Local notes and notices from Defiance area
Dey Ayers offers loans at five percent. Local visits include J W Kidney and Ed King leaving for Milwaukee, Frank and Adam Preisendorfer going to St. Louis, and C F Clemmens returning from Springfield. Church notices list St John’s Reformed events and Evangelical Mission services, while obituaries report Baldwin Herzer’s death in Napoleon. Various community updates cover residents, funerals, business ads, and social gatherings.
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Dey Ayers
J W Kidney
Ed King
Milwaukee
Frank
Adam Preisendorfer
St. Louis
C. F. Clemmens
Springfield
Dr. Davis
Violin Students Sought by Miss Vanda Enos at Home
Violin teacher Miss Vanda Enos offers a few student slots at her home at the corner of First and Jackson streets. She invites aspiring players to apply for lessons in a private setting.
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First and
Jackson Streets
Fraternity of Eagles Hosts Night of Feasts and Music
Local Eagles lodge held a pin class and feast ending at 11pm with Bro Lee Richardson in charge of catering. The event featured the Verna May company orchestra, many visiting Eagles from multiple towns, and a toastmaster remarks by J J Malley.
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Eagles
Napoleon
Lee Richardson
Verna May Company
Opera House
Warner
J J Malley
Billy Bohannon
Verna May
Great Brotherhood
Bryan
Hicksville
Sherwood
Hamlet
Continental
Deshler
Aberdeen
Funeral of Orville Baker at St Marys Church
The funeral for Orville Baker was held at St Marys Catholic church Tuesday at 9 am conducted by Rev Doherty. Co M from the city and a Napoleon firing squad with a bugler led the procession from home to church and cemetery. The rifle salute and taps closed the service. pallbearers were Harry Van Horn Ed TeSon Christ Krabach C Sheets Harry Whitney Milo Coup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Orville Baker
Rev. Doherty
Co. M
Napoleon
Lieut. Crockett
Co. F
Baker
Harry van Horn
Ed Teson
Christ Krabach
C Sheets
Harry Whitney
Milo Coup
Court House Notes Condemnation Values Set In Probate Court
Jury fixes value of strip taken from Mrs Weible property at 20 damages to barn 40 and from Chas and Wm Marcellus at 76 The alley will cut through the city acquired between Maud and Arabella streets Eva Moog sues Andrew Moog for 2000 alleging slander and attempted character ruin Peaslee Weiphler for plaintiff Frank Ury and others noted social visits and school begins with Verna Rethmel as teacher
Advertised Letters at Defiance Post Office
The following letters remain uncalled for in Defiance Ohio for the week ending Oct 11 1904 Harry Coulter Carrie Gallagher Stephen Leiter Miss Mable Taylor HO Sanborn Mrs Florence Tracy Mr Spenger John Smith Christopher T smith Godfrey Van Dette If not called for within 14 days they will be sent to the dead letter office as prescribed by law Postmaster C. Thoms on C 3 Thomson Postmaster Advertised letters listed must be called for with the date of list
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Defiance
Ohio
Harry Coulter
Carrie Gallagher
Stephen Leiter
Mable Taylor HO Sanborn
Florence Tracy
Spenger
John Smith
Christopher T Smith
Godfrey van Dette
Thomson
Beehive Cloak Opening Draws Crowd Tuesday
Social notes describe visits in Defiance by Mrs Oscar Hover and Audru, Miss Mildred Rock, and others. A H Fleck traveled east on the B and O to assume an office, while Hurtt and daughter moved onto the Horn property. Ed Moats, Dalis Koons, and Dale Miller returned from a week at the great fair.
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Lehman
G W Renz
Oscar Hover
Audru
Defiance
Lindersmith
Iris
Mildred Rock
H Fleck
B& O
Hurtt
Daughter
Horn
Mesers Ed Moats
Dalis Koons
Dale Miller
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Henry Lipp
The children of Mrs. Henry Lipp thank friends and neighbors for kindness shown during their mother’s illness and death.
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J. H. Baker
M and F
The
Maccabees
Orville Baker
Henry Lipp
Pasteur Institute Faith and Fast Travel in France
The Parisians trust the Pasteur Institute For Hydrophobia and skip dog muzzles in heat. Travel Paris to Marseilles now about twelve hours, down from eighty in 1834 and 359 in 1650. French military leaders worry over fewer horses from car craze and offer a prize for an automobile cart. Paris opens a psychology school studying mind reading telepathy and related phenomena with medical men as almost sole members.
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Pasteur Institute
Paris
Marseilles
Explaining a newborn in a playful riddle tone
A whimsical piece describes a baby arriving unexpectedly with a humorous question about how a child found the right address. It features a bald infant named Mabel and a speaker puzzled by a one cent drop from the sky or being carried by tramps. The verse ends with a playful guess that the mother won the prize for trailing tramps.
