary to discipline the
insurgents in both Houses of Con-
sress to the end that his administra-
ton may prove successful and that
the important measures which he ad-
socates may not be menaced. 1t is
said that the insurgents have been
making an effort to have all their
patronage matters disposed of quick
ly and have made numerous protests
to the departments that immediate
action has not been taken. The
President and his advisers, however,
are not disposed to yield to their
wishes without some assurance that
the insurgents will not act with the
Democrats in opposition to the Presi-
dents program. The attitude Of the
President has nothing whatever to do
With the fight OF the insurgents
against Speaker Cannon. He will
take no part in that fight but he in
tsnds to ask assurance from the in.
surgents that they will not interfere
with his program before he will allow
them free hand in patronage mat
tsrs. II they announce that they will
Rot obstruct his measures they will
bo placed on the same basis as other
Republican members of Congress.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14

The decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the Tobacco Trust
eaae which is now before it on ap-
peal will be awaited with interest be-
cause this case will afford the court
an opportunity to further define the
Sherman act. When the Tobacco
case was before the Circuit Court OF
New York it was held that the law
forbade any combination between pre-
yious competitors, irrespective OF
whether this combination was or was
not harmful to the public in it's con-
sequences or oppressive in it's meth
ods. 1t ID to be observed, however,
that the Attorney General in his brief,
If his Intent Is fairly represented in
Washington dispatches, did not rely
upon that construction Of the law but
charged the tobacco trust with op'
pressive acts in restraint of trade. II
was not merely because its members
had voluntarily agreed no longer &c
compete with each other that he
sought its dissolution, but because IL
had used compulsion to prevent the
competition of non-members. If he
succeeds In convincing the court that
this broad view should be taken he
will have won a signal victory fol-
Independent concerns.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
LEGAL NOTICE.

j. F. Hammell, whose last known place
vania, will take notice that on the 2lst
day of December, 1909 Adolph Joseph
filea his petition in the court of COM
mon pleas of Wood county. Ohio. No.
16269 against ]. F.. Hammell and Lii
lian Hammell, wherein ne prays for the
partition of certain real estate. describ-
ed as follows: Lot No. 81, Elm street,
in the plat of Rossford, Ross township,
Wood county, Ohio: also for an account
ing and equitable relief.
You will take further notice that you
are required to answer said petition on
or before the 23d day of January, 1910.
ADOLPH JOSEPH.
BY Frank e. Hainen. his Attorney.
AZ
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
COURT HOUSE CULL|NGS
Continued from First Page)

The record breaker in the way OF
direct parties to a suit was that fl
ed Monday with the clerk of the
court of common pleas in which Da.
vid Hummel, Jr., is the plaintiff with
a half dozen associates and there is
a list of 105 defendants, headed by
Isaac F. Mosley. The suit is rather
staid and quiet one at that. AS it ia
merely brought to quiet the title to
the old Farmer farm in Webster
township. Deputy Probate Judge
Farmer is one of the plaintiffs. The
records at the court house do not
disclose any case ever filed within
recent decades where there have
been so many parties to a suit.
Frank Rogers, indicted for stealing
horse and buggy from James Cook
of Perrysburg, withdrew his plea OF
not guilty or Tuesday, and was SEN
fenced by Judge Baldwin to two yrs.
in the o. p.
Six new names were drawn by the
clerk and sheriff to fill the regular
panel for the January term. The
names are as follows:
Geo. Vickers, Walbridge.
H. B. Sayler, Rudolph.
John Loesch, Perrysburg.
John IT. Lintner, Lime City.
A. E. Freeman, North baltimore.
Theo. Alexander, Bowling Green.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
A WITTY Retort.

One day while dining with the secre'
tary of the admiralty William w.,
then heir presumptive to the British
crown, said: when am king. sir.
you shall not be the secretary of the
admiralty. | promise you. What do
you say to that. eh!"
"All can respond in such case." re-
turned the witty official. lis. God save
the king! "-St. Louis Republic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
Fido's Tail a Mystery.

Little Willie was tugging at Fido's
tail.
What are you trying to do with the
dog?" asked the child's father.
II fink his tail is coming off,"
"oh. no, Willie. That's impossible.
What makes you think so?'
"'Cause Fido's tail is so loose that
it wiggles. New York Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
A Calamity.

Tammas ito McTavish. whom he has
just pulled ont of the water)-Man,
Donar. We sud be lookin' happy. Are
We no. thankful yer life's saved? Nc
lavish (sourly)-I dinna see nae cause
to be thankful. The glass O. whisky l
had afore fell Until the waters got
ten fair drooned!-London Tit-Bits.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
COMMISSIONER.

desire to be nominated for the
Office of Commissioner of Wood coun-
ty, on the Republican ticket, and will
appreciate the support of all Repub-
licans. JOHN ISCH,
Lake Township.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
RECORDER.

am candidate for nomination for
the Office of Recorder of Wood coun-
ty, subject to the will of the Repub-
licans, and ! will be thankful for the
support of all friends.
e. E. DANCER,
Grand Rapids, o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
Bright Thought.

