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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
5
Agents for Defiance, Highland township and St Pauls Schools announce contract pricing on school books. Godward's Drug Store listed as an intermediary.
W. C. Patterson of St Joseph Indiana and many residents travel for visits and trips. Miss Jennie Emery and Besse Andrew spend Tuesday in Florida. A. Webber of Hicksville visits in the city. Mrs Nicholas Russell of Cecil visits Mrs C G Robinson. Hutchinson tours Napoleon Bryan and Wauseon. Defiance township’s L F Carpenter goes to Kendallville. Mrs Maurice Galloway of Garrett visits Willis Bruner. Cuff and Campbell of Napoleon in the city Tuesday evening. Mrs Dave Gleason to Akron for W W R U inspection. Eliott family and Syl Garver travel to Buffalo New York today. Beavers shod Billie O pacing horse for Paulding and Napoleon races. Dorothy and Jackson Maynard of Boston visit C D Jordan family. Mr and Mrs H P Miller depart for West Unity for a several days visit.
A Pittsburgh based company with twenty one plants showcases a full glassmaking factory on Pan-American grounds. Visitors see processes from raw material to finished glass, including cutting engraving etching decorating and spinning. A glass woven dress worn by Miss Maxine Elliott is featured along with glass cloth upholstery.
Postmaster Charles Sullivan of Garrett Indiana visited Defiance and was welcomed by Postmaster Thompson. He is seen as a strong appointee and may be renominated by Indiana senators. The men discussed B and O shops and Elks horns while eyeing a Garrett street carnival September 25 26 27 with a possible B and O special run.
The Elks enjoyed ideal weather at Island Park for their first annual picnic. Local attendees made strong turnout, while fewer visitors from outside towns arrived than expected, but city residents bought up the bulk of invitations and contributed to a lively day.
A large Garrett Island crowd welcomed a ball game between the Garrett and Defiance Elks amid a busy fair with street car and boat transport. Fatty Gottwald starred for Defiance, delivering six sharp innings, while Garrett’s bats and fielding sparked lively play.
Notes from countryside items list Sunday visits at Ney and Defiance. Names include Dessie Bloom Oscar Burgman Maggie Miller Fannie Switzer Lavella Simmons Moyriel Brown C R Goller Mrs Frank Smith WC Newman and families. Some travelers from Sturgis Michigan and Dayton excursion participants are mentioned.
A long list of social calls, visits, and travels across Hicksville and nearby towns. People from Fort Wayne to Defiance, Napoleon, and Antwerp attended family gatherings, church events, and expositions. Local farmers report clover cutting and wheat plowing as plans for the fall fair and Pan-American show unfold. A young man from Ney died in Bryan while loading logs. community members reflect on the loss.
Marshall Wetzel of Lagrange Indiana visits his brother A E Wetzel as Clarence Gilbert sells his speecher to an Edgerton party.
Letters uncalled for at Defiance post office list names such as Kugler Mies Bertha Anschutz Fred Fawn Charley Fawn Pete Hoyt J A Meggire Israe Weever and others. Unclaimed letters will be sent to the dead letter Office after 14 days. Labor Day holiday reduces post office hours to 8 to 10 am.
The report notes prices paid for farm products by local dealers amid a backdrop of medical claims about Burd Blood Bitters. It mentions tpt Scrofula salt ageum erysil las and other diseases being purportedly treated, with emphasis on purification and cleansing properties.
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