Paulding Enthused Over Toledo Cincinnati Railway Bid
Mr E Bell of Cincinnati and John D Lamb of Defiance toured Paulding county to drum up support for the Toledo and Cincinnati electric railway line. A public meeting at the town hall outlined right of way and bonus arrangements and contracts to follow. Grover Hill and eastern towns also seek the line, with strong local subscriptions expected.
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E. Bell
Cincinnati
John D Lamb
Defiance
Paulding
Toledo and
Paulding County
Grover Hill
Drawing For Steel Range Winning Numbers
A drawing for a steel range by Hutchins and Cornwall determined the winning number drawing judges were G W Watkins SA Craven and C Kubn. The winner’s prize was 100 if none of the listed numbers appears at the store by noon January 3. Participants should present any of the numbers at once.
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Hutchins & Cornwall
G W Watkins
SA Craven
C Kubn
Owen Bell
Christmas in Defiance Observed Quietly and Faithfully
Christmas was quietly observed in Defiance with church services drawing citizens from their homes. Families reunited for the day and poverty was rare, yet generous neighbors helped the needy in an unostentatious display of charity.
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Defiance
Yeggmen in Toledo rob central car barns in bold daylight
A gang of eight masked yeggmen robbed the Central Avenue car barns, escaping with about $800 in cash after breaking a safe and looting desks. Dispatcher W H Condon warned police, but the crew fled before police arrival, leaving little trace of their identity or loot.
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Toledo
Central Avenue
W H Condon
Toledo Railways& Light Co
Voggemen
Condon
Burglar Duo Posing as Detectives Loot Toledo Home
Two men posing as detectives raided Mrs. Ida Zimmerman’s Toledo home on Saturday morning. They awakened her and claimed they were pursuing another burglar, then stole valuables valued at several thousand dollars before fleeing.
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Toledo
Ida Zimmerman
Tragedy in Delphos Kills Three in Christmas Day Crash
On December 26 Henry Hamhorst and his daughter Rose, both locals, were killed instantly when their carriage collided with a Pennsylvania train at a street crossing in Delphos. Mrs Barney Walmhoff escaped unharmed as the buggy was splintered and the horse killed. In Findlay, Virgil Thompson, 9, was accidentally shot in the neck by 16-year-old Harry Van Horn with a .22 rifle while a bird was being pointed out. One boy’s life hangs in the balance.
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Delphos
Henry Hamhorst
Rose
Barney Walmhoff
O’el Ck
Pennsylvania
Virgil
Ellen Thompson
Findlay
Harry van Horn
van Horn
Crisis in Russia as revolutionaries wage fatal clash
In Russia a critical moment arrives with revolutionary appeals and proclamations while the army is urged to overthrow the government. At Tsarskoe-Selo the Czar refuses universal suffrage advice, and fierce fighting erupts as peasants and soldiers clash, signaling possible autocracy collapse or broad upheaval.
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Russia
Tsarskoe-Selo
Talium
J Lake Dies at 70 in Bowling Green
Wood county clerk J Lake died at his Bowling Green home on Thursday at age seventy, authorities said. The longtime official faced years of public service and local duties.
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Cora Thatcher
R H Gleason
DeGraff
Chatcher
Gleason
T J Lake
Wood County
Bowling Green
Ohio Hotel Men's Association chooses new legislative chair
At their annual meeting in Columbus last week the Ohio Hotel Men's Association elected Wm. Kirtley Jr. of this city as chairman of the legislative committee.
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Ohio Hotel Men’s Association
Columbus
Wm. Kirtley, Jr
Man Dies in Mt Vernon After Telegraphing Plans for Cleveland Visit
Harry Whitcher, 54, returned home from Cleveland plans and collapsed from acute indigestion, dying at his Mt. Vernon residence. In a separate incident, Sam Purtee Jr and Lewie Durem allegedly fired on and beat W B Luce near Bowling Green, smashing his door. Mrs Luce aided by a mop, was knocked down. Rev Kimmel attempted to call for help as the assailants vanished.
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William Whitcher
Cleveland
Harry Whitcher
Mt. Vernon
Sam Purtee, Jr
Lewie Durem
W B Luce
Bowling Green
Luce
Rags
Patrick
Harry
Central
Mee
Low rate excursions to summer resorts via Ohio Central Lines
Travel offer advertises low rate excursions to summer and pleasure resorts via Ohio Central Lines. Readers are urged to contact local agents for train times, boat connections, and full particulars.
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Ohio Central Lines
Sidney Daily Leader Fails After Short Run
The Sidney Daily Leader ended December 16 after a few months of publication. The St. Marys Leader criticized a second daily in Sidney as unnecessary, praising the Daily News for meeting standards and condemning detractors as dictating policy like a hog feeding on crumbs.
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Sidney Daily Leader
St. Marys
Sidney
Daily News
Lazarus
Farmer Killed by Train Near St Marys Saturday
William Roedinger a farmer living near St Marys was struck and killed by a passenger train on the L E and W Saturday. His rig was demolished.
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William Roedinger
St. Mary’s
Leipsic Lawyer W Prentice Dies After Paralysis
One of Leipsic's oldest attorneys, W Prentice, died on the 20th due to paralysis. He was a member of the GA KR.
