All About the Country Side in Local Notes
Nev Rennes of Melrose visits town. Jas Taylor injured when wagon wheels ran over his foot. Billy Travis returns to barber chair after illness. Andy Ridenour speeds new house project east end. Rev L B Smith loses pocket book. to finish pastorate year next Sunday and attend conference at Fac toria. Labor Day celebration plans underway. Dry Creek youths perform for Ney crowd. Mrs John Fair ill with malaria fever. August neighbors dine at Wm Linebrink’s. Flor a Craine Eva Tittle guests of Emma Stock. Stella Rethmel helps with Defiance household work. Re v Schoonover and family visit Sol Ingle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Rennes
Melrose
Jas Taylor
Billy Travis
Andy Ridenour
L B Smith
Lena
Alma Luce
Wm Luce
Lewisburg
Pollock
Florence Garber
Faetoria
Jas Wilson
Young Peoples’ Union
Dry Creek
Ney
John Fair
Wm Loose Moves Household Goods to Toledo
Washington Township items note Wm Loose moved his household goods to Toledo on Monday. His wife and two daughters will stay in Ney about two weeks. Mrs Cynthia Link of Cleveland visits her parents Mr and Mrs Aaron Sarah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Loose
Toledo
Ney
Cynthia Link
Cleveland
Aaron Sarah
Lichty
Matthias Stottler
Putnam County
Clark’s Lake
Chas Feeters
Crawford County
Annie Pask
Geo Pask
Chicago
Alva Ewers
Geo Woode
Wes Campbell
Pleasant Bend Social News Highlights
David Gundel and family visited their daughter Mrs. Sarah Wolf in Pleasant Bend. German ME members attended a camp meeting at Presque Isle. Mr and Mrs John Wolf visited son Ed Wolf and wife in Napoleon. Miss Mary Seifert was ill but recovering last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gundel
Dessie
Paulding County
Sarah Wolf
Presque Isle
John Wolf
Napoleon
Mary Seifert
Germany Tiffin Last Sermon by Rev Lentz Sunday
Rev Lentz preaches his final sermon before the conference. Mary Stock and Chas Kellermeier visit Minnie Rethmel’s guests on Sunday. FEW Stock and wife visit String Town. Dan Kellermeier and wife visit Defiance on Sabbath. Will Frank and wife from Williams also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lentz
Mary Stock
Chas. Kellermeier
Minnie Rethmel
Stock
Stringtown
Dan Kellermeier
Defiance
Will Frank
Williams
Local families visit neighbors as plans shift homes
J Hiner and wife with Charles Dean and wife called on Oliver Davis and family Sunday. James Barricks and family began a Wisconsin trip after buying 46 acres to move soon once a house is built. J Hiner relocated to Bryan and plans to team rather than farm. Elgie Salsbury remains ill. Lester Salsbury, Len Davis, Estella Salsbury, and Clara Davis visited the writer and wife Sunday. Elmer Kaiser and wife visited Jacob Moons Sunday.
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
Local notices from Mark Center area events and illnesses
Mrs. Rice and son visit Mark Center. cholera infantum troubles Creitch child. Dr Welty called. Mrs Newman staying with Rice. Bina Huffman and Ora Brady visit Hamilton Lake. Social at George Serrells lawn on 24th for church benefit. Delegates J A Hootman and others to Brunersburg Sunday School convention Sept 5–6. James Shanklin ill. Finn Moore and sisters visiting Paulding. Grace Hendershot improving. William H Williams passes through Macon Ilinois en route to Jackson Michigan. West Milford man reports a boy at their house. Paul Hootman celebrated joy, wife and baby well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J A Hootman
Rose Anne Wilson
George Winn
Brunersburg
James Shanklin
Finn Moore
Paulding County
Grace Hendershot
William
Local social notes and departures from the area
The Nickel Plate excursion to Niagara on Aug 14 included Mesare Geo Hobarger J E Hoeler Mrs Lindersmith Mrs H Rock Mre H Freese Mre O Haver Miss Estella Miller Miss Minnie Coffin and Miss Ollie Elder with return on the 18th. Several residents announce moves including Mr Wolf resigning as CJ & MRR foreman and moving to Goshen Indiana and Rev Mason relocating to Frontier Michigan to oversee merchantile business. Mrs J K Allender and party took a Sunday excursion and preparations begin for a new ODesciple church with grounds purchased. Rev Van dike leads fund efforts, asking who has the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesare
Geo. Hobarger
J E Hoeler
Lindersmith
H Rock
H Freese
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
Odesciple
Rev Vandike
Local notes on sports and agriculture from ISOUTH TIFFIN
