Defiance High School Class of 1903 Commencement Highlights
The Defiance High School annual commencement at the Citizens Opera House drew the largest audience yet. Twenty-two graduates in caps and gowns presented essays, orations, and music, led by Superintendent Mitchell and board president N. C. Sass, with diplomas awarded and a later alumnae banquet at the high school hall.
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Defiance High School
Citizens Opera House
Hsse
Mitchell
Reynolds
Heni Sass
Board of Education
P. C Rhodes
Mark the Merry Elves
Flase
Winnifred C. Cunningham
Elbeth Wells
C. Byron Smith
Helen G. Krotz
Helen M .Deindoerfer
Leona B. Oxen
Clarence Fine
Agner
Ohio
Defiance High School Alumni Association
High School
Big Time in Masonic Circles
A busy Friday night at the Masonic hall as Defiance Commandery No 30 K T conferred Red Cross and Temple orders on four candidates. Out of town Knights attended. officers elected for the year. a banquet with Carnations and a musical program followed.
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Masonic Hall
Order of the Red Cross
Order of the Temple
Defiance
K. T
Red Cross
Bacchus
Knight R. Brown
CC. B. Squire
Court Short Session Ends Several Civil Actions
Judge W H Hubbard presided Friday disposing of cases including Chas A Eger et al versus Joseph Lero with connovit for $110 and John Hornish versus unknown heirs of Radebaugh to quiet title with decree for plaintiff. Joseph Grossman released from jail after wife signed bond. court had ordered recognizance release. Interior fixtures for the new post office awarded to contractors who worked on Merchants National Bank and county treasurer offices. Mosaic lobby tile, marble base, marble boards, and up-to-date fittings planned. occupancy hoped in about ninety days.
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W. H. Hubbard
Chas. A. Eger
Joseph Lero
John Hornish
Radebaugh
Joseph Grossman
Merchants’ National Bank
Court House
al Cage
Produce Exchange
Merchants’ National Banks
Tonra and Kind You Are Always Aways 8 a Lax
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Milk man adds barn extension south of city
Local notes report Chas Newton building a large addition to his barn near his home south of town. Emery Weisenburger notes a new meat market building in Krotz addition but the ceiling is too low for the cooling box and must be restructured. A man named Hill on Ft Wayne road was drugged in East Defiance and woke with 230 dollars missing. he identifies possible suspects. Diehl of C Diehl Brewing Co graduates from Siebel Brewing Academy in Chicago on June 20 1908 and will return to work here. John Brown and Mrs Anna Smith wed at St Marys church with the groom aged 62 and bride in the sixties. In Second ward tonight a lively time is expected. Dispatched news from Bryan reveals Williams county fires investigator V Matthews located in Morgantown WV. Matthews, about 40, linked to arson and mortgage record examinations to target insured property.
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Krotz
Karl Betson
A. F. Diehl
John Brown
Anna Smith
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Doherty
Wesley Street
West Unity
Supreme Court Affirms Ohio Railway Case Outcome
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the circuit court decree in the Columbus Lima and Lake Michigan Railway case. Faurot led prior efforts to build from Lima to Defiance, with bondholders protecting creditors and a receiver appointed. The decision ends Faurot’s claims and allows sale and transfer to new owners, signaling progress toward completing the line toward Lake Michigan.
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Bruon
Faurot
Woodland Avenue Loan Company
Dohoney
Weigerding
McCulloch
Common Pleas
Circuit Court
Columbus, Lima & Lake Michigan Railway Co
Supreme Court
Messrs. Dohoney
Welgerding
Norton & Co
Briton
Dawson
Cincinnati
Harriia
Winn
Sanders
Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio
Lake Michigan
Rural Free Delivery Routes and a Jewell Wedding
Rural free delivery routes out of Jewell Sherwood and Ney are under inspection with possible commission within two months. Route changes may affect Defiance routes and the middle road from Adams township to the pike. A wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs George Patten near Jewell united Miss Bertha Patten and Mr Glen Shoup with attendees and an elegant supper, Prof Elwin Babbitt providing music and a belting party closing the evening.
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Jewell
Sherwood
Ney
Thompson
Defiance
Adams Township
School House No.2
West Ridge Pike
Maumee River Road
Post Office
George Patten
Bertha Patten
Glen Shoup
Frank Ernsberger
Elwin Babbitt
Edward Patten
Roy
Francis Shoup
Harry Shoup
Findlay
Cora Felton
Henry Linderman
Carrie
Addie
Estella Willeman
Florida
Propst
Petosky
Mich
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John A. Foust, Jr
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Grace C. Hopper
Helen G. Krotsz
Adelia M. Kintige
Hattie Kun Leona B. Oxenrider
Beth Reynolds
Clifford D. Lehmaltz
Byron Smith
Clarence 2. We
Elizabeth Wels
Claude R. Winn
Gertrude M. Wilda
Elizabeth Woodw Mott O fEsse
Hattie Kuhn
Lena Matthews
Julius J. Blair
Blair
Vanencore
John A. Foust
Elizabeth Woodward
Gertrude Wisda
Clifford D. Schmaltz
Elizabeth Reynolds
Helen M. Deindoerfer
Gertrude M. Wisch
Leona Oxenrider
Adella M. Kintigh
Clarence E. Wagner
King
Miss Reynolds
Helen Deindorfer
Clarence Wagner
Supt. Mitchell
N. C. Sass
J. S. Bethards
the Banque
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Hl. B. Harris
Corps of Teachers
Harris
Laura Higgins
Higgins
Emerson
Palmer
Mor
Nelle Kiser
Maud Foust
Marie Farrell
Ipon
John W. Winn
GW. Huffman
Muskogee
S. T
R. T. Whitaker
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Independence
Geo. Wilsberg
Buffington
Clinton Street
Weisenburger & Emery
Daniel Coopenhaven
St. John’s
St. Mary’s
Rose Schlembach
Thomas Wisda
North Ridge
Palmer & Son
Kellermier
Tiffin Township
David Slesser
Henry County
Sleser
Geo. Hartman
Wm. Propst
P. W. Mix
Louis Niel
Hollinshead
Los Angeles
Cal
Scott
Express Office
Defiance Machine Works
Ayer
Lowell
Mase
Defiance Commandery
Choi
T.T. Law
Gertrude Schrack
St. T. Sutyphen
H. B. Myers
John D. Chenevert
Offic
B. Tenzer
E. Chenever
L. B. Beardsley
J. W
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Geo. W. Deatrick
A. Viers
A. M. Minsel
Dan McKnight
B. J. Emery
Sentinel
F. W. Ury
Order OF Temple
Fred A. Stuempel
Peter J. Lenhart
James E. Merrill
Wauseon
Ira W. Gotshall
Archbold
Rock of Ages
Blood of the Lamb
R.v.shresy
C. B
Kinyon’s Blood and
Wana
Liberal
Satsie
Nghoodward
Chas. Newton
Weisenburger
Emery
Hill
Ft. Wayne Road
East Defiance
Eupreme Court of Ohio
Columbus, Lima & Wilwaukee
B. C. Faurot
Lima
Maumee River
New York
Lorain Steel Co
Woodland Avenue Savings and Loan Company
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