Board of Health Meets in Central City Building
The board, with Mayor J. P. Cameron and members Diehl Dirr Helpman Bhulters present, approved minutes and salary bills. Sanitary Policeman M Howard reported a diphtheria case at Maddock home and quarantine breaches by neighbors and children. advised blocking school entry. Monthly report listed five chickenpox cases seven carpet fever, one typhoid, one diphtheria, and twelve vault cleanings. report accepted. Meeting adjourned.
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Board of Health
Central City Building
J. P. Cameron
Diehl
Dirr
Helpman
Bhulters
M. Howard
Maddock
North
Defiance
Send Gifts Timetable For Holiday Mailings
The notice provides deadlines for international and domestic holiday mailings from Defiance to reach recipients by December 25. It lists last drop times for Great Britain, Ireland, and many European and overseas destinations, with New York cutoffs and special parcel post dates, urging early submission to avoid delays. It also includes brief local items and notices from Defiance community life.
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Great Britain and Ireland
France
Belgium
Netherlands
British India
Lourence
Marquez
Cape Colony
Transvaal
Cape Verde Islands
Defiance
New York
Germany
New York City
Porto Rico
Annual Ejection Officers Elected by Auglaize Hive Ladies
The Ladies of the Maccabees in Auglaize Hive elected officers Thursday night led by Past Commander Mrs Minnie Smith and Commander Mrs Kathryn Bites. Others include Lieutenant Commander Mrs Lizzie Ort and Finance Keeper Miss Minnie Whetstone. Also noted are community updates on residents, business developments, and a funeral for Eben Merrihugh aged 44 with details of surviving family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auglaize Hive
Ladies of the Maccabees
Minnie
Smith
Kathryn
Bites
Lizzie Ort
Emma
Try
Miss Minnie
Whetstone
Agnes Wight
Barbara May
Lottie
Brubaker
May Smith
Emma Lynde
Hannah Beard
Flora Willeman
Annie Hopper
Promoting The Auglaize River Power Co. Project Advances
Industrial notes report the promoters of the Auglaize River Power Co. near completion and hopeful of success. The effort is expected to impact Defiance significantly. LaFavre Arms Co. plans to ship finished guns by year’s start. Defiance Tool Co. is active, having sent out finished work recently.
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Auglaize River Power Co
Defiance
LaFavre Arms Co
Defiance Tool Co
Carnegie offers library grant to Defiance city
The 1903 Defiance Ohio letter shows Andrew Carnegie offering seventeen thousand five hundred dollars to build a free public library if the city council approves a maintenance budget of not less than seventeen hundred and fifty dollars annually and provides a suitable site. The city has pledged one mill for maintenance, the Carnegie offer would not require more than a half mill.
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Defiance
Carnegie Library
Andrew Carnegie
R. W. Mircuen
Geychools
Ohio
Carnegie
Jas. Berrman
Library Board
Social events and notices from Defiance area
Miss Birdie Palm and Henry Kaufman wed with Rev H Mueller officiating. A Defiance Military Band ball at National Union hall drew large attendance with Deal Richards orchestra. Mrs James B Tennyson hosted a six hand euchre party with prizes of a gold candlestick and cut glass vase. Readings by Miss Vanda Bnos and Miss Marie Parrell accompanied luncheon. Out of town guests included Mrs Hammer and Mrs Gerson of Cleveland and Mrs Kidney of Natural Bridge NY. Infant of Mr and Mrs A C Pessefal died. Probate actions include alimony petition by Caroline Adams against John Q Adams. George B Smith and Margaret M Grainger wed at St Pauls Methodist parsonage. Louis Westendorf injured by falling timber. Elks held memorials addressed by Judge AL Baker. Mrs Walter S Shelly returned from Chicago. Mrs Jacob Dickman called to Huntington for illness of daughter. William H Crow died in Mark township. funeral at Lost Creek church. Anson Onstat secured five year Burke building lease for a saloon at $40 monthly. J L Sauer and L F Orahood completed county report review in eight days. Knights of Pythias convention set for Feb 5 in Van Wert Paulding Williams Defiance counties. venue undecided. Van Wert lodge invited to host. Comrade A W King praised as Bishop Post G A R commander and Sultana disaster survivor.
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James B. Tennyson
Euchre
Jackson Street
Vanda Bnos
Marie Parrell
Bessie Kirtley
Marjorie Lamb
Hammer
Gerson
Cleveland
Kidney
Natural Bride
N.Y
Tennyson
Jigs Sallory Makes Global Name In World Fishing Tackle
An obscure excerpt notes Jigs Sallory gaining wide recognition through Rapala gear and a two by one approach. Mentions Moonta and firms Welsabarger and Buery in a fragmented historical snippet.
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Welsabarger & Buery
Pay of Rural Mail Carriers
A national rural mail carriers committee visited Washington and presented a memorial to Congress via Postmaster General Payne. It requests salary increases from 600 to 720 in year two and 850 in year three, plus 15 days paid leave annually, with carriers supplying their own uniforms. It cites start up costs and annual expenses, noting resignations in 1902.
