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and D. B. Forman, Section 29; John Daggy and David Marquis, Section 30; B. Hill, Jos. Beckner,
W. Brown and David Mowlsby, Section 30.
[History of Miami County, Indiana, 1887, Brant & Fuller. pp. 711-716]
PERRYSBURG, INDIANA [Miami County]
NEWS OF THE DAY
The Perrysburg Horsethief detective association took in twenty members at a meeting last
night.
[Rochester Sentinel, Wednesday, October 2, 1907]
FROM NEAR-BY TOWNS
A suit has been filed in the Miami county court by Attorneys Bailey & Bailey against the
owners of the Perrysburg tile mill for foreclosure of several mortgages against the plant. The
plaintiff is George S. Brubaker, who holds a first and second mortgage against the property. There
are other mortgages against the mill, aggregating the sum of $6,000.
[Rochester Sentinel, Wednesday, March 20, 1912]
BOLT HURLS BELL FROM THE PERRYSBURG CHURCH
Perrysburg, Ind., July 20 (By I. N. S) - The bell of a church was torn from the belfry and
hurled to the street when struck by a bolt of lightning that demolished the steeple today.
Several passersby narrowly missed being struck by the heavy bell.
Fire apparatus from adjoining towns arrived in time to save the church from being
destroyed.
[The News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Monday, July 20, 1925]
PERRYSBURG SAID TO BE PLANNING EXPANSION
Peru may look well to her laurels and keep a “weather eye” on a little town called
Perrysburg in Union township, Miami county.
“There’s a hen on” up at Perrysburg and every effort is being put forth to prevent leaks,
for folks up there don’t believe in “counting the chickens before they’re hatched,” but someone
has let the “cat out of the bag.”
Two men, each worth a million “simoleons” have taken or will take up their residence
there. These millionaires are represented by two very able real estate and promoting concerns
which are planning an industrial boom for the capital of Union township, Miami county.
These concerns realize that Perrysburg is just 12 miles from Peru and just 12 miles from
Rochester, the half way point on State Road No. 1, which when paved will be the equal if it does
not exceed a railroad in the matter of passenger travel and the shipping of light freight such as will
be promised in the proposed Perrysburg factories.
Plans, it is said, are now well advanced for the building of four business blocks of
modern architectural beauty. The old tile mill property will be converted into manufacturing plant
of pretentious magnitude but the nature of the product to be produced goes unannounced.
The old saw mill, that no one has “saw” saw, for many years, will be transformed into
probably an extensive basket manufacturing plant that will furnish employment for many artisans,
and some other industries are in the plan but are sufficiently submerged in secrecy just now as to
prevent publicity.
There is going to be some new lots platted, because houses will have to be built to
accommodate the influx of new citizens who will furnish the labor to run the factories and the
patronage to run the stores.
In fact there’s lot of things being told about the coming awakening of the old town and it
is stated as a fact that capital is back of the project.
[The News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Tuesday, September 8, 1925]