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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1879
Page
3
A mosaic of small items from Defiance and surrounding areas includes freezes, crop warnings, court docket notes, infrastructure updates, business moves, social notices, and upcoming entertainment. Mentions of Paulding county visitors, new millinery styles, and local personalities pepper the column.
The firm of Krotz Brothers is renamed Krotz and Morse. New partners bring grocery trade experience from Cary and Carroll and Zeller and Bruner. Both men are described as practical, capable buyers, and to be easy to deal with.
In Defiance the Ebright murder theory unravels as residents recount a prior shooting and a bizarre blood episode. Eyewitnesses report Ebright bought two quarts of beef blood, smeared it around, discarded his hat and pocket-book, then fled toward Leadville aboard the 9 o clock train. Police say they saw him Wednesday night near his home and found the stained pail Thursday.
Report describes two large blood pools near a repair shop and coal shed on the Wabash railroad yard in Defiance. Hat with gashes and a pocketbook tie the scene to Joseph H. Ebright of Defiance Machine Works who vanished after stating he would reach Fort Wayne to meet his wife. Police searched but found no body. theory suggests foul play and body transported on a freight train.
The notice surveys farm living in Independence county with frost impacts on crops and fruit. It notes Jonas Spitler’s visit, a death of Mrs Limersall, a new Sabbath school, and six month school terms for local teachers. It mentions fish catching, a sick resident, state dam repair plans, and navigation concerns due to a low canal level. Local brethren from Hicksville comment on timeliness.
A patchwork of town items covers crops weather, taxes, builders, and people leaving or arriving. Mentions Mr. A. P. Green, Edgerton, Dan, Rev. Lynch and Quick, local mills, repairs, new council needs, and decoration day plans amid civic concerns and social events.
From Our Own Correspondent in Sherwood, the writer lampoons local politics and school funding disputes. He cites a $700 appropriation for a new schoolhouse, accuses the Board of Education of fumbled actions over a “robbery” in the township treasury, and questions partisan fairness in handling cases of alleged financial wrongdoing.
D Crowl returns from Nebraska as mumps spread this spring. Poor May corn and good wheat prospects locally. Farmers busy. little town business. M Kettenring of Defiance Machine Works displayed his Riding Sulky Plow. Whisky caused a hand injury on a straw cutter. A Quaker preacher drew attention at U B church. Twenty three teacher applicants tied to Saturday exam. F M Thompson ill. James Coulter helped Slagle with exam questions. Ira Gingery now runs W S Richards Co after an spring assignment. Log cabin music on Spencerville road plus $1 75 for cigars. Married life viewed as first step by a couple. Revs Sligle and Quick preached in Defiance and the Presbyterian church respectively. Hooded horse trading led to a rough day for the buyer.
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