BRYAN EPIDEMIC COVERAGE AND OHIO POLITICS NOTES
The Express discusses Bryan smallpox coverage noting warnings and public health communication, while reporting on the 18th annual Associated Ohio Dailies meeting in Columbus. It notes W. J. Bohannon’s mayoral candidacy and outlines court rulings involving Mrs. Orcutt and the American Legion of Honor, plus political commentary on General Alger and the gubernatorial question amid Ohio municipal elections.
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Tur Associated Ohio Dailies
Hartman
Columbus
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court At
Toledo
M. E. Orcutt
American Legion of Honor
CasToRra Bears the The Kind You Ha d Lede
CasToRra Bears the Kind You Ha d Lede appears as a fragmented OCR item. The readable text hints at a local nickname and a possible feature on a sports or community subject but lacks clear event details, dates, or organizations to verify a full news item.
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Fancy china plates and prizes for card parties
Advertisement notes new and novel decorations in 40 cup WASES, steins and mugs in original ware. Mentions excellent prizes for card parties and birthday gifts.
Caleb Powers Appeals for Funds in Kentucky Political Battle
A letter from Caleb Powers, ex-secretary of state of Kentucky, urges supporters to fund his defense amid ongoing trials. He claims innocence, decries political persecution by Republicans, and asks for immediate donations via registered letters with donor details, highlighting the Goebel case and state party impact.
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Russell A. Alger
Senator McMillen
Alger
Kentucky
Republican Party
Caleb Powers
Secy
State
Sunday Visits and Local Movements Around Defiance
Christy and family spent Sunday with Lewis Hanna. Miss Mary Pollock and childrenvisited her sister Mrs Kate Figley. Mrs Carver visited her mother Hanna. Monda ler drove to Defiance. Ollie Robison of Garrett Ind visiting here. Grover Cashner drove to Defiance. Mrs Kelly in Defiance. Joe Clouse and sister Mrs Weber in Defiance. Billie Garlinger and daughter of Evansport visited P M Rath and family. James and William Haller and Buckmaster of Defiance hauling logs from Cameron farm to Defiance. Robert Schick and mother in Defiance. John Peterson visited George Carver and Harmon Meyer Thursday. Maud Hancock listed sick. Eric Keeppe drove to Defiance. William Figley in New Friday evening. Ollie Robison and Maud Rath visited our school Friday. Chas Brown in Defiance Saturday. Minnie Zipful died at home of Geo Clouse Tuesday January 6 aged about 29. Funeral from Mud Creek Catholic church Thursday January 8. Interment Catholic cemetery.
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Rank Christy
Lewis Hanna
Mary Pollock
Jof Ney
Kate Figley
Carver
Hanna
Mondaler
Defiance
Ollie Robison
Garrett
Ind
Grover Cashner
Kelly
Tuesco
Joe Clouse
Weber
Billie Garlinger
Evansport
P. M. Rath
James
William Haller
Buckmaster
Cameron Farm
Robert Schick
John Peterson
George “Carver
Harmon Meyer
Maud Hancock
Eric Keeppe
William Figley
New
Maud Rath
Chas. Brown
Minnie Zipful
Clouse
Geo. Clouse
Mud Creek
Snowy Weekend Hits Southerton and Local Notes
A big snow fell Saturday night and Sunday in Southerton. M Wells reports his infant daughter bruised her hand in a clothes wringer. Dr Hoffman treated the wound. Dr E L Slough made a professional call at Wm Searle's Tuesday. Habn's cattle have pink eye and his hogs cholera. Banes and Edwards received timber orders for a new elevator in East Defiance. R Alkire butchered a fine beef Thursday. Wm Searle helped A Cankwright butcher porkers. Charley Roust moves from near Hartburg to Hicksville. Wm Halbgewocks hauled a large corn load to Defiance. Two wagonloads of empty cask and one of empty cases hauled to Christ Diehl's brewery in Defiance. L W Mansfield called on Wm Searle and family Wednesday evening. Rev T H Mansfield bought a fine cow from Chas Hill last week. Willy/Wim. Wateon.
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M. Wells
Hoffman
E. L. Slough
East Defiance
R. Alkire
Searle
A. Cankwright
Charley Roust
Harteburg
Hicksville
Halbgewocks
Defiance
Christ Diehl’s Brewery
L. W. Mansfield
Wm. Searle and
T. H. Mansfield
Chas. Hill
Wim. Wateon
Local social and weather notes from Defiance area
Monday cattle shipment noted with C. S. Yarger visiting Wm. Searle. Iran Donaldson called on W. Searle, James Mansfield clears land for his father, and B. A. Mansfield with family enjoyed a sleigh ride. L. W. Mansfield lists a timber tract for sale. Cold spell reports eight below zero.
