Republican Convention to Nominate County Officers in Defiance
The Republicans of Defiance county Ohio meet in a delegate convention at the court house Defiance Saturday Sept 7 1901 at 10 30 am to nominate One Representative One Treasurer One Commissioner One Surveyor One Infirmary Director. Delegates are apportioned by township votes. Caucuses on Aug 31 1901 at 7 30 pm at regular voting places per ward township notices. By order of Central committee W W Wo on Chairman W H Tuttle secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. McKinley
Delaware
Farmer
Hicksville
Highland
SSR
RFE
Milford
Richland
Washington
Central Committee
W. W. Woon
Highland Township Republican Caucus Sets Delegates
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 to the county convention in Defiance on Sept 7 1901 J W MYERS Committeeman.
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Highland Township
Defiance County
Ohio
Milford Township Republicans Caucus for County Delegates
Milford township Republicans meet in town house Milford Center on Saturday August thirty first at seven p m to select ten delegates and ten alternates for the county convention at De fiance on September seventh, 1901 by order of Samuel Click.
Richland Township Republicans Hold August Caucus
Richland Township Republicans meet at the town house in Independence on Saturday August 31 1901 at 730 p m to choose delegates and alternates for the Defiance convention on September 7 1901 Rollin Woodward is the organizer.
Defiance Township Caucus Chooses Delegates for County Convention
The Republicans of Defiance township will meet in caucus at the town house at 2 p.m. to select delegates and alternates to the Republican county convention held in Defiance on September 7 1901. Clay Woodward.
Smithy Settled If Candidate Addresses Yorkshire Horse Center
An English election candidate spoke in a Yorkshire village famed for horse dealers and roadsters but failed to impress the horse-loving farmers. The local blacksmith stepped in to sum up the candidate’s message and guide the crowd.
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Yorkshire
Socials Highlight Town Gatherings and Surprises
Social events fill the town with entertaining evenings and outings. Mr and Mrs Louis Stock host Miss Helen Harmon of Toledo for games and music at Van Buren street. A Nicholas street trolley party surprises Mrs Hall with a gold ring and gifts. C O T members picnic at Island Park in honor of Miss Dottie Hale. St Johns Lutheran church Sunday school hold a two hundred strong picnic with an afternoon program and treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Stock
Helen Harmon
Toledo
van Buren Street
Emma Walter
Etta Brown
Besse Squire
Eva Brechbill
Lillian
Martha Deveaux
Linnie
Mina
Ethel Sweyer
Nelle Kiser
Alta Harris
Kathryn Smith
Tom Squire
Chauncy Webster
Guy Kirtley
Chauncy Krotz
Wayne Lee
Newt’ Bronson
Roy
Frank Mallett
Verd Watkins
Virgil Weisenburger
Don Abele
Island Park
Dottie Hale
Cleveland
St. John’s Lutheran
Notes on Country Side Excursions and Local News
Hicksville reports about twenty locals joined the Sandusky trip Aug 14 with the writer and five relatives. A wreck occurred on the return near Rice's grove Farmers Center. Antwerp crushed Van Wert 16 to 0 in a ball game. A liquor incident led to a man hanging himself, but he revived. Della Kyle and families visited, stock trades and property moves noted. Various visits, reunions, dances, and farm work fill the week.
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Sandusky
Rice’s Grove
Farmer Center
BS Dairymore
Detroit
AJ Baker
W F Harmon
Josbda
Dolph Swingle
Freeport
Ill
David Kleckner
Lehman
C M Fisher
Auburn
Ind
Antwerp
van Wert
James Wright
Ats
Andrew Gruber
Saylor
Sinn
Hill
E E Brown
E D Hixon
Toledo
Hillsdale
Mich
Della Kyle
Charles Sauer
Napoleon
Joseph Volkert
Indiana
Baker
Defiance
Chicago
Hicksville
Arthur Klopenstein
AM Mullinix
Tuesarresuca
H Hopkins Billy
Kind Heartedness at the Circus Entrance
A penniless boy at a circus is helped when a seedy man urges the crowd to buy him a ticket. A benevolent stranger then secretly buys the boy a ticket with a half dollar, revealing the boy is the seedy man’s only son.
