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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
4
Local notices from Defiance include residents visiting relatives and traveling to Bryan Wapakoneta and Defiance. Fire damage prompted neighborly help while people greet visiting relatives and attend a senatorial convention. Washington township schools are set to close this week except the primary.
A list of uncalled letters at the Defiance Ohio post office for the week ending April 28 1903. Gentlemen on the list include Joseph Daub E A Glassburn Edwin McKean Samuel Myers Charles Shock Edward Waters David Wolf. Ladies listed are Mrs J E Clinker Mrs Na Lloyd and Mrs C E McDaniel. Letters unclaimed after 14 days will be sent to the dead letter office by law. Postmaster C J Thompson notes to call and say advertised and provide the date of list.
Mrs Wm Hockiman and daughter Elvie visited Mr and Mrs Kussmal in Adams township for dinner. Blanche Craige spent Sunday with Florence Schultz. Various notes report hay hauled to Defiance, a patient improving, rescheduled preaching, Sunday school times, poultry plans, visits near Stryker, a Cream Ridge evening visit, a horse purchase in Paulding county, corn husking, rat control efforts, a new carriage, and a note about attraction in Germany.
Farmer Marion Smith is recovering after a horse incident. Mr and Mrs John Young plan to move to Toledo to manage a large fruit farm. Clara Sisco visits friends. W S Yeagley celebrates 40th birthday with relatives, lunch, and a new couch. W A Spangler remodels his house. The Farmer township association executive committee arranged the May 23 convention program. P W Burns bought E G Mc Gleason property. J W Winn visits from Defiance.
Clay Dickman manages forty bee stands for Simon Benner near Glen Burg again this season. J A Rasor’s new barn is enclosed. Mrs M Gurwell visits Washington township. Daniel Lehman secured a sawmill outfit to build a new barn and house. Salem Evangelical church hosts quarterly meetings this week with Rev B H Baumgardner presiding. County board may deny street railway tracks on Clinton Street Bridge, hindering travel.
Readable fragments mention a person named Castori and a sequence of names and titles including CBE and Lila. The text is garbled but hints at a possible biographical or ceremonial reference. No clear event, date, or organization details are discernible.
A series of short visits and farm updates from Napoleon and surrounding areas note residents like Fred H. Miller Chas Banner J C Leever Amanda Flechtner and others stopping by the Children's Home and infirmaries. Measles illness spreads among Brubaker children while local farmers report rain value and farm tasks such as fencing roadsters and cattle purchases.
A busy period of visits, errands, and small-town tasks across Pleasant Bend and nearby areas. Residents report relatives stopping by, repairs underway, and local tradespeople making rounds. several journeys to Defiance and Toledo. school and church events noted along with illnesses fading and barn and timber work planned.
Marion Wells visited Mrs. B A Mansfield Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs A Dresher entertained friends from Oakolona several days last week. Mrs Charley Wells visited her mother and other friends in Defiance part of last week. Marion Wells and wife spent Sunday with Mrs Abbott of Defiance township. Mrs T H Mansfield and daughter Ottie drove to Oakwood Monday to visit her sister Mrs E Hill.
Ridgevills reports Mr E A Rowe and wife Anna, and Mrs H Thornton attend first communion at the Catholic church in Napoleon. Maud Rowe closes her school Friday. Ed Wilson and family visit Art Brubaker in Florida. Firman Grice and Flattie Bolley, wed last week at Archbold, visit in Toledo. Dr Claire Campbell and wife stay with grandfather John Scofield. H L Chapman spends Saturday in Napoleon. Levi Scofield of Cleveland attends John Scofield funeral. Wm Shadford and wife visit Defiance friends Sunday.
Brooksville Houston Itanna of Mark town ship spent Sunday visiting his parents M D Hail. The Hail family were in Stryker for a visit Saturday and Sunday. Charles Garlinger and family of Evansport visited here Sunday with Mr and Mrs P M Baltz. James Figley and wife visited their son Grant at Ney on Sunday. Mr Strahm purchased a fine cow on Monday. Neil Doud of Ney was here haying for Westerns last week. Keoppe of Glesbury was here Tuesday. Sinner and four farmers are scraping the road. Mrs John Peterson Tuess evening. Byron Hanna was in Evansport Tuesday evening. OLN Hubaker and wife of Defiance also noted.
Overwork tires the brain’s tiny cells and robs them of rest, leading to fatigue and impaired nerve function. Bromides and sedatives fail. Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills claim to revitalise and quiet the brain, restoring natural sleep. Testimonies from Mrs E H Masters and Mrs J N Jones praise renewed strength, rest, and daytime function after use. Beware imitations. genuine boxes bear the doctor’s portrait and signature. Sold by Woodward’s Drug Store and Buffalo, New York makers.
Washington Township farmers report oat sowing rotted by wet weather while community notices cover social visits, school board appointments, teachers hired across districts, upcoming entertainments, and local incidents including a buggy accident injuring Mrs. Garver.
Defiance resident Geo Fuller called last Thursday. Nellie Fletehner of Fostoria and Amanda Fletehner of Defiance phoned April 1. Mer cer of Hicks visited on business last week. Superintendent and Mrs Leaders attended Grandpa Roehing’s funeral April 14. Blanche Steele released and returned home Hicksville April 10. Glen Leaders with Sheriff McCarty to Gallopolis Friday. Miss Etta Leaders visited sister Mrs W A Partee Angora Ind. Mr and Mrs Sheldon Sanford and children visited last week.
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