Safe robbers pursued by posse after daytime heist
A safe in the Caff elevator at Tontegany was opened by robbers Friday morning and money taken from the S G Whittemore general store. The band fled along the river bank after a gunfight with officers. a large posse hunted through woods and tracks toward McClure and Clover Leaf line, with hope they will be captured as escaped convicts.
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Tontegany
S G Whittemore
CH & D
Toledo
Grand Rapids
Wagon Bridge
Tontogany
McClure
Sandusky Missed Chance for Pickle Kraut Factory
A Sandusky dispatch reports a large pickle and kraut factory, a Pennsylvania firm, nearly closed to locate in Sandusky. Farmers pledged acreage. the city would provide a site. The plant would employ many workers, and $300 would have sufficed for site prep. The writer regrets the missed opportunity and urges a vigorous effort to attract the business.
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Sandusky
Pennsylvania
Hanis
Wm. Martin
Business Men’s Association
Teachers Column Seeks Reformers For Better Schools
A long Teachers Column argues for reform-minded educators in the United States, praising the public school system in Ohio. It notes crime origins, praises education, and urges uniform township curricula and broader use of the Patterson law. It calls on readers to improve local schools and address inquiries to Teachers' Column, The Express.
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Dickens
Erasmus
Luther
United States
Ohio
Visit to Chicago Move by Jay Weisenburger
Jay Weisenburger departed for a visit in Chicago on Monday. In Delta a young man named Lautzhauser was killed Sunday after slipping and falling beneath a moving freight car near his home as he attempted to jump aboard. Sherwood officials met with county leaders Monday to finalize road improvements into Sherwood. Columbus dispatch notes Mrs. Isabelle Greenlee’s scleroderma has progressed to severely limit movement and skin adherence. Wabash agent Earl Lind resigned after five months to become assistant ticket agent in Pittsburg. a replacement is expected soon with a formal appointment pending.
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Lautzhauser
Delta
Columbus
Isabelle Greenlee
Earl Lind
Wabash
Pittsburg
Mr. Lind
Lind
Defiance Considered for National Encampment Attendance
Efforts by U V U and W V R U members push Defiance as site for national encampment with support from Major General Peter Dickman Ohio Department Commander. Letters sent to executive committee seeking favorable action, with other cities like New Haven St Paul Washington and Denver in play. Encampment planned for August to align with Chautauqua. decision expected soon after committee replies. A separate case reports Eli Marckel suing Andy Pessefall for 3000 dollars over a June 1904 assault damaging his nose. A Logan township election on school centralization failed 154 to 51, planning a Buckland schoolhouse replacement after fire.
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V. U
Peter Dickman
Ohio
Executive Committee
New Haven
Conn
Middle West
St. Paul
Washington
Denver
Colo
Defiance Commandery
Dickman
Fr. S. Snow
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Gould
Eli Marckel
Common Pleas Court
Andy Pessefall
Winn & Hay
J H Hockman
Marckel
Logan Township
Auglaize County
Buckland
Death of Alice Roberts
Mrs. Alice Roberts died Sunday evening at her father's home on Clinton street at age 24 from consumption. She spent most of her life in the city, married five years ago, and lived in Columbus before being brought back three weeks ago. Funeral services were held Tuesday at her father's residence with Rev. Clayton A. Smucker officiating. Interment followed at Riverside cemetery.
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Alice Roberts
Frank Forrest
R. Mires
Clinton Street
Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Columbus
Forrest
Clayton A. Smucker
Methodist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Champions Defeated In City Checkers Challenge
Police Officer Hummer and Attorney John Lamb had long claimed the city’s top checker status but last week faced a string of defeats. A stranger defeated Hummer in multiple games and Lamb similarly failed to draw, ending their reign as undefeated champions. The players cried they slept or dreamed, yet eye witnesses confirm the decisive results.
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Hummer
John Lamb
Lamb
Northwestern Ohio teachers Round Table meets Friday and Saturday
The annual spring meeting of the Northwestern Ohio Teachers and Superintendents Round Table will be held on Friday and Saturday the 7th and 8th of this month. Most city teachers are expected to attend and participate in discussions led by top state educators. Delphos schools will host morning sessions for visiting teachers while the first round table session occurs Friday afternoon, followed by an evening address by Guy Potter Benton, president of Miami University.
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Northwestern Ohio
Delphos
Round Table
Guy Potter Benton
Miami University
Mitchell
Fostoria
Royal Baking Powder touted for purity and decades of study
The passage extols Royal Baking Powder after forty years of scientific work in bread and cake raising. It claims unmatched purity and efficiency, praised by world authorities, and notes benefits for housekeepers alongside a conference schedule and teaching round table details led by Superintendent Mitchell. It also recounts John Tanner Royer’s global travel return and warm welcomes from his parents.
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Tanner) Royer
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