Smooth forger Loeselle swindles in Toledo and semis
A traveling man named T. P. Loeselle, arrested in Toledo for passing forged checks, spent a week in this city posing as a Semit Chemical representative. He bought medicines, booked ad space, and paid in advance with a $100 check that later proved worthless. a hotel cash advance left a $15.60 loss after protest fees. He claimed NY police ties and faced possible Columbus prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Loeselle
Toledo
Loeselle
Semit Chemical Company of
New York
Weisenberger & Emery
The
Crescent News
Ideal Pharmacy
F. P. Weisenberger
Weisenberger
the Crescent News
O. K
Crescent
C.p.morgan
New York City
Jefferson House
Columbus
Garfield National Bank
Election Board Concludes Its Work in Defiance County
The board of deputy supervisors of elections met Thursday with Seibel Ensign McClintock and Linhart present. They audited bills for election day supplies and booth setup and reported the elected justices of the peace in Defiance County: Adams Sheets Farmer Rice Hicksville Berger Mark McBride Tiffin Kelley Washington Figley. The board adjourned at the call of the chief deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Deputy Supervisors of Elections
Seibel
Ensign
McClintock
Linhart
Defiance County
Adams
F. I. Sheets
Farmer
O. A. Rice
Hicksville
John Berger
Mark
A. L. McBride
Tiffin
Isaac C. Kelley
Washington
A. G. Figley
Pioneer H R Haller Dies in Brunersburg at 71
Squire H R Haller of Brunersburg Noble township died at his home at 12 o'clock Thursday night aged 71. He was born on the Haller homestead and spent his life there. Surviving are four children James William John and Mrs Lyman Hilton. Funeral was held at the M E church in Brunersburg at 2 pm Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire H. R. Haller
Brunersburg
Noble Township
Haller
Ury Trial Set for April 20 in Wyandot Murder Case
Hon John W Winn and E T Dunn appeared for Geo Ury in Wyandot county common pleas court. A motion to quash the indictment was overruled and Ury’s trial was scheduled for April 20. Ury testified before the grand jury in the Johnson murder case, aiding the case against him amid strong local sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Winn
Upper Sandusky
Common Pleas Court
E T. Dunn
Findlay
Geo. Ury
Wyandot County
Celery Farmer
Johnson
Messrs Dunn
Winn
Ury
Mr. Ury
Crosby House Get New Paint Job and Exterior Change
The Crosby house now has new wallpaper and paint throughout and owner Wm. Kirtley plans exterior painting with darker tones. The hotel, a leading NW Ohio establishment, is kept up to date under Kirtley’s direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby House
Wm. Kirtley
Crosby
Ohio
Kirtley
Village notes from Sherwood Signal on local affairs
Sherwood residents report Curtis W. in Washington cultivating 240 acres of oats and planning a 90 by 130 foot barn. J H Miller returns to Toledo to work in Melan's drug dept. McCord in Bryan exchanges Bowling Green TeleCo stock for $4000 in bank deposits. Bank stock issues tied to a defunct Sherwood bank are settled by a stock exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Miller
Curtis W
Washington
J. H. Miller
Toledo
Drug Department
Melan’s Department Store
McCord
Bryan
Bowling Green Telephone Company
Sherwood Bank
D. F. Openlander
J. K. Dunman
W. W. Morrison
Ringling Brothers Circus to Open Defiance Season
Ringling Brothers will exhibit in Defiance on Monday April 29 marking the regular season kickoff. The circus travels from Chicago where a three week run precedes the Defiance arrival and tents will be erected in advance. The show is billed as bigger and better with new features exciting local crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers
Defiance
Coliseum
Chicago
World’s Fair City
Ringling Bros. Circus
Jello O The New Dessert Delights Taste Buds
A playful ad promotes Jello O as a new dessert pleasing all. It lists four fingerlike flavors Lemon orange raspberry and strawberry and urges shoppers to try it today at their grocers.
