Local residents and visitors frequent the city this week
A flood of short returns and visits fill the week as Will Roehrs Anna Bell and others return from Toledo and Chicago. Couples like Mr and Mrs SannakerMr and Mrs Hendricks and Miss Schoeninger travel homeward from Toledo and Chicago while local meetings include the Farmer Mutual Fire association set for January 6 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Farmer Mutual Fire Association
Farmer
Cincinnati
Toledo
Detroit
Napoleon
Defiance
Engel
Gardner Construction Compand
Ullivan
Wanted bright honest young man from Defiance for government service
Advertisement seeks a trustworthy young man from Defiance to prepare for a position in the Government Mail Service. Applicants should respond to Box One in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Cedar Rapids
Whitman on Amerson in Horace Traubel tribute
Excerpt from Horace Traubel's With Walt Whitman In Camden in Century praising Amerson. The note claims Amerson's personality and passionate writing justify all literature, arguing value lies in heart and spirit behind the work rather than mere professional craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Traubel
Walt Whitman
Camden
Century
Local residents move between towns and jobs in brief
Dey Ayers begins lending at four percent interest. Will Riley visits his parents in Ayersville. Mrs. John Schneider hosts Mrs. Chas Riley in Youngstown. John Small travels to Milwaukee for winter work with the Gunning Outdoor Advertising system. Mrs. Small goes with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Riley
Youngstown
Ayersville
John Schneider
Elgate Ave
Chas. Riley
John Small
Milwaukee
Gunning Outdoor Advertising
Death of Mrs O Hern Widow of Timothy O Hern
Mrs Mary O Hern aged 71 died Tuesday at her home in this city. Born in Ireland she lived in Dellaure for 27 years. She leaves several children. Funeral services were held Friday at 9 AM at St Marys Catholic Church with Rev J F Collins officiating. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O’hern
Timothy O’hern
Ireland
Dellaure
St .Mary’s Catholic Church
J F Collins
Riverside Cemetary
Precautionary Quarantine In Wabash Depot Case
A suspected smallpox scare led to C E Metzgar being placed in quarantine at his Jackson street boarding house and the Wabash depot fumigated by Health Officer Westrick. The railroad paid for fumigation as a precaution after a mild chicken pox like illness was detected. Restrictions to be lifted tomorrow per Dr Westrick. The eruptions were first noted Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Metzgar
Wabash
Quarentine
Fritch
Jackson Street
Ithar Westrick
Wabash Railroad
Christmas Church Wedding and Local Notices
Mrs Catharine Andres remains on the mend after a cow incident. Christmas, Vollmer, and Estella Golley wed at the Lutheran church. Prof Hagy plans a vacation in Columbus. Rank Partee sold a horse for 90 dollars to Loren Herriman. Jim Wilson visited family in Tiffin township. Miss Nicely, recovering from a fractured arm after a spill with Bauman's outfit, improves quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Andres
Coattheb Vollmer
Estella Golley
Lutheran Church
Everyus dv
Prof Hagy
Ney
Columbus
Rank Partee
Loren Herriman
Ki Ryder
Jim Wilson
Tiffin Township
Mies
Nicely
M Bauman
Society Notes Celebrate Holidays at Homes
Miss Houghton hosts a Holgate avenue house party with relatives during the holidays. Miss Frances Fillman gathers friends on East Second Street Tuesday evening to mark her birthday with games music and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Houghton
Holgate Avenue
Frances Fillman
East Second Street
Bridge Club Meets With Elmer Clark on Jackson Street
The Bridge club gathered Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Elmer T Clark on Jackson street. Christmas greens and holly in decoration enhanced the home. Mrs. William Kirtley Jr. earned a beautiful favor for the best score. Mrs. Taylor of Ft. Wayne was an out of town guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Club
Elmer T Clark
Jackson Street
William Kirtley Jr
Taylor
Ft. Wayne
Knights and ladies host social at K of P hall
A large group of Knights and their ladies enjoyed a social session in the K of P hall on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Charles Young won the ladies first prize and Lyman Hilton won the gentleman’s prize. Mrs. GD Egar and John Winn received booby prizes. Refreshments were served in the dining room.
