College Exercises Grow in Interest at Defiance College
Annual commencement week at Defiance College draws former students and patrons from out of town. The Athenian Literary Society anniversary program featured high standard numbers including music by the college orchestra and solos by Gilliam Emmons Thompson Mansfield. Rev Newhouse delivered the baccalaureate and spoke on how successes come from failures, emphasizing personal development over wealth.
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Defiance College
Athenian Literary Society
College
Mieses Gilliam
Emmons
Frederick Thompson
Virgil Mansfield
America
Sarah Bailey
Cassel
Japan
Mina Kitamura
Irene West
William
Clara Miller
P O Rhodes
U B Church
Smucker
The
Methodist Church
Barber
Presbyterian Church
B W Slagle
S S Newhouse
Lima
Albert Dunlap
Columbus
Divinity School
Broadway Christian Church
Newhouse
Children’s Carnival Delights Citizens Opera House Crowd
The Tots Carnival at Citizens Opera House Friday evening featured seventy children led by Master Berthold Werthermet. Performances included pantomime grand talks, dances by Ida le Brins, Rolla Gleason as the fat Nutchnman, and a finale with all on stage. New baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Andy Clemens on Wednesday May 31.
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Citizens’ Opera House
Leloy
Berthold Werther
Wise Old Owl
Deppion
Lucile Krus
National Protective Legion
Mrs
Andy Clemens
Social Gatherings Highlight May Evening in Defiance
East Defiance hosted Frank Holly and Mrs. A H Wood entertaining groups of friends. Jewel Fouke and Miss Genevieve Fouke drew many ladies to downtown homes for luncheons and needlework. Salmagundi club met with poetry and papers while Touriste discussed New York topics and Japan travel plans for next year.
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Frank Holly
East Defiance
J J Malley
Jewel
Genevieve Fouke
Haymaker
Ed Weaver
West
Defiance college oratorical honors crown five contestants
Charles E. Toon received first honors and Ralph Morris second as five young men debated at Defiance College. The program featured orations by members of the Philomathean and Athenian societies, a college orchestra, and piano duets, with judges assessing thought and delivery.
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Charles EF Toon
Defiance College
Ralph Morris
Philomathean Literary Society
Philos
Misses Morris
Emmons
Daleo Dixon
America
Lincoln
Morris
United States
Howard Borthwick
Charles E. Toon
Roosevelt
Napoleon Bonaparte
Vaughn Caris
Napoleon
Interurban Line Incorporated to Link Defiance and Michigan
A Columbus dispatch notes the Defiance Wauseon Adrian Ann Arbor and Detroit Traction Co is formed to operate an electric interurban route from Defiance Ohio to a Fulton county Lyons area and onward through Henry Fulton and other counties to Adrian Tecumseh Saline and Ann Arbor. Incorporators are W W Campbell Charles E Bennet Jay H Miller N P Penrod F J Spencer and Kric Haymaker all of Defiance. Westinghouse Electric plans survey based construction and equipment with an extension to Adrian Michigan once financing is secured.
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Columbus
Defiance, Wausoon, Adrian, Ann Arbor & Detroit Traction Company
Ohio
Michigan
Defiance
Ohio—Michigan
Fulton County
Lyons
Henry
Fulton Counties
Adrian
Tecumseh
Saline
Ann Arbor
Mich
W W Campbell
Charles E Bennet
Jay H Miller
N P Penrod
F J Spencer
Kric Haymaker
Wauseon
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Sherwood Residents Suffer Illness and Injuries
Edward Heller of Sherwood is seriously ill with paralysis after a stroke during the Memorial day parade. Bertha Weaner, a Sherwood school teacher home in the city, was badly hurt by a ball striking her hip at a ball game on Tuesday and fainted but recovered.
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Sherwood
Edward Heller
Mr. Heller
Bertha Weaner
Defiance College Opens Commencement Exercises With Eloquence
A large audience welcomed Defiance College as the first commencement exercises began on Thursday evening. Elocutionary students performed with a decorative stage display of college colors and flowers. Highlights included the Butterflies and the Bells drill and Scarf Fantastics. The Daisy vocal trio and readings by Miss West and Miss Helfenstein drew praise, though stage limitations caused delays for chorus performances.
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Defiance College
Daisy
Lynn
Holloway
Carpenter
Miss West
Miss Helfenstein
Advertised Letters at Defiance Post Office 1906 List
The Defiance Ohio post office reports uncalled letters for the week ending May 30 1906. Names include Ed Burg W T Huntsman Tobias Stoller Vince S Vaughan and several Mrs Nellie Britton Mrs A Bennett Miss Mable Mara Mrs Ida Ritchie Miss Mira M Walworth. Letters unclaimed after 14 days will be sent to the dead letter office.
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Defiance
Ohio
Ed Burg
W T Huntsman
Tobias Stoller
Vince S Vaughan
Nellie Britton
A Bennett
Mable Mara
Ida Ritchie
Mira M Walworth
C.J. Thompson
Storm Strikes Cedar Tree and Damages Homes
A Sunday storm felled the top of a large cedar in Wm Bennett's yard at Brunersburg after a lightning strike that tracked fifty feet along a guy wire to Albert Rattlestaff's residence, causing minor damage. A prominent Washington township physician returning to Dayton mistook a distant station for home, then walked along tracks. two ties were jumped along the way. A Thursday night runaway on Second street, near Auglaize avenue, frightened a horse pulling a light buggy driven by Mr. Imbers and Miss Grace Clemens, breaking a wheel and shaft, overturning the carriage and bruising the occupants lightly. the frenzied horse was halted by a bystander.
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Wm Bennett
Brunersburg
Albert Rattlestaff
Washington Township
Dayton
Second Street
Mr. Imbers
Miss Grace Clemens
B J Emery
Auglaize Avenue
Second Streets
Hollistel Rocky Mountain Golden Nuggets Tea Ad
An old advertisement promotes Mountain Tea products by Hollister Dev Co. Claiming health benefits for digestion and general well being, the box emphasizes genuine Golden Nuggets for sale and busy living.
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Hollistelvs
Rocky Mountain
Golden Health
Holliister Deve Company
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