Defiance County Sunday School News Highlights
Defiance county Sunday schools report active progress with teachers and officers named for Dry Creek United Brethren and North Delaware chapters. Married notices, election of 1901 officers, and a call for more reader submissions to county papers urge greater participation and support.
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William Shirkey
John Lee
J A Rogers
Cena Richardson
J W Fickle
Florence Bayes
C M Rogers
Chronic diseases and incurable cases specialty in Defiance
Over two hundred references cited around Defiance for chronic diseases and incurable cases. Consultation is free. Office rooms located at 527 Elbert street in North Defiance.
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Defiance
Elbert Street
North Defiance
Notice to the Public at Defiance Infirmary
No visitors will be admitted hereafter to the Defiance county infirmary until after the danger of smallpox has subsided. By order of Jan. 19th, 1901. DIRECTORS.
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Defiance County Infirmary
Mrs Ella Foote Returns Home From Visit
Mrs Ella Foote returns home to Farmer after visiting her sister Mrs K V Haymaker.
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Ella Foote
K V Haymaker
Farmer
Grain-O praised by Nebraska user in 1900 letter
A Genesee Pure Food Co. customer from David City Nebraska writes that Grain-O is healthier than coffee. She recounts coffee harmed her brother, who recovered after switching to Grain-O, and notes ongoing use and satisfaction.
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David City
Neb
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy, Re
Lillie Sochor
Adams Township Smallpox Closes Districts 3 4 9
In Adams Township A J Kern buys ten oak trees from William Whitney. Buehrer Bros shred corn for F Chase. A Higben delivers twenty four cattle to Fil Krotz. Elmer Nagle and Nellie Frank contract smallpox. William Brandt hauls corn to Jewell. Chas Seibert butchered Monday. Peter Leithauser bales hay for Chas Jennings Saturday. Schools in districts 3 4 and 9 close due to the smallpox outbreak.
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J Kern
Wm. Whitney
Buehrer Bros
F Chase
Krotz
Elmer
Wm. Nagle
Wm. Brandt
Jewell
Nellie Frank
Chas Seibert
Peter Leithauser
Chas Jennings
Revival Underway At Lick Bethel Church In Washington
Revival is in progress at the Lick Bethel church in Washington Township. Miss Ida Miller of New Washington visits with friends and will be joined homeward by her sister Annie. Roads remain poor and local commerce active as Ney merchants ship stock and receive several shipments amid a busy trading Saturday. Dr N W Hartshorn attended a funeral for Charley Struble's daughter, aged about 10, buried in Bryan after dying in Toledo. Preaching slated at Fairview church Sunday evening.
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Lick Bethel Church
Ida Miller
New Washington
Annie
Steve Shaw
Grip
Welker
Weber
Ney
N W Hartshorn
Charley Struble
Toledo
Bryan
Fairview Church
Allen's Foot Ease powder advertisement
A shoe powder named Allen's Foot E ase promises to cool swollen hot feet relieve tiredness and ease pain from sweating, blisters and callouses. It claims to cure ingrowing nails coins and bunions and offers rest and comfort with a trial pack available through druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
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Allen
Olmsted
Policeman Fatally Shoots Man in Kansas City Home
Frank Hester, 40, was shot and killed by Policeman Silas Shumate at his Kansas City residence after Hester, intoxicated, retrieved a weapon and threatened the officer. Hester leaves a wife and three children.
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Kansas City
Frank Hester
Silas Shumate
Kester
Shumate
Troops Return Abruptly as Order Restored at Corbin
Frankfort Kentucky January 19 Adjutant General Murray arrived after a telegram from Colonel Williams said order had been restored at Corbin. The troops have left Corbin.
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Frankfort, Ky
Murray
Williams
Corbin
Senate approves army reform bill sends to conference
The Senate adopted the army reorganization measure with 43 votes to 23. Four Democrats broke ranks, Hoar was paired, and the canteen clause was removed. The bill lets the president enlarge the army to 100000 men and goes to a joint conference committee for settlement.
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Joint Conference Committee
House
Washington
Senate
Hoar
Philippines
Conference
Congress
Bill On Cramp Shipbuilding Claims Delayed By Armor Shortage
In Washington on January 19 the house spent the day on a bill to refer William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Co. claims for damages totaling 1,367,244 to the court of claims. The suits concern delays in armor plate and materials for the battleships Massachusetts Indiana and cruisers New York Columbia. Strong minority opposition shelved action for the session.
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Washington
House
Court of Claims
William Cramp & Sons’ Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Indiana
New York
Columbia
Congress
Army Recruiting Accelerates in Major Cities
Washington reports active army recruitment across principal cities. The regular army aims for 65,000 personnel, keeping this level after discharging 35,000 volunteers June 30. Enlistments run three-year terms with about 2,000 recruits monthly, making timely discharge challenging. Some volunteers may be discharged in the Philippines to maintain forces.