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K of P Hall
Pedro
Mra. Chas. Young
Lyman Hilton
Mra
E ‘Gar
John Winn
Obituary of Joseph L Johnson Defiance county native dies
Joseph L Johnson born December 13 1880 in Defiance county and living in Moats died December 17 1905 at home after overwork in the harvest field He married Olive Brown September 20 1903 He leaves a wife his father Samuel Johnson his mother and five brothers The funeral was at ME church December 19 conducted by Rev D Kelley Interred in Moats cemetery Card of thanks from Olive Johnson and Samuel Johnson and sons
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Joseph L Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Moats
Defiance County
Olive Brown
Joseph
Elmer
Peru
Ind
William
Defiance
Oscar
Burkett
Alex
Chas
D . Kelley
Advertised Letters in Defiance Ohio Week Ending December 26 1905
The post office at Defiance Ohio lists uncalled letters for the week ending December 26 1905. Ladies include Mrs H C Gabriel Lizzie Ktinson Annie Leonard. Gentlemen include Samuel J Ankney Joseph Ankney Frank M Ankney John G Ankney John Bartlett Rev Charley Baker Joe Green Dr W H Hagen Claude Ingold Wojciech Puskaraczyk Bob Williams. If not claimed within 14 days they will be sent to the dead letter office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Ohio
Farmers Institute meeting discusses farm policy and honors
Farmers Institute of Sherwood gathered last Thursday with officers elected: President Orlando Ewing, Vice President George Switzer, Secretary L W Bayliss, and executive committee members Stottler Moninger White Moats Meeks. Resolutions urged larger state farm appropriations, better trade laws, highway safety, and beautification efforts by the American Civic association. The note also mentions local news from Cicero: a ten day vacation, Elton Brown and wife welcomed a son, funeral for Canuel Tharp, and Fat Stock Show return by several locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee County
Sherwood
Thoreday
Farmers’ Institute
Orlando Ewing
George Switzer
L W Bayliss
Jacob Stottler
Charles Moninger
Henry White
WF Moats
D A. Meeks
Ohio
Experiment Station
College of Agriculture
American Civic Association
KP Lodge
Cicero
Indiana
Michigan
Elton Brown
C.j.thomas
Iva
Bryan
Canuel Tharp
Mark Township
Lost Creek Lutheran Church
James Connolly
MF Linn
FE Linn
Walter Battershell
C J Thomas
Christmas Visits and Local Events Featured in Town News
Mr and Mrs Wesley Dirr and son spent Christmas with Henry Graver. Miss Lettie Young joined her sister visiting their grandmother at Liberty Center. Born to Mr and Mrs John Dirr, a son. A Christmas entertainment was held at the Reformed church Saturday and drew a large crowd. A Christmas program was held at the German Macharch Sunday evening. Wm Zachrish has opened his grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Dirr
Henry Graver
Lettie Young
Liberty Center Christ
John Dirr
Reformed Church
Wm. Zachrish
Bis Grocery
Real estate transfers spread through Defiance County notices
The column lists numerous property transfers in Defiance County including estates from Elizabeth Brewer to Boden and George Streicher to Frank Sommers, with deeds covering Adams and Defiance Townships and various parcels along Ottawa Avenue Karnes Road and other plats. Names such as W. Wilous, J. W. Dilly, Addie Echootie, and Emanuel L appear among transfers and stakes. Multiple lot numbers, sections, and township references appear, indicating a broad registry of deed activities and parcel movements.
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Depiarce
Diehl Jr
Woodward
Phelpz
Nibert
Chris Rice
Hay
Armade
Burton’ Vot
Biede Place
George Streicher
Frank Sommers
Viviston
Ottawa Ave
Karnes Ro&d
State of Connecticu
W Cheney
John W'Dilly
Hickaville
Hicksville
Howard Schoeffe
Addie
John W Krape
Adams
G Kopp Sheriff
Lizabeth Brewer
Emanuel
Chas. Barnes
Hazel -Foulk
Dehubastel
Elizabeth
Y ‘Boden
John Ww.Young
Chrisman
Alice Replagh
Frank N’ Richardson
Tor i
Riehard
Fogmer
Baer
Hulbert
Sarah ‘Parkto
Milfori
Amelia Harmening
Sarah” Herzer
Mark
Chas. Graves ‘Toe
Frank Sieh Toe
Wise
Lewi
Binimons
Juna
Cince
Fragmentary Somaliland Portrait from the Golden Penny
A garbled excerpt describes Somaliland natives with exaggerated pride and a self serving martyrdom. It recalls a man praising freedom from rulers, his desert life tending camels and sheep, his wife performing chores, and a whip used for discipline.
The Needle Eye in Howe’s Sewing Machine Invention
A tale of Elias Howe’s breakthrough on locating the needle eye at the point not the heel. He dreamt of a savage king’s deadline and awakening at 4 a.m. led him to model a needle with an eye at the point, enabling the sewing machine’s design.
