Defiance Prison Fire Follows Toledo Drunk Spree
Fred Whitford and Bert Hummer, former locals, traveled from Toledo to Defiance by freight. Whitford started a rampage and burned his bed tick in a city prison cell, nearly suffocating himself and another inmate as officers contained the blaze. Police restrained the pair and locked them in back cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Whitford
Bert Hummer
Toledo
Whitford
Hummer
White
Wabash
Chief Hubbard
Baker and Wahl
Jones
Hubbard
Shea
Justice Costello
Grand Jury reports and local social notes
Reports detail births and visits of residents from Washington and Toledo plus marriage licenses for Hicksville and Henry county. The grand jury returns on four day session with nine indictments including rape and grand larceny and recommends state industrial school for youths. jail conditions deemed satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bowersox
Nettie Roop
Hicksville
August Gericke
Henry County
Anna Mieres
Adams Township
Killits
David Razor
Chidren
Razor
Justice Hunter
Frank Graves
Lawrence Paquette
Dey Ayers
Albert Hedrick
Clyde May
State Industrial School
Lancaster
Floyd Fillman
Bowling Green Defeated by Defiance College in Fast Basketball Match
Defiance College defeated Bowling Green 24 to 16 on their floor in a clean, fast game. Dixon led with four field goals, Morris added two and Morris also scored all baskets on free throws. Foltz contributed defense and Findlay later beat Defiance once this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green Ymca
Defiance College
Dixon
Mansfield
Morris
Thompson
Foltz
Lewis Thompson
Defiance
Findlay
Express Co Sues Letcher in Franklin County Court
James E Fargo of the American Express Co brings a civil suit in Franklin county common pleas to recover 4113.77 plus interest from George E Letcher. Letcher, now in the penitentiary for arson, is named in a conspiracy alleged in 1872 with Jack Page and others to burn a Fayette drug store. The company claims funds were diverted rather than destroyed and seeks repayment after 33 years. Letcher faces Fulton county indictment for the arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James E Fargo
American Express Co
Franklin County
Jack Page
Letcher
Fulton County
Revival Ends After Three Week Defiance Sessions
The Baptist revival in Defiance closed after three weeks of atmospheric services. Morning sessions focused on young converts while afternoon talks on marriage and home life drew large crowds. A dramatic sermon titled A Drama in Four Acts warned against lust, dance, and divorce as moral hazards.
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Baptist Church
Defiance
Wilson
John the Baptist
Julius Blair
Wayne Lee
Chas
Ensign
Chantauqua
Fire Department Responds to Two House Fires
After a period of inactivity the fire department fought two fires in East Defiance and on Francis street. Adolph Balskey’s attic blaze was stopped by residents and a faulty chimney caused the blaze. Ed Davidson’s kitchen ceiling caught from an overheated stovepipe and was quickly contained. Two firemen were injured: Charles Barnhart sprained a kneecap jumping the truck and Spotty Wiebach collided with a wagon, injuring his chin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Balskey
Ottawa Avenue
East Defiance
Ed Davidson
Francis Street
Charles Barnhart
Fifth Street
Wiebach
Fatal Wild West game ends in tragedy in New Rochester
In Bowling Green on March 19, 16 year old Fred Beindick shot and mortally wounded his 11 year old brother Louis at their home in New Rochester. The brothers found an old musket and Fred loaded it by placing a cap on the weapon, intending to shoot Louis who was playing Indian, not knowing the gun was loaded.
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Bowling Green
Fred Beindick
Louis
New Rochester
Boiler Explosion at Sawmill Kills Two in Paulding County
In Charlee near Paulding County a portable sawmill boiler exploded Saturday due to excess steam and a faulty safety valve and gauge. Joseph Philpot 21 was killed. Father Asher Philpot and Ralph Bills 24 were seriously injured. Fireman was blamed for forcing fire under high pressure.
