Boy's Texas trip letter home from Louis Thompson
Master Louis B. Thompson fourteen travels with his aunt from Champaign to St. Louis and Paris Texas in a month long journey. He describes the stormy trip on the Wabash Frisco Line observation car and notes cotton fields and Indian life in Texas. He reports Paris dirty with wooden streets and a Merrick hotel stay then continues toward DeKalb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis B. Thompson
Thompson
Texas
L. N. Blume
Wapakoneta
Indian Territory
Southwest
Paris
Papa, Mamma
Champaign
St. Louis
Tolono
Mississippi River
St. Louis Union Depot
C. S. Craine
Wabash Railroad
Exposition Grounds
Boston Mountains
Monett
Arkansas River
State of Texas
Kate
Merrick Hotel
Texas Pacific Railway
DeKalb
Labor wage row and political slate shifts stir Defiance chatter
In Defiance discussions, a German article in the Express triggers debate about wage scales at a Box Co. facility, with labor issues and possible changes in union plans. The Crescent News allegation about dummy reporting and pay contrasts is raised as a point of contention. Delegates to the Democratic county convention are settled, with Behringer likely renominated and Hick Sanford eyed for a possible Republican bid in Defiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent News
The
Box Co
the Express
Express
Democratic Trust
Behringer
Defiance Township
Charley
Hick Sanford
Hick
Defiance
Grand Annual Field Day and Picnic at Island Park
A large committee of K of P and businessmen plans a grand outing at Island Park on August 28 with invitations issued to lodges in nearby counties. Free admission invites all, with prizes for events and a baseball game between K of P and Business Men, plus running races, Fat Men, pie eating, and other contests with numerous donors and judges listed. Supper and vaudeville follow, with prizes awarded to winners across events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. of P
Island Park
D. Lieberthal
Dan McKnight
H. E. Myers
John C. Beal
John W. Winn
G. D. Edgar
C. J. Daoust
Virgil Squire
May
E. D. Whitlock
A. B. Murphy
B. W. Slagle
Craven & Ruess
H. H. Mollencup
John Beal
Roy Webb
C. Young
K.of P
J. F. Singer
Earl Bevington
Oys
Art Weisenburger
J. P. Buffington
Henry C. Sass
Frank Weispeteer
J. King
D Lieberthal
B. J. Emery
Godfrey Watkins
J. A. Klein
Preisendorfer & Zellers
Ee W. Watkins
J. W
Palmer
Geo. Wohn
Henry C.sass
Travis & Slough
L. Harry
J. I. Singer
Ford Kittner
R. W. Wortman
A. W. King & Son
W. A. Kehnast Co
Peter Baker
Chas. E. Smith
W. S. McColary
J. CO. Yingling
Geo. S. May, Jr
H. B. Harris
J. B. Ten
J. A. Evans
A. M. Minsel
A. M. Martin
Wright Lehman
L. Lieberthal
Henry Jennings
Tony Preisendorfer
A. F. Harley
Weisenberger & Emery
Fred Travis
Henry Roehrs
Abe Smith
F. L. Hay
America
K. V. Haymaker
J. D. Clark
Dayton
Ohio
Rural Carriers Appointed for Defiance Post Office
The Central Board of United States Rural Civil Service examiners notified Washington that four individuals earned first grades in the June 6, 1902 exams and must be appointed as rural free delivery carriers for Defiance. Route details, start date Monday Sept 1, and box registration instructions are provided for patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Board of United States Rural Civil Service Examiners
Post Office Department
Washington
Thos. Haupt
Defiance
Perley Wray Mix
Highland Township
Clement L. Stonebreaker
William Proots
Edward ‘Sheiler
C. J. Thompson
Assignment of Defiance public school teachers 1902-03
Defiance public schools announce teaching assignments for 1902-03 across four wards. Principal F. E. Reynolds leads the High School Central Building with Leamy Heather as first assistant and Charlotte Westhafer as second assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance Public Schools
F. E. Reynolds
Leamy Heat
Charlotte Westhafer
Nettie Bridenbaugh
Mame I. Glea
Clinic Headache Wafers Offer Nervous Cure
An advertisement touts Clinic Headache Wafers as a safe, reliable cure for headaches that affect nerves and heart. It claims they contain no opium or derivatives and urges purchase from Weisenberger & Emery through druggists at 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weisenberger & Emery
Death notices for Barbara Puehl and Nancy Partee
Barbara Puehl wife of Joseph Puehl died at her South Richland home at 12 m Sunday aged 63. Funeral from St. John’s Catholic church at 9 a m Tuesday. Nancy Partee wife of Captain John Partee died at 1 o clock Thursday at her daughter’s home in Farmer aged 81 from cancer. She was a Nobile township pioneer mother of six with five surviving. Funeral Saturday 10:30 a m at Rural Chapel with Rev. S L Roberts officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puehl
Barbara
Joseph Puehl
South Richland Township
St. John’s Catholic Church
Frank Partee
Rural Chapel
Rev. S. L. Roberts
Casto Town Crier: You Have Always Been Buyable
The notice highlights enduring consumer trust as Casto promotes products under a longstanding slogan. Officials emphasize reliability and value, urging shoppers to seek authentic Casto items labeled as genuine and trusted by customers.
Rural Route Changes Across Paulding County Ohio
Notices inform Junction and Arthur post offices close August 30 1902 with rural free delivery starting September 1 1902. Defiance Ohio serves as mail hub with routes 5 6 and up to 7. residents must obtain official boxes and update addresses to Defiance Ohio care Rural Route numbers. Also local brief items on residents moving to St Louis and London England and a gift of a go cart for Defiance Machine Works employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction
Arthur
Paulding County
Defiance
Junction and Arthur
Ohio
Defiance Postoffice
Junction Postoffice
Arthur Postoffice
C.J. Tinareer
Young Lady's Life Saved By Remedy Recall
Panama Colombia physician Dr. Chas H Utter describes a sixteen year old patient with severe dysentery who failed to improve until Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy was used. Within eight hours she improved, three days to stand, and one week later was entirely well. For sale by N G Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Utter
Panama
Colombia
Chamberlain
N. G. Woodward
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Thos W Kerr
Hicksville Township
A. W. Stiles
Girls’ Industrial Home
Delaware
Frank Pepple
Monen
Stryker
Mary Wild
Jacob D
John Abele
Zanesville
Pearl Abele
Jacob P. Davis
Ottawa
Bears
Combine
Gruner
Ed Hall
Hall
Aver
C. Layton
Sidell, Il
Ayer
J. C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
W. S. Hancock Lodge
K of. P
Swanton
W A Kehnast Hardware
Ayersville Road
G. J. H. Finder
R W Mitchell
High School
Central Building
Lora Higgins
Anna D. Wells
Jennie Fouk
Lillian Bailey
Mame K. Haller
Olive Francisco
Florence Rowe
Nellie Richardson
Jessie Dunn
Gertrude Brady
Prin
Katherine Carey
Genivieve Gorman
Catherine Culkins
Third Ward
Sarah V. Prueser
Anna Leiber
Catherine Feindel
Lillian Deveaux
Nellie Kiser
Fourth Ward
Blanche Hall
Della C. Blue
Grace O. Ensign
Alice Leaders
Bertha Smith
Myrtle Oaks
Marjoria Lamb
Kate Sheridan
L. L. Canfield
R. W. Mitchell
Board of Education
Casto
J.S. Naveau
Bessie
Nina
James Ryan
Toledo
Michael Carl
Ryan
R. Carey May
London
England
Defiance Machine Works
Conrad Heimlicher
Clinton Street
Defiance, Oho
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