Port Christian Endeavor Convention Highlights
A Port Christian Endeavor convention at Hicksville U B church featured C H Hubbell Ohio C E Union secretary and several speakers. The program emphasized prayer, county organization, and local society reports with the Akron state convention set for June 23 to 27 and round table discussions on local work and missions.
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Hicksville U. B
Chrisp Endeavor
Pple
C. Hubbel
Ohio C. E. Union
Campbell
Hubbel
Orte
Ohio
Banner County
Banner
Ohio Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Society
Akron
E. O Excell
Amos R. Wells
R. G. Landreth
J. Wilber Chapman
Booker T. Washington
Rhodes
C.H. Hubbell
Providence
Young Peoples Society
Defiance
E. D. Gover
Sec’y Pro Tem
Bad mixup on Second Street bridge injures none seriously
A buggy collision on Second Street bridge when a colt startled Grover Bebringer’s auto caused two rigs to crash. Frank Ort and others were thrown. Ort was shaken but uninjured. Schatz’s buggy horses fell over the embankment and were caught. no fatalities. Behringer denied liability, stating Grover Ort was not near the intersection. Other notes: forthcoming weddings and local moves are listed.
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Frank Ort
Brother
John Finn
Second St
Colt
Grover Bebringer
Washington Street
Second Street
Ed Bebatz
Mias Bodenbender
Ort
Schatz
Bigay
Goldnetz
Tunate
Chas. Behringer
Grover
Orts
Adam Ort
Card of Thanks for Bessie Willeman-Kette
A card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and floral offerings received after the sickness and death of daughter and wife Bessie Willeman-Kette from her parents and Havabann.
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Bessie Willeman
Local Obituaries mark deaths in Defiance area
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Bessie Willeman Letts aged 25 on April 12 1904 and Matilda Grant wife of Bert Grant aged 33. Notices also cover death of Mr Bruno Kissner near Defiance and death of Miss Anna Blanke born 1883. Other items note injuries at Defiance Machine Works and weddings of Mary Carr with Bert Ernsberger and the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Jacob Mueller.
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Bessie Willeman-Letts
Moore
Matilda Grant
Bert Grant
Sherwood
Matilda Hanenheath
Oakland M. E
M. KE
Oakland
Vir- den
Taylor Cemetery
Bruno Kissner
John M
Fifth Street
Mr. Kissner
Obersin
Bavaria
United States
Defiance
Kissner
St. John’s Catholic Church
Anna
Adolph
Frederika Blanke
Douglass _ street
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Mueller
Mary Carr
Bert Ernsberger
A. B. Murphy
Philadelphia
American Steel Package Company
East Defiance
Jacob Mueller
Saloons must go says school essay on temperance
A Defiance event by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union awarded prizes for best lectures from high school pupils. A top essay argues temperance is essential for national health, condemns saloons for moral and financial ruin, and urges patriotism and motherhood to teach sobriety. The report includes a fatal train collision incident and farm session statistics.
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Institute of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Womans Christian Temperance Union
Ram
United States
Iroquois Club Banquet Cheers for Presidential Hopefuls
The Iroquois Democratic club in Chicago hosted a banquet with glee for several speakers including retired Ger Nelson Miles praised as a future president. Sewitt and Clevelans figures drew applause while a regret letter from W Bryan remained unread amid chants and waving napkins.
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Chicago
Ger Nelson Miles
United States
Dunge Parker
Sewitt
Clevelans’ Uer
W. Bryan
Convention town overcharges Democrats in Napoleon
A Democratic candidate visiting Napoleon for the upcoming convention faced a $100 per day room charge plus $100 in meal tickets. He was told the rate would stay the same even if the convention lasted beyond a day, highlighting the high costs and implying potential financial strain on delegates.
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Napoleon
Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial deed from 1880 Toledo
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. vows to pay one hundred dollars for each incurable catarrh case. Notary A. Dy confirms this 1880 affidavit. Product claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and surfaces.
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Onto
City of
Toledo
Laioas
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ely
Coun
Hall
Nik J. Cheney
London letter from Defiance Machine Works official
A Sunday letter from R Carey May in London England expresses encouragement for the Express and asks to be remembered to friends in the city. He notes his family and August Schmucker’s wellbeing and includes coupons for the Express world fair contest to be deposited in the ballot box.
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George Smith
Holgate Ave
Defiance Machine Works
R. Carey May
London
England
The
Tuck
Express
August Schmucker
Mr. May
Union
Dr Miller Office and Residence Contact Details
Dr Miller lists office at 512 Clinton Street near Woodward's drug store with hours 9 to 12, 2 to 4, and 7 to 9 p.m. Residence at 639 Washington Street.
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Clinton Street
Woodward’s Drug Store
Sp. m
Washington Street
Killits Wins at Williams County Republican Convention
The Williams County mass Republican convention in Montpelier elected a solid Killits delegation to the Defiance judicial convention. Killits carried ten of twelve townships. Judge Bowersox pledged support and praised Killits, while rivals faced a unified front through written stipulations. Other notes include oil inspector reappointments in Columbus and Toledo, street superintendent fights, and a guilty verdict in Elkhart bank wrecking counts.
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Williams County
Montpelier
Killits
Defiance
Judge Bowersox
Mr. Killits
Water Brown
Elkhart
Ind
Local Democratic tensions rise at Napoleon county convention
Reports from Holgate Review indicate delegates endured a long night with rumors of a rump convention in the numbering district. The piece notes a shift in chairmanship to Hicksville and discusses implications for the Ohio Democratic slate and upcoming local option elections under the Brannock law.
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Napoleon
Holgate
Brannock
Herrick
Canal Wathc: War rants issued as canal repairs loom
Sept H W Meachem of Toledo issued war rants to Miami and Erie canal employees. He warned of culverts washed out near Bloody Creek bridge and the feeder at St Marys. Twenty five breaks between St Marys and the city delay water. Repairs proceed and water should return in six weeks. Feeder work at Independence dam nears completion and water will soon flow into the canal.
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H. W. Meachem
Toledo
Miami & Erie Canal
Mr. Meachem
Bloody Creek
St. Marys
Independence Dam
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets Advertisement
An old ad promotes Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets marketed as a busy medicine for many ailments. It claims to improve digestion, breath, vitality, and bowel health, offered at a low price by Wastin Dave Coxpast in Maison Wis and labeled as genuine in a modest package.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Stountain
Wastin
Dave
Advertised Letters at Defiance Post Office 1904 List
Advertised letters for the Defiance Ohio post office for the week ending April 12 1904 include gentlemen Ch R Ewing C W Fleming Clarence Goddard O B Hopkins E H Haag A Lyons W J Moylan J M Nash Lafayette Rafe and ladies Miss Catharine Bine Miss Biglow Mrs Chas Huse Becca Mansfield Miss Bertha Spenster. If not called within 14 days they will be sent to the dead letter office as prescribed by law. Postmaster C J Thompson notes to call and say advertised and pre date of list.
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Defiance Ohio
Chas R Ewing
C W Fleming
Clarence
Goddard
Hopkins
E H Haag
A Lyons
W J Moylan
J M Nash
Lafayette Rafe
Catharine Bine
Miss @ Biglow
Chas Huse
Becca Mansfield
Bertha Spenster
C. J. Thompson
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Allen County
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Maud Jones
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