East Defiance Fire Levels Two Barns in High Wind
A Thursday blaze in East Defiance destroyed two large barns and a shed, with another shed and a residence scorched. The fire started in Jacob Fillman's barn when children playing with matches ignited it, spreading via wind to Mrs. Hahn's barn and nearby structures. Fire crews battled flames for about an hour, preventing wider damage. total loss runs into thousands of dollars. No animals were harmed.
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Defiance
Jacob Fillmann
Second Street
Seneca
Fillman
Ft. Wayne
Dan McKnight
Mr. McKnight
Seneca Street
Turnbull Factory
Jas
Society Notes Highlight Weddings And Club Meeting
Miss Olive Smith hosted a young people party for Miss Julia Rick while Miss Bertha Bruckhauser celebrated her fifteenth birthday with friends. Deputy sheriff Fred W Kopp wed Frederika Rabmel at St John’s Lutheran and Orville Kuhn married Mabel McGovney in Toledo. The Presbyterian Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society meets Monday at 2 30 at Mrs George Fergusons home with topics on Japan caste and rally and Current Events led by Mrs J F Deatrick Mrs H E Myers will lead the discussion.
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Fred W Kopp
W Kopp
Frederika Rabmel
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Kiess
Orville Kuhn
Mabel Mc Iowney
Toledo
Kuhn
Defiance Steam Laundry
Miss Kuhn
John H McGovney
The
Women’s Home and
Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
George Ferguson
Jefferson Street
J F Deatrick
Japan
A K Harrold
H E Myers
Ward Caucuses Set Nominations in Four City Wards
Dems met in four wards on September 20 to nominate committeemen councilmen and assessors. In ward one R H Gleason and William Deark chosen, Ernest Dalldorf named for assessor. Ward two saw eight attendees with M A Horn renominated for council and Angus Grant to continue assessor. North side selections included J H Hockman for committeeman and Andrew Groselle for assessor, with Peter Doneyer named for Fourth ward council. Other notices cover local visits, marriages, divorces, and a library gift as well as a water test result for the Fourth ward school.
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R H Gleason
William Deark
Ernest Dalldorf
M A Horn
Angus Grant
Ed Murphy
J H Hockman
Andrew Groselle
Peter Doneyer
F Feigenbaum
Obed Otto
H Wolf
Westrick
State Board of Health
Fourth Ward
Board of Health
State Board
Schmaltz Nominated for Mayor in City Democratic Primary
W A Schmaltz won the mayoral nomination with 322 votes, 155 ahead of JJ Malley and 55 for WI Rath as 547 total Democratic votes were cast. JD Lamb was nominated for council president with 392 votes, and W D Gill for city solicitor received 418. Feigenbaum and Sommerer were named councilmen at large, Chenevert defeated for renomination, Mains and Minsel led the Board of Public Service nominations.
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W A Schmaltz
JJ Malley
WI Rath
JD Lamb
W D Gill
Frank Feigenbaum
Frank Sommer Jr
C Si Chenevert
A M Minsel
F J Mains
Board of Public Service
Dr. Rigrish
Geo. Wohn
Schmaltz
Malley
Rath
H. J Jennings
W D Hill
F Feigenbaum
Frank Sommerer
C E Chenevert
Eigrish
Mains
Minsel
Woha
Autumn Social Marks Birthdays And Euchre Party At Houghton Home
On September 20 Ir H E Myers celebrated his thirty ninth milestone joined by F W Cheney for a combined birthday event hosted by Mixal and Mrs Henry Houghton in Holgate avenue Holgate. About fifty ladies attended a euchre afternoon with seven tables in the parlors and library decorated with asters nasturtiums and vines. Prizes were won by Mrs Henry Seither and Mrs John R Wilhelm luncheon followed served by the hostess and assistants Besse Kirtley Elizabeth Woodward Minne and Belle Houghton.
