Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-04-04
Buckeye Notes


ditions become normal no private
messages to persons here will be de-
livered or answered, az the wire ca
pacity is taxed to the utmost to carry
official and public business. The COM
mittee expressed the wish that people
| throughout the country refrain from
sending messages of inquiry concern
| ing the safety of relatives and friends
here, as such are futile.
Cincinnati.-vivian j. Pagan, for
many years leader in the
Republican organization, and former
United States marshal, was indicted
| in joint bill with his son, Harvey
Pagan, who acts as constable for sew
eral magistrates. The charge is black
mail.
Medina.-Medina has sent $3.50 to
Governor Cox for Red Cross society
| work in the flood districts. 1t also
has sent "a large boxes of clothing
and food to Red Cross workers at
Cleveland, whi will distribute the
goods where needed.
Zanesvliie.-When William H. Kiln
ger, his wife and son tried to ford a
swollen creek near Saltillo in a buggy
the son, Wesley, aged 5, was swept
away and drowned when the buggy
was overturned by the current.
Massillon. - Mayor Arthur N.
Haley has collapsed because Of over
work and his physicians have ordered
him to bed for an indefinite rest.
GAINESVILLE. - Wrecked and flood
swept GAINESVILLE came into view when
the Muskingum and Licking rivers,
which have been tearing at the heart
of more than half the city for the last
five days, receded A survey of the
upper portions of the flooded districts
showed ruin and desolation. Whole
city blocks, great warehouses and
large factories have disappeared.
Frame and brick dwellings that have
withstood previous floods were picked
up like so much chaff and hurled
away as the water rose and the force
of the current increased. From 1000
to 1900 houses in the lowlands, at
and near the iuncture of the rivers,
have collapsed or been washed away.
Findlay. - Arrangements have all
but been completed by Miss limo
Shabanaw and Miss Tillie Schnei.
der of this city to walk to Seattle,
Wash, this spring. The hike will be.
gin about the first of April. The
young women will take enough funds
with them that they will not be COM
PEELED to beg their way through Each
will carry hand bag containing the
necessary toilet articles. They will
wear heavy dresses, coming to their
shoes, and expect to cover about 20
miles a day.
Newark.-A three weeks illness
from pneumonia was necessary before
the Grim Reaper could add the name
of Mrs. Sarah Oliver, aged 1O1, to his
death list. She was born in Muskin.
gum county April 2, 1912.
Mansfield.-Patrick Harrigan, forty.
seven, told his fiancee, Miss Emma
Warner, he would not be able to wed
her, as he would die on st. Patrick's
day. The prophecy came true, Harri-
gan dying suddenly.
Cleveland.-A ruling will be OBJ.
,, tanned from the city law department
,, on the application of the eight-hour
law to public work done by contract
ors. Service Director Springborn be-
lieves the eight-hour law applies to
contractors doing city work. The pub
lie service department also will ask
the law department to state whether
contractors can work employees ten
hours in order to hasten jobs.
Columbus-"Home Butter Making
by A. S. Neale, is the title of the
/ latest extension bulletin issued by the
: agricultural college of the Ohio State
= university. This department is per
: forming a most important service fol
+ the farmers of the state, who can Sc
cure these pamphlets as they are is
sued by sending in request for same
Cleveland. = Within sight of the
lights of his own home Lucas Will
Jams, SO, died of exposure His hal
frozen body was found in the vacan
lot near his home by Richard Nc
r Greal. The body was taken to Nc
/ Grea's morgue. Williams had start
= ed home from the Aetna rolling mills
, where he was employed. He fell neal
, his home, and was apparently unable
8 to call for help or crawl to his house
t Toledo.-The known dead at Tiff
8 number SO, and indications are this
number will be greatly increased al
/ soon as rescuers are able to reach re
d mote points. Chief of Police Claud,
Meyers and Mayor Waller Koepvel
d are missing. Two thousand persons
!, are homeless. Food is scarce, and
/ famine is feared.
:. Findlay. - The town of Dunkirk
. | to IL, 1o 90 4,
commencement costume war. TIL,
s girls of the class issued an ultimatun
d their the young men must wear dress
|, suits. The boys have retaliated by is
q suing an ultimatum that they will b.
l. seen ending their school days in over
L alls and blouses. The girls have beeI