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Leafy Sigler
West Leipsic
Fire destroys thousands of Christmas packages in New York
A large fire in the Adams Express Co delivery department in New York destroyed thousands of Christmas parcels. The loss is expected to exceed $100,000.
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E @ Dicus
Church Cooperage Company of
New York
Silver Lake
Ind
Adams Express Co
Contested Paulding Seat Abandoned After No Shows
The race for Dr. Demuth’s Paulding county seat, decided by a three vote plurality, was abandoned when Fricke the Democratic challenger did not appear to contest the results.
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Dr. Demuth
Paulding County
Fricke
Christmas Candle Fire Fatal at Plain City High
A holiday event at Plain City High ended in tragedy when 15 year old Harold Ogle playing Santa Claus had his facial whiskers ignited by a candle on a tree and died from burns. In the ensuing panic three girl students fainted.
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Dunine
Plain City
Harold Ogle
Santa Claus
Colored chimney sweep sought in Dupont assault case
Authorities search for a colored chimney sweep accused of drugging James Hicke of Dupont then assaulting and robbing him. Hicke says the man struck him forced liquid down his throat and threw him into a ditch where boys saved him from likely drowning.
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Continental
James Hicke
Dupont
Hicks
Woodstock Post Office Robbery Prompts $1000 Reward
Thieves robbed Woodstock post office Saturday morning taking 118 dollars in stamps and 135 dollars in cash with nitroglycerin used to blow the safe. Part of the money belonged to Postmaster Gifford. No crew remained after escape. Non negotiable papers found under the railroad bridge. Government offers a 1000 dollar reward.
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West Toledo
Woodstock
Gifford
The Telephone Blessing Original
A humorous tale on weather forecasts and telephone dependence. Raf and Billings discuss rain plans and a meddling telephone that reveals domestic fears. A prankish night leads to a mistaken burglary scare, the dog Rags, and a thwarted midnight rescue.
Wabash Railroad Sells One Way Colonist Tickets Southeast
The Wabash railroad offers one way second class colonist tickets to the southeast on the first and third Tuesdays in December and in April. Territory includes Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia. For rates and details apply at the Wabash ticket office.
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Wabash Railroad
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Wabash Ticleto
Holiday Excursions On B and O Lines
The B and O announces low rate excursion tickets December 28 24 and 25 8 31 and January for all stations on the line near the Ohio River. Tickets valid to return until January 3 and extend to connections west of Pittsburg Wheeling and Parkersburg.
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Ohio River
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Homeseekers Excursions Special Reduced Rates
Special reduced rates for home seekers to points in the South and West. Tickets on sale November 7 and 21 and December 5 and 19, at prices lower than prior. Rates and full details available from Ohio Central Lines agents or at Moulton Hank, General Passenger Agent, Toledo, Ohio.
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Ohio Central Lines
Moulton Hank
Toledo
Otio
Through Florida Service to Southern Resorts
The Great Central plans a winter tour schedule running through cars to Florida and Southern resorts. A through Pullman Sleeper departs Detroit and Toledo daily except Sunday, continuing to St Augustine from January 8. Reservations may be made in advance with assured comfort and convenience and low round trip fares are on sale.
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Florida
Great Central
Holiday Rates for Teachers and Students Across Institutions
The article states a holiday fare of one and one third for round trips for teachers and students at universities colleges and seminaries excluding Michigan points. Applications for reduced rates must be accompanied by a C P A certificate and signed by the institution's principal. Tickets available after December 6. Return deadline January 10 via the Wabash line.
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Michigan
Central Passenger Association
Ticke
Wabash
Earliest Theater of Dionysus Built Five Centuries Before Christ
The theater of Dionysus, begun five centuries before Christ, seated about 30 000 spectators. It rivaled our largest amusement palaces in size and hosted the great plays of Aeschylus Sophocles and Euripides, reflecting Greek art and literature in their prime.
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Dionysus
Jeschylus
Sophoies
Euripides
English Law of Arrests on Sundays and Royal Immunity
English law restricts arrests on Sundays except for treason felony or breach of the peace. Civil process immunity extends to royal family and servants bishops peers and peeresses and members of parliament during sessions and for forty days before and after each session.
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England
Divorce Notice in Defiance County Ohio
Harrison B. Wood is warned by Elizabeth Wood to answer a petition filed in Defiance County Probate Court alleging extreme cruelty gross neglect of duty and willful absence for over three years She must respond within six weeks from December 1 1905 and the matter may be heard thereafter
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Emma M Overly
Defiance County
Common Pleas Court
Henry County
Walter Leonhardt
Harrison B. Wood
Elizabeth Wood
Ohio
Samuel Mothersbough
Geor Fair
Court of Common Pleas
Delaware Township
Joseph Sewell
Mothersbough
Sewell
Recorder
Samuel Mothershough
Iite
Davis
Richard W. L. Davis
John Doe
UN Wo
Richard Roe
Sarah FE. Davis
Sarah BE. Doe
Sarah K. Days
Paul Doe
Samuel Doe
Sarah E. Doe
William Doe
Sarah E. Davis
James Doe
Sarah Eb. Davis
James Roe
Frank Koe
Silas Welker
Flea
Washington Township
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