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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1904
Page
4
The notice marks mail matter of the second class for the Daily Evening Edition at Defiance Ohio, indicating distribution and classification rules for the publication.
E P McCORD announces candidacy for the office of Sheriff subject to the Republican county convention decision. He seeks party support and outlines his run as a GOP nominee.
Secretary of State Laylin announced new boards of election supervisors. Four counties received complete overhauls while others kept one Republican and one Democrat alongside several holdovers. Appointments listed: Defiance G W Helpman Peter Seible Allen M M Langan R B Tolen Witron F L Darby Wm L Biddle Henry Wm H McKee Henry F Delventhal Paulding Henry R Spring W D Jackson Putnam R W Jones Chas Malone Van Wert Marcus Mark Earl F Ferguson Williams John M Shafer M R Scott.
Cleveland leader Cou J L Smrra elected superintendent of the Xenia Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home succeeding Gen Young of Toledo.
Mrs Nelson A Miles wife of Ben Miles died at West Point Monday night at age 62. She was the daughter of Judge Herman and born at Mansfield. She is survived by her husband a son and a daughter.
Zion Dowie claims the current warm spell is caused by millions of tiny devils in the air, sent by the evil one to torment sinners. The remark frames weather as a moral scourge in a humorous or sensational manner.
Mrs. Josiah Snavely, long time Monroe township resident in Allen county, lies in Zion cemetery awaiting death. The eight year old heiress is valued at nearly $50 000 and has no heirs.
Otto Fahnestock aged 21 and a University of Minnesota graduate is dying from complications of smoking. He reportedly began smoking during college, later contracted tuberculosis as a result of the habit.
W S Tangney an agent for the Big Four railroad in Milford Center is accused of making several fifty dollar American Express money orders and then leaving with the funds. Tangney formerly from Bellefontaine now in Southern Michigan, is the second agency agent to disappear in the past month.
Rupert E. Parreson died of pneumonia at his residence in Over- according to local notices. Funeral arrangements were pending and services were expected to be announced by the family.
Brook of the Philadelphia area born December 8 1850 in Maryland. He served twice as Philadelphia Comptroller and was elected governor in 1882 and 1890. He was defeated for the governor's office in 1902 by Governor Pennypacker and recently participated in the Democratic convention in St. Louis where the strain weakened him.
Leroy DeBarr of Adams Express Co in Cleveland is missing and suspected to be short 2500 dollars. Traced to St Louis and Decatur Illinois. His household goods were sold and his 18 year old wife went to her father's home in Ashland. Barr supposedly phoned the main office daily to inflate freight charges, skim the excess, and keep the difference.
Last week in Ohio two plowed sites yielded valuables. James Garwood bought a Logan county farm and uncovered a coin cache. On Walker farm in Adams county an old kettle held 1800 dollars in gold and 350 in silver, with 1400 more buried earlier. The elder Walker is dead and the exact treasure location remains unknown.
Joseph Phillippi of Findlay files for divorce from Jennie Phillippi alleging she misrepresented prior marriages and children. He claims she obtained multiple divorces for drunkenness and that she lied about her own marital history. He also accuses her of failing to keep household duties on schedule.
The postmaster general orders rural mailboxes to have signals showing if mail is inside. Many boxes already have metal flags. A new rule allows two or more families to share a single box if they sign an agreement and file it with the postmaster, reducing unused roadside boxes and labor for carriers.
Lewis Stolle of Columbus, who enlisted from Iowa in 1862, seeks to recover a Wright county Iowa farm sold for taxes in 1864 during his Civil War service. His lawyers note a 9th General Assembly law exempting soldiers land from sale during service and two months after. He intends to contest the tax sale and regain title.
A new saloon named Tur Subway Tavern debuts in New York on Tuesday under a plan combining Norwegian and English public house elements. Bishop Potter delivers the address and the doxology is sung. The venture seeks a maximum 5 percent profit and features a front soda fountain selling sanitary sodas and beer, with double doors to a large back room housing a long bar and a free lunch counter.
The notice lists small tables and a large phonograph with meals served from soda water to whiskey and champagne. It bans women from the back room but allows beer at the counter, bars intoxicated patrons, and discourages treating. It requires men to buy their own drinks and forbids the bartender from “setting em up.”
John Alexander Dowie denounces officer misuse of church funds at Zion. He warns detectives will monitor officers, cites theft during services, and says no courting without parental consent. He imposes marriage prerequisites and vows to approve unions only for those deemed morally fit and financially prepared.
Daniel A. Wood a respected Kokomo Indiana attorney and known figure announces he will vote the Republican ticket from top to bottom in the November election. Once a Bryan Democrat he now abandons the party after Bryan’s defeat and shifts allegiance to Republicans.
The article portrays Russell Sage as a relentless money maker with little interest in philanthropy or personal pleasure. It argues his wealth brings only financial power while all other aspects of life remain austere and unfulfilling. Sage is described as living plainly, distrustful of others handling affairs, and focused solely on increasing wealth.
American sprinter Arthur Duffy is defeated by J. W. Morton of South London Harriers in a photo finish 100 yard dash at the Rochdale amateur athletics championships in England.
The article contrasts vivid battlefield reporting with the steep economic and human price of war. It cites Mulhall and M. Roche estimates showing daily costs for France, Russia, Britain, and Japan, and highlights Japanese worker Okano Hidegiro who diverts wages to family support after divorcing his wife to serve.
A light quarrel between a couple ends with a firm threat of a week-long silence. The exchange reveals a playful, affectionate mood beneath the dispute. No one is harmed and neighbors note the scene as a minor domestic moment.