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Nation Association of Rural Mail Carrier
Washington
Congress
Payne
Farmers’ National Grange
Defiance County Offers Reward For Horse Thieves
Defiance County commissioners approved a standing reward of 100 for arrest and conviction of anyone stealing a horse from a bona fide resident. The bounty is paid within ten days after the thief’s incarceration in the Ohio Penitentiary, aiming to dismantle a suspected nest of horse thieves.
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Defiance County
Ohio
Officers Elected and Notable Local News
The QJ. V. U. elected Colonel Peter Dickman Lieutenant Colonel Cafe Mc Millen Major H Klein and others for the year. The Daughters of Veterans named Mae Osborn as President and Dora March Senior VP among others. Willie Jones has become William Jones Jr. and Wm Helmick reports finding Wm McCreath wintering in Grand Rapids, affirming loyalty to the constitution and the Macks.
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QJ. V. U
Peter Dickman
Cafe
McMillen
H. Klein
Samuel Shengles
E.P. Rhodes
David Atkinson
D. of Y.’s
Mae Osborn
Dora March
Lillian Speiser
Nora Stoll
Miss Pearl Mollencup
Zadie Lee
Seible
Wm. Helmick
Wm. McCreath
Grand Rapids
Probate Court Harrison Deselma Seeks Divorce
Harrison Deselma files for divorce from Mary Elizabeth Deselma in probate court alleging failure of duty and neglect. The couple married September 10, 1902 and had no children. E. W. Costello represents the plaintiff.
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Harrison Deselma
Mary Elizabeth Deselma
E. W. Costello
Plainiff
Morrison versus Miller case tried in court today
The case of Wm. M. Morrison versus C. Frank Miller and others is being tried in court today. J.M. Killitts of Bryan represents the plaintiff, while Winn & Hay and Hockman & Phelps defend the defendants in a suit arising from a rental agreement for an arm.
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Wm. M. Morrison
Law Suit Over Egg Storage Costs Heads To Amendment
Wm. H. Young & Co. sue the H. P. Miller Co. in a Toledo U S court over 3000 cases of eggs stored in 1899. The claim runs about $5000 as storage charges advances and insurance. Judge Wing halted the jury and told plaintiffs to amend their petition to continue.
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Wm. H. Young & Co
H. P. Miller Co
United States
Toledo
Wing
B. F. Enos
H. G. Baker
E. J. Phelpe
David Passes Scepter to Son in Sabbath Lesson
A Sabbath School lesson recounts David at about seventy passing the royal charge to his son to build a temple to Jehovah. The assembly centers on David the aged leader, praising faithfulness and urging gratitude for daily blessings and rain as signs of God’s care. A county convention notice and local obituaries follow among brief items.
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David
Tmare
Jlse
Brest
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Nellie Fuller
Denver
Rocky ‘Mountain
Weisenburger & Emery
R.C. Cameron
Singer’s Grocery
Geo. B. Smith
Margaret M. Grainger
John W. Ury
Columbus
WW. H. Myers
Geo. Newton
F. A. Goddard
Rhode Island
Wm. Heller
Napoleon
C. E. Gilchrist
Seneca Street
East Defiance
John Cromley
Antwerp
Mary K. Shondel
Louis Shondel
St. I. Red
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Peter Caressel
H. B. Tenzer
H. B. Tenner Lumber Co
Missouri
Arkansas
Sycamore Lumber
Wm. Kirtley, Jr
State Iscava of Public Works
Hotel
Tems
Mrs. Julius Weber
Weston
John Klein
A. Vischer
Defiance Machine Works
South Africa
Defiance Tick Mitten Co
Bokop
Defiance Grocery Co
C. L. McBride
Perry Tiedeman
Clinton Street
Monumental Park
Water Street
North Defiance
Jacob Klein
Joe Hughes
Water and
Clinton Streets
Maumee
Henry Merrihugh
Harbor Springs
Mich
Eben
Merrihugh
Michigan
Eben Merrihugh
Anna Roedel
Henry County
Defiance Home Saving & Loan
Crosby House
Rocky Pene
Birdie Palm
Henry Kaufman
Rev. H. Mueller
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Defiance Military Band
National Union Hall
Deal
Richard
A. C. Pessefal
Caroline Adams
John Q. Adams
Hockman & Phelps
George B. Smith
Clayton A.smucker
St. Paul's Methodist Parsonage
Louis Westendorf
Adams Township
the Elks
AL. G. Baker
Muskogee
I.T
Walter
Shelly
Chicago
Ill
Jacob Dickman
Nobles Township
Huntington
Shuman
Mark Township
William H. Crow
Lost Creek Church
Anson Onstat
Hicksville
Burke
L. Sauer
L. F. Orahood
W. H. Hubbard
Knights of Pythias
van Wert
Paulding
Williams
van Wert Bulletin
A. W. King
Bishop Post
Sultana
King
Thene
Cueney & Godfrey
Daughters OF Veterans
Willie Jones
William Jones Jr
Pard
Probate
U. S. Workers of
Ney
St. John’s M. BE
Tiffin
E- Wide Awake
H. L. Stock
I. O. Maddock
A B Murphy
Baptist Church
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