Hoskins Attacks Bossism. Faces Defeat in Fourth District
In Columbus Sam Hoskins of Wapakoneta, head of the Democratic state ticket, vows the campaign will mirror last year with graft and bossism as top issues. The Lima Gazette counters that in the Fourth district counties he should stay silent and predicts the ticket will fall to utter defeat with Hoskins left with only an empty honor.
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Sam Hoskins
Wapakoneta
Columbus
Hoskins
Hog
Democratic
Lima Gazette
Bryan movement faces rout as desertions rise
Sterling R. Holt, Indiana Democratic chair in 1896, argues Bryan has exhausted ten years of support. He says the party should stop wasting time with him, as Bryan’s new whims surpass free silver. Even radical Bryanites privately admit a grave error and warn against meddling in Illinois politics. The adviser urges laying Bryan on the shelf.
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Sterling R. Holt
Indiana
Democratic Party
Alcohol from cobs could yield new industry says agriculture
Agriculture department chemists prove Hoopeston Illinois that corncobs and cornstalks wasted on farms can be converted into alcohol at low cost. Experiments at a cannery show 11 gallons per ton from green cobs and six gallons per ton from green stalks with about 100 pounds of alcohol per ton of stalks.
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Department of Agriculture
Hoopeston
Ill
Corp
Fairbanks Lays Corner Stone of Chicago Court House
Vice President Fairbanks laid the corner stone of Chicago's new court house on Friday. When finished the structure will be the largest court house in the world.
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Fairbanks
Chicago
Death of Congressman Robert L. Hitt at Narragansett Pier
Congressman Robert L. Hitt of Illinois died at his Narragansett Pier summer home on Thursday. Born in Urbana in 1834 he entered the diplomatic service in 1874 and served as assistant secretary of state in 1881.
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Robert L. Hitt
Illinois
Narragansett Pier
R.1
Urbana
Sheriff shuts down pool selling at Allen County Fair
Allen County Indiana sheriff halted pool selling at the Fort Wayne county fair this week. Bookies lined up with paraphernalia hoping to take bets but were barred from operating by the lawman.
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Allen County
Indiana
Ft. Wayne
New York Democrats Back Sulzer Over Hearst for Governor
Ross Murphy of Tammany Norman E Mack national committeeman and Congressman Sullivan have discarded Hearst and are now backing Congressman Sulzer as the Democratic candidate for governor.
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Ross Murphy
Tammany
Norman E. Mack
Sullivan
Hearst
Sulzer
New York
High Russian Official Links Trepoff Death to Heart Disease
A senior Russian official states General Trepoff died of heart disease caused by agitation over a death sentence by terrorists. He says Trepoff spent his final days in grief and was rebuked by those he had served throughout his life.
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Trepoff
Bryan disputes railroads quote in Birmingham speech
In a Birmingham address on Friday William Jennings Bryan said he was misquoted in a New York speech about government ownership of railroads. He has hedged on the topic before but this is his first denial of the quotation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bryan
New York
Delegates Chosen Across Townships For Sherwood Convention
Republican caucuses in city wards and county townships named delegates and alternates for the county convention at Sherwood on September 29. Multiple wards reported chairmen and secretaries, with electees including committeemen from several precincts and a large turnout across Tiffin and Noble townships.
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Tiffin Township
Sherwood
Welker
First Ward
K. V. Haymaker
H. L. Brimsmade
Guy Kirtley
H. L. Gherke
William Kirtley
Ed. Martin
H. W. Myers
C. M. Gr
J. P. Buffington
C. B. Squire
E. D. Henry
K. C. Squire
A. B. DeKay
Jay Tippin
A. F. Harley
Ed. Weaver
J. W. S. Palmer
O. A. Frick
N. G. Woodward
Second Ward
Fourth Ward
A. Grower, Jr
J. A. Backus
A. Grower
A.J. Sanfort
Ed. Finn
A. Groney,Jr
Chas. Zesche
Henry Telshaw
Wallace Burton
A. J. Sanford
A. W. Bock
Wm. M. Ball
E. Colwell
Samuel Rull
C. G. Robinson
Fred Hay
Highland Township
Clay Woodward
F. G. Blue
Nick Diamond
Charley Mix
John W. Myers
A.C. Henry
F. M. Sanford
Jacob Adams
Charley Gaylord
Steward Gaylord
George Wolf
Samuel Logan
Herb Painter
Win Smith
Calvin Smith
Jake Steinglass
Fr. G. Blue
John Povenmire
J. E. Myers
Tittin Township
A. C. Key
S. Cooley
W. P. Cameron
C. H. Hanawalt
J. W. Hancock
J. H. Neaderhauser
H. A. Vartee
J. H. Hoekman
H. I. Stock
J. P. Alshouse
J. P. Wisler
R. Clifton
J. J. McCord
C. KE. Replogle
William Nell
Arthur Tittle
William Sigley
I. Christy
I. W. Kellermire
Chas. Mann
J. J. Craine
Daniel Kuhn
Community Guests Visit Local Families This Week
Miss Mable Holly returned Thursday from Toledo. Mr and Mrs Charles Hess of Humbolt Kansas visit relatives in the city. Miss Addie Goddard of Oklahoma City Oklahoma visits her uncle Frank Goddard.