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Ir H E Myers
Salmagunodi
F W Cheney
Ir. Myers
Mr. Cheney
Isabelle Adams
Indianapolis
Edith Walls
Buffalo
Houghton
Holgate Avenue
Mixal Houghton
Henry Houghton
Euchre
Henry Seither
John R Wilhelm
Besse Kirtley
Elizabeth Woodward
Minne
Belle Houghton
Card of Thanks from the Breckbill Family
The Breckbill family thanks the Fort Defiance lodge of ICOF for their kind hearty assistance during the illness and death of our father and husband. Our thanks cannot be expressed in words.
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Fort Defiance
ICOF
Breckbill Family
New agent Ford and LM assume Kalida to Defiance rail duties
C C Winter is named agent with full charge of the Kalida Defiance line and the Kalida Lima section while Col Hobart oversees the southern extension construction. The company rents the former News office for a depot and freight house and aims to complete Columbus service by next fall with a likely additional train soon.
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C Winter
Kalida
Defiance
Lima
Col. Hobart
Columbus
Continental News
Death of George Dunlap
George Dunlap died Sunday evening at his Highland township home five miles southeast of the city at age 63. Survived by wife and six children including Edward H Dunlap of the Hub Clothing Store. services held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the residence and 2 p.m. at Highland township Baptist church conducted by Rev. Roberts. He was a member of Bishop Post G AR.
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George Dunlap
Highland Township
Highland Township Baptist Church
Roberts
Bishop Post, G AR
Home Made Baked Goods Promoted by Royal Baking Powder
An advertisement extols home baking using Royal Baking Powder. It promises fresher, cleaner, tastier cakes muffins and tea biscuits made at home, claiming Royal Powder saves time and money and outshines shop-bought baked goods.
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Royal
Naming a vessel a tale from President Arthur
During his presidency on the Dispatch at Newport President Arthur declined Secretary Chandler's push to name a new dispatch boat the Concord. Arthur favored Dolphin to suggest speed while Chandler pressed Concord in homage to colonial resistance. The Dolphin was named, and Concord appeared later after Arthur's influence waned.
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Arthur
Dispatch
Newport
Chandler
Dolphin
Concord
Pitcairn
New Hampshire
Reeder
Ants Across the Globe and Their Colony Roles
The passage outlines ant distribution and colony structure. It notes male ants are smaller than females and winged originally, workers are wingless neuters, and soldiers have armored heads, with roles varying within colonies.
Stream Runns Up Hill In Georgia
A curious natural phenomenon in White county Georgia shows a spring at mountain crest acting like a siphon. Water jets from the top and climbs up a steep incline for about a half mile before continuing east toward the Atlantic Ocean. The spectacle rivals Yellowstone geysers in oddity.
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White County
Atlantic Ocean
Yellowstone
Overconfidence signals decline in a man's career
A Success Magazine quote warns that overconfidence marks the start of deterioration and that the best work comes when one struggles to secure a position and achieve their ambition through effort and longing.
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Success Magazine
The Real Tests of Honest Men in Delegated Trust
A Missouri man questions honesty while recounting trust placed in another with hundreds of thousands of dollars. He notes not having tested the person with simple items like a book or umbrella, highlighting guarded judgment. The Washington Star citation frames the dilemma of integrity.
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Missouri
Washington Star
Miss Passey and a Moment Lost in Youth
A reminiscence recalls Blanche asking if Miss Passey had a proposal at sixteen and Blanche noting she was young and thoughtless for not accepting the offer. The exchange highlights a missed chance and reflects on youthful folly.
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Miss Passey
Blanche
Love of Work and Froude’s Resolve in Illness
The historian Froude faced a cancerous illness that slowly wore him down yet showed moments of improvement. When told he might not return to work, he answered that if return was impossible, he did not wish to live.
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Froude
Ground glass door divides preaching and practice in Christianity
Quote notes a gap between declared faith and lived religion as highlighted by Puck. The line suggests a visible barrier between preaching and daily religious practice, reflecting critical wit on church behavior.
