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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1904
Page
8
An intruder visiting Mrs. Nancy Newman, an elderly settler, was struck on the head with a stove poker by the woman after an insulting remark. The blow left a large gash and left the man insensible for a time. Snyder wanted prosecution but no authorities would intervene.
Neil Tuttle and wife with Isaac Deveaux and wife returned from camping on Tuttle's Island. L L Canfield returned fromOxford with advanced music studies at Miami University. A 14 month old child of Christ Grossman died. funeral held at Mouth Ridge Lutheran Church. Black of Bowling Green visited town expressing interest in moving there. C B Froment traveled to Washington DC to escort his daughter to a summer home near Greenwich Connecticut. Landis of Delphi predicts Indiana Republican victory. post office carrier salaries to 720 a year. Excavation near Butler farm shows oil prospects. pumps failed near 160 feet margin. Refignee Arms Co. buys old bicycle works building. 100 workers planned. Accidents: Shull fell from a barn roof injuring both arms. Elmer Keesbury killed on B&O near Warren. burial at Sherwood.
Mr and Mrs Geo Weber and son Fundayed at George Clouse's. Wm Pollock and family of Ney visited Wm Figley. James Figley and wife with mother-in-law Mrs Donley West of Ney spent Sunday at John Hancock's. Geo Fair and family visited Fred Slough in De fiance Thursday and attended the carnival. MD Hall drove to Evansport Sunday. Columbus is threatened with a water famine and fears of another epidemic are entertained.
Judge Parker tendered his resignation after a court session in Albany New York on Friday.
Mrs Mark Hanna contributed 5000 dollars to the Ohio campaign fund and 5000 dollars to the National Republican committee, supporting party efforts at both state and national levels.
J J Snyper a prominent Logan business man and hardwood lumber king of Ohio died at his home Saturday at age 50.
A column reports a police officer was suspended for forty five days on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer. He served as porter in a saloon for the drinks each morning.
A bromide explosion in a car on the Wabash line damaged a shipment of tobacco weighing two thousand pounds. The incident occurred a few days ago and caused significant loss to the consignor.
Miss Helen Clundzinski of Fremont sustained deep hand injuries after a fruit can burst. The broken glass severed two fingers and doctors weigh possible amputation.
William Barnees, summoned from Bellefontaine to New Richmond due to his mother's illness, fell from the train, breaking his arm and sustaining additional injuries.
W. T. Brown files a bankruptcy petition in Findlay listing liabilities of 7720 dollars and noting he owns only the clothes on his back and one set of underwear.
Frank G. Mann resigns as Delaware County Democratic chair over disbelief in the party platform and announces support for the Republican Party, deeming it more representative of the people and less aligned with Wall Street.
Thieves raided a church at Heplo stealing more than half of its lumber, valued at several hundred dollars. The culprits were traced several miles away as investigators pursued the case.
A fragmentary notice states Powell, identified as the Fellow in Ohio, left one fourth of a sum around ten dollars to the Evangelical Lutheran church of Bellefontaine, where he was a long time member.
The body of Francie Price, buried at Springfield on Friday, was disinterred Saturday for a post mortem. A brother suspects poisoning while the physician had ruled death due to apoplexy.
The New York World argues President Roosevelt has yielded to the trusts based on private information from August Belmont, describing the claim as a firm belief.
Toledo groom James Gill wed Missouri Arkansas Napoleon Four Mile Below the Mouth of the Ohio Alsher at Seven Mile Ohio on Sunday. The bride’s father explains she was named after an aunt in Napoleon Ohio about 400 miles below the Ohio River mouth.
Bryan writes in The Commoner that Democrats who bolted in 1896 and 1900 grow louder in demanding no bolting this year 1904. He warns bolting is a medicine some men love to mix but want others to take.
Mrs. ALIce Walkup wife of Frank Walkup a newspaper man of Wapakonetta died from paralysis after a six year struggle. Her husband who survives her was at one time editor and publisher of newspapers at St. Marys Van Wert and Wapakoneta.
Grover may balance a political stump with fishing if the trout bite is good. A strong season could push him to stay by the stream, dictating magazine pieces while keeping his bank-side post.
Sandusky resident Mrs Lottie Kern files for an injunction to halt her wealthy farmer husband from transferring further property to John Alexander Dowie. The petition alleges the husband is under Dowie’s influence, squandering assets and neglecting his family.
The St Marys church choir walked out in protest after being forbidden to buy new song books and told to sing the old songs forever. The rebellion led all members, seven women among them, to sit in the audience and the church has since done without a choir. The community watches the outcome with interest.
