Two Circuits Held Under One Tent in Defiance Event
Democrats of Defiance county met in mass convention at city hall to organize delegates for congressional and judicial conventions. Committees named by chair T T Ansberry selected delegates. Judge Hubbard allowed to name his own judicial delegates. A second convention followed later that day to select state convention delegates and adjourned after central committee authorization. Funeral of Mrs Frances Grant held at Oakland church.
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Defiance County
Mass
T T Ansberry
Joseph A Evans
W F Hedrick
Defiance
D M Whetstone
Evansport
Peter F Seibel
Ben Edgerton
Hicksville
Ford Mekus
Henry Wonderly
T P Cantlon
Henry Troeger
F W Smith
C Echenevert
John P Eiser
W H Hubbard
Ansberry
Hubbard
Congressional
Geof May
J L Patterson
Adams
Henry Fedderke
Geo. H. Corresel
Henry Schumaker
Chas. Clemens
S . Knape
Frank Mekus
Chas. H. Newton
Levi Shock
John W. Winn
T. T. Shaw
Chas, Behringer
J.A. Evans
Ey A. Baker
J. A. Deindoerer
Ley Campbell
Ulrich Ball
S W Beastie
J A Batt
Christ Elser
Common Pleas
George S May
J J Malley
Central Committee
John Knape
Wm Brinkman
P J Leithauser
J A Deindoerfer
John Sherry
J A Evans
al Diehl
Herm Spangler
John Binney
F J Mains
Henry Rosselet
Ernest S Therken
Geo Martin
George
H J Jennings
Joe Veith
John McGushen
John P Clemens
Frank Feigenbaum
Henry Bohlman
J M Sanders
J K Denman
Frank Wisda
Clisabeth
Hall Miller
Henry Lower
Walter Collins
T H Manefield
T A Boyd
Elmer Swaysgood
Paul Hagen
John Deardorf
Millard Ferris
Ernest Weichinson
R B Cameron
Emil Schick
Willis Kei
Geo. K. Otis
T. T. Ansberry
A. D. Rank
R. H. Sutphen
Geo
John F. Dowe
Robert Newbegin
John A Deindorfer
F L Stone
Zeno Miller
W A Kehnast
EJ Phelps
ZH Miller
C D Gardner
Geo.s May
Albert Goldenetz
John Spazler
E J Pugh
Old Subscription Paper Relic From 1862 Presbyterian Church
A 1904 summary notes a relic subscription paper drawn 42 years earlier by A M Shead for the Presbyterian church. The 1862-63 quarterly payments funded Rev. B W Slagle’s first year salary. A list of 24 living subscribers includes I N Thacker and J W Peterson among others. amounts range from 15 to 20 dollars, totaling 206 dollars.
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L.j.shead
A. M. Shead
B. W. Slagle
I N Thacker
A M Shead
C A Flickinger
H Sessions
E Strong
E P Hooker
E F Lindenberger
GC Backus
John Rhule
W A Brown
Finlay Strong
J _ P Ayers
J P Ottley
J P Buffington
Jonas Colby
J W Peterson
Joseph Ralston
Wm Higgins
Chas B Souire
R P Osborn
H Davison
A Cary
L C Tucker
Wm C Holgate
Kettenrings Sail for Europe on Oceanica May 4
Mr and Mrs W A Kettenring will sail for Europe aboard the Oceanica on May 4. The weather forecast offers no improvement in conditions for several days.
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W A Kettenring
Europe
Court session settles paternity and other cases
Judge W H Hubbard presided in the Court of Common Pleas. Bessie McCollister vs John Frederick Biker awarded $400 for maintenance and costs. Biker jailed if unpaid. Skinner Binding Co. vs Eli Ayers verdict for plaintiff with perpetual injunction. appeal bond $100. Various cases disposed. court adjourned to May 7.
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Court of Common Pleas
W H Hubbard
Bessie McCollister
John Frederick Biker
Biker
Skinner Binding Co
Eli Ayers
John Shuter
Amos Evans
E Dean
J Fletcher
C. W. Kerns
John White
The
Pittsburg Life and Trust Co
E. O. Morris Et al
Rhinesmith & Simonson
W. S. McClary
Ayersville ME Church
Frank A. Durham
L. E. Raleton
State of Ohio
J. R. Whalen
Young man loses arm at Defiance plant on Saturday
I J Roedel, 20, of Ottawa Avenue East Defiance, lost his left arm while adjusting a press at the American Steel Package Co. around 3 30 pm Saturday. Doctors operated at Maplewood hospital after an emergency bandage, the arm was removed about five inches below the shoulder. Roedel's pulse and temperature were stable Sunday and he will stay in hospital several days.
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American Steel
Pckage Co
I. J. Roedel
Ottawa Avenue
East Defiance
Roedel
Gus Kruse
C. W. Zellers
Rigrish
Roedels
Dr. Zellers
Maplewood Hospital
J. B Ury
M. B. Stevens
Revival meetings attract masses at Grace M. E. church
The Lima Ohio Republican Gazette reports Rev. A. M. VirDen’s revival at Grace M. E. church drawing large crowds last Sunday with 150 at the altar and daily altar calls of 15 to 25. attendees praise plain preaching and note uplifted lives from gutter to respectability.
