Republican Convention to Nominate Defiance Officers
The Republicans of Defiance county Ohio will hold a delegate convention at the court house in Defiance on Saturday Sept 7 1901 at 1030 am to nominate a Representative Treasurer Commissioner Surveyor and Infirmary Director. Delegates are apportioned by ward and township votes with caucuses set for Aug 31 1901 at 730 pm at regular voting places. By order of Central committee W W Woop Chairman H Tuttle Secretary.
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Wm. McKinley
Blaze Bank
Defiance
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Delaware
Farmer
Hicksville
Highland
UBER
Milford
Noble
Richland
Washington
Central Committee
W. W. Woop
Highland Township GOP Caucus Notice in Defiance County
The Republicans of Highland Township Defiance county Ohio will meet in caucus at the township house at 7 30 p m on Saturday Aug 31 1901 to select 20 delegates and 20 alternates for the county convention to be held at Defiance Sept 7 1901 J W Myers Committeeman.
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Highland Township
Defiance County
Ohio
Defiance
Milford Township Republicans Meet for Delegates at Milford Center
Milford Township Republicans hold caucus at the Milford Center townhouse this Saturday August 31 at 7 p m to choose 10 delegates and 10 alternates for the county convention to be held in Defiance on September 7, 1901 by order of Samuel Click.
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Milford Township
Milford Center
Defiance
Samuel Click
Richland Township Republican Caucus Set for August 31
Richland Township Republicans will meet in caucus at the town house in Independence on Saturday August 31 1901 at 730 pm to choose delegates and alternates to the Defiance convention on September 7 1901. Rollin Woodward, Committeeman.
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Richland Township
Independence
Social Doings Around Town Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Delighted residents shared evenings at homes on Van Buren and Nicholas streets with music, games, and refreshments. Notable events included Mrs Hall receiving a gold ring from her husband and a large Island Park picnic hosted by C O T members in honor of Miss Dottie Hale. A Lutheran church group enjoyed a Park outing with a children’s program and treats.
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Nicholas Street
Island Park
Dottie Hale
Cleveland
Defiance Republicans to Caucus for Delegates Sept 7 Meeting
Defiance Township Republicans will meet in caucus at the town house at 2 p.m. to select delegates and alternates to the Republican county convention to be held in Defiance on September 7, 1901. Clay Woodward.
Smithy Candidate Addresses Yorkshire Horse District Meeting
The Smithy Settled It, a candidate in an English election, spoke in a Yorkshire village famed for horse dealers and roadsters. He was eloquent but failed to impress the horse loving farmers as the local blacksmith stepped in to sum up the situation.
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Yorkshire
Man Touts Helping Wilting Boy At Circus
A gingham shirted boy struggles to pass a ticket seller at a circus entrance. A seedy man rallies sympathy but fails to donate. A benevolent old gentleman slips a half dollar to the boy, revealing the man’s claim as father. The crowd murmurs as the boy reenters the tent.
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Mooney
Indianapolis
Turkey rhubarb origins explained in old trade terms
The guide notes that all rhubarb in commerce comes from China, arriving via Russia, and that the label Turkey rhubarb is a historic misnomer. The writer attributes the term to Britain’s conservative public and explains the old trade route.
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Turkey
China
Russia
Hicksville Notes Highlight Local Social and Incidents
The Hicksville column records town happenings including a San dusky excursion with 187 tickets sold and a wreck on the return trip, a soldiers reunion at Rice's grave in Farmer Center, visits from residents of Monterey and Freeport, farm purchases, a jail suicide attempt, and local social events. Several residents and visitors are named along with upcoming recitals, garden party, and dances.
Reunion and hunting notes from Toledo gathering
W Kellermeier and wife Flora and Blanche Craine attended a reunion in Toledo. Marion Gillett was out wolf hunting recently. Frank Wissler says he is papers again.