Jonx Rour, 66, wed his fourth wife Elizabeth C. Briggs, 62, in a Lima ceremony conducted by Mayor Robb. Rour objected to the phrase man and wife and urged the mayor to say husband and wife, while handing the mayor a tenner and telling his bride she now belongs to him.
Jupek R. D. Youngblood of Mount Vernon Illinois, a longtime Democrat and county judge of Gallatin county for eight years, along with twelve years as judge in the 2d Illinois judicial circuit, announces support for Roosevelt and Fairbanks this fall. He says public office has been given but honest duty not valued. The move shocks Southern Illinois observers.
Isaac Staples of St Paul states three eminent physicians gave up on him before claiming Rocky Mountain Tea cured him completely. He calls it a great tonic and notes availability as 850 tea or tablets from Welaenburger and Emery.
The article notes Democratic strategist Crane and Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas persuaded the nominees that Illinois is not a doubtful state. Bailey agreed Illinois is secure and joined Crane in saying only one Midwest state and two Eastern states remain uncertain for the election.
Thirty Italians once settled near Kalispell Montana by the Great Northern Railway, twenty seven remain. This week twenty seven dark eyed daughters of Italy aged under 30 and mostly 15 to 29 passed through St Paul in Naples colors to marry fellow countrymen already there. A year ago an Naples agent began correspondence to secure brides. this is the outcome.
The piece denies Senator Foraker as a hunter of leaders or a disruptor of the Republican party. It questions why the Democratic press repeatedly brands him a disorganizer and predicts Herrick’s renomination with Foraker Cox and Dick aiding the effort.
An inspector for the Grand Republic, sister ship to the Gen Slocum, found crew confusion during a fire drill. He reported burst fire hose, aging life preservers from 1877, damaged life boats with rotted or broken parts, faulty oar locks, and rivets that were merely false heads. The Grand Republic recently carried passengers to Coney Island and had been warned to schedule a re inspection but did not comply.
A compact set of wry aphorisms about memory, honesty, work, and human folly. The lines mix humor and ethics, noting bluff can rival wealth, good memory being selective, poets as born not made, and self deception as a devilish check.
The Manhattan division of the New York subway is nearly finished with thirteen and a half miles of lines from the Battery to 230th street and beyond. The project cost about 55 million dollars with equipment at 15 million. The system aims to carry over 115 million yearly on Manhattan and 200 million systemwide once Brooklyn is completed.
A retelling of the great seal of England and its bizarre mishaps. The seal has been hidden in a flower bed, tossed into the Thames, and used as a pancake pan, with several chancellors and royal figures involved in dramatic losses and quick replacements. It highlights the seal as a symbol of sovereignty and its odd, storied history through the years.
The article recalls young Walter Scott judged dull by peers and early teachers. One precursor called him the boy with the thickest skull in the school. At Edinburgh University a professor summed up the future wizard as a dunce who would remain.
Nell explains she married him to end the trouble and Belle asks how it worked. Nell answers that it was splendid because he belongs to six clubs.
Della Fox may star next season in A West Point Cadet while Lillian Russell is tapped for a musical next season by Sam S Shubert. Thomas Q Seabrooke retires from Piff Puff Pauf over disputes with Fred C Whitney. Bertha Galland declines a male attire role and will tour Dorothy Verrun of Haddon Hall until February. Billy B Van slated for a new three act musical comedy under Sullivan Harry Woods with George Totten Smith and Ben Shields. Alf Hayman sails for Europe and will be abroad through September, staying mainly in Germany.
A young man named Krieg of Spandau Prussia teases garage watchdogs and falls into their midst. The incident is noted with a local tone and the piece ends with an advertisement for hallister's Rocky Mountain Tea a family tonic priced at 25 cents available from Weisenburger Emery.
Cleveland Moffett reports in Century on the Paris Change where buying a seat among the seventy costs about 3,000,000 francs or more. A candidate must be a Frenchman over twenty five with four years in business, untainted by scandal, approved by the agent and the seventy, and finally by the minister of finances and the head of government before purchase.
Spring forecasts that foulard fashion would fade gave way to a revival as manufacturers produced a new softer foulard in delicate designs. The updated silks have become among the season’s smartest gowns, redefining summer styling.
On Sunday August 28 the B and O Railway offers round trip excursion tickets to Sandusky for ten dollars. A special train departs Defiance at 5 45 am and a return train leaves Sandusky at 6 00 pm.
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