Local notices drift through era of bank heists and weddings
Reports recount bank robbery at Farmers and Merchants National in Hanover Michigan with over $3,000 seized. Dry vote passes in Braver Dam Allen County. notable deaths include Nathan B. Conran and Ganusua A. Grow. Proctour of Cincinnati, head of Proctor Gamble, dies by suicide. Joplin burial for Thomas Conxons. golden anniversary of Mr and Mrs Castel Struse in McComb. libel suits filed by Ws. A. Heanse against Chicago Tribune figures. Elyria plans new Lack factory. bank run rumors in Licking County debunked. legal actions by Postasren Busse against Hearst group.
The Ohio Farmer Advertisement Pitch
The Ohio Farmer promises practical agricultural matter and sound advice for progressive farming. It touts value through a trial offer and lists subscription rates: one year for 75 cents, with combined Weekly Express and Ohio Farmer at 1.50 and Daily Express by mail at 3.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Farmer
Weekly Express
Daily Express
By Mail
Promoters tout Toledo, Wabash & St. Louis railway
Advertisements in Chicago papers hype the newly incorporated railway through Defiance with a 6 million dollar capital, 600,000 shares at 10 each, and plans to reach Indianapolis and St. Louis. Details claim power from Grand Rapids dam, 70 pound rails, and Toledo terminals, signaling aggressive promotional activity. A separate local report describes a bold coat theft in Defiance as Mrs. Johnston’s buggy box was broken into after a coat purchase.
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Chicago
Toledo, Wabash & St. Louis Railway
Defiance
Whitney
Toledo
Ft. Wayne
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Grand Rapide
Toledo Railway and Terminal Co
Toledo Railway and Light Co
Defiance First National Bank cash and liability report 1907
Defiance Ohio March 22 1907 statement shows resources loans 500805 overdrafts secured, U S bonds 1674 05 banking house and other assets. Liabilities include capital 175000 undivided profits reserves and deposits 822875, United States deposits 0 total assets 1 534 79 and total liabilities 1 534 79. Facts sworn by Virgil Squire cashier before notary Robert Newegs March 20 1907 with directors Squire Ferguson and Squire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
National Banke
Reserve Agenta
LY Bank
Batis
Paldsone
Eee
United States
Finn Secon Soshth
Onto
Defiance
Vinail Squire
Virgil Squire
Robert Neweegs
Edward Squire
B. Squire
FL Ferguson
Death notices and obituaries from Defiance region
A batch of death notices and obituaries from Defiance recounts the passing of Edward M. Hubbard’s mother in Ashtabula at 75, Alfred Hardy near Jewell at 55, Henry Brady of Defiance aged about 63, Anna Bonn-Cabley later Mrs Cabley, and Mrs Sophie Hughes aged 105 in Defiance. The items note survivors, burial arrangements, and church services across St Mary’s, Riverside, and local Baptist church venues.
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Edward M. Hubbard
E. M. Hubbard
Ashtabula
Juda Wm. H. Hubbard
Henry Brady
Jackson Street
Gettysburg
Defiance
Catherine Jacobs
Harry Brady
Toledo
Brady
St. Mary’s Church
Collins
C. K. of C
Riverside
Anna Boon-Cabley
Bucyrus
Ohio
Branersburg
Joseph Bonn
Frank Moran
Daisy Hart
Frederic C
Lawrence A
Bertha E. Bonn
Boon
Oliver Cabley
Joseph Young
Garrett
Fred Young
Holgate
Henry Young
Cadila
Sophie’ Hughes
Wesley
Broadway
Hughes
Coshocton County
Mary Linebrink
Evansport
Lavina Daub
Lafayette
Ind
Sarah Ackerman
Delaware Bend
Jane Marcellu
Triphena Butler
John
Michigan
William
Putnam County
Joseph
Baptist Church
Griffith
Adoption Papers Filed for Loretta Jae Davis
Local notices report the adoption filing for Loretta Jae Davis by Chas and Lulu Davis. Community updates include hospital ownership transfers, wage disputes, and a tufts of travel plans for a Mrs Squire and companions touring Europe. The obituary marks the passing of Elizabeth Gruber 92, with details of her family, church life, and funeral.