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Washington
Philippines
Venezuelan Troops Rebelled and Scorpion Stays at La Guayra
Washington reports that orders for the Scorpion to sail from La Guayra to Guanaco were countermanded and the ship will remain at La Guayra. Minister Loomis notes a suppression of a Caracas troop rebellion whose origin was unclear to the State Department. The rebellion near Caracas is considered significant and may influence keeping the Scorpion stationed at La Guayra.
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Washington
la Guayra
Guanaco
Loomis
Caracas
Department of State
Castro
Navy departs Acapulco as Iowa sails north for command change
The Iowa, flagship of the Pacific squadron, left Acapulco for San Diego to land Rear Admiral Kautz, retiring commander, and to take aboard Rear Admiral Casey, who assumes active command of the Pacific station on the 28th inst.
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Washington
Navy Department
Iowa
Acapulco
San Diego
Cal
Lowa
Kautz
Pacific
Casey
Sawdust Artist In the Tails
United States postal inspectors arrested at Allentown, G Barnett alias Evans, for using the mails in a fraud and counterfeiting scheme. He is believed linked to a gang of counterfeiters and green goods men based in New York City, sending circulars nationwide to lure farmers and others.
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Philadelphia
United States
Allentown
G. Barnett
Evans
New York City
Russian Thirteenth Rifles Detachment Returns From China
Official war orders report that 102 knapsacks of the Thirteenth rifles arrived from China and contain four Chinese toys five lacquered boxes two knives one fan and two pieces of silk. The findings are said to counter foreign accusations of plunder.
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St. Petersburg
China
Socialists Convene to Form National Party
A national convention of Social Democratic party leaders decides to unite all socialist groups. The gathering will meet in Indianapolis on the second Tuesday in September to solidify United States societies under one party.
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Chicago
Social Democratic Party
Indianapolis
United States
Porter indicted for embezzlement in Warren Deposit case
Luther R. Porter cashier of the Warren Deposit bank is indicted for embezzlement totaling 49055.02. Porter has posted a $5000 bond and will be tried in the April term of the criminal court. He denies the loss and vows to prove the facts.
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Kentucky
Bowling Green
Luther R. Porter
Warren Deposit Bank
Porter
Fire destroys Sacred Heart mission in Potawatomi county
Guthrie Oklahoma January 19 News reports the destruction by fire of the Catholic Sacred Heart mission buildings and contents in southern Potawatomi county twenty miles from a railway Only the convent was saved None of the 400 inmates were injured many escaped in night clothes The mission was started in 1878 by Jesuit Fathers as a school for Indians and later served white and Indian students
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Guthrie
O. T
Sacred Heart Mission
Potawamac County
Supreme Court Judge Ends Railroad Blockade at Grantham Farm
Judge John H. Baker granted a restraining order to Midland railroad attorneys after blockade actions on the Grantham farm in Montgomery county. Sheriff Canine had torn up tracks under a writ of ejectment, halting train movement for about a week.
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Indianapolis
John H. Baker
United States Supreme Court
Midland Railroad
Grantham Farm
Montgomery County
Baker
Dan Stuart Predicts Boxing Carnival in Carson City
Dan A. Stuart arrived from Nevada and said Carson City will host another pugilistic carnival next spring. He believes Nevada’s finish-fight law will not be repealed and notes Carson as the only U.S. locale for decisive fifth-round contests. He also approved plans for a new athletic club house to begin construction next week.
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New York
Dan A. Stuart
Nevada
Carson City
Stuart
Carson
Governor predicts rosy Puerto Rico as winter resort
Governor Allen returns from Ponce and Coamo tour reporting excellent crop outlook, especially tobacco and sugar. He praises scenery and climate and foresees Porto Rico rivaling Bermuda and Florida as a winter resort with American capital building mountain hotels.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
Allen
Ponce
Coamo
Porto Rico
Bermuda
Florida
Fire damages large Washington building on Fourteenth Street
Fire at the $-story and basement structure at 817-819 Fourteenth Street NW caused about 120000 in damage. The Pope Bicycle Manufacturing Co owned and used the first floor, while Milo B Stevens & Co occupied the second and third floors. Stevens’ loss is around 40000.
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Washington
Fourteenth Street
Pope Bicycle Manufacturing Company
Milo B. Stevens & Company
Bank Robbery at Bristow Ends With Mortal Wounding
Wichita report says bandits robbed the Bank of Bristow in Indian Territory and fatally wounded the bank president with five gunshots. A posse pursues the robbers as cash vanished from the vault. Meanwhile New York reports Venezuela has censorship on dispatches to the United States in force since December ninth.
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Wichita
Kan
Bank of Bristow
Indian Territory
Uncle Sam
New York
Venezuela
United States
Green Arrested for 12 Year Old Murder in Jefferson County
John N. Green of Metropolis Illinois was arrested by the Jefferson county sheriff for the murder of a young man named Cooper in Jefferson county twelve years ago. The case marks a long awaited action in a historic homicide.
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Metropolis, Ills
John N. Green
Jefferson County
Cooper
Village Swept by Fire in Roann Indiana
Roann Indiana town in Wabash county suffered a major blaze threatening total destruction. Main Street businesses on both sides were consumed while the population of Roann stands around 1 000.