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Mable Holly
Toledo
Charles Hess
Humbolt, Kansas
City
Addie Goddard
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Frank Goddard
The Ohio Farmer Subscription Offer Promises Value
An advertisement invites readers to try The Ohio Farmer with a 10 week trial at ten cents and a guaranteed stop after expiration unless renewed. It lists subscription options including one year for 75 cents, weekly express and Ohio Farmer for a year at $1.50, and daily express plus Ohio Farmer for a year at $3.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Weekly Express
Ohio Farmer
Daily Express
English walker completes 40000 mile journey lecture in Defiance
Mr. B Greathead, an English traveler educated at Ghent University, spoke at the high school about his 40000 mile foot voyage. He described arrests in Italy and captivity in Siberia, praised simple living, and plans a book while detailing routes through Japan, the Philippines, Java, Borneo and Sumatra. He arrived in Defiance by way of Deshler and Holgate and heads to Bryan tomorrow.
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B. Greathead
S’riday
Greathead
Rhent
Belgium
Gobe
Europe
Asia
Italy
Siberia
Japan
Philippines
Java
Borneo
Sumatra
New England
Ohio
Kentucky
Deshler
Holgate
Bryan
Riot in Atlanta Kills Eleven as Mob Turmoil Fades
A race riot in Atlanta Georgia on Saturday left ten Black men and one white man dead and several others injured after a wave of assaults on white women. Firefighters and militia restored order as hundreds of Black residents fled the city by Sunday.
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Atlanta
Death notices in Paulding County and Richland townships
Francis Myers aged 85 died Saturday at his home in Emerald township Paulding county Funeral services were held at his residence and at Junction Catholic church with Rev Cappe officiating Burial was at Junction Mrs Deitrick Bessling died at her Richland township home aged 40 She leaves husband and six children including a five weeks old babe Services were held at Florida Lutheran church conducted by Rev Rottman and burial followed at Florida cemetery
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Francis Myers
Emerald Township
Paulding County
Junction Catholic Church
Rev
Cappe
Junction
Deitrick Bessling
Richland Township
Babe
Florida Lutheran Church
Rottman
Florida Cemetery
Local notes on Toledo scenes and a hasty marriage
Mrs Ed Travis and children returned to Toledo after visiting Mrs Travis' mother Mrs Knapp. A marriage license was granted to Charles Seibert and Emma Lydia Neipert, both of Toledo. Industrial work on the canal raceway near City Hall is under way with concrete and timber structures and heavy machinery. A brief domestic story reports that Mrs Pearl Murphy Baker was deserted by her husband after less than four days of marriage, with the husband signaling trouble from St Louis. The couple had lived in Toledo before.
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Ed. Travis
Toledo
Charles €. Seibert
Emma Lydia Neipert
Third Street
City Hall
Defiance Machine Works
Schneider Bros
Robert C. Baker
Pearl Murphy
Hicksville
Baker
St. Louis
Courtship and marriage of Baker noted in local account
The narrative recalls Baker and his wife in a steady courtship and during the week before the wedding while Baker was in Hicksville he did not mention another woman, making his later conduct hard to explain. Baker is a young man with parents living in South Dakota.
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Baker
Hicksville
South Dakota
Wreck in France Claims Banker and Daughter
Cincinnati banker J. S. Scumipnarr suffers a broken rib and loses his daughter when C. M. Schwab's automobile crashes in France on Thursday.
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J. S. Scumipnarr
Cincinnati
C. M. Schwab
France
Negro convict electrocuted for guard’s murder in 1905
BoTLest Styles, a Black inmate, was executed in the prison annex shortly after midnight Thursday for the murder of W. H. Moorehead, a penitentiary guard, in December 1905.
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Botlest Styles
W. H. Moorehead
Saloon Keeper Bound Over in Stamp Theft Case
Frep C. Bowrz of Ft Wayne, a Democratic county committee member, saloon keeper, was bound over to the Federal court last week on a charge of buying and selling postage stamps known to have been stolen.
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Frep C. Bowrz
Ft. Wayne
Democratic County Committee
Democrats Hint at Taft and Cannon Trip to Maine
Some Democratic papers claim the administration would send Taft and Cannon to Maine to aid Representative Littlefield. Littlefield was reelected on the 10th, so the move is seen as political capital even if unnecessary.
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Taft
Cannon
Maine
Littlefield
Sunday Baseball Sermon Sparks Quick Rebuttal
A clergyman confronts a boy playing baseball on Sunday, warning of sin and asking the boy what his father would say. The boy retorts that his father is playing short stop, deflecting the question with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
Estella
Detroit Free Press
Notice to banks for school district depository bids
The Highlang Township Defiance County Ohio Board of Education invites sealed proposals from banks to become the district depository for a period to be determined. Proposals must offer at least 2 percent interest and will be accepted until noon October 15 1906 when bids will be opened.
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Ohio
Board of Education
Highlang Township
Defiance County
General Assembly
State of
Defiance Township
G W Weisen Burger Michael Carey Charles Block
Farmer Township
P. C
State of Ohio
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