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Chas
Lulu ) Davis
Loretta Jae Davis
Dre. Reynolds
Rigrish
Maplewood
Hiosdale
Newark
Aged Gypsy Grand Old Lady Dies in Somersetshire
Isabel Broadway, oldest survivor of the Broadway Gypsy tribe, died Sunday night at her stepson John Broadway's home in Somersetshire Zogland. Honored as the Grand Old Lady, she was among the few who settled in Toledo.
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Toledo
Isabel Broadway
Someretshire
Zogland
John Broadway
Milford couples wed in early license filing
Marriage licenses issued to George Wesley Warner aged 19 and Edna Pearl Lawton aged 18, both of Milford township, and to Albert Stryker aged 26 and Minnie Hohen berger aged 26, both of Defiance.
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George Wesley Warner
Edna Pearl Lawton
Milford Township
Albert Stryker
Minnie Hohenberger
Defiance
Severely Bruised Sidney Man Struck by Train at Crossing
C R Benjamin aged 75 proprietor of the C Handle factory and prominent citizen was struck by a Big Four passenger train at Mai street crossing yesterday. His right arm and several ribs were broken and his face cut. He may not survive.
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Sidney
C. R. Benjamin
The
Mai Street
Floater Identified In Mercer Lake Death Mystery
Celina police report the body of 75 year old Alexander Duano, key witness in the reservoir dynamite case, found floating near Eagles Island on Lake Mercer. Duano, a fisherman, was drowned last November when his boat capsized.
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Celina
Alexander Duano
Lake Mercer
Eagles’s Island
Duono
Sentence Completed Columbus Woman Leaves Prison
Mrs Em ma Van Liew completed a ten year sentence for killing her husband stenographer Alies Hatmmil by throwing vitriol in the face. She left the Ohio penitentiary Saturday in a closed carriage with her daughter, who came from Van Wert. It is believed she will go to Los Angeles where her husband resides.
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Elizabeth Gruber
Schroeder
Province Westfalen
Prussia
Yonder Heavenly Home
J. J. Craine
Tiffin Township
Shaye
Philadelphia
Massillon
Ohio
Fredrick Toberen
Defiance County
J. @. Stever
Wm. Lindbrink
Jacob Gruber
Jacob Gates
West Unity
M. E. Church
E.riemenechneider
St. John’s M. E
Wm. Jeuch
Wm. Mores
Columbus
Emma van Liew
Alies Hatmmil
Wonderful operation saves woman by blood transfusion
Special report from Philadelphia on April 1 describes the first city transfusion to save an anaemic patient. Mrs John Anderson received two quarts of her husband’s blood after his pulse artery was severed and the artery connected to her vein. She revived and began to rally within days.
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Philadelphia
John Anderson
Anderson
Peacock as Food in Royal Feasts Through History
The article discusses peacocks as scarce noble fare, noting tenderness in youth and slow maturity. It describes their ceremonial role in chivalric times, contrasts with turkeys, and recalls the peacock’s prominence at Christmas feasts alongside the boar’s head and brawn.
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Elizabeth
Ancient Oak Logs Found Buried in River Bed
Workmen deepening the River Main near Karlburg uncovered six large oak trunks buried in the stream bed. The ebony colored, very hard wood is said to be valuable for inlay work. German authorities estimate the trees have been submerged for about 1,000 to 1,500 years.
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Karlburg
Foreclosure Petition Against Diehl Defendants in Defiance Ohio
The DeFiance Home Saving and Loan Association files a foreclosure petition against Joho C Diehl Anna Diehl and others in Defiance County Ohio. The suit seeks to declare the amount due on a promissory note and to foreclose the mortgage securing it, with sale of the property in Southworths Addition Defiance. Defendants must answer by May 5 1907.
