Bryan councilman indicted for arson in May 1906 fire
Grand jury indicts Daniel C. Baxter of Bryan for burning his brick residence with intent to defraud insurers. Page, a jail inmate, testified he received $100 for the job. Baxter, ill in Detroit, denies guilt and seeks possible extradition while fire marshal and prosecutors review evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Daniel C. Baxter
Bryan Council
Baxter
Charles
Detroit
Jack Page
West Unity
First National Bank of
Rings
Page
Toledo
Michigan
Williams County
Alvordton
Montpelier
Jacob Schaeffer
Williams County Grand Jury
S. M. Gleason
Ohio
Warner
Ira Bryant
Bryant
Social events highlight Knights of Maccabees gathering
Community notices describe a Knights of Maccabees social with cards and dancing for Mrs. Harley and Mrs. Stever hosting evenings. A kitchen shower for Mr. and Mrs. Fink, a Missionary Tea with solos and ice cream, and a Salmagundi club meeting with talks on railroads are cited. Also chronicled are card games for Mrs. Vogel, and a Thirteen club meeting studying Alaska, plus a May 22 marriage of Roy Gearhart and Bess Krontz at Ayersville Avenue with family attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Carl Fink
Kintner Street
Thirteen Club
C. L. Stonebraker
Jefferson Street
Alaska
Roy Gearhart
Joseph Gearhart
Bess Krontz
William Krontz
Ayersville Avenue
Dora Krantz
Thomas Pickering
Diemer
Grace Krontz
Wm. Krontz
R.v
W. C. Shupp
East Side Meat Market Ad in Defiance Ohio
East Side Meat Market offers cattle hogs sheep and poultry for sale. The Kahlo Building on East Hopkins Street in Defiance Ohio advertises fresh and salted meats to city customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side Meat Market
Kahlo
East Hopkins Street
Defiance, Ohio
Grand Lodge of Ohio Old Fellows Adjourns in May
The Grand Lodge of Ohio Old Fellows met at Steubenville and adjourned after approving a temperance resolution for final action next year. A three step disciplinary plan for intoxication was adopted. Grand officers were installed including John L Sullivan as grand master and Louis B. Houck as deputy grand master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Grand Lodge of Ohio Old Fellows
John L Sullivan
St. Marys
Louis B. Houck
Mt. Vernon
Frank H. Foster
Toledo
L E. Dodd
Zane
Delegates Named for Northwestern Volunteer Firemen’s Association
The Northwestern Volunteer Firemen's Association delegates are selected to attend the Van Wert tournament on June 19. Hose Company members Louis Spring Roger Daoust Alf J Wolsiffer and John Lenhardt are chosen along with Hook and Ladder Peter F Seibel August Weibach Chas W Houck Fourth Ward Hose J M Diemer Wm Bock Simon Navau Chas Ryan. The fire department will attend the event as a group and the issue of a band remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Volunteer Firemen’s Association
van Wert
Hose Company
Louis Spring
Roger Daoust
Alf J. Wolsiffer
John Lenhardt
Hook and Ladder Company
Peter F. Seibel
August Weibach
Chas
W. Houck
Fourth Ward Hose Company
J. M. Diemer
Wm. Bock
Simon Navau
Chas. Ryan
Left Hand Severely Injured At Diamond Glass Works
Thursday morning William Gullivar sustained a severe hand injury at the Diamond Glass Works. His left thumb was cut open the end removed and flesh torn from the back of the hand by a rip saw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Gullivar
Diamond Glass Works
Defiance Knights Host Apollo Commandery Visit
Defiance Knights Templars entertained Apollo Commandery of Kendallville Ind with a 40 member arrival at 3 25 pm. Red Cross degree conferred on seven candidates at 4 pm followed by a banquet for 150 Knights and a final Templar degree ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance Knights Templars
Apollo Commandery
Knights Templars
Kendallville
Ind
Defiance
Red Cross
Templar
George H. Roberts
W. D. Over
BE. Folk
J. R. Weber
Bryan
A. F. Young
H. A. Cocker
Stryker
Montpelier
Paulding
Chicago Junction
Findlay
Holgate
Antwerp
Deshler
Toledo
Temple Quartette
Clinton H. Seither
Maude Foust
Richard Sutphen
C. F. Ferguson
Grace Whitaker
Knight Brown
Marion township boy kicked by horse may die
Findlay May 24 Octave Dubois, a Marion township boy, was kicked into insensibility yesterday by a horse. When his mother saw her son's injuries she swooned and fell unconscious at his feet. It was hours before she was revived. The boy is injured internally and may die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Drowned while wading near Auglaize river traction bridge
Charlie Ross of Van Wert was drowned Sunday afternoon while fishing in the Auglaize river near the traction bridge. He stepped into a deep hole as he walked in the water. He is survived by his wife and three young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express van Wert
Charlie Ross
Auglaize
Traction Bridge
Home birth yields 10% pound boy at Mulholland home
A pupil arrived at the home of H. and Mulholland on Thursday delivering a boy reported at about ten pounds. The event marked a notable birth in the local community with the family naming details not disclosed.
