Morrison's Wife Furnishes Bond in Arson Case
Special to Express Bryan reports Homer Morrison, jailed on a Williams county arson indictment from 1904, was arrested in Chester Virginia after his parole from Ohio penitentiary. Officials claim the parole board acted without notice and Morrison violated his parole by leaving the state. A special prosecutor will handle the case as Morrison fights the charges tied to prior confessions and an earlier agreement among local officials.
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Bryan
Homer Morrison
Chester
Ames
Williams County
Morrison
Killits
Virginia
R. L. Starr
Guardern
Jack van Immons
van Immons
Page
West Unity
Bood
Ohio
Morricon
W. Va
Will Homer
East Liverpool
Liverpool
Gundern
Board of Managers
Grant Fellows
Ira Bryant
Hudson
Fellows
Judge Hubbard
Charles A. Bowersox
Initiate Eight by Local Elks Lodge in Lodge Rooms
Eight candidates were conferred in lodge rooms Thursday evening with members from Tiffin Bucyrus Napoleon Fort Wayne Garrett and Decatur Indiana present. District Deputy Harry Black of Tiffin inspected the work and complimented the lodge. An 89 person banquet followed making the occasion very enjoyable.
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Lodge of Elks
Tiffin
Bucyrus
Napoleon
Ft. Wayne
Garrett and
Decatur
Ind
Harry Black
Miss Gertrude Scheidler Visits Tiffin Guest in City
Miss Gertrude Scheidler of Tiffin is in the city as a guest of Miss Tillie Matthews, staying at her home during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Scheidler
Tiffin
Tillie Matthews
Defiance Society Notes Highlight Local Weddings Events
The article reports on social events in Defiance including the wedding of Fillmore Krotz and Harriet McCauley at the McCauley home in Tiffin township officiated by Rev. C A Smucker, with pink and white decorations and a post ceremony reception. notes engagements and visits, plus a city board of trade meeting considering outside proposals and securing sites for a first class institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore Krotz
Harriet McCauley
Tiffin Township
Wm. McCauley
C. A. Smucker
William McCauley
Clayton A. Smucker
McCauley
Mabel McCauley
Board of Trade
Terms Of Officers
Attorney General Ellis defines officer terms for justices of the peace constables township trustees and ward and township assessors amid election rule changes. Justices elected in 1904 for three years start new terms in 1908. constables elected in 1906 hold to 1910. trustees elected in 1905 hold to 1910. ward and township assessors to be elected this fall.
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Ellis
Justices of the Peace
Holy Week Services at St. John's Church
Palm Sunday marked the start of Holy Week at St. John's with morning services. Holy Thursday featured 9 o'clock high mass and a procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the repository for the night. Good Friday observed 9 am services, 3 pm crucifixion ceremony, 7:30 pm stations of the cross and benediction with a fragment of the true cross.
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St. John’s Church
Trustees Seek Restraining Order Over Ditch Blockade
A petition filed in Common Pleas Court by the Richland township board of trustees and the road superintendent asks for a restraining order to prevent threatened stoppage or obstruction of a ditch on the property of Chas. Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Board of Trustees
Richland Township
Chas. Taylor
Anton Hart Dead on Farm in Tiffin Township
Anton Hart, longtime resident of a farm in Tiffin township, died at his home Wednesday March 20 at 5 30 p m after long illness caused by erysipelas. He was 67 and survived by his widow and one daughter Mrs Schreiner. The funeral was held Saturday morning at Mud Creek Catholic church with Father Espen of Delaware Bend presiding.
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Anton Hart
Tiffin Township
Schreiner
Mud Creek Catholic
Father Espen
Delaware Bend
Entices Child in Escape Leads Sheriff South
Sheriff Jackets of Napoleon searched for Chester Damann and a girl not quite 13 who left Saturday evening about 8. They were sighted in Florida last night trying to hire a horse and buggy, then headed south. Chief Hubbard issued alerts. Damann had prior similar trouble.
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Sheriff Jackets
Napoleon
Chester Damann
Miss Ball
Hubbard
Henry County
Florida
Jackets
Damann
Death notices and movements in Defiance area
Fred Fritsch of Toledo spent Saturday and Sunday in Defiance. Mrs. Michael Fry returned from St. Vincent's hospital Toledo. St John Lutheran church confirmed a class of thirty three. Carl Kettenring returned from Cassadaga New York where he studied. Patrick Quinn and daughter Minnie came from Springfield for the death of Edward Quinn. Annie Mack Mary Heiler and Mrs Gus Gardner left for Ottawa to attend the funeral of Lizzie Waiter Mack who died at 21 in Ottawa.
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Fred Fritsch
Toledo
Defiance
Michael Fry
St. Vincent’s Hospital, Toledo
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Patrick Quinn
Minnie
Springfield
Edward Quinn
Annie Mack
Mary Heiler
Gus Gardner
Ottawa
Lizzie
Waiter Mack
Defiance Knights Sprint to Paulding in Wry Delays
Members of Defiance Commandery arrived at Cecil Sunday to find a prominent dry goods merchant and a dentist traveling by foot toward Paulding. After a long six mile trek with mislaid carriages and distant ties, the two tired brothers reached the hotel to join others. Dinner revealed the group had dined without the stragglers, who eventually returned exhausted and jokingly blamed for the delay. The caravan later sought nerve and muscle liniment for their weary limbs.