Settlers' Rate Tickets Offered on Tuesday Sales
Beginning Tuesday February 12 until April 30 low rate settlers tickets will be sold every Tuesday to Oregon Montana Washington and all points in the Northwest. Write wire phone or call nearest agent C A Asterlin T P A Ft Wayne Ind or F L Twining Fostoria O. No 10 tues&thors w Apr 80.
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Nickel Plate Road
Oregon
Montana
Washington
Northwest
Asterlin
Ft Wayne
Ind
F. L. Twining
Fostoria
Tues&thors
Sherwood franchise ordinance adopted by city council
City council met in adjourned session with members Abel Arning Helmick Schultz J I Hoeffel Chas Hoeffel Conkie present. Clerk Malley reported $3 for fire hose use. Petition from Juliette Jefferson and Downs residents urged W D Sherwood and associates to receive an electric railway franchise along Clinton and South Clinton. Ordinance read third time and adopted with amendments. Sidewalk grade on Holgate Ave established and wooden sidewalk project approved. Light committee instructed to move street light from Jackson and Deatrick to Jackson and Linden. Adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel
Arning
Helmick
Schultz
J. I. Hoeffel
Chas. Hoeffel
Conkie
Holgate Ave
J. J. Hoeffel
Ringling Brothers World Show to Exhibit in Defiance
Ringling Brothers announced a grand world show in Defiance on Monday. The lineup features top aerialists and animals including the Feeley family, Hollo way Trio, Flying Fishers, Garcinette Troupe, and twenty elephants in a single act. The program highlights a large zoological display and 18 000-seat Hippodrome pavilion with new entrances and improved facilities. In addition there is news of the steamship Rhein breaking passenger records in New York with 2 502 passengers onboard and 2 449 steerage passengers disembarking at Ellis Island.
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Ringling Brothers
Feeley
Holloway
Alvo
Boise
Picard
Flying Fishers
Mille
Turnout
Garcinette
Italy
da Coma
Marvelles
Wartenburg
Madame Noble
Jupiter
Amelia Feeley
John Rooney
Europe
America
Albert Crandall
New York
Bremen
Ellis Island
Rhein
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised By Englishman
Mr William Savory of England declares Chamberlains Cough Remedy the best for bronchitis and credits it with saving his wife after six years of illness. Sold by Woodwards Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
William Savory
England
Woodward’s
Lake Superior Steel Nears Purchase of Cliffs Holdings
Duluth April 6 Lake Superior Steel corporation negotiates for the mines railways ships and mineral and timber lands of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron company in a deal valued between 8 and 10 million dollars. The Cliffs company has given an option to United States Steel corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Lake Superior Steel Corporation
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Lake Superior
Cleveland Cliffs Company
United States Steel Corporation
Officials deny Cincinnati railway merger talk
Cincinnati officials deny reports that the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line the Monon the Cincinnati Southern and the Southern railway would amalgamate under the J Pierpont Morgan syndicate. The consolidation has been tied to the renewal of a lease of the Cincinnati Southern to the Southern railway.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton
Monen
Cincinnati Southern
Southern Railway
J. Pierpont Morgan Syndicate
Blizzard Traps Kansas Towns Halted Burlington Line
Another terrific blizzard grips northwestern Kansas on April 6 halting traffic along the Orleans and St. Francis Burlington and South River branches. Towns remain snowbound since March 23 with several trains stalled and suffering growing.
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Mconald
Kan
Kansas
Orleans and St. Francis
Burlington and South River
Boers Shift Seat of Government in Boer War Movement
Lord Kitchener reports Col. Plumer has advanced 20 miles beyond Nylstrom toward Pietersburg unopposed. Pretoria correspondent says the Boers moved their government seat from Pietersburg 35 miles northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Plumer
Nylstrom
Pietersburg
Pretoria
Man Burned in Mob Attack Over Fire Allegation
At Zerkowitz Mo ravia Johann Capal was seized by angry neighbors and thrown into flames after being accused of setting fire to his own house. He barely escaped a fatal blaze after a desperate struggle. Twenty arrests were made.