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Kellermeier
Flora
Blanche Craine
Toledo
Hureday
Marion Gillett
Frank Wissler
The Doctor's Indiscretion and Wind Query
A physician cites discretion in medicine and recalls a call where a mother asked if she could wash her feverish child Tommy. The nurse advised asking the nurse, provoking a quip about another doctor. The piece ends with the question What Said the Wind.
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Tommy
New York Mail and Express
Wind and Love In Ainglee Magazine Poem
A verse pairing two speakers, Aldis Dunbar’s lines frame wind as a force guiding love. The wind scatters leaves and snow while thoughts of love drift with it, suggesting love arrives and departs with nature’s gusts.
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Aldis Dunbar
Ainglee’s Magazine
Astoria Cordially Welcomes The Kind You Have
Astoria residents and visitors are invited to a local greeting event highlighting the community’s hospitality. The notice emphasizes warm welcomes and city pride in a neighborhood gathering.
Rainmakers and visitors fill Sunday to Tuesday notes
The snippet records a string of local activities with names and places. It notes a rainmaker stop, J G Hall in Bryan for dental work, Mrs Ella Yeager and family in Ridgeville, Frank Coy hauling grain to Stryker, Whitney's show, C C Cosgrove back to Toledo work, garden party at Ella Yeager’s Aug 24, and various visits and trips to Blaksley Ney Defiance Sherwood and Defiance area towns.
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J G Hall
Bryan
Myers
Ella Yeager
Alice
Minnie Heer
Ridgeville
Frank Coy
Stryker
Whitney
C C Cosgrove
Toledo
Chas Goller
Ney
Dell Stewart
C L Hall
Blaksley
Eli Turritin
Jacob Noffsinger
Wedding at Jewell and local outings noted
Miss Della C Seiple and Joe Razats wed at the groom’s parents home in Jewell with Rev John Flory officiating. They will make their future home in Jewell. Other items report Postmaster J A Truby and family at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo and residents visiting Island Park, Evansport, and Detroit.
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J A Truby
C W Palmer
Calkins
Buffalo
Island Park
O F Morse
Mary Cameron
Evansport
Carrie Rothenberger
A E Truby
Detroit
Della C Seiple
Joe Razats
Mart Ramus
Jewell
John Flory
Germany Tiffin Sunday School Picnic Planned
The Sunday school picnic is set for Sept 7 with the Evansport band to provide music for families and friends. Community notes mention visits, local work, and social events across Evansport and Stringtown with several residents hosting and traveling to Island Park, including Epworth League activities at St John ME church led by O P Gates.
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Evansport
Mother Ingle
Sol Ingle
Alfred Sigg
Annie Rooney
Kellermeier
Daniel Kuhn
J W Linebrink
St. John M E
O P Gates
Island Park
Amos Buehrer
Gire House
Sunday School Excursion Plans Spark Local Visit
W A Hosack of Farmer promotes a Sunday school excursion to Clarks Lake this Wednesday. Local residents and others from Bryan, Ney, Moats, and nearby towns joined in a train trip. The Whitney Co show Monday night drew a good crowd but failed to impress.
Rain brings small town changes Sunday
The rain Sunday did lots of good with residents like Peter Frank Henry Frank George Frank Wes ley Bauman in Toledo. Robert Setzer bought a new horse last week and Bauman has a new wheel. Mrs Rath and daughter Fannie Mrs Dickman Miss Bessie Young and Miss Lena Horning went to Lakeside last Wednesday. Louis Schanika hauled oats to Defiance Monday. Finando Matherson and daughters Minnie and Della went to Toledo Sunday. Mr and Mrs George Kellermyer visited their daughter Mrs Wm Dickman Sunday. Mr and Mrs Chas Eding and their little daughter called on Wm Dickman Sunday. Jacob Geiger and family visited his parents Mr and Mrs Wm Sauer Sunday. Robert Setzer and Pheebe Dickman were in Dayton Thursday.
