Local City Notes and Incidents Feature across District
City news items report Mrs C J Miller ill. O H Webb from Napoleon visits. Harry Conn assists in Rum baugh trial. Ridgeville visitors at Clemens home. George Green named administrator for Milford township deceased Thomas Green. Accident injuries at Defiance works. Auntie Strayer praised as Revolution era daughter. Cana boat scuffle over money leads to arrest warrant for Captain Joyce. Shields and Schmick injure shoulders and arms in separate incidents. Ed Costello returns from Chicago to study law. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised.
Westward letters from Littleton across wheat fields
Special correspondent writes from Littleton Colorado on June 16 detailing travel from Defiance on June 1 1 over the Wabash to Kansas City and Denver. He describes hosts Jas A Keister and Mrs Lucy Rethmel, boarding with J A Casort, and notes a large wheat harvest in Kansas and Missouri and the proximity of Littleton to Denver and the Rocky Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
Colo
Express
Defiance
Kansas City
Jas
Keister
Will Keister
Tiffin Township
Denver
Lucy Rethmel
Rethmel
Evansport
J A Casort
Large young horse for sale or exchange for smaller road horse
The notice lists a large young horse offered for sale or swap with Mr CS Wellman. It cites Mr Sheriff John Poiser taking his wife to Larwell Indiana for rheumatic treatment. Also mentions Mrs Will Klotz returning to Philadelphia from visiting her parents Mr and Mrs L C Davison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CS Wellman
John Poiser
Larwell
Ind
Will Klotz
L C Davison
Philadelphia
Drummond Remedies Offer Rheumatism Relief
Advertises Drummond Medicine Co remedies for rheumatism at 100 dollars a bottle with testimonials. Claims many grateful customers would pay any price for relief. Invites readers to write to the company if a local druggist lacks the products and seeks agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond
Drummond Medicine Co
N. Y
School board approves principals and teachers
The Board of Education met in adjourned session with members Sass Ort Fisher Gorman Davis Rath Gleason Winn present. It adopted a resolution hiring Prof. Ed M Mills as high school principal at 800 dollars yearly and elected Prof. Canfield music supervisor and physical culture director at 40 dollars per month. New teachers listed include Flora Hall Nettie Bridenbaugh Sarah Prueser Mamie Gleason Laura Higgins Jennie Fouke Kate Sheridan Minnie Schlegel Jesse Dunn Catherine Calkins Anna Seibert Olive Francisco Blanche Hall Emma Miller Nellie Kiser Anna Wells Della Blue Grace Ensign Clara Roedell Mamie Haller Clara Minsell Amy Heater Nina Vincent Edith Crandall Lillian Deveaux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Sass
Ort
Fisher
Gorman
Davis
Rath
Gleason Winn
Ed M Mills
Canfield
Flora Hall
Nettie Bridenbaugh
Sarah Prueser
Mamie I Gleason
Laura D Higgins
Jennie Fouke
Kate Sheridan
Minnie L Schlegel
Jesse E Dunn
Catherine Calkins
Anna Seibert
Olive Francisco
Blanche Hall
Emma Miller
Nellie Kiser
Anna D Wells
Della C. Blue
Grace O. Ensign
Clara E Roedell
Mamel Haller
Clara Minsell
Lo Amy Heater
Nina M Vincent
Edith M Crandall
Lillian Bailey
Gertrude Brady
Genevieve Gorman
Gertrude Root
Lillian Deveaux
R W Mitchel
Heater
Vincent
Crandall
Bailey
Brady
Root
Deveaux
Dittmer
Heatley
Peter Sonnett
J J Schneider
Oscar Smith
Sonnett
Schneider Smith
Eie Ee
D W White
Frank Blezer
Isaac Biseey
Blezer
School Board Actions and Committee Appointments
The board elected officers at a $40 monthly salary and praised Blezer and White as capable janitors. A committee of ward representatives led by H C Sass M B Gorman R H Gleason J O Fisher was named to inspect the school building for repairs. Another committee W inn Ort and Rath to draft school rules. The meeting schedule was moved to the last Friday each month starting June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blezer
White
Winn
H C Sass
M B Gorman
R H Gleason
J O Fisher
Ort and Rath
Hicksville Echoes Runaway Buggy Accident and Obituaries
In a runaway crash a buggy overturned injuring a woman with a broken arm and a child with a collarbone fracture while a man escaped unharmed. Mrs. Sarah Moore was buried Saturday and funeral services were held the same day for Geo. Wess’s daughter who died of diphtheria. The widow Smith on Antwerp pike shows improvement. Frank Fisher visits his cousin Roy Fisher in Hicksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Morse
Defiance Machine Works
Frank Gorman
Carl Schmick
Mr.Gorman
Mr. Schmick
Jgurt
Schmick
Gorman
Sarah Moore
Mrs. Fisher
South Bend
Ind
Geo. Wess
Dewey gift cannon to be unveiled at Three Oaks
A Spanish cannon captured at the Philippines and sent to the Maine martyrs memorial fund will be unveiled in Three Oaks on June 28 by Helen Miller Gould. The event honors the largest donor contribution to the monument.