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Vienna
Zerkowitz
Moravia
Johann Capal
Tragedy at Nevada sawmill claims two Todd brothers
Two brothers named George and James Todd were killed when a boiler exploded at a sawmill near Ketterman in the county of Nevada. They were working close to the boiler when the explosion happened and died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
George
James Todd
Ketterman
Turf Winners
At Memphis Bridge winners include Doasterswivel Ed die Busch Farmer Bennett and Heroics Wax Taper. At San Francisco Companion Bruns wick Don Luis Kenilworth Parmenion Cromwell. At Bennings Robert Waddell Red Dam sel Curtsey Speedmas Guatama Scurry.
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Memphis—Bridge
Doasterswivel
Eddie Busch
Farmer Bennett
Heroics
Wax Taper
San Francisco
Brunswick
Don Luis
Kenilworth
Parmenion
Cromwell
Bennings
Robert Waddell
Red Damsel
Curtsey
Speedmas
Guatama
Scurry
Four Quarters News In Briefs From Across States
Post office at Seneca Missouri looted by burglars. Newsboy Tim O Connor crushed to death under cars in Lima Ohio. Fire destroys Main Street in Augusta Montana with losses around sixty thousand dollars. Harley Lamb seventeen kills Walter Correll twenty two at Oden Indiana. Russell Harrison will not contest his father s will. P C Knox of Pittsburg named attorney general by McKinley. At Celina Ohio Ophelia Meyer thirty eight, insane, jumps in front of a train. Edwin Ruthven killed by execution reprieve delay. Freight train wrecks near Jewett Ohio as a large rock falls on track. engineer Fisher and an unknown man killed.
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Seneca
Tim O’connor
Lima
Augusta
Mon
Harley Lamb
Walter Correll
Oden
Ind
Russell Harrison
P. C. Knox
Pittsburg
McKinley
Celina
Ophelia Meyer
Edwin Ruthven
Ohio Penitentiary
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Jewett
Fisher
Colleges to consolidate in Kentucky under new names
Boards of control in Louisville approved a plan to merge Centre College Danville and Central University Richmond into Central University at Danville. Louisville and Danville theological seminaries will form The Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky in Louisville. Five youths and five girls were indicted for an escapade at Potter's College in Bowling Green involving a ladder and enticement.
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Louisville
Centre College
Danville
Central University
Richmond
Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky
Bowling Green
Potter’s College
Roland Fitch
Willis
Pleasant*Potter
Floy
Harry Nahm
Lena Hopkins
Louisiana
Ruth Hayes
Florence Cottrel
Cloverport
Bessie Simpson
Nicholasville
Bessie Boyer
Indiana
Mifink
Eleventh Saddle-Horse Breeders Meeting Elects Castleman President
The American Saddle-horse Breeders association met in Louisville on April 6. It adopted a plan to drop many horses from the register as foundation bloodlines are investigated. A four volume pedigree history will be published. An exhibit at Chicago’s international stock exhibition in December is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
American Saddle-horse Breeders’ Association
Chicago
John B. Castleman
Association
Learn by Heart in Saxony Public Schools
Berlin reports Saxony Prussia authorities have issued a new pupil code requiring memorization of 291 Biblical verses and 193 hymn verses plus catechism. The Vossische Zeitung frames it as a key move in enforcing religious discipline amid concerns over youth demoralization.
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Berlin
Saxony
Prussia
Magdeburg
Vossische Zeitung
Miraculous Cure Reported for St Joseph Nun
Sister Laura Kuhn of St Joseph's convent in St Louis was reportedly cured of stomach cancer after 18 years of illness. The supposed miracle occurred March 18, the feast day of St Joseph, following nine days of collective prayer by the convent.
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St. Louis
Laura Kuhn
St. Joseph’s Convent
St. Joseph’s Day
Six Story Elevator Fall Injures Ten at Chicago Factory
Ten young women were slightly injured when an elevator at the J. P. Smith shoe factory fell six stories. They were trapped in the shaft cage before being released, many in hysterics. The conductor Dennis Horan slowed the car at the first floor, reducing the impact.
