Residents note births illnesses and local events in Defiance
R W Wortman has returned from Hudson Michigan and families report a new girl baby for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Keseelmyer. Several residents, including Mrs. Wm Young and Gracie Krantz, face illness from typhoid fever. Philip Hahn Jr. improves after eye loss and paralysis. Licenses issued to Freeman Wissler and Cora Burk. Various visits, travel, and social events described. A divorce petition by Mattie Anson against Wellington Anson is filed with alimony requests. An excursion train to Lima carries about 50 passengers amid bad weather. Mark Hanna to speak in Lima this evening.
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Lima
Grain-O: A Healthful Coffee Alternative For All
Drink Grain-O after you have concluded that you ought not to rink coffee. It is not a medicine but doctors order it because it is healthful, invigorating and appetizing. It is made from pure grains and has a seal brown color and tastes like the finest coffee. Children like it and thrive on it because it is a genuine food drink containing nothing but nourishment. Ask your grocer for Grain-O the new food drink 4 and 25c.
Sugar Beet Factory Discussion in Defiance
Friday in Cleveland K V Haymaker and J P Cameron met Messrs Dyer and Calling who were seeking a sugar beet factory site. They favored Defiance and said Fremont had no firmer plans. The visitors planned to head to Fostoria Saturday and would report Monday. A citizens meeting will decide next steps to attract the plant.
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Cleveland
K. V. Haymaker
J. P. Cameron
Messis
Dyer
Calling
Defiance
Fremont
Messrs
Fostoria
Local Folks in City on Weekend Visits and Events
J P Hiser visited Toledo on Saturday S A Maxwell stayed in Hicksville Saturday Pete Breno from Bend attended city events Saturday The will of Christina Scheppert was probated Friday Jay Weisenberger traveled to Cleveland Friday Dr J J Burns nearing home from Dayton Mrs H A Brechbill confined by illness Word leaks of a machinist to wed a city girl Wm G Kopp named administrator of Christian Scheppert estate Mrs H H Holbrook of Van Wert visiting for business Mr and Mrs J A Foust and Mrs Catherine Sites returned from Wauseon Defiance youths form bowling club and meet next week Death announced of Mrs Steel Paynesville friend of Mrs C P Harley Claude M Winterholder and Sadie M Colwell wed at U B parsonage They will reside at 209 Auglaize Street
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Steel
C P Harley
Paynesville
Sessions
W C Holgate
U. B. Parsonage
Claude M. Winterholder
Sadie M. Colwell
P. O. Rhodes
Mr. Winterholder
Reginald Machine Shops
Miss Colwell
Winterholder
Auglaize Stree
No-To-Bac Tobacco Cessation Ad from Sterling Remedy Co
An old advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a remedy to quit tobacco easily and forever. It pledges to make weak men strong and energetic, offering a 50 cent price, a guarantee, and free booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Co in Chicago or New York.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
New Oil Company Formed in City Eyeing Local Leases
A new oil company has been formed with a roster of local investors including P Kettenring R P Kettenring H Kettenring H P Miller Co E N Lewis and others from Defiance and Toledo. The plan is to drill near the city after securing liberal land leases with substantial capital backing. P Kettenring will be president and W V Coons treasurer, aiming to lease land and drill multiple wells. Neighbors and visitors are noted, with several residents traveling or relocating to Toledo and Peru Indiana.
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P. Kettenring
R. P. Kettenring
H. Kettenring
H. P. Miller
E. N. Lewis
Wm. Geiger
W. V. Coone
Defiance
J. F. Holt
W. V. Coons
Coons
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Insurgents Defeated in Huanuco Campaign
Lima dispatches report government forces defeated General Durand and insurgents at Huanuco, capturing arms, ammunition, and horses. Durand and brothers escaped. Elsewhere Kansas votes to elect county officers on Tuesday. State Senator Phillips and Deputy Sheriff Green arrested for sheep stealing in Cheteau county. Peter Olson and Chris Nelson killed by train near Racine after church.