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Philippines
Admiral Dewey
National Monument Fund
Three Oaks
Mich
Maine
Helen Miller Gould
Homeward trip lifts Streicher from European exile
Geo Streicher returned from Europe after six weeks with the Leithauser party. He landed in New York June 4th then came to Defiance last Friday. In Paris he spent three days and found the house where he was born unchanged. He toured the exposition grounds in Paris and praised the American display, saying he felt amply repaid for the journey despite traveling alone.
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Geo. Streicher
Europe
Leithauser
Old Country
Paris
Mr. Streicher
Germany
George
New York
Defiance
Streicher
Local Notes on Travel Visits and Small Changes
Dr and Mrs J F Nedry plan a short visit to Butler Indiana starting Thursday. Mies Waterhouse returned to Fort Wayne after visiting Miss Cunningham. Mrs R D Webster and son Philip travel to Mt Vernon to visit O G Daniels and family. Rev JM Mills attends corner stone laying of Masonic Hall in Lima. Lena Woodward returns from Bryan where she worked in a millinery store. Mrs Fred Simanstahl of Youngstown visits her parents in North Richland. LJ Shead and Lewis Neil ride to his farm, then return by way of Rice. John Rock, fined in probate court for stealing $5 in Mark township, sent to city stone yard for 60 or 70 days. Prof A E Darbyshire opens a private school over Tuttles grocery in North Defiance.
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John Rock
Mark Township
City
Arlington Home for Soldiers Sits on Capitol's Doorstep
Special Correspondent notes Soldiers' Home near Washington is a liberal rest for about eight hundred troops. It features elegant buildings, cottages, a Seneca stone church, and a presidential viewing terrace. Memorial Day cemetery holds 6,000 Union and 300 Confederate graves, including Gen. Logan's remains.
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Corresponden Express
Washington, D. C
Capitol
United States
White House
Lincoln
John A Logan
John Arr
Philippines
Cruel Druggist Denies Help To Lovesick Woman
A local woman traveled long distance seeking a love potion from a prominent city druggist. He refused aid, leaving the distressed caller to return home with a sorrowful farewell. The tale portrays a cruel lack of compassion in a romantic tragedy.
Revered Slagle to Return Home From Pittsburg Reunion
Rev. BW Slagle is due home Thursday evening from Pittsburg Pa after a joyous reunion with all five living members of his father’s family and many descendants. Miss Olive Campbell of the class of 1900 will depart Thursday morning for a Chicago visit then travel to San Francisco with possible stays in Portland Oregon for the year. Mrs. E R Mallett reports her mother Ann Spangler in failing health at 88 with paralysis and likely decline. she left for Maumee to be with her bedside as the end nears.
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Ellen Strayer
National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
Washington
BW Slagle
Pittsburg
Olive Campbell
Chicago
Rock Island
San Francisco
Portland
Oregon
E R Mallett
Ann Spangler
Maumee
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Godward’s Drug Store
City News Budget
C J Miller
O H Webb
Napoleon
Harry Conn
van Wert
Chas. Ruffer
Ed Marion
Taylor Bencke
Ridgeville
J P Clemens
George Green
Thomas Green
Milford Township
Monarch
Thomas
W Weisenberger
Anna Mettler
Ida Walters
Hicksville
Putnam’s Fadeleas
J. P. Buffington
Ed Costello
Ansberry & Farrell
Lee Imbers
Lawrence Imbers
Montivedo
Minn
Ella May
John Joyce
Joyce
Maxwell
Yingling
Cox
Tiffin Township Bay
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
Rocky Mountains
River Platte
Ohio
John B Stock
W Aslough
Delaware Township
Baker Bros
Central City
Dean
Millie Quigg
Clyde McGraw
Chas. Martin
John R Dilly
Celina
National Union
Columbus
C J Daoust
J A Evans
C F Aschbacher
Geo. Beatty
John
Beal
State Assembly
The
National Assembly
R. W. Mitchell
Edward M. Mills
King, Backus & Co., Clothiers
Clinton St. Defiance
Weisenberger & Emery
DR. G. D. Edgar
Crosby House
Rochester
Mollencup’s
Optician
Child
Smith
Antwerp Pike
W Loomis
P B Gorgeis
Defiance Express
Loomis
Frank Fisher
Butler, Ind
Roy Fisher
Aultman Miller Co
John W. Miller
Common Pleas
Miller
John Core
J F Nedry
Mies Waterhouse
Miss Cunningham
Ft. Wayne
R D Webster
Philip
Mt. Vernon
O G Daniels
JM Mills
Lima
Masonic Hall
Lena Woodward
Bryan
Fred Simanstahl
Youngstown
Mrs. Sisko
North Richland
LJ Shead
Lewis Neil
A E Darbyshire
Defiance College
Tuttles
North Defiance
the Leader Shoe Store
Lynde
Wabash
Guy Tippin
Washington D.C
Baker
Arlington Heights
Arlington
Robert E Lee
Jefferson
Monticello
Potomac River
Lee
Robert
Leee
War Department
D. G. Leever
Ideal Pharmacy
Clinton
Third Streets
Cevera
Bullrun
Rappahannock
Gen. Sheridan
Gen. Crook
Admiral Porter
Abraham L Baker
Census Bureau
Washington, DC
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