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Express
Paulding
Charlee
Joseph Philpot
Asher Philpot
Ralph Bills
Woman Jumps 30 Feet to Escape Train near Kenton
Marysville reports Mrs Catherine Coopen rider leapt thirty feet from the Big Four trestle toward Ohio Central rails to avoid an approaching train. She suffered a broken hip and two broken ribs and a double leg fracture. Taken to the county infirmary, she has three children cared for at the children's home. she is separated from her husband who works on a farm near Kenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W Whitney
Alvordton
Bryan
Mohican
Ashland County
Bohn
Gustave Michenfelder
Noble Township
Lehman
Kopp
Marysville
Catherine Coopenrider
Kenton
Ohio Central
Bellamy Storer resigns as ambassador to Austria Hungary
American ambassador to Austria Hungary Bellamy Storer tendered his resignation. The move follows a distinguished diplomatic career and signals a transition in U.S. foreign service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellamy Storer
Austria Hungary
Edward Pattison Dies at 81 in Bellefontaine
Edward Pattison, Bellefontaine’s oldest native born resident, died Sunday at age 81. His passing marks the end of a long life rooted in the community and its history.
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Epward Pattison
Bellefontaine
Notable Sidney Return Of Missing Man Jacos ScamipT
Jacos ScamipT, missing from Sidney for eleven years, returned last week from Danville Illinois where he had been living and accruing wealth. He will remain in Sidney.
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Jacos Scamipt
Sidney
Danville
Welsh resident Morcan returns after disappearance and assigns assets
Thomas Morcan of Gower Wales reappears after weeks absent and makes an assignment. His estate includes a large Allen County farm and twenty two thousand dollars in personal property.
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Thomas Morcan
Gower
Allen County
Death by own action in Van Wert man
A J Leicaty of Van Wert died by shooting himself with a revolver on the 14th at age 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A J Leicaty
van Wert
Senator Atwell Calls For Prohibition Amendment
Senator Atwell proposes a constitutional amendment to ban the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor for beverage use in the state. The measure would render the liquor trade unlawful across the entire state and seek to entrench abstinence in state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwell
Water works plant destroyed by fire in North Baltimore
A fire Friday wrecked the North Baltimore water works plant leaving the town with few wells and forcing several days to build a temporary supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Baltimore
Goodrich Line Steamer Atlanta Burns Near Sheboygan
The Goodrich line steamer Atlanta burned to the water's edge near Sheboygan Saturday night. A tug rescued 65 passengers and crew, with one man drowned during transfer to another steamer.
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Goodrich Line
Atlanta
Sheboygan
Toledo Heubner brewery found guilty of restraint of trade
Lucas county circuit court on Saturday ruled the Toledo Heubner brewery known as the brewery trust violated anti trust law by forcing dealers to handle only their beer.
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Lucas County
Toledo Heubner Brewery
The
Brewery Trust
Bank sues Dr Calvin Hathaway for 4300 loan debt
The First National Bank of Montpelier has begun suit against Dr. Calvin Hathaway of Edgerton to recover 4300 claimed loan advances prior to April 19 1904 the date he withdrew from the bank presidency.
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First National Bank of
Death of noted anarchist Johann Joseph Most in Cincinnati
The renowned anarchist Johann Joseph Most died in Cincinnati on Saturday. Born in Bavaria in 1846, he moved to New York twenty years later and faced multiple arrests for inciting riots. In 1902 he received a one year prison term for his anarchistic meetings, and his body was cremated.
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Johann Joseph Most
Cincinnati
Bavaria
New York
Art class scam by self described professor in Lima
A party posing as Professor Charles Dent harvested dollars in Lima by soliciting pupils for an art class and selling optional courses at ten and twenty five dollars. He collected initial payments and has reportedly disappeared.
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Prof
Charles Dent
Lima
Early London to Edinburgh Stagecoach Feats and Fares
The first London to Edinburgh stagecoach began around 1658 and ran biweekly at four pounds fare. Journeys varied, taking about four days York to London, with later service in 1765 reduced to monthly trips. A 1754 Edinburgh ad announced a new gentler two end glass coach with steel springs, aiming for ten days in summer and twelve in winter, departing Hosea Eastgate’s and John Somerville’s locations.
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London
Edinburgh
York
Edinburgh Courant
Hosea Eastgate
Dean Street
Soho
John Somerville
Canongate
Chambers’ Journal
Ireland's Ruined Castles and Ancient Fortresses
Ireland holds many aged strongholds. The Grianan of Aileach sits high above the Swilly as a medieval northern princes' stronghold. Across centuries battles raged, Briton and Gaelic powers clashed with Strongbow resisting foreign rule, leaving ruins like Cashel rock, Dunluce, Sligo abbey, and Donegal castle as silent testaments to Ireland's turbulent past.