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Defiance Commandary
Cecil
Paulding
Dee
Knight
Doc
Mrs Smith Dead in Toledo Death of Mrs Lloyd Smith at age 28
Mrs Lloyd Smith died at her Toledo home Saturday morning. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Kasian she was born in Ayersville aged 28. She leaves her husband a son an infant daughter her mother a sister Mrs Chas Houck and a brother Ernie. Remains brought home Tuesday funeral at Baptist church at 9 59 am with interment in Ayersville cemetery.
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Lloyd Smith
Toledo
Herman Kasian
Ayersville
Chas. Houck
Ernie
Baptist Church
Local Briefs Mention Alary Slatterys and Quinn Death
Wm Crossland, while helping move a stove, suffered a severe back strain confining him to home. Miss Mary Slattery and Thomas Slattery returned from Dakotah, Ill., called home by Edward Quinn’s death. Mrs Josiah McHiroy, ill with lung fever, is convalescing and briefly out. Mrs Wm Hubbard left for Ashtabula, accompanied to Toledo by Mr and Mrs FE Hubbard.
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Wm. Crossland
Stove
Mary
Thomas Slattery
Dakotah, Ll
Edward Quinn
Josiah McHlroy
Wm. Hubbard
Ashtabula
Toledo
FE. Hubbard
Will Run to Bellefontaine
The Bellefontaine Index reports General Manager Adams of the Urbana and Bellefontaine division of the Indiana Columbus and Eastern Electric railway said work to extend north Main street to Lima would start within two weeks. He expects cars running from Bellefontaine to Lima by September 1.
Sir Knight W A Savage Dies in Paulding
Wesley A Savage of Paulding died at noon March 20 after a morning at his office. Born October 12, 1848 in Hicksville, he had lived in Paulding over twenty years in the grocery and later lumber trades. Survived by four sons, funeral held at Presbyterian church with large procession led by Defiance Commandery Drum Corps and local Masons.
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Wesley A. Savage
Paulding
Mr. Savage
Hicksville
Emmet
Sir Knights
Defiance
Paulding, Hickeville
Antwerp
Letter from Kansas Describes Blossoms and Bountiful Wheat
A dated letter from Kansas on the seventeenth notes apricot trees in blossom and wheat in excellent condition in the Great American Desert. It observes wheat pasturing 80 fast and rank, with western towns growing as people arrive seeking homes.
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Kansas
Great American Desert
Special Conclave Confers Red Cross and Temple Honors
In Defiance Commandry four score Sir Knights attend a Red Cross ceremony for Clair Campbell, R Cornelius, Campbell and Tingle. A three course banquet followed with cigars and speeches by Guiteau Lyons Spahr and Bevington. Temple honors conferred on Campbell Cornelius and Tingle with a varied program and music by Quartette and piano. Attending out of town knights include Bevington Hartzler Culler MecKibben Smallman Sidlinger Augustine Davis Clifton Wright Shirey Augustine Bloom Calkins Guiteau Lyone Spahr Gardner.
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Order of Red Cross
Clair
Campbell
Wauseon
R. Cornelius
Liberty Center
Ralph A. Tingle
Cincinnati
J. D. Harley
Brown
T. B. Guiteau
G. K. Lyons
Toledo
O. H. Spahr
Dayton
Db. Bevington
Hicksville
Order of the Temple
Clair S. Campbell
R. C. Cornelius
R. A. Tingle
Temple Quartette
J. L. Bevington
H. M. Hartzler
Ira Culler
G. C. Serrill
Ed Culler
M. H. Bevington
J. C. Waltmire
Deshler
R. B. Mec-Kibben
F. C. Smallman
Wm. Sidlinger
A. E. Augeustine
C. W. Davis
Napoleon
C. A. Clifton
G. W. Wright
R. V. Shirey
G. G. Bloom
Stryker
J. M. Calkins
Jewell
Thos. Guiteau
G. K. Lyone
C. A. Spahr
H. 8. Gardner
Holgate
Postoffice at Junction Not Reopened
Patrons seeking restoration of the Junction post office in Paulding County were informed by the First Assistant Postmaster General that the office was discontinued August 30 1902 due to the extension of rural delivery. If rural service is inadequate a petition with specific complaints may trigger a service investigation.
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Junction
Paulding County
Campbell
Post Office Department
Dr F L Ames Returns Home From Visit
Dr F L Ames, who had been a guest at the home of Dr M B Stevens for several days, returned to his home in Wauseon this afternoon.
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F. L Ames
M. B. Stevens
Wauseon
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Kilhalinsky “ Society
Seectets Sts
The
Necana Club
August Minsel
Jackson Street
L. L. Canfield
J. S. Montgomery
C. EK. Becker
Montgomery
M. Skidmore
A. S. Hannaford
E. E. Hall
George Culp
W. C. Mullally
Charles Harsch
E. L. Skidmore
White
Becker
F. P. Stoll
Geo. H. Dicus
Abe Kibble
Fostoria
Miss Grace
Justice Lamb
I H. Dunlap
West
Congress
Walter M. Wilhelm
Eighteenth Battery of Field Artillery
Camp Columbia
Havana
Cuba
Edith Newborn Hoyle
Atlanta
Hoyle
John Conklin
Miss Hoyle
Wilhelm
John R. Wilhelm
Frank T. Donley
Parmer & Decker
Jones College of Auctioneering
Thomas Auction Co
Chicago
ST. John’s
Carl Kettenring
Cassadaga
N. Y
Mrs. Smith
Bellefontaine
Vinci
Woodward
Knights Templars
First National Bank
United States Depository
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