Barge Canal Feasibility Promoted for Lake to River Link
Editorial from the Cincinnati Enquirer endorses widening and deepening the Miami and Erie canal to connect Toledo with Cincinnati. It cites water supply, reservoir capacity, industry, and terminal advantages, arguing private capital and state subsidy could justify a lake to river waterway with federal support.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lencquirer
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Toledo
Lyman Kk. Cooley
Ohio
Great Lakes
Miami and Erie Canal
Cooley
State of
Social events light up Holgate and area notices
Society notes report Miss Jennie Lyle Burns hosting a Thursday at home for about fifty ladies with a two course luncheon. A dime social by St John’s Lutheran drew large crowds. Mrs Daoust and guests entertained at Pedro and games with prizes for Gertrude Brady and Frank Presendorfer.
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Jennie Lyle Burns
Holgate Avenue
Daoust
Pedro
Louis Daoust
McKarlan
Wapakoneta
Lannan
Fostoria
Gertrude Brady
Frank Presendorfer
Republicans Hold Large Paulding Convention Nominates Campbell
The Fifth district Republican convention in Paulding was largely attended with delegates from every county. W Campbell was nominated after a speech by him praising Roosevelt reforms and tariff policy. Judge I L Hay served as temporary chair with F L Hay as permanent president of the new committee.
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W. Campbell
Paulding
I. L. Hay
Roosevelt
Campbell
W. H. Daily
van Wert
Hono. J. P. Cameron
Common Pleas
Foraker
W. H.phipps
State Central Committee
F. L. Hay
J. H. Ross
City
J. P. Belknap
Henry
C. P. Godfrey
Putnam
J. H. Laughlin
O. W. Priddy
Ray Warner
Williame
Carmi Thompson
Frank Reigel
Bowling Green
A. G. Cummings
Oberlin
Mystery Muddle Around Ohio National Guard Tragedy
Reports from Zoar and Massillon describe a missing Hicksville guard member George Grazer later found dead in a Zoar cornfield after gunfire and mutilation rumors. Discrepancies arise with another Hicksville guard George Grover found demented near Massillon after hazing, with no death confirmed. Authorities investigate both cases amid conflicting dispatches.
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Zoar
Steubenville
Adjutant General’s
Columbus
George Grover
Hicksvile
Grover
Bolivar
Tuscarawas County
Ohio National Guard
George Grazer
Hicksville
Grazer
Goodby
Miter
Defiance
Canal Dover
Strasburg
Secoad Regiment
Massillon
L. E. Erter
Williams Kidney Pills Promoted for Kidney and Nerve Relief
Advertisement from The Ohio Drug Store promotes Williams Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder troubles and nervous strain. It claims relief from pains in the loins and side and excessive urine flow with a suggested price of 60 cents for a bottle. The ad lists The Oa Eve Drug Store in Cleveland, Ohio as proprietor.
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Mali
Eve
Cleveland
Three Agents Fined in Defiance for License Violation
Three agents of a picture enlarging firm were arraigned in Mayor Crowe's court for selling without a license. R. G. Dunlap E. J. Welch and L. Caston pleaded guilty and were fined five dollars plus costs each. manager warned and absent.
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Crowe
R. G. Dunlap
E. J. Welch
L. (. Caston
Toledo to Defiance Proposed as Rail Route Shift
Telegram exchange shows W Kesley Schoepf in Northern Ohio and G B Kerper proposing moving Toledo near Defiance to shorten Cincinnati to Toledo rail line by about twenty five miles. Discussion notes route feasibility and cost changes but avoids direct acceptances from Schoepf.
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Toledo
Defiance
W. Kesury Scnator
Cincinnati
W. Kesley ‘Schoeps
Automobile
Ohio
G. B. Kerrper
City Bonds Reduced and Debt Narrowed Under Sinking Fund Plan
The city cut bonded indebtedness by 7000 and scheduled 6400 in interest payments due September first. Since implementing the uniform municipal code the sinking fund removes about 14000 annually, leaving remaining debt about 275000 after a 16400 levy. 13400 paid to bonds and interest, 15600 in fund balance.
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Board of
Sinking Fund Trustees
Sinking Fund Commission
Clinton Street
Fifth
Perry and
Deatrick Streets
Holgate Avenue
Gas Rate Talk By Ohio Electric Leader
W. P. Engel, president of the P. G. & Ek. Co., returns from Put-in-Bay where he led the Ohio Electrical Central Station Men convention. He criticizes Defiance city council for fixing gas at 1.00 per 1000 cubic feet without considering production costs. Engel warns enforcement could push the plant into receivership as the current consumer price is 1.30 with costs at 1.00 or more.
