Trowbridge Hall Formally Opened at Defiance College
The opening of Trowbridge Hall marks a milestone for Defiance College under President McReynolds and the Christian church. A banquet followed in the new building with speeches by Judge T T Shaw Judge F L Hay Dr McWhinney and others praising the gift from Lyman Trowbridge and supporters. The event showcased the hall’s home like rooms and the college’s renewed moral and educational mission.
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Trowbridge Hall
Defiance College
Defiance
P W McReynolds
College of the Christian Church
McReynolds
Jacobus
Powers
Columbus
Ohio
Lyman Trowbridge
The
Christian Church
the College
T T Shaw
Trowbridge
F L Hay
Hay
Bowersox
Bryan
McWhinney
Yellow Springs
Palmer Fund
Mapry
J . Hale
Barber
Vaughnesville
City
Audacious robbery shocks Defiance near Napoleon
Friday afternoon in Henry county near Napoleon two men loaded sixty bushels of oats ten gallons of lard and two crates of chickens from a farm. They drove into Napoleon sold the goods then fled. Deputy Barton and the Defiance officers arrested Peter Mc Grath and James Moore Saturday naming them as thieves after a seller identified them. A man suspected of further involvement remains at large. Additional local items note funeral attendance marriage licenses lawsuits and travel for business inquiries.
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Defiance
Henry County
Napoleon
Barton
Shea and
Ansberry
Peter McGrath
James Moore
Indianaapolis
McGrath
Moore
Boldy
Harrison Street
Indianapolis
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Firemen's Bazaar to Aid Defiance Convention Fund
A week long bazaar begins Oct 30 to raise money for the upcoming Volunteer Firemen's Convention. Donations from local businesses include vehicles furniture and a shotgun along with cash gifts from Lima Chicago and South Bend supporters. The Defiance band will perform as the event promises to be one of the largest in northwestern Ohio.
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Baptist Church
St. John’s Catholic
Methodist Church
United Brethren
Western Reserve Woolen Co
Schlegel & Krutsch
O Stailey, Mfg. Co
South Bend
Ind
Daoust & Douty
Defiance
Ohio
Lost Boys Return After Freight Car Ordeal
Harmer and Albert eight and ten return home from a day away, after boarding a freight car at the B and O yards. The train jolts caused a door to open, they cried for help, were found in Stanley and brought back by relatives. Also notes on local items: Capt A B DeKay buys a Jefferson street property. Families return from Mackinac. Miss Blanche Marcellus faces a serious Chicago operation with her mother nearby. Morgan electric road surveyors arrive, road expected Toledo to Defiance in three months. Henrietta Moll خدمة funeral and burial details. Cline and Cole plead guilty to clover seed theft, jailed. Napoleon Henry county fair draws 12,000. races and winners listed.
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Harmer
Albert
A Frank
Washington Street
Nellal
Stanley
Morgan Electric
Toledo
Defiance
Napoleon
Death of Two Children in Defiance Area
Lois Moll age five years seven months daughter of Mr and Mrs William Moll of six miles west of Defiance on Ft Wayne road died Tuesday Sept 6 The funeral was held Saturday at 2 pm at the residence Rev C A Smucker and Rev Keeley officiating Interment Riverside Cemetery Alta Brubaker age three years five months daughter of Mr and Mrs James Brubaker died Sept 6 at 10 30 pm at 736 Ottawa avenue Funeral service were conducted at the residence Burial was in Riverside Cemetery
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Fay
H B Bortell
Springfield
George Bortell
Oakland Church
Defiance Township
Sinclair
Little Henrietta Moll
Wm Moll
Smucker
St.Paul’s ME Church
Keeley
Janet Wertheimer
Lucy McClintock
Luella Smith
Laverne Wortman
Riverside Cemetery
Lois
William Moll
Defiance
Ft. Wayne Road
C A Smucker
Riverside Ceme
Alta
James Brubaker
Ottawa Avenue
Riverside
Hockman Rath Families Hold Third Annual Reunion
The Hockman and Rath families met at W P Rath's home in Tiffin township for a casual gathering with a dinner for 74 under an apple tree. Judge J H Hockman and William Rath spoke, Jacob Hockman was elected president, Nathan Rath secretary, and plans were made for the 1906 reunion in late August at the Rath home.
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Hockman
Rath
W P Rath
Tiffin Township
J H Hockman
Defiance
William Rath
Brunersburg
Jacob Hockman
Nathan Rath
F D Hockman
Blanche Rath
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John Snook
Paulding
Manor
Thomas Holmes
Chelsea
Mich
Holmes
Jessie Deppin
Detroit
Ira Gardner
Cleveland
George Streicher
Mackinac
F Alfrich
Jefferson Street
C W Butler
Walter Rohn
Besse Ostranger
Mark Center
John Smith
Milford Township
Rosa Richardson
Farmer Township
William Miller
Sherwood
Kopp
van Wert
Henry Emerick
Liberty Township
Mr. Emerick
Clifford Crippen
Jackson, Mich
Charles Crippen and Family
PC Rhodes
Attica
Rhodes
Howard Johnson
Ida Ginrich
Hicksville
Reba
Millie Heathley
Sharon, Pa
Karl Wilhelm
Karl Harmening
Karl Krotz
Denver
Colo
Dorothea Huefner
Common Pleas Court
Frank and
Elizabeth Walz
Gheney
Firemen’s
Defiance Carriage Co
Turnbull Wagon Co
Kehnast Company
Martin & Co
J Mangas
Wm Kirtley, Jr
Waverly Arms Co
EW Hoffman
H G Monen
Charles Spengler
Thomas Doheney
H H Mollencup
Deisel Wemmer Co
Lima
A M Minsel
W H Hutchinson
Chicago
Mineral Water Mfg. Co
Louis Baltes
Oriental
Defiance Box Co
Mr. Baltes
J Baltes
Fred Neaderhauser
Colorado
Sam Neaderhauser
Napier
Ill
Edward Neaderhauser
Sarah Long
A B DeKay
F B Aldrich
Kehnast
Minnie
Godfrey Watkins
H D Bokop
Blanche Marcellus
George Marcellus
Mrs. Marcellus
Ira Cline
Wilson Cole
Wm Miller
Mark Township
Jones
Luxedo Girl
C M Pynchon
Mr. P ‘A Calamity
Galmont
Alma Martin
E Bogart
Tery
Hockman One Union
United States Treasury
United States Courts
Defiance County
Defiance City
Balt & Ohio Railroad
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