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Diehl
Anon Diehl
Adaress Scaerington
Foster Dounts
North Dakota
Deane Homs Saving and Loan Uise
Ohio
John’ S
Anna Diehl
Southworth
Defiance
Defiance County
John C. Diebl
Anna Diebl
Ke Brothers Manufacturing Company
Ita
Tts
Hicksville
Otes
George B. Wilson
Kerr Brothers Manufacturing Company
Hippos At A Circular Ugandan Lake For Bathing
A writer from Uganda describes Kikarongo a half mile wide circular lake near Muhekya where hippos gather from Lake Ruisamba to bathe. The water is shallow near shore, the animals splash with snorts and water jets, roll, yawn and show tusks and thick throats. The scene evokes humanlike humor and needs only bathing machines.
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Muhekya
Kikarongo
Westminter Gazette
Uganda
Lake Ruisamba
Growth of Nails and Hair Variations Noted by Scientist
A Japanese scientist reports that conditions lowering general health reduce hair thickness and alter growth patterns, with variations more pronounced in coarse-haired races. Nail growth reflects disease duration and severity. historical context suggests a cellular history written in capillary terms.
Painters Colic and Rude Housewife Exchange in Rome Cemetery Factoid
In a dining room scene a painter jokes about painters colic prompting a sharp rebuke from a housewife who mocks his condition. The quarrel ends as the crew completes the job in silence. The note adds that Rome’s cemetery holds over 6,000,000 burials.
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Colic
Missis
New York Press
Middleweight Navy Debate Stirs Public Opinion
The New York Mail questions the push for large battleships while urging a capable navy of revenue cutters. It notes Congress may err in favoring oversized ships and argues a well trained populace with rifles could deter invasion, citing Crecy and New Orleans as historic precedents.
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United States
New York Mail
Congress
Roosevelt
Crecy
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Harlem River Declared Shortest Stream in World
The Harlem River in New York City is proclaimed the shortest stream on earth. It is described as a mouth of the Hudson River, linking to the Harlem area and reflecting the city’s unusual waterway claim.
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New York City
Harlem
Hudson
Assignee Appointed for WV Hutchins of Defiance Ohio
The undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as Assignee in trust for the benefit of WV Hutchins lately doing business as W V Hutchins and Son of Defiance Ohio by the Probate Court of Defiance County. Dated March 2 197. Charles B Morris, Assignee in trust for the editors of WV Hutchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth “Ashton
Defiance County
Ohio
W. Wortman
Kenneth Ashton
Wv" Hutchins
W. V" Hutchins & Son
Defiance
Deflanes County
Charles B. Morris
W. V. Hutchins
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E. Loose
David Meek
National Bank
Napoleon and Sow
South McAlester
Monay
Nathan B. Conran
Tiffin Thursday
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Hanover
Mich
Braver Dam
Allen County
Ws. A. Proctour
Proctor & Gamble Soap Company
Cincinnati
Thomas Conxons
Tiffin
Joplin
Willins
Mrs. Castel Struse
McComb
Hancock County
Ganusua A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Glenwood
Orve Britting
Dover, N. J
Jake
Ws. R. Heanse
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Root
Utica, N.Y
Elyria
Zion City
Licking
T , County Bank and Trust Co
Postasren Bussi
W. R Hearst
Arthur Brisbane
Hearst
T. E. Powers
T. EB. Sullivant
Chicago American
Chicago Examiner
Hearer
Mr. Busse
Express
Defiance, Ohio
N. G. Johnston
Harley & Whitakers
First National Bank
Mareh
Alfred Hardy
Jewell
Independence Church
Rohn
Wabash
New York
Squire
Myra Twitchell
Mansfield
Moulton
Boston
Houghton
Tryon
N. C
Cherburg
Paris
France
England
Gypsie
Cheney Lumber Co
Berlin
Signor Amedo Bucci
Signor Bucci
Rome
Capitol
Renown Engine Oil
Standard Oil Company
GJ. Watkins
A.hehnast CO
Russia
Defiance Coleg
Hicksville High School
Patterson
Deflanes College
Howard W. Ury
Route
Joe Freecorn
J. Freecor
Clinton St
James Hopple
Propriedr
New, Ohio
R. W. Wortman
O Lewis Block
Tron Rubber
DEFIANCE IRON @ STEEL Co
D. Lieberthal, Mer
Perry St
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