23 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
The Bellefontaine Republican
Location
Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
1
Rushsylvania hosts sessions of the Fine Farmers Institute program with local demonstrations and talks by regional experts. Attendees preview crop techniques, soil health practices, and cooperative farming insights for the season ahead.
The M E Church hosts a Farmers Institute at the Aashsylvania Methodist church on December 6 and 7. The schedule lists lectures on fertilizers pasture and corn, hay making and cement on the farm, music with piano solos, and talks on educating daughters for farming, with lines attributed to J P Rad L Goddard Minnie Dickinson and others.
Mrs Frances Koons wife of Levi Koons dies at home in Harrison township near Bellefontaine from two strokes of apoplexy suffered on Tuesday She was born December 5 1890 near Culpeper Court House Virginia married August 1848 two sons Andrew and Edward one died in childhood Andrew survives on a nearby farm Funeral services by Rev Jesse Swank Friday at 10 AM from home Interment Greenwood cemetery DeGraffi The Koons joined Blue Jacket Methodist Church then Bellefontaine Methodist Episcopal later. Meanwhile Mechanicsburg Mickle Cheney factory eyed Urbana and Marysville bid to lure plant with around 60 female workers offering steady year round wages.
A Danish vessel Greda reaches St Johns with a injured captain and a dead mate after a fierce tornado. Navy orders new dispositions to deactivate cruisers San Francisco New Orleans Atlanta and gunboat Marietta. Col Stephen Bassford dies in New York City. Moorish performers deported from St Louis. Francis A Brokoski dies by his own action at the Republican Marching club in Chicago. Ex Gov James P Eagle dies at Little Rock after illness. Steel price increases set by the Steel Bar and steel plate associations. Immigrant influx forecast by Frank P Sargent. Tsushima seizes Nigretta with contraband cargo. Turkey seeks a long loan for artillery. J Pierpont Morgan buys an antique piano from Vivoll. Nine nuns rescued from a Chicago convent fire. Massachusetts board finds vindication for its officers over a gasket tragedy. Lisbon storm claims many lives. Charleston coroner’s jury blames unsafe bridge and neglect. Senator Platt defiant over senatorial choice and party loyalties. Russian mobilization expects 200000 more troops. Col Ames pardoned in Minnesota.
A Bellefontaine merchant in modest means confesses on his deathbed that he and another man kidnapped Lillie McDonald six years earlier. The girl, adopted by Mary L. McCabe in Bellefontaine, was later identified as McDonald’s daughter after a long search. McCabe to accompany James McDonald to Cincinnati.
A solitary Miss Mab invites a widowed father and his daughter Cynthia living in a harsh boarding-house world to share a Christmas dinner. The act brings warmth, companionship, and a sense of family as the family bonds form around hospitality and mutual love.
A study of Isaiah 9 prophetic themes before Christ, detailing the Messiah’s titles Wonderful Counselor Mighty God Everlasting Father Prince of Peace and the anticipated peaceful, righteous, everlasting government. It cites Matthew and John connections and emphasizes fulfillment through Jesus.
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