Country Side Notes From Melrose Visits and Local News
Chas Rennes of Melrose visits here. Jas Taylor injured when a wagon wheel passed over his foot. Billy Travis returns to barber chair after illness. Andy Ridenour rushes new house toward completion east end. Rev L B Smith loses pocket book Tuesday. Miss Lena and Alma Luce host reception at Wm Luce’s home. Race at Defiance reported a good time. Jim Wilson injured by a falling tree while sawing. unconscious briefly. Preparations underway for Sept 3 celebration. Mrs Jay Chamberlain returns from Lewisburg visit with Pollock family. Florence Garber accompanies her home. Rev L B Smith to conference at Fo storia after year. Jas Wilson says slight disfigurement but remains in the ring. Dry Creek young people’s union provides performance in Ney Sunday. Mrs John Fair confined with malarial fever. Arrangements completed for Labor Day grand celebration. County folks dine at Wm Linebrink’s Sunday. Flora Craine and Eva Tittle guests of Emma Stock Sunday. O Christy and wife spend Sunday at ET Rethmel’s. Stella Rethmel does housework in Defiance. Rev Schoonover and family visit Sol Ingle Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Rennes
Melrose
Jas Taylor
Billy Travis
Andy Ridenour
L B Smith
Lena
Alma Luce
Wm Luce
Defiance
Jim Wilson
Jim
Jay Chamberlain
Lewisburg
Pollock
Florence Garber
Fostoria
Jas Wilson
Young Peoples’ Union
Dry Creek
Ney
John Fair
Movements and Visits in Washington Township
Washington Township notes several relocations and visits. Loose moved household goods to Toledo while his wife and two daughters stay in Ney for about two weeks. Mrs Cynthia Link of Cleveland visits her parents Aaron and Sarah. Annie Pask returns home after working in Chicago. Chas Feeters and wife plan Crawford county visit. Two hundred seventy five tickets sold for Neylass Sunday school trip to Clark's Lake. O Lichty nursing a sore finger. Matthias Stottler considered a felon, returned from Putnam county. Alva Ewers works for Geo Woods. Wes Campbell leaves hotel work due to his wife’s ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Loose
Toledo
Ney
Cynthia Link
Cleveland
Aaron Sarah
O ' Lichty
Matthias Stottler
Putnam County
Neylass
Clark’s Lake
Chas Feeters
Crawford County
Annie Pask
Geo Pask
Chicago
Alva Ewers
Geo Woods
Wes Campbell
Pleasant Bend Residents Attend Visits and Camp Meeting
David Gundel his wife and young daughter Dessie of Paulding county were guests of their daughter Mrs. Sarah Wolf for several days. A large number of German ME people attended camp meeting at Presque Isle last week. Mr and Mrs John Wolf visited their son Ed and wife in Napoleon. Miss Mary Seifert was very ill for several days but is now convalescent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gundel
Dessie
Paulding County
Sarah Wolf
Presque Isle
John Wolf
Napoleon
Mary Seifert
Germany Tiffin Rev Lentz Preaches Last Sermon Before Conference
Rev Lentz will preach Sunday for the last time before conference. Mary Stock and Chas Kellermeier were guests of Minnie Rethmel Sunday. F W Stock and wife visited Stringtown Sunday. Dan Kellermeier and wife were in Defiance Sabbath, Will Frank and wife of Williams also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Lentz
Mary Stock
Chas. Kellermeier
Minnie Rethmel
F W Stock
Stringtown
Dan Kellermeier
Defiance
Will Frank
Williams
Local residents visit Oliver Davis and family Sunday
J Hiner and wife and Charles Dean and wife called on Oliver Davis and family Sunday. Lester Salsbury and Len Davis and Estella Salsbury and Clara Davis called on the writer and wife Sunday. Elmer Kaiser and wife visited Jacob Moons Sunday. J Hiner moved to Bryan Friday and will farm less, plan to hire out as a team. James Barricks and family left for Wisconsin Tuesday after buying 40 acres to build a home there. Elgie Salsbury is not better at this writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Hiner
Charles Dean
Oliver Davis
James Barricks
Wisconsin
Bryan
Elgie Salsbury
Lester Salsbury
Len Davis
Estella Salsbury
Clara Davis
Elmer Kaiser
Jacob
Social for church benefit planned on George Serrells lawn
