McKinley Funeral Tribute Draws Massive Canton Crowd
Presidents McKinley’s home city of Canton hosts a vast procession and floral tribute as 150,000 to 250,000 mourners attend via special trains from Cleveland and Akron. Knight of Pythias and Templars units, alongside international floral displays, line the avenues and guard the streets. Requiem ceremonies mark the day at First Methodist Church and West Lawn Cemetery.
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Canton
Cleveland
Nickel Plate Railway
Broadway
D. A. Helpman
C. J. Daoust
Knights of Pythias
Knights Templar of
William McKinley
Bank
Thomas Minshall
Rank
Akron
McKinley
Market Street
West Lawn Cemetery
United States
Union
Farm Hay Shipment Highlights Local Farm Total
Jesse M. Benner loaded three cars with hay from his Tiffin township farm this week. Two cars went to Chicago and one to Boston, leaving about 30 tons still on hand. Nearby, Miss Nettie Goldnett remains on the sick list as Mr. and Mrs. Alferd L. Clemmons of Springfield visit his parents on Holgate avenue.
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Alferd L. Clemmons
Springfield
C. F. Clemmons
Holgate Avenue
Jesse M. Benner
Chicago
Boston
Tiffin Township
Deaths in Adams and Highland Townships
Helen Barnes daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Barnes died at home in Adams township aged 1 year 19 days Funeral at Bethlehem Lutheran church Sunday morning at 10 30 Rev Straus officiating Albert J Eberle son of Mr and Mrs G Eberle died at home in Highland township aged 2 years 1 month 8 days Funeral at South Ridge Lutheran church Sunday at 2 pm Rev C Lehnberg officiating
Fitch sues Gordons in Common Pleas for 117.35
Ella M Fitch files a suit in Common Pleas against B F and Mary Gordon seeking 117.35 claiming accrued mortgage interest on Ayersville property was promised to be paid by the defendants but remains unpaid. Winn and Hay represent the plaintiff.
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Ella M. Fitch
Common Pleas Court
B. F
Mary Gordon
Ayersville
Winn & Hay
Surprise party marks Edna Strusaker's sixteenth birthday
Saturday evening at Ney at the home of Miss Edna Strusaker a sixteenth birthday celebration drew guests from Defiance Bryan and nearby. Ice cream cake fruit and flowers decorated the table as Edna's friends and relatives enjoyed the party and wished her many happy returns. County Surveyor Henry F Toberan began laying out the Spafford tract of land on Friday.
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Edna Strusaker
Ney
Olive Rngelmire
Leota Kerns
Defiance
Clara Goller
Bryan
Jessie Smith
Agnes Snyder
Pete Roush
Elmer Kintner
Mysta Lichty
Grace Barney
Celia Snyder
Leorah Dreher
Lillian Rambo
Sadie Reynolds
Stacey Garvey
Elmer Dreher
Emery Reynolds
Chas. Stailey
P. M. Lehman
Edna
Henry F. Toberan
Spafford
Sunday School Executive Meeting in Sherwood Defiance County
The Defiance county Sunday School Association held a business session at the Sherwood Methodist Church on Sept 14 with P N Richardson chosen as chairman. The state plan to send four speakers and a singer to each county was outlined, and Rally Day emphasis urged. House to house visitation and home department expansion were pushed, with W F Pollock leading the new county home department and a push for cradle roll and officers across townships. The Ayersville and Christian Sunday schools reported active programs, with new leaders and a ready Lyceum ship.
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Defiance County Sunday School Association
Methodist
Sherwood
P. N. Richardson
W. G. Lord
Harvey Barrack
State Association
Ottawa County
Defiance
Joseph Clark
Columbus
W. F. Pollock
H. D
Ayersville Methodist Sunday School
Defiance County
B. F. Gordon
Christian
College Chapel
Adda Clevenger
Christian Endeavor Society
Arthur Baker
E. D. Goller
Ney. O
En Aton
Highland
Ohio
Board of Education
Highland Township
County
G. Blue
Ayersville
Hicksville
Deflance
UO. T
R.C
Schaeffer
Bates
Sparks
Howe
Tome the Gruner
Clerk County Board
Presidents nicknames and the Teddy paradox
The piece notes only three Presidents led by diminutives as in office and all were VPs who followed assassinated leaders. It contrasts Abe and other given nicknames as abbreviations, asserts Teddy Roosevelt's enduring fame as a diminutive, and observes how endearment can become political weaponry.
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United States
Andrew Johnson
Chester A. Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Andy” Johnson
Chet” Arthur
Teddy” Roosevelt
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Abe
Ben
Harrison
Jim
Zach
Taylor
Tom
Jefferson
Frank
Pierce
Jack
John Adams
John Quincy Adis
John Tyler
Andrew Jackson
Andrew
James Buchanan
James
George Washington
George
Georgy
Teddy
Andy
Johnson
Arthur
Chet
Rough Rider
Santiago
Sacramento
Mt. Marcy
Arizona
Oyster Bay
Grant
Byrde Miller-Elliott laid to rest in Riverside
A heartfelt obituary remembers Byrde Miller-Elliott, 22, who died after a brief illness. It notes her devout Christian faith, musical gifts, kind nature, and impact on family and friends. Her passing is marked by sorrow and gratitude for her life.