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Lima
Ohio Republican Gazette
A. M. VirDen
Grace M. E. Church
Evangelist VirDen
Grace
VirDen
Vir- den
Matthias Wins Out At Van Wert County Republican Convention
At Van Wert the county Republican judicial convention produced a split vote between Cant E S Matthias and W H Dailey. Dailey supporters left in protest but returned. final tally showed Matthias with numerous second ward seats and a separate tally for the third ward tickets. count declared independent of the convention.
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van Wert
Cant. E.S. Matthias
W. H. Dailey
Squire O. W. Priddy
Davis
Venedocia
Dailey
Matthias
Second Ward
Messrs
W.C. Edwards
Comradeship and Local Happenings in Harrison City
Resolutions mourn the death of David Atkinson by Phelps Command and extend sympathy to his family. Notices report births, visits, new mills in operation, and travels. Local updates note wheat shortages affecting flour mills, and obituary for Samuel Garver, aged about 73, with funeral at Hamilton.
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David Atkinson
Phelps
P. D. McMillen
C. G. Robinson
W. B. Ercen
Samuel Garver
Belle Rife
Monroe
Hamilton
Defiance Telegraphy School Offers Quick Rise and Good Pay
The Defiance School of Telegraphy promises rapid career advancement and solid earnings for young men and independent opportunity for women. A large telegraph office adjacent to Western Union, with Western Union endorsement and a 30 year veteran supervisor, operates daily 9 am to 9 pm except Sunday. contact for terms and further details.
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Defiance
Western Union
Manneris
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
A brief advertorial notes a toning medicine marketed as a busy health booster. It highlights claims of renewed vigor and general wellness with suggested daily use and price references. The item reads like a period promotional snippet from a local paper.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Puee Golden Health
Houtstm
Dave Compa
Medion
Social Couple Wed In Toledo In Thursday Afternoon
Social Guy Rowland and Miss Ruby Covington both of Toledo were united in marriage Thursday afternoon. A leap year party by the auxilliary Anti Shanti club followed at Citizens on Thursday evening. Eighteen couples attended. The Necana club met Friday with Mrs. G D Edgar for a pleasant afternoon ending with a two course lunch. The German M E church Ladies Aid selected officers: President Mrs Wm Hoffman, Vice Mrs R Brown, Secretary Mrs Otto Behne, Treasurer Miss Birdie Geiger. The Athenian literary society at Defiance College presented a fine program featuring the Nordica Waltz with Miss Lola Beard mandolin, Louis Thompson mandolin, Miss Henderson on piano. Thursday’s reception for St Paul’s Methodist at Mrs Seither’s Holgate Ave home ran two to five with decorations of carnations and hyacinths. proceeds benefited the church.
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The
Auxilliary
Ladies’ Aid Society of
M. E. Church
Wm. Hoffman
R. Brown
Otto Behne
Birdie Geiger
Athenian Literary Society
Defiance College
Lola Beard
Louis Thompson
Miss Henderson
Henry Seither
William Martin
Charles Hoffman
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Mra
Sheriff McCarty Returns with Indicted Man Jerome Lawson
Sheriff John McCarty arrived from Bryan on April 7 bringing Jerome Lawson who had been indicted in this county two years earlier for forgery. Lawson formerly resided in Hicksville.
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John McCarty
Bryan
Jerome Lawson
Lawson
Hicksville
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Frances Grant
Sherwood
Oakland
Fred
Ghene
Godfrey
Cueney & Godfrey
American Steel Package Co
Geo. Halstead
Toledo
Mae Harley
Yipsilanti, Mich
Ernest Stoll
Jewell
J. H. Culkins
A. Squire
W. L. Stone
B. B
James Crary
Tony Weber
Julius
Zora E. Hull
Defiance Township
Pat Moore
Memphis
Frank Clark
Muskogee, I. T
F. R. Mangas
M. B. Gorman
Isaac Deveaux
Glandorf
North
Anna Garber
St. Johns Catholic Church
Mud Creek
Besse Powell
Maude Harley
National Park Seminary
Washington, D. C
W.P. Engel
John Diehl
Interurban Railway
New York
J. G. Hall
Bradner
Hall
Jesse Hall
Tiffin Township
J. H. Neaderhauser
S. W. Neaderhauser
Napierville, Ill
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
KE. W. Hoffman
Squire
Sheets
Adams Township
St. Vincents Hospital
North Ridge Catholic Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Daniel Markley
Ridgeville
Napoleon
Rev. VirDen
John Betts
Harrison Street
Mrs. Greely Barnes
Paulding
Misses Higgins
Gid Blanchard
Carruthersville, Mo
T. L. Karr
Indiana
Sam A. Maxwell
Dey Ayers
Defiance School of Telegraphy
Defiance, Ohio
J. J. Malley
Cleveland
Guy Rowland
Ruby Covington
Necana Club
G. D. Edgar
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