Well Deserved Tribute To Dean Henry
A lengthy tribute from the Cincinnati Weekly Gazette honors Dean Henry brother of A C Henry of Ayersville for his service as director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. The piece lauds his early life, farm roots, and lifelong dedication to agricultural science, noting his leadership built a premier institution and advanced swine nutrition and dairy research.
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Dean Henry
A. C. Henry
Ayersville
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Cincinnati Weekly Gazette
E. E. Carter
Henry
W. A Henry
Dean Heary
Ohio
Wisconsin
Union
Akron mother hangs daughter then hangs herself
Special to Express Akron March 27 A mother, Mrs James R Hemphill, strangled her 9 year old daughter Helene with a rope, hid the body in a box, and after her husband found the locked house she killed herself by hanging. She had been a church worker and the family was well known in the community.
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Akron
James R. Hemphill
Helene
First Congregational Church
Tuesday afternoon assignment filed against Art Baker
A note given to Jos. Schottdorf and a writer attachment secured prompted the action. Sheriff Kopp seized the meat market stock and fixtures on Clinton street. On Wednesday a general deed of assignment was filed by Art Baker naming M. A. Costello as assignee.
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Art Baker
Jos. Schottdorf
Sheriff Kopp
Clinton Street
Mr. Baker
M. A. Costelly
Northwestern Ohio Electric line faces Montpelier Bryan Defiance plans
The Bryan Democrat notes hopeful progress on the Northwestern Ohio Electric railroad from Defiance to Montpelier via Bryan. Promoter E C Bell says contracts are closed, work starts by May, power to come from Stryker, a 5,000 bond may be filed, and a heavyweight mortgage secured in Philadelphia. Timeline targets completion by December 1, 1907 with testing by October between Defiance and Bryan.
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Bryan Democrat
Webster
Montpelier
Northwestern Ohio Electric
Defiance
Bryan
E. C. Bell
Philadelphia
N. W. Ohio Electric R. R
en _gineer
William County
Northwestern
Ohio
Board of Commissoners
G.G. Bloom
Stryker
North
Toledo & Indiana Electric
Theatre Explosion Wrecks Greenfield Building
A natural gas explosion in Greenfield Indiana last night injured twenty four people and wrecked a two story theatre occupying a five cent house with moving pictures. About two hundred people were inside when the blast occurred causing a panic as crowds rushed for the exits. The recently constructed theatre was crowded for the opening illustrated song number as the detonation rocked the town.
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Greenfield
Ind
Bachelor Elias Ringwold Dies By His Own Hand
Delphos, March 27 Elias Ringwold a 46 year old bachelor on his farm near the city shot himself through the head yesterday in a dead end love affair that began over twenty years ago. He vowed never to marry after the woman refused him. Last week word reached him that she had died and he sank into a period of brooding likely driven by temporary insanity.
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Delphos
Elias Ringwold
Ringwold
Tragic double death ties gas heater in Toledo
In Toledo on March 26 Earl Potter aged 21 a discharged machinist and Bessie Owens 18 were found dead in Potter s room from asphyxiation likely accidental. Gas from a heater with a closed damper caused the tragedy with Owens found beside the bed. Potter s mother had been away and Owens had been staying there. Potter had good reputation while Owens is linked to a skating rink craze and previous saloonkeeper case involvement.
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Toledo
Earl Potter
Bessie Owens
Potter
Shei
Springfield Home Reunites Quinns as Visitor in Toledo
Patrick Quinn and daughter Minnie returned to their home in Springfield on Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Holgate is spending a few days in Toledo as the guest of Mrs. William Schumacher.
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Patrick Quinn
Minnie
Springfield
Robert Holgate
Toledo
William Shumacher
Two Forms Of Color Sensations Reported By Scientist
A Washington scientist notes two forms of color sensation linked to hearing and reading. One is a visual rainbow effect before Iris when vowels or musical sounds are heard. The other is letters or words seen in colored tints corresponding to sounds. The article then reports on the size and finances of the Methodist Episcopal Church, citing bishops, ministers, members, buildings and missions giving.
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Washington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday Schools in Evansport Emphasize Spring Work and Lessons
Sunday schools across Defiance County open spring activites with a message from County President in Valparaiso and a push to recruit laborers for God’s vineyard. April meetings are planned to select convention programs while Mrs Hosack’s class lessons feature Abraham and the covenant.
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Evansport
Valparaiso
Ind
Defiance County
Hosack
God’s Vineyard
Evarrrox
Farmer Township Sunday School Association
Farmer
James A. Ropsers
Walrer Evetay
Letter From Ed Mollers Real Estate News to Defiance County
Dear Defiance County Friends. I have not written in a long time. I visit Chicago twelve miles away to hear preachers and visit missions. Evanston, seat of Northwestern University, offers Sermons and Sunday schools that are large and interesting.
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Oller
Defiance County Friends
Chicago
Guneaulus
Quayle
Evanston
America
Great Northwestern University
Robbery at Charles I. Smith residence in Findlay
March 26 report says Charles I. Smith, manager of the T., U. & L Railway Co, had jewelry valued at $1,000 stolen yesterday. Mrs. Smith confronted two robbers on the stairs. a passerby Black man aided, and police recovered the jewelry on one of the suspects before the other escaped at the city limits.