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C. S. Yarger
Wm. Searle
Hill
Defiance
Iran Donaldson
W. Searle
James Mansfield
B. A
A. M. Mansfield
L. W. Mansfield
Winter Weather as Town Orders Sleigh Rides
Noble Township endures freezing cold with ten degrees below zero as residents cope with snow and storms. Chas Gurwell visits. Daisy Lehman suffers a severe cold. Dan Coy hauls wood bound for Defiance market. Geo Switzer ships porkers to Defiance. Schiling moves to Langdon farm. Rohrig injured moving a sawmill and confined at home. Shaner ill. John Brown relocates father-in-law from Branersburg. Branersburg M E church reports no Sunday evening service due to storm.
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Chas. Gurwell
Daisy Lehman
Dan Coy
Defiance
Geo. Switzer
Geo. Schiling
Langdon Farm
Mr. Rohrig
R. A. Shaner
John Brown
Branersburg
Branersburg M. E
Pleasant Bena and Wm Hahn sell shop and move to Continental
Pleasant Bena and barber William Hahn have sold their house and lot to John Blake and will relocate to Continental to continue their barber business. May they have abundant success in their new home. Burill visited Ada, another new saloon opens locally, with a Continental man as proprietor. Mrs. Christ Demland died Saturday of consumption at her home three miles northwest of town. funeral services are noted.
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Wm. Hahn
John Blake
Continental
Bat Burill
Ada
Christ Demland
Local notes from Michigan and Indiana communities
Tuesday reports from the German ME church as Rev Dobbrick leads meetings. Mrs Andrew Dirr of Michigan ill at Peter Dirr’s home with her nurse. Hugh and B B Crary visit Columbia City, IN. Laura Barney returns from Garrett. Farmer Township Mutual Insurance Co. elects officers led by Pres Andrew Hilbert. Wes Barney and B B Crary visit Defiance. Parker rents a farm near Kendallville.
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Hugh
B. B. Crary
Columbia City
Ind
Laura Barney
Garrett
Farmer Township Mutual Insurance Co
Andrew Hilbert
A. W. Hosack
Madison Hilbert
O. A. Rice
P. P. Culler
Stone
Milford Township
Wes Barney
Defiance
Parker
Kendallville
Local Happenings and Notices from Hicksville Area
Jas Moore has been quite sick for days. Essie Cory visited Mrs Cory Johnson near Hicksville. Mrs Jacob Fitzcharles rushed to Lorain for her son George's illness. Charles Morrison and family moved to Albion Indiana for their future home. Adam Christoffie bought Grant Mason's farm on the state line. A box social at the hall tonight benefits the Disciple church. Charley Reas ill with pneumonia. Mr and Mrs Geo Buda hosted neighbors with a bountiful supper. Will Mavis and wife of Peoria Illinois returned home after a ten day visit. Farmer Mutual Insurance Co elected officers: Pres Andrew Hilbert, VP W W Hosack, Sec C A Rice, Dir three years Madison Hilbert. Ransom Stone weakening at son Leslie’s after paralytic stroke. Prof Coughton’s home narrowly saved from fire by nearby citizens. Rev C R Davenport to preach Sunday at 11 am. Literary debate topic Saturday: Have Indians suffered more than Negroes at white hands.
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Jas. Moore
Essie Cory
Cory Johnson
Hicksville
Jacob Fitzcharles
Lorain
George
Charles Morrison
Albion
Ind
Adam Christoffie
Grant Mason
Disciple Church
Charley Reas
Geo. Buda
Will Mavis
Peoria
Ill
Farmer Mutual Insurance Co
Andrew Hilbert
W. W. Hosack
C. A. Rice
Madison Hilbert
Ransom
Stone
Leslie
Coughton
C. R. Davenport
South Tiffin Notes and Local Updates
Gorman Siler, formerly of South Tiffin now in New Beigle, visited his children January 7. Rasor marked his 80th birthday with well wishes for many more years. Keller and wife of Highland township visited Fred Kellermier to aid in care. Webb Run bridge near the Miller Bros. tile factory is under repair. John Bohn suffers muscular rheumatism. Builders plan plenty of farm improvements after the season. Schreiner family members ill with typhoid fever. Joe Freeman lost a valuable cow last week. Geo W Burk of Surrey North Dakota visiting relatives. Siler & Brenner sent a large saw to Toledo for hammering. Fred Kellermier struck with heart trouble January 8, improving only slowly with Brown’s remedies and physician Power attending.
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Gorman Siler
New Beigle
Bram Rasor
Eorge Kellermier
Highland Township
Fred Kellermier
Webb Run
Miller Bros
John Bohn
Schreiner
Joe Freeman
Geo. W. Burk
Surrey
North Dakota
Siler & Brenner
Toledo
Fred Kelermier
Brown
WS. Power
Strike Commission Hearings Hear Allegations At Miners Hearing
Philadelphia January 13. The strike commission proceedings centered on Delaware and Hudson testimony about coal mine conditions and refuting miners charges. William Dettrey, newly elected District No.7 president, denied claims that non union men should be harmed, while witnesses supported the opposition. Dettrey reported harassment at home during union business. Foremen Davis Hughes and Badman testified miners have loaded fewer cars since 1900 strike. Carnegie Tops Taxpayer List In New York Personal Property Assessments Andrew Carnegie leads with 5 million, followed by Sage and Astor at 2 million each and Rockefeller at 2.5 million. Real estate valuations rose by 1.425 billion. several not taxed as non residents. Vienna reports a rift between Count and Countess De Longay, former Crown Princess Stephanie, with the Count leaving and no word on his location. The couple wed in 1900. Leopold opposed the marriage.