The town hears of illnesses and travel as Mrs. Rice and her son visit Mark Center. Creitch child ill with cholera infantum, Dr. Welty called. Mrs. Newman of Hicksville staying with her sister Mrs. Rice. Hamilton Lake trip by Bina Huffman and Ora Brady. A social on the Serrells lawn Friday the 24th for church funds draws invites. Delegates J A Hootman, Rose Anne Wilson, and Mrs. George Winn to Brunersburg convention Sept 5-6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J A Hootman
Rose Anne Wilson
George Winn
Brunersburg
James Shanklin
Finn Moore
Paulding County
Mises Grace Hendershot
William
Local residents on excursions and moves. church plans progress
Geo Hobarger J E Hosler and several ladies joined a Nickel Plate excursion to Niagara on Aug 14 returning Aug 18. Prof Hosler visited Thousand Islands. Wolf resigns as CJ M RR foreman and moves to Goshen Indiana. Rev Mason relocates to Frontier Michigan to manage merchants. J K Allender and relatives enjoyed a state excursion. Desciple church plans advance as grounds and materials are arranged. Rev Van dike questions funding for the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Hobarger
J E Hosler
Lindersmith
H Rock
H Freese
Mre O Haver
Estella Miller
Minnie Coffin
Ollie Elder
Niagara
Prof. Hosler
Thousand Islands
Wolf
Cj& Mrr
Goshen
Ind
Mason
Frontier
Mich
J K Allender
Grace Allender
Maggie Miller
Frank Therman
Vandike
Legen
Eph Webb Sports a Bicycle and Other Local Notes
Eph Webb sports a bicycle. Prof S W Neaderhanuser has returned from his eastern trip. J J Wieda has a fine lot of cabbage again this year. It is feared that the recent hot weather has greatly injured the clover crop. WA Raser, who is working on the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eph Webb
S W Neaderhanuser
J J Wieda
WA Raser
Local Notes From Defiance County And Nearby Towns
B&O based in Garrett Indiana spent Sunday with his parents. Jacob Rasor delivered a load of sheep at Defiance Saturday. Miss Lotta Spreng of Fort Wayne visited her uncle J C Kuhn last week. Ed Partee bought a hay and straw baler from Mr Friar of Delaware township last week. Reverend Clark secretary of the Ohio Sunday School association speaks at Brunersburg M E church on Sept. 5 during the Defiance county Sunday School convention. Rath and Weber have a new thresher made at Napoleon praised as working like a charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B&o
Garrett
Ind
Jacob Rasor
Defiance
Lotta Spreng
Ft Wayne
J C Kuhn
Ed Partee
Friar
Delaware Township
Clark
Ohio Sunday School Association
Brunersburg M E
Defiance County
Flags Floated Over Palace as Allied Forces Advance
London and Washington reports describe the fall of the sacred city Pekin with street fighting continuing. Envoys head to Tien-Tsin as 4,000 native Christians aided the capture while discussions in Washington center on negotiating an armistice and the uncertain Chinese government.
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London
China
Earth
Shanghai
Tien-Tsin
Bruce
Imperial Palace
Pekin
Washington
Peking
Hay
Root
Li Hung Chang
Conger
Empire of China
United States
Nanking
Hunan
Warning on Alum-Based Baking Powders
Consumer alert about cheaper baking powders containing alum. Alum is a corrosive acid and can injure health when ingested. Royal Baking Powder Co. advertises from 100 William St New York, warning against fraudulent cheap products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
New York
During the Siege. Cheru Flag Planting Reported
In Cheru on August 22 the narrative notes the planting of American and Russian flags during ongoing siege actions. The snippet emphasizes foreign flag presence amid combat operations and reflects wartime claims from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheru
Siege of Pekin Legation Ends With American Flag on Wall
East wall of Pekin at 11 am August 14 reports Indian troops entering the British legation at 1 and Americans at 3. Four thousand shells fell during the siege. Sixty five killed and sixty nine wounded. Company E, 14th Infantry planted its flag on the outer wall as Musician Titus scaled it with a rope. Chinese forces repeatedly violated the armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
14Th
United States Infantry
Titus
Troop Transport Sherman Sails for Nagasaki with 1000 Soldiers
The transport Sherman departed for Nagasaki from San Francisco on August 22 carrying troops bound for China. On board are battalions of the Second Fifth and Eighth regiments with general officers surgeons hospital corps and signal corps. Over 1000 officers and men voyage aboard.