Eph Webb sports a bicycle while Prof S W Neaderhauser returns from an eastern trip. J J Wisda reports a fine cabbage crop this year. The hot weather fears harm the clover crop. WA Rasor continues work on the county project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eph Webb
S W Neaderhauser
J J
Local Gossip and Civil Notices from Defiance County
B&O based in Garrett Ind spent Sunday with parents. Jacob Rasor delivered a sheep load at Defiance Saturday. Miss Lotta Spreng of Ft Wayne visited her uncle JC Kuhn last week. Ed Partee bought a hay and straw baler from Mr Friar of Delaware township last week. Rev Clark secretary of the Ohio Sunda School association speaks at Brunersburgh church Sept 5 during the Defiance county Sunday School convention. Rath Weber obtained a new thresher at Napoleon. it works like a charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B&o
Garrett
Ind
Jacob Rasor
Defiance
Lotta Spreng
Ft Wayne
JC Kuhn
Ed Partee
Friar
Delaware Township
Clark
Ohio Sunda School Association
Brunersburgh Church
Defiance County
Rath & Weber
Napoleon
Foreign Envoys Advance Toward Tiensin As Beijing Falls
London reports say the sacred city was entered August 15 while fighting continues in Pekin streets. 4,000 native Christians aided the capture, and allies now fly flags over the imperial palace. Washington debates how to proceed amid a government-wide chaos in China with the emperor and empress dowager in flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
New York
Beware Alum Based Baking Powders Warned Against
Care must be taken to avoid baking powders made from alum. Such powders are sold cheap, because they cost but a few cents per pound. Just as good and cheaper is a fraudulent cry. Alum is a corrosive acid and injurious in food. Royal Baking Powder Co. advertises at 100 William St New York.
Siege at Pekin Legation Ends as Forces Enter
Reported details describe the August siege with Indian troops entering the British legation at 1 and Americans at 3. Four thousand shells struck the legation, sixty five killed and sixteen wounded as fire and bombardment continued for days. Company E of the 14th United States Infantry raised a flag atop the outer wall. Musician Titus scaled the wall. The transport Sherman departed San Francisco for Nagasaki carrying Second Fifth and Eighth regiments plus officers and staff for China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Legation
Iwe Des
Company E
14Th
United States Infantry
Titus
San Francisco
Sherman
Nagasaki
China
Signal Corps
Waldersee Arrives in Rome Meetings With Italian Officials
Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee, commander in chief of allied forces in China, arrived in Rome and breakfasted with King Victor Emmanuel and Foreign Minister Marquis Visconti Venosta. A London dispatch reports that the allies entered Peking on August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Count von Waldersee
China
Victor Emmanuel
Visconti Venosta
Fitzsimmons Offered Big Bribe to Lose Fight
The World reports Bob Fitzsimmons declined a $100000 bribe from a Canadian official to throw his upcoming bout. Fitzsimmons treated the suggestion with contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzsimmons
New York
The
Bob Fitzsimmons
Letter Claims $189000 Offer to Ex-Champion
A Montreal letter signed R. S. convinces Fitzsimmons it is genuine and details a $189,000 cash offer with bank references. The writer explains the sum’s significance and stresses there are no risks in accepting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sition
Montreal
R. S
Fitzsimmons
Prohibitionists Nominate White for Kentucky Governor
The Kentucky state prohibition convention at Louisville named John D. White of Manchester, Clay county, a former Republican congressman, for governor. The fifty delegates, including several women, adopted a platform backing the national prohibition line and supporting woman suffrage and presidential electors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Louisville
John D. White
Manchester
Clay County
Fusion efforts and party nominations in early campaigns
The anti-Addicks faction nominates Burris for governor and Hunn for lieutenant governor with Pusey Hayes and Layton as presidential electors. Hayes is already listed as elector by the Addicks faction. Dems and Populists in Kansas withdraw to seek fusion, with a September convention planned.
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
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I. P. Campbell
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Fox Bard
St. Louis
Tom Gilmore
Zazel
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