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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
4
Office address and court street details list contact points for a bail matter in Defiance Ohio. The snippet notes post office entry, daily edition delivery, and pricing by the week and by mail, with long distance and telephone numbers. Contains structured notices typical of 1900s classifieds.
The Republican delegates from Defiance County meet August 23 1900 at Sherwood Town Hall at 9 30 a m to nominate Sheriff Commissioner Infirmary Director and Coroner. Representation based on votes for George K Nash in 1898 with wards and townships entitled to specified delegate counts. Caucuses begin 7 30 p m with county convention delegates and alternates selected by local party units.
Milford township Republican voters are asked to assemble at the town hall on Saturday evening August 18 1900 at 7 30 to choose seven delegates and seven alternates for the county convention to be held at Sherwood Defiance County Ohio on August 23 1900. A Samuel Click Committeeman for Milford township Defiance County Ohio.
The Republicans of Richland township convene at the town house at 2 pm to appoint delegates and alternates for the county convention in Sherwood, C on Thursday August 23 1900 and to handle other business. GEO Elliott committeeman.
The Republicans of Tiffin township will meet in the town house at 7 30 p m Friday August 17 1900. A convention will be held at Sherwood Ohio Thursday August 23 1900 to consider such other business as may properly come before the meeting. J J CRAINE Committeeman
The Republicans will meet in caucus at the town house at 7 p m for selecting 16 delegates and 16 alternates to attend the county Republican convention at Sherwood on August 23, 1900. U. S. Blue.
The township meeting at the town house on Saturday August 18 1900 at 1 30 PM will select seven delegates and alternates to attend the county Republican convention in Sherwood on August 23 1900. Clay Woodward.
The Republicans of Noble township will meet in caucus at the town house in Brucersburg on Saturday August 18 1900 at 730 PM for choosing five delegates and alternates to attend the county Republican convention at Sherwood on August 23 1900. Fill Hilton Committee chairman.
The Republicans of Washington township meet in caucus at the Ney town house at 6 p.m. The gathering will be held in Sherwood on August 24, 1900, by order of WM. PONLEY.
The text mentions Bryar' long speech, Roosevelt visiting Kentucky for rocks, and a battleship Oregon with a patch on its bulk, framed as reflections on American labor and Democratic administration.
The writer describes a cross region trip from Pittsburg through Washington and Baltimore to Atlantic City and New York. He notes landscapes along the Ohio and Potomac valleys, historic sites like Harper's Ferry, and remarks on Pittsburgh iron furnaces, New York's ferries and docks, a tour of Ellis Island’s Statue of Liberty, and naval ships in Brooklyn including the Porter and the Dixies, with plans to publish a subsequent letter detailing Manhattan Isle.
The board of deputy supervisors of election met at the county auditor's office at 10 am to organize. After five votes for A Viers and M J Walz and a coin toss by lot, Mr Walz won the clerk position for the year. Chief deputy named W McClintock. Viers praised. Walz noted for past service.
A narrator travels by two bays along the Ft Wayne route visiting Paulding Van Wert and Delphos. The piece highlights Paulding county’s farming prosperity tile drainage and road improvements and contrasts Van Wert with Paulding noting large farms elegant lawns and a modern county infirmary and county newspaper plant.
Funeral for Philip Peter drew relatives from Tiffin and Fostoria including John Peter John J Peter Mary Severs Adam Helfrick A Rinebold Melcher Fruith Levi Rinebold Ephriam Rinebold Barbara Lemp George Yakum Fred Rosen Levi Fiendel H W Kirchner and others. The family tally listed eight children forty four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
St John’s Reformed Church at Fourth and Washington invites worshippers to a Sunday program led by Rev. F E Lahr with Sunday school at 9 am, English services at 10 am, and English service at Sherwood at 2 15 pm.
Flory Bros, well known tile men of Jewel, have installed a hydraulic cider press. They invite customers to have cider made or boiled and to have jelly made by their machinery and services.
The Peter family thanks friends for kindness during sickness and after the death of husband and father Philip Peter.
The narrator tours Van Wert to Defiance counties, praising countyPoor relief at the old ladies home, Basinger farm, and Pandora business. They note good roads across seven counties, rising sheep farming, and support for McKinley over Bryan, citing prosperity and imperialism concerns.
A fragmented medical squib notes Dr Hobbs addressing various kidney ailments and nonsensical phrases, reflecting garbled historical OCR style. The readable bits hint at a humorous or satirical piece on health but lack coherent narrative details or dates.
A rich lady who is deaf donated $10,000 to Dr. Nicholson's Institute to fund free Ear Drums for deaf people unable to pay. The address listed is 78 Eight Avenue, for the 7 4 Institute, No. 8102.
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