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Dettrey
David Davis
H. T. Hughes
Frederick Badman
Carnegie
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Russell Sage
John Jacob Astor
J. D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Howard Gould
Cornelius ‘Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Richard Croker
William Waldorf Astor
George J . Gould
Vienna
de Longay
Stephanie
France
Austria-Hungary
Rudolph
Leopold
Belgium
Count de Lonyay
Program of Farmers Institute Society Jan 23 24 1908
The Farmers Institute program lists events at the city hall over January 23 and 24 1908. It includes prayers music discussions and talks on topics such as feeding for profit poultry raising peaches marketing farm fencing swine raising birds and skill in farming with additional evening musical performances and lectures on the forceful life and prehistoric races of this country. Notable speakers include L A Carpenter C D Jordan W F Durrah A J White R H Wallace J A Sheffield J C Wissier and Rev B W Slagle. The program also mentions nominating committee appointments and welcome address by J W Winn.
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Farmers’ Institute: Society
Rhamy Quartette
R. H. Wallace
L.A. Carpenter
W. F. Durrah
C. D. Jordan
A. J. White
F. E. Travis
Jacob Dickman
A. J. Kiser
J. W. Winn
A. L. White
W. L. Hill
Wm. Koop
J. A. Shffield
C. W. Butler
J. C. Wissier
Wright! Family
Defiance Quartette
B. W. Slagle
C. E.slocum
Farm-A-L. White rounds up young renters and a robbery recap
Second day proceedings mix farm topics and criminal echoes. A discussion on tenancy at Farm-A-L. White is paired with a past train robbery case involving R. H. Wallace and Roy Hardin, tied to a 10 000 dollar haul but no capture. Miss Emma Briggs, a cashier, was robbed of 3000 dollars in drafts and checks on a Oshkosh to Neenah train run, with the loss unseen until the bank run. The program lists music, nominating committee, officer elections, soil treatment, and recitations by Local speakers and groups.
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Rhamy Quartette
A. L. White
A. Elliott Seeiematte
Roy Hardin
R. H. Wallace
Burlington
Hardin
Neenah
Wis
Emma Briggs
Oshikosh
Oshkosh
Abamy Quartette
David Hill
Enos Porter
W. I. Moats
Charles Hill
Markets Corrected Daily Prices by Local Centers
Prices for farm products, including potatoes, lard, beans, butter, eggs, and poultry, are listed as corrected daily by multiple local dealers and milling companies. The snippet shows varied units and some illegible entries, reflecting typical early 20th century market sheets.
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WM. Martin
Defiance Milling Company
Groweg
H.’ P. Miller CO
Perth
Invenko
Markets Report January price snapshot across cities
New York the money stands at 4% with mercantile paper 5.5% and sterling at 4.87 per demand. Government bonds steady. Live stock supplies mixed with hogs, cattle and sheep showing varying quotes in Ohio and Pennsylvania markets including Cleveland Toledo East Liberty East Buffalo with range notes for wheat corn and oats.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Oye
Cleveland
York State
Toledo
East Liberty
East Buffalo
Michigan Lands Advertisements from Clare Mich A J Lacy
A dense ad bundle from Clare Michigan promotes multiple Michigan Lands listings. Properties range from 30 to 45 acres to 12 000 acre stock ranches, with features like river and trout streams, timber, muck soil, railway access, and reasonable terms. Contact A J Lacy and mention the Express.
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J. Lacy
Clare
Mich
the Express
Michigan Lands
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Michigan
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Lumbago remedy claim by Amherst man says Balm works
W C Williamson of Amherst Virginia reports suffering from lumbago for over a year and says Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave complete relief after other remedies failed. Sold by N G Woodward.
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W. C. Williamson
Amherst
Chamberlain
N. G
Woodward
Real Estate Co Seeks Buyers for Surrey Lands
Real Estate Co with main office in Surrey North Dakota advertises buy sell and loans on improved lands. Highlights excellent lots for sale in the west half of Surrey with downsite terms. For further information address Defiance Ohio.
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Surrey
North Dakota
Downsite
Defiance
Ohio
Defiance Home Saving and Loan offers deposits and loans
The Defiance Home Saving and Loan Association will receive money on deposit for which certificates will be issued drawing interest from date payable January first and July first. Loans on farm security at six per cent per annum. No commission small expense. B Squire. Wanted for Defiance County general agent for a well established life insurance company. Address Agency Director Box 363 Cincinnati Ohio.
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Home Saving & Loan Association
B. Squire
Defiance County
Old Line ‘Life Insurance Company
United States
Cincinnati
Ohio
For Sale 80 Acres in Defiance Township
Land listing offering 80 acres northwest one half of northeast one fourth section 8 in Defiance township. Very reasonable price. Interested buyers may call or write J L C Brown Defiance.
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Defiance Township
J. L. C. Brown
Defiance
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