Defiance Express Office Note and 1904 Campaign Gossip
The Defiance Express mentions office location on Court Street and delivery terms. It reports on McKinley’s 1904 campaign chatter after a hotel conference with Bryan Towne and others, and notes Oregon’s presidential plurality, contrasting with 1896 results and fusionist electors.
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Harrison and Towne
Chicago Chronicle
Dem
W J Bryan
Barrison
Charles A Towne
Dubois
Idaho
Robert E Burke
Frank Cannon
Utah
Wes
Oregon
McKinley
Indiana WCTU proposes liquor purity department
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana asks for a memorial to the national convention in Washington DC. It seeks a new department to enforce liquor purity and require only pure whiskies in saloons. The WCTU argues such a law would reduce profits and force saloons to quit the business.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Indiana
Washington, DC
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
What Shall We Have For Dessert This Day
The family asks daily what dessert to choose and suggests Jell O as a quick answer. It is prepared in two minutes with no baking, just add hot water and set to cool. Flavors listed include lemon, orange, raspberry and strawberry, 10 cents at grocers.
Board of Education Proceedings and Finances Reviewed
The board of education met Friday with members Gorman Gleasor Davis Sase Wine present. Minutes were approved and the treasury showed 3723.40 unappropriated. Various vendor claims were approved totaling the listed amounts. Superintendent reports for October and November were filed. Bids for a new ceiling were requested with a deadline of December 7. The board adjourned to Friday evening December 22.
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Board of Education
M B Gorman
R J Gleasor
J P Davis
Henry Sase
John W Wine
Treasury
Gorman
Bord
4Th Ward
Herry Wilson
J B Tennyson
Tenzer
Psikolestin
Schwartzbeck
Defiance Machine Works
Sohn Marshall & Son
Stendard Oil Co
People’s Gas & Electric Co
Kellerm
Hambert
Kung
SN Lewis
Lind
Third Ward
Winn
Canals Seen For Abandonment After Strong Season
Attorney General J M Sheets says national canals are past usefulness and should be abandoned. New York and Ohio canal interests report a profitable season with freight running above rail rates, yet uncertainty about future waterway investments looms large as officials discuss closing the canals on December 1.
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J M Sheets
Washington
New York Mail
E £ Express
Rome
Buffalo
New York
New York State
Ohio
Courts Close Quiet Saturday in Common Pleas Session
Eliza Jaynes versus Glenn Falls Insurance Co. settled with costs. Bonds of detective Benj F Streisling forfeited for perjury. capias ordered for failure to appear. Norton versus CL & M continued to December 17. Judge Hubbard releases petit jurors for possible recall. Estate case Lewis Miller against Augusta Orcutt entered judgment on note. Wm Davis awaiting prosecutor return before action in murder case. Eli Ayers trustees case ongoing.
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Common Pleas
Eliza Jaynes
Glenn Falls Insurance Co
Benj F Streisling
Ft.Wayne
Ind
John W Winn
Yaneidge
Reifling
Capias
F_ Enos
K V Haymaker
J D Higgenbotham
John Graves
Norton
The
CL & M
Wm Davis
Richard
Steel
T T Ansberry
Eli Ayers
Adams Township
W H Hubbard
Petit Jury
Lewis Miller
Augusta E Orcutt
Common Pleas Court
Grains Coffee Substitute Praised by Doctor in Letter
A letter from Goshen New York area notes that GRAINO grain coffee substitute impressed a doctor. He says it serves well as a substitute for coffee and that he and his family prefer it to traditional Java and Mocha. He signs as A U Jackson M D.
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Goshen
Ill
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N. Y
A. U. Jackson, M. D
Schultz Block Fire Causes Near Miss at Clinton Street
Fire at the Schultz building near Clinton street around 2 am Sunday started in paper stored in a closet off Geo Killey’s office over Al Maag’s saloon. James Brown alerted the alarm as smoke filled Schultz hall driving him out. Damage estimated at $200, cleared by insurance.
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Schultz
Clinton Street
Geo Killey
al Maag
James Brown
President McKinley's Message on China and Nation Building
President McKinley delivers an expansive annual message to Congress detailing foreign policy, domestic affairs, and fiscal health. It covers China and the Boxer uprising, open door policy, indemnities, and arbitration, plus reciprocity, the Philippines, Samoa, and international treaties. The address praises economic growth, military reductions, and calls for reforms in trusts and merchant marine support.
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Prince Tuan
Peking
Manchuria
China
Tsung Li Yaman
United States
Philippines
Taku
Legation
Legations
Lang Fang
Baron von Ketteler
Tien Tsin
Russia
Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
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Shan- Tung
Shan Tung
Yangtse
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Western Pacific
Paris
Germany
German Empire
Prussia
Tutla
Pago Pago
Amniva
Great Britain
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Delagoa Bay
Lynn Canal
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Fontier
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Tallulah
Japan
Mexico
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
England
France
Persia
Portugal
Romania
Siam
Spain
Sweden
Norway
Netherlands
Permanent Court of Arbitration
International Arbitration Bureau
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Melville W. Fuller
Illinois
J. W. Griggs
New Jersey
George Gray
Delaware
Circuit Court of the
Maritime Canal Company
Government of
Nicaragua
State Department
Commission
Siberia
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Pacificati
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