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China
San Francisco
Sherman
Nagasaki
Arrival of Field Marshal Von Waldersee in Rome
Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee, commander in chief of allied forces in China, arrived in Rome Aug 22. He breakfasted with King Victor Emmanuel and Foreign Minister Marquis Visconti Venosta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Count von Waldersee
China
Victor Emmanuel
Viscontu Venosta
Allies Enter Sacred City of Pe King
Rear Admiral Bruce dispatches report that allied forces entered the Sacred City of Pe King on August 17, with ongoing signals of advance and occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bruce
Peking
Fitzsimmons Offered Large Bribe to Lose Fight
The World reports Bob Fitzsimmons rejected a $100,000 bribe from a Canadian official to throw his bout with Sharkey. Fitzsimmons dismissed the proposition and remained steadfast about the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzsimmons
New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Confidence schemes reach ex champion in letter
A letter from Montreal signed "R. S." supposedly to Fitzsimmons claims a $129,000 cash offer and bank references. The writer asserts the sum's value, stresses safety in acceptance, and implies legitimacy to entice the ex-champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sition
Montreal
R. S
Fitzsimmons
Prohibition State Convention Nominates White for Governor
The Kentucky Prohibition state convention in Louisville on August 22 nominated John D. White of Manchester Clay county a former Republican congressman for Governor. Delegates including several women backed presidential electors and a platform endorsing the national Prohibition ticket and woman suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
John D. White
Manchester
Clay County
Anti Addicks Ticket Convention Report From Wilmington
The regular Republican convention in Wilmington seeks to nominate a ticket aligned with the Anti Addicks movement. Delegates gathered to discuss platform and candidates amid intra party debate over reform and control of party machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Addicks
Wilmington
Del
Burris and Hayes Named For State Ticket By Addicks Faction
The anti Addicks faction nominates Martin B. Burris of New Castle County for governor and John Hunn of Kent County for lieutenant governor. Charles W. Pusey Manlove Hayes and Daniel J. Layton are named for presidential electors with Hayes already chosen by the Union Republican convention two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
anti-Addicks
Martin B. Burris
New Castle County
John Hunn
Kent County
Charles W. Pusey
Manlove Hayes
Daniel J. Layton
Hayes
Union Republican Convention
Addicks
Campbell and Campbell Withdraw From Seventh Kansas Race
Hutchinson Kansas August 22 Claude S Campbell and I P Campbell Democratic and Populist nominees for Seventh Kansas district withdraw to allow fusion. A September convention will nominate a fusion candidate. Supporters of ex congressman Jerry Simpson are active and he may run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson, Kas
Claude S
I. P. Campbell
Congress
Kansas
Jerry Simpson
Racing page lists horses and stables across tracks
The note cites entries at Chicago Rustic Girl and St Louis Tom Gilmore with names like Hindoouet Woodwick Passe Partour Pax Burd and Juli etta B i nvince Real La Desirous Ned e Wickes plus Saratoga Ralston Boomerack Johny Yerkes Intrusive and Raby Bill indicating a sweep of horse names and stable pairings across venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rustic Girl
Hindoouet
Woodwick
Passe Partour
Pax Burd
Patroon
St. Louis
Tom Gilmore
Zarel
Julietta B
I'Vince Real
la Desirous
Ned&e Wickes
Saratoga
Ralston
Boomerack
Johny Yerkes
Intrusive
Raby Bill
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Washington Township
Pleasant Bend
Germany
Pulaski
West Milford
Sherwood
Isouth Tiffin
Nancy
Rey
Bradfield Ulator Co
Georgia
Tien Tsin
Merting Remedy Company
Waldersee
Sacred City
Kentucky
Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Co
D E. Foster
D. E. Dozer
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