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Peru
Ind
Roann
Wabash County
Diaz's First Grandson Born to Captain Diaz in Mexico City
President Diaz's first grandson was born Thursday night. The diplomatic corps and distinguished visitors crowded to shower congratulations on Captain and Mrs. Diaz, the proud parents.
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City of Mexico
Diaz
Diplomatic Corps
Sail captain killed by trolley in Brooklyn
Captain Charles Belmont, in command of the steam yacht Saranac owned by G W Quintard, and formerly in service on yachts of millionaires, was struck and killed by a trolley car in Brooklyn.
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New York
Charles Belmont
G.W. Quintard
Brooklyn
McCoy seeks changes before Sharkey bout
Kid McCoy requests postponement of the February 28 fight with Tom Sharkey to March 11. He aims to add glove style and bandage rules and to discuss purse division before any articles are signed.
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McCoy
New York
Kid McCoy
Tom Sharkey
In the Law's Grasp, Captured After Bloody Fight
Marvin Kuhns, an Indiana outlaw, captured after a December showdown near Otterbein, shot two men during the fight and was wounded in the face. Brought to Logansport, he is identified by local police and Plymouth authorities plan to prosecute. He claimed the alias J. W. Wilson and gave Dakota as residence, denying his brother’s identity.
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Logansport
Ind
Marvin Kuhns
Indiana
Cass County
Kuhns
Columbus
Marvin
Green Hill
Otterbein
Lafayette
Plymouth
J. E. Marshall
T. J. Chaney
Elmer Switzer
H. Wolt
Lewis Hawkins
Dakota
Kuhns Dies in Early Evening Tragedy Near Albion
Marvin Kuhns was at his brother’s home five miles east of Albion Indiana when a tragedy occurred at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon.
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Albion
Ind
Marvin Kuhns
Flour Mill Fire At Waverly Damages Merchant Milling Plant
Springfield Ills Jan 18 The Merchant Milling company's large flour mill at Waverly was burned with 800 barrels daily capacity. The elevator holding 80 000 bushels of wheat was saved and only some flour on a sidetrack burned. Insurance coverage at 65 percent. Mill valued at $100 000.
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Springfield, Ills
Merchant Milling Company
Ac Waverly
Fall In Line Duck Boots Prices Drop
Boots priced to attract buyers with low figures on rubber and leather pairs. Hand made kid boots and women’s shoes offered at modest sums, with solid leather options and a warrant on every pair.
Purdue's New Scheme to Preserve American Locomotives
Purdue University president announces a plan to collect and preserve representative American locomotives. The effort aims to document locomotive history as old types decline, with three engines promised and others potentially joining later. The collection will be housed in a rough shed initially, with hopes for a dedicated engineering museum in time.
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Stone
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Chicago Record
Schenectady
University
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
James Tolman
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Restful Maine Oldtimer Keeps Busy Grandson in Check
A Massachusetts town elder, famed for his iron energy, keeps his grandson John busy in a small grocery where all goods from codfish to brooms are sold. The old man tells John he will be away at lunch and asks him to rest a bit, split wood, and prepare a bill or two before month’s end.
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Massachusetts
Rawar
John
Johnny
Manson
Immigrant lace factory workers land in Zion City
Washington reports W H Kehers and seven relatives, total twenty five, allowed to land at Portland Maine after being brought to work in a lace factory at Zion City. The government ruled similar labor was unavailable domestically and permitted the group to land.
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Washington
W. H. Keh
Portland
Bates
Ers
Dowie
Zion City
National Social Democratic Anthem Convention Discusses Reorganization
In Chicago on January 18 the national convention of the Social Democratic pastors debated unifying the various socialists factions into a single party. The session focused on the committee of organization report and the proposed plans.
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Chicago
Ami
Committee of
Long Building Tales From Cathedrals And Castles
Stray stories recount cathedral milestones from Cologne Milan and Florence with centuries long construction spans. Königsberg Restormel and other fortresses show how foundations and legends marked prolonged labor, tragedy, and royal gaze across Europe.
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Wenday School
WL Hosack
Sunday School Association
Defiance Baptist Sunday School
Bible School
H M Davis
Toledo Business College
Dry Creek
Desiance Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Sadie Weaner
North Delaware Sunday School
J N Sewall
Mra CE Miller
A E Miller
Sadie Baylis
Henry Kuhn Jr
John Parker
Sam Parent
Adella Moats
Arthur Elias Miller
The
Bend
United Brethren
Cena Rogers
Alfred Richardson
P N Richardson
William Bayes
Colummn
Suni School Association
Defiance County
Ohio
Plesare
ED Goller
Tly I
Doed’s
T. W. Martin
Divine Healer
Adams Township
Washington Township
Cramp
Desperado
Drs. K.&k
America
J. G. Leever
M. D
Ideal Pharmacy
Clinton Ames Third Streets
Indiana University
University — Western
Social Democrats
Cologne
Kingsgaberg
Jutland
Jhorsing
Kingsgoberg
Restormel Castle
Cornwall
Milan
Duomo
Florence
Arnulfo
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