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Sandusky
Aioaks
Rice
Farmer Center
Ple
Monterey
Mich
Henry Monneau
Detroit
Baker
W F Harmon
Eph Gruber
Chicago
Dolph Swingle
Freeport
Ill
David Kleckner
Swingle
G Sharp
Lehman
C M Fisher
Auburn
Ind
H G Baker
Defiance
Antwerp
Hicksville
Arthur Klopenstein
van Wert
James Wright
AM Mullinix
Andrew Gruber
Saylor Alresveu
City
D Hixon
Toledo
H Hopkins
Hillsdale
Billy
Della Kyle
Charles Sauer
Napoleon
Joseph Volkert
Indiana
Ohio
Peter Frank
Henry Frank
George Frank
Wesley Bauman
Sun- Fe
Robert Setzer
Bauman
Christ Demland
Rath
Fannie
Dickman
Bessie Young
Lena Horning
Lakeside
Louis Schanika
Finando Matherson
Minnie
Della
George Kellermyer
Wm Dickman
Chas Eding
Jacob Geiger
Wm Sauer
Pheebe Dickman
Dayton
Notable Personalities Span Nations and Eras in Society
The piece surveys figures from royalty to diplomats and writers. Louis XVI’s neckcloth ends up with Archbishop Feehan of Chicago while General Leonard Wood joins Havana’s exclusive Academy of Science. It notes Mrs. Dessad’s desk flora and Edwin Ginn’s Boston housing plans, plus portraits of Joseph Chamberlain, Henry P. Davenport Jr., Mark Twain, and Yu Keng the Chinese ambassador detailing their interests, ages, or quirks.
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Louis XVI
Archbishop Feehan
Chicago
Leonard Wood
Academy of Science of
Havana
Dessad
Boston
Edwin Ginn
Joseph Chamberlain
Henry P. Davenport, Jr
Clay Court House
Washington
Mark Twain
Yu Keng
Paris
Wu Ting
Fashion trends in Silk Petticoats and Embroidery
The New York Tribune notes tucking and accordion plaiting on silk petticoats with Chinese and Japanese embroideries on waists in dark blue beige or poppy red silks. Monograms appear on gloves and long gloves with elbow sleeves. Feathers especially ostrich plumes predicted to rise in popularity next season. Hosiery to match gowns. green hose mentioned. Trimmings include narrow velvet or satin ribbons in herringbone stitches. Guipure Arabian laces and mock jewels to be widely used. embroidery returns with leafy floral motifs.
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New York Tribune
Orchard and Garden Notes on Tree Size and Manure
The article advises using soot diluted in water as a fertilizer and makes the case for bones as valuable manure. It discusses dwarfing from scion stock mismatch, different dwarfing stocks for pears, and warns that strawberries require attention to prevent weeds. It stresses growing small fruits for family use and cautions on over or under manuring, which affects wood maturity before cold weather.
Wide range of varied trivia and notable facts
ITEMS OF INTEREST lists diverse data from coinage value and state outputs to surnames of presidents wives and historic gifts. It notes Minnesota’s expected strong output, sugar cane varieties, a long pipeline plan, canned French peas in Indiana, a jail escape theft of a photo, New York as birthplace of several presidential wives, and Harvard’s Bumkin’s island leased for 399 years to fund a Boston crippled children’s summer hospital.
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United States
Minnesota
Wyoming
Salt Lake City
Indiana
Greenwood
Rogues’ Gallery
New York
Virginia
Ohio
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Maryland
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Bumkin’s Island
Hull
Mass
Harvard College
Samuel Ward
John Harvard
A. C. Burrage
Boston
Stage Glints and Theatrical News Weights
Gulliver's Travels to be dramatized. E P Roe novels to stage. Henrietta Crosman may play Twelfth Night next season. M Coquelin revived Uncle Tom's Cabin in Paris with success. Zangwill's The Mantle of Elijah may be used by Viola Allen. Louis Aldrich honored with new home for aged actors. Beerbohm Tree to stage Clyde Fitch's The Last of the Dan dies at Her Majesty's late Oct. Australian managers say American attractions succeed. Secrets of the Harem banned in London by lord chamberlain. Siberians enjoy long pleasures. Play runs 8 to 1 with five acts and 15 minute waits. Four states New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Louisiana pass piracy of plays law.