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Puck
Death of Mrs Hull
Mrs. Sarah E. Hull wife of Sylvester Hull died Saturday evening at 819 Washington street from consumption. Ill for ten months she leaves four children Karl Weaner Grover A Pliney H and William A. Funeral was Tuesday at home with Rev P O Rhodes of the United Brethren church officiating and the body interred at Riverside cemetery.
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Sarah E. Hull
Sylvester Hull
Washington Street
Hull
Karl Weaner
Grover A
Pliney H
William A
P O Rhodes
United Brethren Church
Riverside Cemetery
Deaths of John Hohenburger infant and George E Graves
The infant son of Mr and Mrs John Hohenburger died after a one day illness at 1 year 8 months 5 days. Funeral at Frank Sapps residence with Rev Engers. burial Riverside cemetery. George E Graves aged 82 years 2 months 18 days died at his Ayersville Avenue home. Known in the city for 26 years largely by begging. wife and grown children survive. Funeral at Graves home. Rev B W Slagle officiated. burial Riverside cemetery.
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George Graves
Ayersville Ave
B W Slagle
Riverside Cemetery
John
John Hohenburger
Frank Sapp
Engers
George E Graves
Ayersville Avenue
Mr. Graves
Graves
Advertised Letters at Defiance Post Office
The list of uncalled letters for the Defiance Ohio post office for the week ending September 19 1905 includes Ed Blanchard Abe Boodner Nicola Curcio James Devery J A McCoy James Martin Joszeaf Puskarczyk Wojciech Puszkarczyk Ernest Riley Theo W Wells Geo Wilson Mrs J M Dolan Miss Cornelia Sisco. If not claimed within 14 days they will be sent to the dead letter office. Postmaster C J Thompson notices.
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Defiance
Ohio
Ed Blanchard
Abe Boodner
Nicola Cur¢io
James Devery
J A McCoy
James Martin
Joszeaf Puskarczyk
Wojciech Puszkarczyk
Ernest Riley
Theo W Wells
Geo. Wilson
J M Dolan
Cornelia Sisco
C.J. Thompson
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East Side
Olive Smith
Julia Rick
Bertha Bruckhauser
Marie Geiger
Laura Bruckhauser
WARD
Edward Squire
Okalona
Mrs.c Clumm
Chicago
Sheriff W G Kopp
Leona Oxenrider
Bryan
Mrs. Clare
Polson
Holgate
Louis Marshall
R W Wortman
Deshler
J W Reidenbaugh
Raymond
Clara Schuman
Susan Shelly
Cassopolis, Michigan
S F Shelly
Charles Shanklin
Alice Rise
Milford Township
Reedmyer
John Reedmyer
Mary Schuon
Lansing, Mich
Wm. Kopp
Jack Malley
Jack
Napoleon Signal
Nelle van Skiver
Mrs. Mary
Henry Kirschner
Fremont
Miss Beiderstead
Clinton Street
John E Mann
Susie Reed
Hicksville
J P Buffington
the Baptist Church
Triphena Butler
William Cole
William Miller
Sherwood
Ira Uline
C Scherger & Son
Delphos With
M J Walz
First Street
Moon
Mr. Scherger
Sarah West
Josiah West
Mark Center
Winn & Hay
Albert Foyer
Common Pleas
American Steel Package Co
W Taylor
Foyer
Common Pleas Court
Taylor
Democrats
Coshocton
Chenevert
Emma McCullough
Robert
Mary Corrigan
H H Mollencup
Fred Conrad
Hicksville Pike
T E Singer
Vimalt
Ford& LM
Cheney
Gheney
Ama Gardner
Ira Gardner
Frank Worthmiller
Marion C Hutchins
Pittsburg
W V Hutchins
Gustav Warner Fechter
Elenor Katheryn Canfield
L J Kirt
Tiffin
Harry Boyer
New York
F Boyer
Charles Beatty
Ed White
Harry E Winkler
Hall Printing Company
Jacob Adams
Findlay
Mr Adams
O VI
Pemberville
Royal Baking Powder CO
Mrs. Hull
United States Treasury
United States Courts
Defiance County
Defiance City
Balt & Ohio Railroad
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