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Riverside
Byrde Miller-Elliott
Jesus
Moses
Lamb
Death of M Woolsey Welles in Saint Paul Minnesota
Well known M Woolsey Welles died Friday morning in Saint Paul Minnesota. He was son of Woolsey Welles a prominent local lawyer. He married Julia Richardson in 1868 in this city and lived in Pecatonica Illinois before relocating to Chicago and then Saint Paul. He leaves a widow and two sons. Funeral was held in Fort Dodge Iowa on Monday afternoon.
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M. Woolsey Welles
St. Paul
Minn
Welles
Woolsey Welles
Julia Richardson
E. R. Phelps
H. A. Brechbill
B. W. Slagle
Pecatonica
Illinois
Chicago
Fort Dodge
Roosevelt's Quiet Ties to Navy Department Highlighted
The article notes President Roosevelt’s notable connection to the navy department while stressing his restraint in public talk, portraying him as a decisive figure with prudent conduct in naval affairs.
Republic’s stomach upset by overdose of dirty cartoons
A sharp critique targets the Republic for its excessive use of yellow imperialistic cartoons and propaganda. The piece argues such imagery worsens public sentiment and undermines credible discourse.
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THE
Republic
President McKinley’s Prosperity Foundation Declares Enduring Strength
A tribute notes that McKinley’s work rested on a rock with prosperity built on broad foundations. It asserts the administration secured lasting growth and will endure.
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McKinley
President's sympathy shown for humble workers
Across tens of thousands of humble homes mourners display emblems. Among the lowliest workers there was no doubt of the late president's sympathy and desire to better their condition.
English Judge Slams Criminal Practice Straining Law
An English judge states that in United States criminal practice there is a straining of the law to defeat its own purpose. The remark underscores concerns about legal interpretation and justice.
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United States
Yellow press seizes on base impulses and crafts diabolical tales
The piece comments that sensational newspapers feed on humanity's basest instincts and deliberately manufacture shocking, diabolic narratives rather than ordinary wrongdoing. It frames the press as delighting in monstrosity and spectacle to attract readers.
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Yellow Press
Czolgosz Murder Plot Called Thorough and Cunning
The quote claims the assassination was meticulously planned and executed with a deceptive handkerchief ruse. It questions the killer's sanity, suggesting if not sane then Satan is a lunatic, and asserts the sufficiency of the method against government detectives.
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Czolgosz
Satan
Local notices from Defiance area business and people
Mesdames August Martin T Shaw F S Bowlby and Virgil Squire are in Napoleon. Bill Jones works on a new roof for the engine and boiler room at Defiance flouring mills. Enos Blair, returning from Pascola Missouri, takes a job in the lower Hub clothing store.
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Mesdames August Martin
T. T. Shaw
F.S. Bowlby
Virgil Squire
Napoleon
Bill Jones
Defiance Flouring Mills
Enos Blair
Pascola
Is Roosevelt the Twenty Fifth President?
The article argues that Roosevelt is the twenty fifth person to hold the office, not the twenty sixth, clarifying the counting of presidents with Grover Cleveland’s two nonconsecutive terms and asserting Cleveland’s terms do not create two presidents.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Cleveland
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Came to Blows at Central Hotel Over Furniture
James Snodgrass and Chas Higgins clashed after a dispute over hotel furniture ownership. Higgins, newly installed proprietor, acted to sell items. Snodgrass objected and struck Higgins on the temple with a hammer. Higgins obtained a warrant. Snodgrass appeared before Mayor Evans and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
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James Snodgrass
Chas. Higgins
Central House
Higgins
Snodgrass
Evans
The Kind You Have Always P ff ot Aga
The readable fragment mentions a familiar phrase about a trusted brand or product likely printed as a stylized header. No clear event or person details are discernible in the obscured text.
B and C Shops to Leave Garrett Indiana
A Garrett dispatch reports the relocation of the Baltimore and Ohio railway shops from Garrett Indiana is final. The move follows years of discussion with Defiance papers noting the shift as an economic necessity and Garrett facing adjusted prospects as other towns court the shops.
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Garrett
Ind
Defiance
Shipley
Alwas
Special Rates for Pan American Exposition and Others
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad offers low rate excursion tickets to Buffalo for the Pan American Exposition and to New York via Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia with a Buffalo return stopover. Tickets on sale daily until October 20 with rates limits and conditions from agents. Also low rate to San Francisco for Episcopal convention September 18–26 return by November 15, and Cincinnati Fall Festival trips September 15, 16, 23, 24 return seven days from sale. Louisville Inter State Fair trips September 21–30 and October 1, return by October 7 1901. For details contact local B and O agents or G P A Chicago.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Buffalo
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
B. & O. Railroad Company
Ohio River
San Francisco
Cal
Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
B & O Raiload Company
Louisville
Nickel Plate excursion to Buffalo one cent per mile
Nickel Plate road announces Tuesday departures to Buffalo from Sept 24 to Oct 29 with round trip fares at one cent per mile. Tickets are valid Tuesdays with returns on any train until midnight Sunday. Inquiries to nearest Nickel Plate agent or CA Asterlin. Fort Wayne and B&O routes offer Sunday excursions at one fare round trip good on sale day.
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Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
Asterlin
Wayne Ind
Ohio River
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