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W. P. Engel
Put-in-Bay
Ohio Electrical Central Station
Central Electric
Ohio
Engel
Child Burned in Farm Accident Near Lima
Five year old Helen Kirby, daughter of Thomas Kirby, suffered severe burns when her clothing caught fire from a gasoline lamp while her mother Mrs. Kirby milked a cow. The child was nearly cremated before the flames were extinguished. doctors fear for her recovery.
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Lima
Helen
Thomas Kirby
Bull Tumbles Man. Farm Hands Stop Attack
William Shieber, a resident north of Bryan, was nearly crushed when a bull he was leading attacked him. The animal tossed him to the joists and crushed him under its body before a farm hand drove it away with a pitch fork. Shieber is not expected to live.
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Bryan
William Shieber
Here
Shieber
Sink Hole Near Garrett Park Opens Scene Of Wonder
A massive sink hole south of Garrett swallows road bed and embankment after a 3:30 interurban car passes. The track dips 150 feet with a 100 foot long upheaval of dirt and roots, a pole sinks twenty five feet, and thousands visit the site as cars are diverted and passengers shuttled.
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Interurban
Ft. Wayne
Garrett
Local and Criminal News from Defiance Ohio 1906
Miss Della Grube visits Bryan while social notes record Miss Julia Wilsberg Miss Luella Goldenetz Miss Treena Curtland Miss Hal lie Hall Miss Rochelle Hunter and Miss Mable Holly at Cedar Point. Sheriff Kopp travels to Helix Oregon to arrest Martin Baker indicted for grand larceny in Woodburn Indiana after hog thefts and sale attempts near Hicksville during the fair. Uncalled letters list includes Chas Fifer Dr R C Wolcott W R Wertz Lazzie McKown Alora Shoman. 14 days to claim before dead letter.
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Julia Wilsberg
Luella Goldenetz
Treena Curtland
Hallie Hall
Rochelle Hunter
Mable Holly
Cedar Point
Kopp
Helix
Oregon
Martin Baker
Woodburn
Ind
Baker
Hicksville
Defiance
Ohio
Chas. O. Fifer
R. C. Wolcott
W. R. Wertz
Lazzie McKown
Alora
Card of Thanks for Help After Bereavement
We thank neighbors and friends and the choir for their aid and sympathy during the death of our husband and father, Mrs. R. E. Caton and children.
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Miami
Erie Canal
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mrs. L. Wilsberg
Lakeside
Chas. W. Friend
Country
Mrs. McFarlan
Jackson Street
Charles Mengold
Ella Quinlan
James Phillips
Alger, CO
John Friend
Rosa Haag
Mary Zemney
Adrian, Mich
Gertrude Hoffman
Perry Street
Mame
Margaret Riley
Tom Riley
Washington, Pa
Albert Dusenburg
East Hopkins Street
Henry Adams
Clarence
William Martin
Wayne Street
Baltimore
Napoleon
Okvlonas
Holgate
Rev. Bunge
J. A. Deindoerfer
St. Marys Catholic Church
J. F. Collins
Repub
Kate Ayers
Port Clinton
Antoine M. Wulff
Summit Street
Frederick T. Wagner
Della Foster
Charles and
Marguerite Heinlein
Bucyrus
Bloomville
New Washington
Sulpher Springs
Newton McKinney
Murdock
Ill
Emma McKinney
Ferdinand Kittner
Peter Kintner
John G. Kintner
Kintner
Delaware Township
Order of Telegraphers
Chicago Junction
B. & O. Railroad
Henry County Common Pleas Court
John C. Groll
Frederick Rothbarth
Diamond Glass Co
Henry Klein
Ury
Hilling
Joe Freecorn
J. Freecor
Clinton St
Defiance, Ohio
Williama
Frank P. Donley
Parmer & Decker
Jones’ College of
A. W. Thomas Auction Co
Chicago
J. A. Sites
Lewis Block
Northwestern
Sinking Fund Board
Bertha Pohlman
Detroit
W.P. Engel
Bryan Farmer Hurt
Garret
Miss Della Grube
Shoman
Cailli
C.J. Thompson
R. E. Caton
United States Treasury
United States Courts
Defiance County
Defiance City
Balt & Ohio Railroad
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