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Chicago
J. P. Smith Shoe Factory
Dennis Horan
Vendetta Echoes as General Clay Defies Sheriff at Whitehall
Lexington dispatch reports General Cassius M. Clay barricaded in his Madison county mansion after a sheriff’s posse tried to serve a civil writ on him. Gunfire occurred on both sides. authorities plan another attempt Monday. Clay, famed abolitionist and former minister to Russia, is said to have wounded the affair and fears enemies. He has isolated himself in his den guarded by loyal servants. His daughter Mary B. Clay sought to secure furniture delivery and settle claims on property he wishes to pass to his former wife Dora Brock, now remarried. The dispute centers on family inheritance and control of the estate before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Cassius Marcellus Clay
United States
Russia
Whitehall
Madison County
Mary B. Clay
Dora
Riley Brock
Pinchard
Woodford County
Bribery Charges Not Sustained Reported
St Paul April 6 a house committee investigating railroad tax bribery charges found the evidence does not sustain the charges. The inquiry examined testimony and documents linked to the bill increasing gross earnings tax on railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
House of Representatives
Ash Sells Wisconsin Tract to Rockefeller For 1 Million
Dr. Ash, former Toledo resident, sells 160 acres in northern Wisconsin to John D. Rockefeller for 1 million dollars. The land, bought in 1884 for 1000 dollars, is said to include Wisconsin's only natural harbor, making the deal notable for its rapid profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Dr. Ash
John D. Rockefeller
Wisconsin
Infant Burned by Insane Mother in Home Fire
In Parkersburg West Virginia on April 6 an elderly child died after its mother Mrs Morris held the infant in a fire until its head was burned and the body charred. Authorities say insanity explains the deed. The family lived in Stinson southern Clay county. The mother had shown sudden aversion to the youngest child in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Corbin's Opinion of Funston
In Wichita on April 6 the Eagle prints Chester L Long's interview on Frederick Funston. Long reports that General Corbin dismissed Funston's heroics, saying Funston has done nothing to warrant a brigadier general commission and that brigadier generals should be teachers, not bosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbin
Funston
Wichita
the Eagle
Chester L Long
Kansas
Frederick Funston
Mr. Long
Police Judge Ejected After Suspension Incident
Samuel L. Gordon, suspended police judge, tried to return to his seat with his son and was forcibly removed by police. Justice Crawford, appointed to replace Gordon, opened court at nine and adjourned soon after out of respect for the late Judge Learn. Gordon and his son returned and he attempted to hold a court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Samuel L. Gordon
Justice Crawford
Gordon
Learn
Duel on Monaco frontier ends with Tarnowski wounded
On the Monaco frontier Count Kontonzoff Tolstoy a Cossack lieutenant and Count Tarnowski secretary of the Austro Hungarian legation at Washington dueled. They used pistols then swords. Two shots were fired with no hits and Tarnowski was wounded in the forearm during the sword assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
Monaco
Kontonzoff Tolstoy
Count Tarnowski
Washington
Newport Opens as Cincinnati Track Launches 45 Day Meeting
The Queen City Jockey Club at Newport Kentucky opened its racing season on April 5 with a 45 day meet. The betting ring will be open to all bookmakers and more than 500 horses are quartered at the course, including top Turf Congress circuit rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Cininnati
Middle West
Queen City Jockey Club
Turf Congress
Free Trade and Trusts o Am cana Steel Trust
London April 6 The Daily Mail views the Am cana Steel trust as unlikely to relieve U S from trust oppression except via free trade It accuses J Pierpont Morgan of amassing 200 million dollars to crush independent American concerns It warns the trust will resist tariff legislation and consolidate the iron and steel trades making a tough fight ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Trade and Trusts
London
The
Daily Mail
Am .Cana Steel Trust
Cape
United States
J. Piergoné Morgan
Sytake
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the Election Board
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Schwaeble
Wm. Martin
Harley & Whitaker
M A Costello
Sass
Fred Antner
LK Miller
Dayton Blank Book & Ptg. Co
Costello
H.R. Haller
Sherwood
Ringling
Ringling Bros
Royal Baking Powder CO
William Street
Cassius Clay
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