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Ireland
Aileach
Swilly
Erin
England
Cashel
Dunluce
Sligo Abbey
Maurice Fitzgerald
Donegal
Deshler Woman Charged in Chicken Dispute Assault
Mrs Henry Francke prominent in Presbyterian Ladies Society and Lady Maccabees is charged with assaulting Henry Wentz a Deshler businessman using an iron stove poker after a chicken sale dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Francke
Ladies’ Society of the Presbyterian Church
Lady Maccabees
Deshler
Henry Wentz
Wentz
Williams Kidney Pills Advert In Owl Drug Store
Have you neglected your kidneys from overwork or nervous strain and suffered flabbiness under the eyes, frequent urination, or pain in loins and back. Williams Kidney Pills promise relief. Sample free. 50 cents. Sold by The Owl Drug Store, Williams Mfg Co Cleveland Ohio.
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Williams
William
Mali
Owl Drug Store
Williams Mf’g.co
Prop’s .Cleveland
Special Election on Bonds for Township School House
Notice of a March 30 1906 special election in Farmer Township Defiance County Ohio to decide issuing fourteen bonds totaling 7000 dollars for purchasing a site and erecting a school house. Bonds 500 each bear 4.5 percent interest payable semiannually with maturities starting after three years. E O Stone Clerk of the Board March 16 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
Defiance County
Ohio
Board of Education
Township
E. O. Stone
Teachers Examination Schedule 1905 1906
Examinations set for Defiance High School room on the first Saturdays of September October November December May June July and August. Also on the first Saturdays of January February March and April at Hicksville High School room. Patterson exams in Defiance April 21 and in Hicksville May 12. Clerk M Whrtstone.
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Defiance High School
Hicksville High School
Patterson
Defiance
Hicksville
M, Whrtstone
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Frank Mains
D J Riley
Washington, Pa
City
Mrs
Dan Coy
Liberty
Otto Fisher
Chicago
John Duerk
Beatrice Kesselmyer
Myrtle Bateman
Willi C. Kogel
James Tittle
Bert Crowe
Fostoria
Oscar Chesborough
Cecil
Jess Shirley
Cairo, Ill
Leonard Slough
Reading, Michigan
Dr. Slough
Henry Perry
Sandusky
Henry Houghton
Indianapolis
John Greek
J M Greek
Tiffin
Benj. Johnson
Woodburn
Ind
Florence Hite
Sherwood
George Lehman
Ft. Wayne
Claude Winn
Grover Hunter
Mr Winn
Court House
del Wirebaugh
Wirebaugh
College
Dep't
LT Jorhon J. D
Defance
Crosby House
Napoleon
Wellington
Mahon
Rush Medical College
Nce
Dr. Mahon
18Th Street
Ber
Cheney Lumber Co
Green Isle
France
Leslie’s Weekly
R. W. Wortman
Lewis Block
Arthur
Junction
Oakland Church
Samuel Easley
David Hill
Hoosier Incubator Co
Columbia City
Car Hasch
Hio
W. A. Kehnast Co
Clipper and
Clinton Street
N.W. Bell
John W. Davis
M.D
Defiance, Ohio
Wayne Street
R. R. Parcher
DEFIANCE IRON @ STEEL Co
D. Lieberthal
Mgr
Perry St
Denison Hughes
Hughes
Henry Hughes
Polly Ferry
Ferry
Lhwmd
Dete Ferry
Irtis J. Hughes
Grace Thomas
Nathaniel L. Thomas
Thomas
Montraville
Montraville Hughes
Abner F. Hughes
Abner F Hughes
Oteesse Hughes
Hial Hughes
Andre Hughes
Joseph Blair
Abigail Blair
Abigail
Blair
Joseph N. Hughes
Samuel Hughes
Betsy Hughes
America Blair
Frank M. Greenler
Court of Common Pleas
Ee Township
Maumee
Cincinna Northern Railway Company
Acame
Delaware Township
Feanek M. Greenlee
Winn & Hay
Plaintiff
Perfection Oil
SS Atinificiens A 400
Standard Oil Company
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