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Charles I. Smith
T., U. & L Railway Co
Promoter’s Monte Carlo Fraud Scheme Targeted by Newspaper Ad
The Pittsburg Gazette reports a swarm of get rich quick schemes tied to a St Louis race track syndicate. An ad in a New York paper touts a plan to raise 250000 from investors and promises a 150000 gain per member in a year. It cites former con artists and warns authorities to watch the fraud.
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St. Louis
New York
Monte Carlo
Miller
Pittsburg Gazette
Use of Profane Language Discussed by Times-Democrat
The New Orleans Times-Democrat argues that without improvement in vocabulary Americans risk becoming the most foul mouthed people. It claims limited expression leads women to label improper things as awful or funny and men to rely on oaths to express empty thoughts.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Dangerous women urged by Union Theological figure at Wellesley
Dr. Fagnani of Union Theological Seminary tells Wellesley Club members to shed only motherly roles and become dangerous women. Critics call the advice unnecessary and remark that even distant observers see the Wel lesley girls as dangerous and potentially fatal to future peace of mind.
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Fagnani
Union Theological Seminary
Wellesley Club
Wellesley
New York Times
What We Get In Return Marrying Heiresses And Foreign Brides
Henry Crews argues American heiresses keep wealth at home while marriages abroad to certain foreigners would curb bloated fortunes. The New York World quotes Rooseveltian doctrine as support. An Adelaide tax official notes a man listed his deceased wife’s nine by six foot cemetery plot as his real estate for taxation.
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Henry Crews
New York World
Adelaide
South Australia
Women authors spark new discourse on marriage and social topics
A wave of American women publish books and articles tackling marriage, divorce, family size, social evils, and other gender relations issues. The public reaction shows a shift as women begin openly discussing vital topics in contrast to earlier sensational novels and “Aunt Ruth” columns. This push signals further feminist emancipation and changing newspaper norms.
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Ruth
Socialism and fashions in metropolitan debate
A metropolitan correspondent asks if socialism would force identical clothing and styles, arguing tyranny of fashion today is already evident. He notes if a socialist state could dictate colors and garments, it would surpass current fashion control by London, Paris, and New York elites.
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London
Paris
New York
Torture Chambers and Oddities in American Life
A harsh critique of a Pennsylvania lock up’s sweat-box and a broader chorus of social observations. The piece condemns cruel punishment, likens the sweat-box to a ship brig, questions rising medical fees, and wryly notes Americans’ death customs, soot in London, and ancient Gezer. It closes with Manchuria’s open door and a remark about Japanese involvement in business.
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Pennsylvania
Altoona
Manchuria
New York Sun
Carl Schurz Memorial Professorship Proposed at UW
A Carl Schurz memorial professorship will be established at the University of Wisconsin with a $50,000 endowment. Funds will support an annual lecture series by prominent German university professors, following a Milwaukee movement by notable German-Americans. Evolution of the Bath notes etiquette guides claim daily soap and bathing improve complexion.
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Wauseon
Carl Schurz
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Fastidious Bridegrooms From Distant Lands
The natives of the Sandwich Islands estimate women by their weight. The Chinese require deformed feet and black teeth. A girl must be tattooed sky blue and wear a nose ring to satisfy a South Sea Islander. Certain African princes require their brides to have teeth filed into a sawlike edge.
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Sandwich Islands
Tasmanian myrtle wood praised for piano work
A newly imported wood named Tasmanian myrtle gains notice from the Timber Trades Journal of London. It showcases a rich pink color, moderate hardness, close grain, and smooth finish suitable for high class cabinet and piano making.
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Timber Trades Journal of London
Trousers Won In Austrian Leadership Shuffle
General Von Pitresch will replace Count Beck as head of Austria’s general staff becoming the second war minister honored this way. The first was General von John famed for a quip about needing more than one pair of trousers to survive. The Equipment Board debated whether enlisted men should have one or two pairs. Bills and wills are joked about in a brief aside.
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von Pitresch
Count Beck
Austria
von John
Defiance mortgage foreclosure notice for Lot 42 Defiance Defiance County
John C Diehl and Anna Diehl sue to recover and declare the amount due on Lot No 42 in Southworths Addition Defiance Ohio and seek a foreclosure decree. The Defiance Home Saving and Loan Association appears through Winn & Hay Attorneys with a sale deadline set for the Wednesday in May.
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John C. Diehl
Anna Diehl
de S Diehl
Anata Diehl
Southworth
Defiance
Defiance County
John C. Diebl
Anna Dieks
Defiance Home Saving and Loan Association
Winn & Hay
Plaintif
Zith
Markets Report Toward Mixed Agricultural Prices
Toledo markets show mixed grain and livestock quotes with wheat, corn and clover seed varying. Hog prices rise to about 98.50 per hundredweight while cattle and sheep ranges reflect steady to active demand, receipts noted and regional city markets concluding with overall stable tone.
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Toledo
East Buffalo
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