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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
17
Notes around the courthouse report Auditor W A Snider in Columbus seeking guidance on tax inquisitors fees for executors and administrators. The attorney general ruled against paying such fees. Snider expects no county trouble and mentions a meeting with Captain J C Donaldson at Republican headquarters.
The Great Commander calls Albert Coy from our midst draping our charter and flag for 30 days. Resolutions send copies to county papers and the stricken family. Also reports of gold thieves raiding dentists and stealing about 15 dollars in Defiance, Myers & Son offices.
Pomona Grange holds a meeting at the Highland township hall on August 29 at 10 a m. Members and interested residents are invited to attend and hear reports from officers and committees.
Asa Toberan of Tiffin sells prime gold bug and silver watermelons in Defiance area markets for several weeks. Nearby a report recalls Leslie Hay, son of Judge and Mrs. J Lay, swallowed a lead button and faced possible lung surgery after a Chicago operation. his condition recently worsened. Mrs. C F Hoffel praises Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a tonic improving strength, appetite, and spirits, with pills sold for 50 cents a box from Dr. A W Chase Medicine Co.
An advertisement notes rapidly rising reports of benefits from Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills in Defiance. The copy asserts the medicine helps weak and run down individuals regain strength and that the product is widely talked about in affected areas.
Horton Travis of Adams township arrives from Denver Colorado Tuesday evening and reports John Wisda and his sons John G and Joe with Julius Eberle are well. Bert remains at Cripple Creek while Wisda contemplates his new land draw. Travis says Ohio is good enough for him.
Miss Kniffen a competent teacher with training at St tal eork Art school and Chicago Art Institute offers oil and watercolor painting Free Hand and Mechanical drawing China Decoration and Pastel. The Fine Arts room in the College building welcomes consultations and enrollment.
The B and O railroad announces sale of excursion tickets west of the Ohio River to Cleveland at one cent per mile each direction with return validity to September 15 and extension to October 8 by deposit with a joint agent. Homeseekers' Excursion tickets go on sale August and September first and third Tuesdays for travel to the South West and Northwest at reduced rates.
The Wabash announces summer travel rates to Detroit Toledo Put in Bay Mackinaw Montreal Toronto Petosky Traverse City and more with round trips and one way fares. Discounts apply to Colorado Dakota Texas Kansas and homeseekers. Rates valid June 18 to Sept 10 with return by Oct 3. Inquiries at Wabash Depot and ticket office.
Handsome cloth bound 115 page volume with half tone portraits of Black Hawk Sitting Bull Red Cloud and other chiefs. Includes Custer battle ground and ten colored map plates tracing tribes since 1600. Value to libraries. price 50 cents postpaid from W B Kniskern 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago IL.
Every Tuesday one cent a mile to Buffalo and return. Three day limit. For information call nearest agent or C A Asterlin T P A Ft Wayne Indiana or R J Hamilton agent Ft Wayne Indiana.
Headache remedy claims to never fail and act as a heart and nerve tonic. It guarantees cure after one trial and is priced at 10 cents at all druggists.
Farmer John Sewell sold a horse to a Mr Smith of Mark township last week. Miss Eva Thoure staying in Bryan will return home this week. L R and WG Lord visited Hicksville Monday. S Yeagley conducted business in Defiance Tuesday.
A Chicago Herald essay argues all human actions are selfish from joy to love and philanthropy. The wise man trips on a water plug, prompting a pupil to ask if toe-stubbing was selfish. The mentor quips the grin would front Darwin.
Chicago Chronicle recounts actor William Crane adopting Senator Plumb’s broad brimmed hat for his portrayal in The Senator. The anecdote notes Crane swapped hats after a dining club remark and wore Plumb’s hat in every performance thereafter.
A London paper explains quails fatten by a cycle of waking at electric light. They wake when lights come on and begin breakfast, repeating until exhausted, sometimes six meals in a single afternoon. Philadelphia Record.
A blithe exchange notes a man named Jones who took out a life insurance policy for £1000 and died six days before the company failed. The tale inflates the idea of a fortune from misfortune as a punchline.
Corrected daily prices from Miller Co and WM Martin list farm product values. Wheat oats corn hay hides chickens eggs butter potatoes beans and sheep hogs lambs with per unit rates and market ranges.
Advertisements announce steel passenger steamers from St Ignace and Northwestern Railway booklets with population data, plus Nickel Plate Road excursion rates to Colorado Springs Ogden and Salt Lake City. Knight Templar conclave travel passes via Wabash offer round trips from Louisville with Aug 24 28 travel.
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