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Gulliver
E. P. Roe
Henrietta Crosman
M. Coquelin
Paris
Zangwill
Elijah
Viola Allen
Louis Aldrich
Mr. Beerbohm Tree
Her Majesty’s Theater
Clyde Fitch
America
England
London
New York
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Louisiana
Views of London and Critics Echo City Tales
A collage of quotations and phrases about London from Ouida New York Police Captain De Quincey Richard Whiteing Grant Allen Punch Ruskin and others. The lines describe London as both pleasure and poverty and as a city of ugliness and commerce.
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London
New York
de Quincey
Madrid
Richard Whiteing
Grant Allen
Ruskin
Department stores plan rare potato hour sale
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegram reports chatter about a forthcoming department store promotion offering potatoes at 87 cents per dozen. Dukane notes prices are high, while Gaswell comments on the looming sale.
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Mr. Dukane
Mr. Gaswell
Pittsburg
Professional Enthusiasm and Witty Banter
A quip from the Chicago Post questions medical enthusiasm with a young practitioner’s blunt answer I had the chance to do it. A Yonkers Statesman exchange features Mr Crimsonbeak noting new sunspots and Mrs Crimsonbeak joking about avoiding the sun in bad weather.
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Chicago Post
Mr. Crimsonbeak
Mrs. Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Dangerous Malady Loudly Baffles Doctors
A fragment notes doctors describing a dangerous malady and growing concern about new diseases, with uncertain quotes indicating medical uncertainty and ongoing research.
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Saar
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Defiance Express
Court House
H. Tuttle
J. W. Myers
Rollin Woodward
Louis Stock
Helen Harmon
van Buren Street
Emma Walter
Etta Brown
Besse Squire
Eva Stechbill
Lillian
Martha Deveaux
Linnie
Mina
Ethel Sweyer
Nelle Ki
Trolley Party
St. John’s Lutheran
Defiance Township
Clay Woodward
Chas. T. Pierce
M Dell Adams
E L Cosgrove
Chas Hall
Snider
Shuter
F Betts
W S Cameron
Richards
Chrisy Sunagate GB
Chrisy Sunagate GB Replogle and Mable Paxton
C H Cummings
Monas
J Ayers
Helen
CH Partee
J C Garber
May Christy
Vernie Hall
LF Ora
Astoria
Germany
Miss Lehman
Second Street
Sherwood
Geo Renz
O Haver
Bryan, Ney
Moats
Henry Martin
Henry Rock
Asa Smith
Anson Wheaton
Family
Whitney Co
Fraze
Mark Center
Coffin
Bugalo
Ollie Elder
H Rock
W . McKee and Son
Wayne
Glass OF Fashion
Clipper Fanning Mill
W. A. Kehnast
THE
Finstational Bank
Ainslee
Pittsburg Dispatch
Benjamin A. Smith
Catherine Smith
Bing
Sald Court
Harris, Cameron & Shaw
Views OF London
Ouida
Reposa
Bo Rt of Education
Township
Dance County
Board of Education
Conny
G. Blue
Ayersville
Iroquois County
Illinois
Sheldon
W. P. Gaffield
Real Estate Exchange
Defiance, Ohio
Texas
Western
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Defiance Conservatory of
Mae McReynolds
Mus. B
McReynolds
Hillsdale Conservatory of Music
Barnes
Wm. C Castle
Chi School of Music
E Marshall News
Marshall
Elizabeth Genevieve Rimer
Rimer
Bears
Zein
Lynde’s
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