A lighthearted section contrasts women of different styles facing heat. Mrs Foolish, Mrs Commonsense, Miss Oldfashioned, Miss Jones, Miss Star, and Mrs Wisdom each cope with hot days using clothes, beds, and routines. The piece weaves fashion, diet, and leisure into a playful portrait of coping with summer.SPORTING NOTES. Jimmy Gardiner is out for the light weight championship and is eager to meet Joe Gans. C. Fox recently bought Africander, the champion three-year-old of last year, for $15,000, Jim Corbett is now a baseball enthusiast and is captain of the Bayside Athletic club team of Bayside, N. . Ike Weir, the Belfast Spider, who some years ago was a crack feather weight, is now in Australia with Billy Murphy. The fight promoters of Butte, Mont, have decided to bury the hatchet, and boxing will be allowed to continue by the mayor. Harry Corbett has already placed $1,500 on Jack Munroe against Jim Jeffries, betting that Munroe will come up for the fifteenth round if Jeff does. At the opening of the Brighton Beach (N. Y.) race meet Hermes, carrying 133 pounds, equaled the track record of Voter, 1:38, who carried but 122 pounds. Young Corbett insists that Jimmy Britt shall box him inside of two months or not at all. Corbett refuses to wait until December unless given liberty to take on other matches.
Misses Angie Wright Nora Shafer from Hickeville and Rose and Anna OConnor from Defiance accompanied Defiance county to Ohio University summer session in Athens. The article notes the university's founding date the faculty size and scope of programs plus the campus setting near the Hocking River and its aging, tree shaded grounds.
Hicksville and Payne residents attended last week s races and various visitors from Water loo Bryan Defiance and Ontario among others stopped in. Despite rain Thursday the crowd grew Friday with solid receipts. Local tradesmen and families rebuilt porches and hosted carnival and bowling alley changes as news of births and illness touched the community.
Mrs Hiram Sanderson of Janesville credits Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for strengthening their weak baby. The physician advised the remedy and one package left the child rosy and healthy, signed by Weisenburger and Hmery.
In Defiance County Ohio the Defiance Home Saving and Loan Association sues Fillmore Krotz C H Wiltsie and others for 1222.86 plus 109.14 taxes on lots 9 and 10 block 7 in Defiance city seeking mortgage foreclosure and sale to satisfy the claim with liens marshalled. Wiltsie must answer by September 8 1904.
Defiance and nearby towns host visits as J H Hockman and others spend Sundays with friends. The Stryker and Bryan areas report a 5 to 2 win for our team over Ridgeville with upcoming games in Bryan. A wedding near Stryker sends Jennie Cameron to St Paul and a note on community picnics and celebrations.
Threshing dominates farm work with several local activities noted. Mr and Mrs O 8S Mansfield celebrate a baby boy. J A Wagner installs a wind font. Curley Thompson drills a well for James Zimmerman. Daniel Myers nears completion on his house. Ome Bottant paints W R Summerland’s dwelling. A Defiance carnival draws locals. a large wheat sale to Defiance parties last week. bridge work started last week. Funeral for J McClure held at Continental with Rev. ES Weaver. Mrs L W Mansfield and son Charles plan a Zion City trip. donation for Hiram Myers aid day. Myers remains in critical condition. Thus Boyd shows no improvement. Geo Hughes shows a new bicycle.
Threshing dominates local activity as Frank Strahm visits W M Hancock on Tuesday. A crowd from this place attended a Defiance carnival last week. Several families travel to Evansport and Ney for visits, including James Figley and Adisa Motter with relatives. Local residents Mr Boters, Mr Weaner, W M Pollock, and Ed Keoppe with families are noted visiting or hosting over the weekend.
Dr. R. R. Parcher physician and surgeon with office and residence at 67 Wayne street lists hours 7 to 9 am 1 to 3 pm and 7 to 9 pm and Sunday 8 to 10 4 m. New phone 415.
A large tent meeting one mile north of Oakland M E church and six miles west of Ayersville on the river runs from August several days to the 22nd Reverend D F Knisely of Batson preaches at Oakland Junction Sunday. Rev Vir Den leads a fall orchestra and will baptize in the river the first Sunday. The Highland township Sunday school convention at Calvary church was successful and the Baptist quarterly meeting drew ministers from Indiana. The telegraph crew moves to New Bavaria soon and a farmers picnic is planned for the last week of August.
Ma andi Mrs Henry Beiderwell of Antwerp called on S Stock Sunday Flora Peters visited Ezra Rethmel Sunday Vesta Stock and wife and daughter called on OT Benner Sunday Quite a number attended the carnival at Defiance last week Mary Gares and Bertha Steve called on Flora Draine Friday Orestas Geres Amos Shilling Dora and Hattie Alshouse spent a few days in Butler Indiana last week Minnie and Lottie Rethmer called on friends last netties Mrs W Burk and children a North Dakota visiting here
Miss Lizzie Kalb returns to Toledo after a month with her parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Kalb. New York visitors Miss Kati Holtsman and companion leave for New York after two weeks with Mrs Christian Ashbacher. Detroit guests Miss Bertha Holtsman and companion spend weeks with Mrs Christ Ashbacher. Mr Lerois assists Fred Hiler during harvest. Defiance carnival drew good local attendance. A strange small animal killed here last week initially thought to be an ermine but identified as a ferret after consulting Johnnett's zoology.
A lender advertises safe real estate mortgages funded personally by the seller. He promises prompt funds after land and title are examined, with refunds if the mortgage is not as represented.
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