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Mabel
Bargains Shock: blankets, dishes, garments and more
A local ad lists wide sale items including blankets at low prices, dresses and petticoats at fractions of their former costs, glassware, tinware, lamps, and kitchen goods. It touts large ribbon and lace selections, candy, soaps, and low prices to attract shoppers.
Parker's Free Trade Plan as Dangerous Prescription
The piece critiques Judge Parker's acceptance speech and letter proposing a staged tariff change to ease shocks, arguing it abandons American protection principles and would trigger market stagnation, unemployment, and risk to business. It contrasts Parker with historic pro tariff presidents and warns Republicans against apathy and overconfidence.
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Grover Cleveland
Judge Parker
Parker
Democratic Party
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
United States
Bailey
Boukie Cochran
Champ Clark
Sharpe Williams
Congress
Bryan
The
Washington Star
Fashion Trends Signal Bold New Season Styles
The Brooklyn Eagle notes a shift from narrow belts to button trim ming and jeweled lace for yokes fronts and tabbers. Designers embrace two seasons of brilliant color with chameleon taffeta and embroidered linen coats, kimono shapes for cloaks, chenille braids in millinery, and bird of paradise plumes alongside ostrich feathers.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Dr R R Parcher Physician and Surgeon Ad
Dr R R Parcher physician and surgeon lists office and residence at 617 Wayne Street with office hours 7 to 9 am and 1 to 7 pm, Sunday 8 to 10 am. New phone 415. Specializes in children's diseases.
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Wayne Street
Death of Mrs. Fred Kellermyer in Tiffin Township
Mrs. Fred Kellermyer died this morning at her home in Tiffin Township at 3 o clock. She was 46 and leaves a husband and two daughters. No funeral arrangements have yet been made. Other brief items note M E Sinn's barn nearly completed and visits by locals including R Cole from Ithaca Michigan, Miss Elsie Cole returning to school, and Leola Huffman teaching the local school.
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Fred Kellermier
St. John’s Methodist Church
Tiffin Township
Kellermier
James Craine
Monroe County
Mich
J . Craine
Fred Kellermyer
Wes Hulbert
Antwerp
Wm Bigler
Angola
Mavis
Cicero
Wash Merchant
Gratiot County
Ohio
Elsie Cole
Merton
Riley Gesner
Leola Huffman
Sinn’s
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International Stock Food
Woodwards Drug Store
Henry Boardner
Montpelier
Catherine Rowland
J. W. Smith
Sandusky
Charlee Kalundel
Ottawa Avenue
St. John’s Reformed
Fourth and
Washington Streets
F. E. Labr
Walter Sapp
Papa Sapp
Papa
Child
Tabor Journal
South Bend
Ind
Frank Sapp
Pastors’ Union
Presbyterian Church
P 0. Rhodes
AB Murphy
B W Slagle
Evangelical Mission
D A Kaley
Trinity
Salem
Noble Township
Calvary
Highland Township
Kiser
Defiance Township
Baldwin Herzer
Mark Township
Mark
Paulding
First Presbyterian Church of
Dempster
Geo. Boters
Will
Defiance Machine Works
M. Dell Adams
Wyandot County
Stigler,t
C. J. Thompson
Charles, Jrave
Wapakoneta
Lima
Columbus Grove
A. W. King & Son
Clothiers
D. A. Green
Tiffin
J. Frazer
Frazer
Bruner
Jack
Rocky Mountain
Wisenburger &Emery
Yingling
Yingling Onic
Vanda Enos
Harley & Whitaker's
Cloak, Suit, Skirt and Fur
Harley & Whitaker’s
Fraternity OF Eagles
Children’s Home
Peter Bowley
Toledo
Lucy Conley
Missea Leota Kerns
Grube
J B Tenzer
H H Shirer
Columbus
Lance
Eden
Wm. Lance
Ney
Wisler
Yensie
Erwin Strahm
Walker
Mra Reynolds
Mary Gruteman
Lydia
Schneides
Pharmacy
Nolan Bros. Weisenbarger & Emery
Co. Winterich
Jefferson St
Ower
Miss Lehman’s
Second Street
Skunktown
John Walters
A Marshouse
Zola Hughes
A Peck
Keib Wahl
Henry Marshouse
A Boyd
A Scott
Munroe Peck
Quimby Peck
Ed Smith
Johnny Slaterbee
Henry Steinmeier
Ibert Miller
Florida
Flo Scott
Mrs Jones
Fred Miller
Court House Notes
Brooksyn
Frank Ury
W M Figley
Verna Rethmel
Evansport
Brunersburg
Mary Figley
Lockport
John Meyer
Harley Mason
John Figley
Frank Figley
France
Rakestraw 2 Bros
R. R. Parcher
Iuey
Jennings’ Drug Store
Mollencup’s
Optician
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