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Lima
Peru
Galveston
Durand
Huanuco
Department
Great, Falls, Mont
Cheteau County
Phillips
Green
Taylor Bros
Racine, Wis
Peter Olson
Chris Nelson
Cotton Warehouse Destroyed in Crystal Springs Fire
A large cotton warehouse at Crystal Springs near Jackson Mississippi burned down. Seven hundred bales of cotton were destroyed and the loss is placed at sixty pounds. The fire was reported in Crystal Springs on a November day as authorities investigated the blaze.
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Jackson, Miss
Crystal Springs
Four Killed in Mine Rush at Mahanoy Plane Pennsylvania
Four miners died, two were severely injured, and one escaped after a rush of dirt swept into a mine operated by Lawrence and Brown near Mahanoy Plane. Names given include George Boxshes Michael Bornsky Joseph Loxshes and Michael Drabig. Two others were seriously hurt, John Curry and Michael Kansas. The accident occurred while removing mine slush when a breach allowed dirt to fill the gangway.
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Pennsylvania
Mahanoy Plane
Lawrence & Brown
Here
George Boxshes
Michael Bornsky
Joseph Loxshes
Michael Drabig
John Curry
Michael Kansas
Stray Shot Fatalities Reach Two Victims in Indiana and Ohio
Metamora Indiana on November 6 Ed Ecker died after being struck by stray shotgun pellets fired by his brother during a rabbit hunt. Three pellets penetrated the intestines and he died late Sunday. In Zanesville Ohio on November 6 Ella Worley a noted young woman living in Newark suicide by taking laudanum after a lover proved faithless.
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Metamora
Ind
Ed Eckerte
Zanesville, O
Ella Worley
Newark
British warship watches Canaries for privateers
Crippled by a storm report from Montevideo notes the French bark Marechal Villiers, en route from St Nazaire to Portland, Ore., arriving after a heavy gale with partial dismasting. A Canaries dispatch says a British warship is closely monitoring shipping, likely seeking privateers.
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Madrid
Canaries
Montevideo
Marechal Villiers
St. Nazaire
Portland
Ore
Fire damages Woolson Spice works again in Toledo
A second blaze at the Woolson Spice company in Toledo on November 6 caused $14,000 in damage. The fire follows an earlier blaze at the same works, prompting investigations into the cause and insurance implications for the facility and its operations.
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Toledo, O
Woolson Spice’s Company
Weather Outlook For Ohio West Virginia Indiana Kentucky
For Ohio and West Virginia fair and warmer with winds becoming variable. For Indiana and Kentucky fair with variable winds.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Ad miral Schley receives loving cup from Atlanta citizens
Citizens of Atlanta presented Ad miral Schley with a loving cup amid ceremony. A quarrel among Kansas City hucksters led to the fatally injuring Rolla J. Guerin. An unknown steamer sank in Lake Erie near Cleveland during a storm.
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Atlanta
Admiral Schley
Kansas City
Rolla J. Guerin
Inferno in Jones Bros Store Wrecks Kansas City District
Fire destroyed Jones Bros big department store and spread to half a block, valued at over half a million dollars with Jones Bros losses around 300,000 and 82 percent insured. Flames raced through six stories, then collapsed walls endangered nearby Humboldt building and Emerich Dry Goods, with no stock saved and several structures damaged. Elsewhere reports from Louisville, New York and Macon covered election tensions, Croker’s campaign push, a Negro confrontation, Sharkey recovery, a wrecked electric car collision, and forgery arrest of Charles B. Oyler.
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Kansas City
Jones Bros
Humboldt Building
Jones Stock
Humboldt
Jones’ Annex
Quinn's Grocery
St. James
Emerich Dry Goods Company
Emerich Company
Washington postal inspector arrest letter carrier for mail robbery
Washington officials report on November 6 thatWilliam H Marshall a local letter carrier was arrested on mail robbery charges. Three special delivery letters were allegedly found in his possession.
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Washington
Post Office
William H. Marshall
Marshall
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Cora E. Burk
Tiftin Township
Bee
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Nettie Blanchard
G. W. Helpman
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Toledo
S A Maxwell
Hicksville
Pete Breno
Bend
Christina Scheppert
Jay Weisenberger
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Catherine Sites
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