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H. &. Mulholland
Mrs. Ida McKinley Dies Peacefully at Canton Home
Ida Saxton McKinley, widow of President McKinley, died at 1 05 p.m. Sunday at the Canton home after a long illness. Present were Cortelyou and other officials. funeral plans call for a simple service at 2 p.m. Wednesday with President Roosevelt and cabinet members attending. The body will rest in the West Lawn vault until the national mausoleum is ready. The article details her birth in Canton in 1847, her marriage to William McKinley, and their family history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ida Sexton McKinley
McKinley
Cortelyou
M. C. Barber
Sarah Duncan
Luther Day
Justice
Wm. R. Day
Roosevelt
Root
Garfield
Wilson
Rixey
Navy
Mrs. McKinley
Washington
Loeb
Westlawn
National Mausoleum
Monument Hill
Ida Saxton McKinley
James A. Saxton
Delhi
N. Y
Cleveland Academy
Brook Hall Seminary
Media
Stark County Bank
Grant
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Katie
Ida
Earth
William McKinley
Congress
Indianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
Cattle Buy Near Continental In Black Aberdeen Herd
Sam Tate and John Stiner purchased 124 Black Aberdeen cattle from John Greenler for 3400 dollars in De fiance county near Continental. C H Allen bought the Greenler farm where the cattle have pastured and will remain until ready for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Tate
John Stiner
Defiance County
Continental
John Greenler
C. H. Allen
Greenler
Paulding
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Tae
Daniel (. Baxter
Roy Buckley
D. Carroll
Napoleon
Fred Thomas
Delaware Bend
City
Charles R. Smith
Earl Mallett and Child
New Castle
M. A. Bell
Adrain,Mich
E. Kress
Edward
Wm. Will
San Antonio
Texas
Webb W. Wood
Mexico City
Mexico Mine & Smelter Supply Co
Laura Ellyn
Peter Lano
Deatrick Street
Lano
Mrs. L. Davison
B. W. Slagle
Frank Mentley
Highland Township
English Lutheran Church
Roy Harley
Geo. Heatley
R. W. Wortman
Chris Boyer
Stanley
Knights of
C. P. Harley
Holgate Avenue
Fred Stever
Farther Lights Society
Baptist Church
Charles Ensign
Ralph Morse
Mildred Corbett
Clarence Webb
Salmagundi
J. L Patterson
Mesdames Evgenia Haymaker
Sadie Lieberthal
Ida Weigerding
Carrie Cheney
Paulson
Vogel
Fostoria
Peter J. Shannon
Harrison Street
Chauncy Krotz
Charles W. Butler
Frank P. Weisenburger
Smith
J. L. Patterson
Stevens
Lucile Stonebraker
Frank T. Donley
Parmer & Decker
Jones College of
A. W. Thomas Auction Co
Chicago
Parker House
Igars
Mrs. WM. McKinley
As Devel Teacht
Northwestern
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