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Indianapolis
Reunion in Toledo and family news
F W Kellermeier and wife attend a reunion in Toledo. Flora and Blanche Craine were mentioned. Marion Gillett went wolf hunting recently. Frank Wissler reports he is papa again.
Turkey rhubarb mystery in old commerce tale
The excerpt explains that true rhubarb does not originate in Turkey. It notes that most rhubarb sold worldwide comes from China via Russia, and that the label Turkey rhubarb persists due to British tastes and naming habits, not geography.
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Turkey
China
Russia
What Said The Wind
A physician recalls a patient story illustrating discretion in medicine. He describes Mrs S contacting him about her feverish child, asking to wash the boy’s face, and being advised to consult the nurse for cleanliness rather than seek medical advice, echoing a gaze at patient care.
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Tommy
New York Mail and Express
Love Moves Like the Wind in Dunbar Verse
Ainslee's Magazine presents Aldis Dunbar lines where thought and wind mirror love. The poem contrasts shifting weather and roaming thoughts with an unchangeable ache of love that cannot be restrained or commanded.
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Aldis Dunbar
Ainslee
Rainy Weekend Activities Span Sunday to Tuesday
The text lists various locals and their short activities from Sunday to Tuesday. J G Hall visited Bryan for dental work with Dr Myers. Mrs Ella Yeager, Alice, and Minnie Heuer spent Wednesday in Ridgeville. Frank Coy hauled grain to Stryker on Wednesday and Thursday. Whitney’s show occurred Wednesday. C C Cosgrove returned to Toledo after a week off. Other notes mention garden party plans at Ella Yeager’s, visits to Blaksley, and several trips to Defiance and Stryker.
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M Dell Adams
E L Cosgrove
Napoleon
Chas Hall
Defiance
Snider
J C Garber
C Garber
L F Orahood
Bryan
May Christy
Vernie Hall
J G Hall
Dr. Myers
Ella Yeager
Alice
Minnie Heer
Ridgeville
Frank Coy
Stryker
Whitney
C C Cosgrove
Toledo
Dell Stewart
C L Hall
Blaksley
Eli Turritin
Jacob Noffsinger
Burlington
Henry Kufah
Miller
Ney
R Cosgrove
Cameron
Henry Suhr
Allen Schlosser
Sherwood
Shaw
Chas Goller
J W
Wedding in Jewell After Della C Seiple Marries Joe Ramats
Miss Della C Seiple and Joe Ramats wed at the groom’s parents home in Jewell at 5 p.m. Thursday in a ceremony by Rev John Flory. The bride wore pink silk and a fine wedding supper followed for close friends. The couple plan to reside in Jewell.
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J A Truby
W Palmer
Calkins
Buffalo
Island Park
O F Morse
Mary Cameron
Evansport
Carrie Rothenberger
E Trudy
Detroit
Della C Seiple
Joe Ramats
Mart Ramus
Jewell
John Flory
Germany Tiffin Sunday School Picnic Planned for Sept 7
The Evansport band will provide music as families and friends are invited to the Sunday event in Germany Tiffin. Other notes mention Alfred Sigg owning a carriage, Kellermeier building a machine shed, and various local social happenings including a missing rainmaker and church notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansport
Alfred Sigg
H Kellermeier
Dan- Linebrink
Fayette Rogers
C F Shumaker
Epworth League
O P Gates
Amos Buehrer
Gire
Ingle
Sol Ingle
Annie Rooney
Iel Kuhn
J W Clara
Marie
Kehnast & Carpenter
St. John M E
Island
Sunday School Excursion Plans to Clarks Lake
WA Hosack of Farmer promotes a Sunday school excursion to Clarks Lake on Wednesday. Nearby residents like Haver John Duerk and Chas Davis drove to Defiance last Sunday. A total of fifty two tickets were sold for the Chicago trip along with multiple attendees from Bryan Ney Moats and other towns. The Whitney Co show drew a decent crowd though considered poor in quality. Mrs W McKee and Wayne plan to move to Washington Pa. Dr Fraze of Mark Center visited town and Coffin returned from Pan-American in Bugalo. Ollie Elder also returned from Pan American and visited Mrs H Rock while awaiting transfer.