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Eliis Howe
Howe
Not Always a Sign in St Fiacre History Brief
A brief history note explains the fiacre name origin from St Fiacre, an Irish noble who became a French hermit and inspired Parisian hackney coaches starting in 1640 at an inn on Rue St Martin, Hotel St Fiacre, with imagery. The saint’s name influenced the vehicle term used for public carriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiacre
St. Fiacre
France
Meaux
Sauvage
Paris
Rue St. Martin
Bence “Facre
Practical Little Ideas for Garment Making and Fixes
Practical hints for sewing and sewing room work from securing edges with torn flannel cutting to button knot placement. Includes shaping skirt braid to avoid wrinkles and choosing satin coat linings for comfort and appearance.
Old New England Mansion Inspires Home Beautifying
Feature on interior ideas drawn from an old New England mansion. Readers see real-home use of furnishings and decorations, not shop displays. An illustration from Goda Housekeeping shows a stairway scene with a candle held aloft by a lady as a grandfather clock keeps bedtime.
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New England
Velvet Cleaning Secret From a Jeweler
A reader recalls a jeweler sharing a velvet cleaning secret. Dip a velvet brush in damp sand and brush, dust removal aided by moisture and sandy friction restoring the nap. The tip comes with a smile and old patronage.
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Ladies’ World
Princess In Effect Fashion Note
Princess styles rise for indoor wear with tucked waists and girdle-like skirts. Garments use shirtsed folds and invisible joins at the waist making fitting simpler. Soft pliable materials allow this practical dress form to look stylish and comfortable.
Carling Feathers Recurl Method Described
An old time technique to recurl plumes uses brown sugar placed on a stove. The plume bundle is kept in constant motion so smoke penetrates all parts.
Neighborly Tension Sparks Heated Exchange in Detroit
A fragment suggests a dispute between adjacent residents with quoted exchanges. One neighbor claims they never speak to the other though they often encounter each other, while the other responds that the neighbor never allows a confrontation. The odd dialogue hints at a tense local neighborly dynamic in Detroit.
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Weason
Sgobson
Detroit
Wedding and Wild Horse Chase on the Ranch
The narrator spends a night at Manuel Pardo's ranch where a group of men including a tracker named Sancho prepare to pursue horse thieves who have driven off fifty of Prado’s horses. A white signal from an upper window mirrors the looming wedding of Prado's daughter, whom the narrator notes as strikingly fair. The pursuit spans day and night with Sancho leading, but the thieves vanish, and the party returns after a missed chase, while the father laments losing horses if he does not yield to Sancho’s desires.
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Manuel Pardo
Sypho
Gariges
Prado
Si Ng
Sancho
Big
Rouch B
Harold Otis
Nature's noblemen choose usefulness over wealth
A young man rejects a high paying vocation to avoid wealth driven selfishness and to serve humanity. The piece praises ambition to be useful, noting civilization advances when greed coexists with the growing passion for good and people choosing service over profit.
Artistic Temperament and Chesterton’s Heretics
The excerpt discusses Chesterton and his essays on the artistic temperament. It quotes views comparing great men like Shakespeare Whitman and Whistler and defines the temperament as a disease for amateurs. It notes that true artists shed art to function and that vanity violence and fear can mark its tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Shakespeare
Whitman
Whistler
Browning
The Brides of Venice in the Year Nine Hundred Two
In 902 according to old custom the brides of Venice assembled at St Mary’s eve with dowries, awaited grooms and were wed after mass. Sea rovers seized them, the doge pursued and recovered the brides, a yearly procession and the Maria games followed until 1379 when wars ended them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
St. Mary’s
Sea Rovers
Tries
London Standard
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Will Roehrs
Anna Bell
Mrs. Swaynehagen
William Sannaker
Mrs. Duty
Cleveland
Mr. E and
Mrs. O' Frick
Jay Weisenberger
Chicago
Mrs. Simen
Emma Schoeninger
Mrs. J . Hoeffel
Mrs. Perry
City
Marguerite Roebra
Arthur Hendricks
Monroe, Mich
Wisit
Will Tramppower
Kendallville, Lnd
Charles Mills
Mrs
Kimball Rake ‘Straw
M Dawson
Benj.” Faurot
Lima
Miss Pearl Weaver
Ilod Hilton
Upper Sandusky
Swanson
Albert Olson
Edwin Jisan
Noble Township
Warden Watkins
G W Watkings
F. P
Weisenburger’ & Brother
Rexall
Dey Ayers
Peter Kettenbing
State Bank
WM. Geiger
Elbert E. Carter
Oronc
Washington
Harley & Whitaker’s
Speial
Turnbull Factory
Olive Johnson
VRS
Samuel Johnson and Sons
Rush
At. Mollencup’s
Optician
Farmers Institute
Whitney & Currier Company
A. W. Fuller
Mgr
Clinton St
Somaliland
Grea
Literad
Iran
Adam
Kerrier
Strance
Dallas News
Nolan Bros
Old New England Mansion
French’s Bazaar
Nature
Thane
Cheney Lumber Co
Pacific Coast
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