"oh, dear" sighed small Elmer. 81
wish had another pocket!"
You have several now." rejoined his
mother. why do you want another?"
1--WE looked through all of them for
my knife" explained Elmer, but
couldn't find it. If ! had another pock-
ct it might be in that" t"-Chicago News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
Those beautiful

Those beautiful colored post
cards of PerrysDurg scenes which we
had printed in Germany, are remark
ably fine. They are works of art ex-
ecuted by Berlin artists. They sell
at for cents. y
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14

81 suffered habitually from consti-
patton. Doan's Regulets relieved and
strengthened the bowels, so that they
have been regular ever since."-A. E.
Davis. grocer, Sulphur Springs, Tex.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

l desire to be nominated as candi.
date for the office of Clerk of Courts
of Wood county, on the Republican
ticket, and will truly appreciate the
votes and influence of the Republi-
cans of the county.
GEORGE A. POWERS,
Perrysburg, o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14

d. A. Haylor. for one year; P. j..
Chase. for two years and Joe e.
Baird for three years. are the appoint
menta for the Board of Civil Service
Commissioners OF the city of Bowling
Green. An excellent board and all
three men truly worthy of their ap-
pointment.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14

/ will be candidate for the nomi-
nation for County Auditor, subject to
the primary election to be held May
II, 1910, and will greatly appreciate
your support and influence. Very sim
cerely yours.
w. A. FINKBEINER,
PERI lysburg, o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-01-14
Their Turn out.

Ella-They had very smart turn
out. Bella--Indeed? Ella Yes; they
were elected from one of the best ho-
tells In the town.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-15
ANrIroxiN IN plpHTHIR,A.

A bulletin just issued by the FEEDER.
al government emphasizes the i'm
portance of using antitoxin in every
case of diphtheria and using it early
1t is stated that antitoxin will cure
practically all cases of diphtheria II
the antitoxin in proper doses is given
in time. 1t will prevent the develop
ment of the disease in those who
have been exposed if the proper i'm,
munizing dose is given in time. This
is not an idle assertion put forth to
allay unnecessary fears. 1t is sup
ported by experience and is worthy
the fullest credence. On the same
authority, if antitoxm is given on the
first day of diphtheria there will be
no deaths; if on the second day, near
ly all of the cases will get well; if
on the third day, most of the sick
children will recover; if on the fourth
day, large numbers will die. Later
than the fourth day antitoxin does
very little If any good.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-15
OLDER THAN IOWA.

The Muscaine Journal has just
celebrated its 10th anniversary, by
issuing splendid illustrated edition
of 80 pages. The Journal boasts,
and justly so, of being older than the
state of Iowa. The paper was estab-
lished in 1910, while the state was
not admitted to the union until 1916.
The Journal is ten years older than
the Oskaloosa Herald, but the Her
aid is old enough to be considered in
the same class of pioneers, and with
over sixty years to its credit, it takes
pleasure in congratulating the Jour
nal upon its long career of useful
ness and prosperity. The Herald
has one advantage over the Journal
in that its name has never been
changed, while the Journal has been
published under two different titles.
1t was started as the Bloomington
Herald, and changed to the Musca-
tine Journal in 1S49.
Speaking in reminiscent way,
John Mahin, retired, but for many
years editor of the Journal, gives
these glimpses of Iowa as it was in
1910:
Seventy years ago Martin Van Blu
rem was president of the United
States. The country had scarcely
yet recovered from the uneXampled
hard times of 1873. 1t. had on
stable currency. The only paper
money in use was that issued under
the banking laws of the states,
Many of these banks were unreliable
and their issues were not always at
par. Banks would sometimes fail,
and then the currency issued by
them was worthless. Business men
in these days have but slight concep-
ton of the perplexities of business
men seventy vars ago and later be-
cause of the unreliability of the cur
rency then in use.
Iowa had at that time popula'
ton of less than $4,000, with only
II organized counties. Robert Lu'
cas-, of Ohio, had been appointed
governor of the territory and the
seat of government was at Burling,
ton. Iowa City subsequently CAPT,
toll fthe state, and Des Moines, the
toll of the state, and Des Moines, the
Muscatine county had population
of 1912, and Muscatine, it's county
seat, population of 507 1910 was
leap year, and it was the boast OF
the, half thousand inhabitants OF
Muscatine that they had nineteen
marriages that year."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-15
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.

Nothing but newspaper stories"
is the way Will Vail, who resides in
Mexico City, Mexico, characterizes
the press reports in the American
newspapers regarding the revolu-
tionary troubles in Mexico. In let.
ter to his father, H. J. Vail, postmas-
ter and former editor of the Star at
New Sharon, dated Nov. 80, he says:
The entire country is tranquil ex-
cept a few scattered districts in
Chihuahua, where a number of small
bands are running about loose, COM
hitting depredations. There is no
more a revolution on here than there
is in Iowa. ...u.-.. %.
THE President will be inaugural
ed tomorrow, the beginning of his
new term. Ninety-fiVe per cent of
the people are with him, which is
more than any president of the
United States can say. Don't let any
of these stories worry you. If there
should be anything serious at any
time | will write you at once and
take good care of my own hide"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-12-15
IOWA pop CORN,

Sac county produces practically
all if the popcorn consumed in the
world. This sounds like big story,
but the statement goes unchallenged.
The country in the vicinity of Ode
boldt has been great popcorn dis
trict for years. Just now there is
being cribbed and marketed this
years crop of popcorn. At present
there is stored in the nine or ten
gigantic popcorn cribs there from
250, 200 to 100000 bushels of rice pop
corn. All this was raised this sea
son, and is the result of the right
kind of soil and right kind of form
ers. The crop will be stored in the
cribs at Odeboldt for a year, when
most of the corn will be shipped east
to Boston and New York. A majori-
ty of the buyers of the Sac county
product live in Massachusetts, where
the confectioners utilize immense
quantities of popcorn in making the
bricks so commonly sold all over the
country. The picking of the corn
has proven profitable occupation
for the huskers, who are paid fifteen
cents per bushel, and as the work is
plenty, many boys of Odebolt have
earned considerable money in the
popcorn fields. At the local market
the corn has brought s1.25 per bushel.
Several great cribs have been con-
structed to hold the crop.