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WA Hosack
Farmer
Clarks Lake
Haver
John Duerk
Chas
Davis
Defiance
Fleck
Geo Renz
Burdine
The
Bend
Weber House
Chicago
Ed Renz
Chas Fetters
O Haver
Bryan, Ney
Moats
Henry Martin
Henry Rock
Asa Smith
Antwerp
Anson Wheaton
Family
Whitney Co
W . McKee
Wayne
Washington
Dr. Fraze
Mark Center
Coffin
Bugalo
Ollie Elder
H Rock
Local Rain Lifts Spirits and Weekend Visits
Sunday rain did good as several residents enjoyed Toledo and Lakeside trips. Robert Setzer bought a horse last week and two wheels were noted for Christ Demland and Wesley Bauman. Various families including the Kellermyers and Edings called on relatives during the weekend.
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Peter Frank
Henry Frank
George Frank
Wesley Bauman
Toledo
Robert Setzer
Christ Demland
Rath
Fannie
Dickman
Bessie Young
Lena Horning
Lakeside
Louis Schanika
Defiance
Finando Matherson
Minnie
Della
George Kellermyer
Wm Dickman
Chas Eding
Jacob Geiger
Wm Sauer
Phoebe Dickman
Dayton
Notable Personalities From World Society Circles
Louis XVI neckcloth owner Archbishop Feehan of Chicago. General Leonard Wood joins Havana Academy of Science, lifetime members only. Mrs Deland Boston novelist favors flowers at desk. Edwin Ginn to build Boston tenement houses, major real estate owner. A man from the first Oxford Cambridge cricket match still alive at 95. Rev H T F Duckworth named professor of divinity in Toronto. Joseph Chamberlain at 65 still active and gout prone. Henry P Davenport Jr keeps Blackstone volumes with Washington autograph. Mark Twain recounts horse training anecdote. Yu Keng Chinese ambassador to Paris, adaptable and wife part Chinese American, children speak English, Western hobbies.
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Louis XVI
Archbishop Feehan
Chicago
Leonard Wood
Academy of Science of
Havana
Deland
Boston
Edwin Ginn
Oxford
Cambridge
Herbert Jenner-Fust
Doctors’ Commons
H. T. F. Duckworth
Trinity University
Toronto
Merton College
England
Joseph Chamberlain
Henry P. Davenport, Jr
Clay Court House
Washington
Mark Twain
Yu Keng
Paris
Wu Ting Fang
Facts and Figures From A World of Data
Items of interest cover diverse stats from presidents and kings to coin output and state ties. Notable notes include Minnesota's expected growth, sugar cane insect varieties, a long pipeline plan from Wyoming to Salt Lake City, Indiana pea canning, a jail break theft of a photo, and Harvard's island gift leased long term for a hospital and free summer home for Boston's crippled children.
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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
Bumikin’s Island
Hull
Mass
Harvard College
Samuel Ward
John Harvard
A. C. Burrage
Boston
Stage Notes Spark Theatre Plans and Controversies
Gulliver's Travels to be dramatized while Roe novels enter stage adaption. Henrietta Crosman to likely star Twelfth Night next season. Coquelin revives Uncle Tom's Cabin in Paris. Zangwill's Mantle of Elijah may be staged by Viola Allen. Aldrich memorial likely named for late actor. Tree to premiere Fitch's The Last of the Dandies at Her Majesty's in October. Australian managers say American attractions draw crowds. Secrets of the Harem barred in London by lord chamberlain. Siberians extend pleasure. plays run from 8 to 1 with five acts and intermissions. Four states New York Pennsylvania Oregon Louisiana pass pirate play laws.
