Father Kress Lecture Sparks Debate In Toledo
Friday evening readers heard Rev. Father Kress denounce Socialism and the single tax. He warned that confiscation would target all land and stores, harming every citizen. He questioned how compensation could exist and labeled such moves as robbery, urging citizens to see the implications.
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Crescent News
Cleveland
Rockfeller
Tom Johnson
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Johnson
Campaign means and what it is in Maumee politics
The piece lampoons local party conflicts, naming Kress and Keusvar, Andy Sauer, Dave Hix, and Clark over Maumee river bridge bonds. It argues Republicans run a clean ticket while Democrats suppress workers and block poor men from office, urging protest and voter turnout against Democratic bosses.
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Crescent News
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Three Fakirs Cry Wares in Ohio Campaign
Three allegedly prominent fakirs tour Ohio this week crying wares and attacking Republicans. The boy orator spoke in Napoleon and will make two more speeches, dating back to 1896 with free silver and other theories. Mayor Johnson is labeled socialist and tax dodger, and Clarke is a gold Democrat denouncing Bryan. The piece urges Ohio men to choose between Republicanism and Bryanism socialism and hypocrisy.
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Ohio
Napoleon
Croker
Johnson
National Congress
Henry George
New York
Clarke
Bryan
Bothh
Kansas City
Political Pickups in Ohio Debate Johnson and Home Rule
A Cleveland Democrat criticizes Johnsonian rule and calls for home rule and fair taxation. He predicts Col Herrick will win by about 125000 votes and suggests blue-penciling Johnson from politics after a costly campaign for the “common people.”
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Columbus
Salen
Middle West
Monnett
Johnson
Scioto
John
Cleveland
Col. Herrick
Returned Home From Northwestern Ohio Christian Conference
D E Dozer and C J Thompson returned Monday evening from the 65th annual session held at Berkey Lucas County. Dozer was a lay delegate from Broadway Christian church and Thompson a trustee of Defiance college aiding its work. Attendees from Defiance included Dr and Mrs McReynolds and others. The conference expressed good will toward the college and voted resolutions for its welfare and more students. Berkey lies about 17 miles west of Toledo near the Michigan line. The article notes strong support could boost Defiance College toward enrollment of 500.
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C. J. Thompson
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Broadway Christian Church
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Defiance
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Lenawee County
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United States
Christian Church
Champaign County
Indiana
Defiance College
Former resident leaps to rail in De fance area tragedy
A Chicago dispatch reports Peter Theis, 32, a patient at Hahnemann hospital, leaped from a second story window, cut wrists and throat, then stepped before an express train on Illinois Central tracks. He survived and is expected to recover. He was formerly from De fance and is well known locally.
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Peter Theis
Hahnemann Hospital
Illinois Central
Defance
Grand Commandery K T Ohio to meet in Cleveland
The annual conclave of the Grand Commandery K T of Ohio will be held in Cleveland on October 7. A large group from Defiance Commandery No. 30 and friends will travel by Wabash at 7 45 this evening, joining knights from Bryan Paulding Antwerp Maumee at Toledo. Additional items note local business and family events, including property purchases and a typhoid illness in several families.
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Cleveland
Defiance Commandery No. 30
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C. B. Squire
C. E. Chenevert
Edward Squire
R. H. Gleason
W. A. Snider
J. F. Deatrick
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Ed Phelps Leads Crescent News Staff Sweet Singer
A local note recalls Ed Phelps praised as the Crescent News staff singer with a fine voice though coy. Mentions of H P Miller backing W A Kehnast for election, and past walking contest with Oscar Culley Solly Van Prague and J B Tennyson, where Solly won and Tennyson second. Several community updates follow, including travel, injuries, visits, auctions planned, and medical cautions about mercury in catarrh remedies.
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Israel
The
Crescent News
Oscar Culley
Solly van Prague
J. B. Tennyson
Solly
Mr. Tennyson
Jim
Hesler
Children’s Home visitors from Bryan Ney and Defiance
Mahala Hagermann of Bryan and Mrs Frank Balser of Ney stopped at the Children’s Home last week. Mrs Henry Hall and children of Defiance visited. Moor, Supt. of Williams county infirmary, toured October 5. E E Hall of Defiance made a brief call Monday.
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Bryan
Frank Balser
Ney
Henry Hall
Defiance
Moor
Williams County Infirmary
E. E. Hall
Defiance Branch Officials Appointed as Arles O. Evarts Sits Treasurer
Arles O. Evarts is named treasurer and C J Daoust named cashier at the Defiance Branch, with Evarts taking office under the bank’s ongoing regional reorganization.
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Arles O. Evarts
C. J. Daoust
Defiance
Defiance County Divorce Notice Between Phelps Parties
Legal notice states Lennie Maver Phelps residence unknown seeks divorce from Emory G. Phelps for willful absence. Case set for hearing after October 15, 1903 in Defiance County Court. B F Enos is attorney for the plaintiff.
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Lennie Maver Phelps
Reduced Railroad Rates Offer Prompt Travel
The Markets column notes greatly reduced rail rates between San Francisco and Los Angeles via Nickel Plate from October 7 to 16, 1908. Tickets are valid for return until November 30, 1908 with stopover privileges and other features. Contact agent C Aasterlin, T P A, Fort Wayne for details.
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Nickel Plate Road
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Ft Wayne
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