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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
The Glass of Fashion in Winter Dress Trends
Fashion notes from the New York Tribune describe tucking and accordion plaiting on silk petticoats, embroidery on waists, large back glove monograms, and the rise of ostrich plumes. Hosiery should match gowns, with green hose cited as striking. Trimming favors velvet or satin ribbons, guipure and Arabian lace, and embroidery on fabric with leaf and blossom motifs.
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New York Tribune
Orchard and Garden Advices on Trees and Manure
The article advises sharp knives for pruning and using soot in water as a liquid fertilizer. It notes bones as valuable manure and warns that scion stock mismatches cause dwarfing, with quince mountain ash and thorn as dwarfing options. It stresses careful manure amounts to avoid late growth and insufficient wood maturity before winter.
Views of London and other city portraits
A string of quoted lines and character sketches describe London as a radiant city of pleasure and poverty. Noted voices include Ouida, a New York police captain, De Quincey, Richard Whiteing, Grant Allen, Punch, and Ruskin, each offering stark, vivid judgments of urban life and atmosphere.
Potatoes at 87 Cents a Dozen Spark Shelf Sale
In a brief exchange, Mr. Dukane and Mr. Gaswell note high potato prices. The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph reports department stores will hold an hour sale offering potatoes at 87 cents per dozen.
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Mr. Dukane
Mr. Gaswell
Pittsburg
Professional Enthusiasm
A Chicago Post quote shows a young practitioner explaining a drastic procedure by saying he had the chance to do it, prompting reflection on medical boldness and ethical restraint.
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Chicago Post
New Sun Spots Draw Keen Comment From Crimsonbeaks
In Yonkers Statesman a humorous dialogue shows Mr Crimsonbeak noting new sun spots while Mrs Crimsonbeak laments the heat and suggests staying out of the sun during hot weather. The exchange captures lighthearted weather observation.
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Mr. Crimsonbeak
Mrs. Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Golfitis Fatality Report Emerges From St. Louis Doctor
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph quotes Squildig and McSwilligen noting that a St. Louis doctor has identified golfitis as a fatal condition. The dialogue emphasizes concern over new diseases found by doctors.
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Squildig
McSwilligen
St. Louis
Pittsburg
This Will Save Your Ice
A Pittsburg Dispatch idea warns that small daily ice chunks waste ice and spoil food. Keeping the ice chamber filled two or three times weekly reduces temperature gaps and food spoilage, saving ice costs in the end.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Smith seeks divorce from Benjamin A. Smith for cruelty
Catherine Smith filed for divorce in the Probate Court of Veilance County alleging extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty. Benjamin A. Smith must answer by October 4, 1901, or the court may grant the divorce. Notice authorized by the court. Catherine Smith by Harris Cameron Shaw.
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Benjamin A. Smltleh
A. D
Catherine Smith
Onlo
Benjamin A. Smith
Harris, Cameron & Shaw
Aga Ie
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Defiance Express
Court House
W. H. Tuttle
J. W. Myers
Milford Township
Milford Center
Samuel Click
Richland Township
Independence
Rollin Woodward
Defiance Township
Clay Woodward
Chas, T. Pierce
Trolley Party
Nicholas Street
Bears
Germany
Miss Lehman
Second Street
Gulliver
Glass OF Fashion
Views OF London
Ouida
Madrid
Richard Whiteing
Grant Allen
Clipper Fanning Mill
W. A. Kehnast
Wational Bank
Iix
Reposa
Bo Rt of Education
Dunee County
Schoo
Board of Education
County
G. Blue
Ayersville
Iroquois County
Illinois
Sheldon
W. P. Gaffield
Real Estate Exchange
Defiance, Ohio
Texas
State
Western
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Defiance Conservatory of
Mae McReynolds
Mus. B
McReynolds
Hillsdale Conservatory of Music
Barnes
Wm. Castle
Chicago School of Music
Marshall News
Marshall
Elizabeth Genevieve Rimer
Rimer
Castoria
Lynde’s
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