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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
5
Guy Herrick announces John Ogan of Ottawa to fill the common pleas judge seat, replacing Donnelly who resigns to join the circuit bench. The change passed with expected local impact as the court district adjusts to a new jurist.
Eighteen young women were overcome by gas when a pipe disconnected at the Findlay glove factory on Monday. The sewing room filled with fumes before the leak was found.
The Fremont report highlights how the beet sugar plant proves advantageous. Over 1500 visitors spent an estimated 1200 to 1500 dollars in town. An excursion party visited last week and another planned for tomorrow as Defiance awaits the factory. DAY, HICKSVILLE VOTES DRY. The local option election in Ickeville produced a dry victory with 295 for and 386 against after late counting concerns and seven void ballots in the north side precinct.
A quoted line from the Detroit Tree Press shows a foxy old bachelor warning of possible breach of promise suit while noting his belief that the divorce court cannot touch him. The remark reflects social attitudes about marriage vows and legal actions.
A brief reflection on treating men with the same courtesy as cherished portraits, granting them the best light and fair consideration in all regard as Emerson would urge.
Special to Express Columbus Dec 13 The Ohio State Grange opened its annual session with resolutions to fix laws misaligned with member views and debate over support for Roosevelt on railroad rates. Delegates attacked text book changes and quail killing while pressing reforms to school boards and anti trust issues with National Harvester Co. A disappearance of Bell from Toledo arrest history ends a separate note.
The Columbus and Lake Michigan steam railroad engineering corps completed a Hobart authorized survey from Walnut Grove in Logan county to Marysville west of the right of way. The route hits Oakdale Cemetery in Marysville and crosses the Erie Railroad at Brooks Crossing. General Manager Hobart and Engineer Seitz discussed further surveys and a likely Marysville to Plain City line. A parallel line to the T OC from Oakdale Cemetery to the Big Four crossing may be cheaper and central for freight and passengers. The Columbus survey is expected in about a week.
Ed Bell broke two prison locks and escaped from the city jail between 1 and 2 PM as Mayor Cameron questioned him. He feigned illness to avoid attention, then used a poker to snap a padlock and fled toward the B and C tracks while officers were preparing to bring him before the mayor. Chief Hubbard was away at Fremont when the escape occurred.
Grain quotes at Toledo show mixed cash bids for wheat corn oats and rye with slight declines in some May futures. Hog prices remain active yet steady while cattle and calf markets touch varied ranges from good to prime steers to light feeders. East Buffalo receipts show dull market with slow steady trend for veals and cattle and firm to lower hog prices across grade groups.
Silas Welker files in the Court of Common Pleas a quiet title action against numerous defendants named by description. He asserts fee simple ownership and 50 years of open adverse possession of eighty acres in Washington township, Defiance County, and seeks a decree that title be quieted with the defendants barred from asserting any right or interest. The petition requests relief and requires defendants to answer by February 3, 1906.
Nearly 1500 farmers from Ohio and Indiana rode two long trains to Fremont to inspect the Continental Sugar Co plant. They saw 25 000 ton storage, a 400 ton daily capacity, and a 10 to 12 percent net sugar yield. The firm plans a larger Defiance plant, contingent on acreage and construction time, with freight rates shaping producer decisions.
Real estate transfers reported in Defiance and surrounding counties include Hannah L Partee to Ezra F Blanchard Lot 36 Warren and others in Deviance City and multiple parcels in Noble, Highland, and Adams townships. Transactions list buyers and sellers such as Laura A Conroy to Elizabeth Steffel and Christ Schultz to Lutheran Church Trustees, with varied lot and section designations and prices.
The Wabash will offer homeseekers tickets on November 21 December 5 and 19 at less than the one way fare valid 21 days from sale. Details and rates at the Wabash ticket office. One way second class col mist tickets to the southeast available first and third Tuesdays in December and in April 196 Territories include Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North and South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia.
Local notes record visits and calls among residents in Germany and nearby towns. Alma Peterson returned from Stryker. St Johns MEFS 8S and 35 groups announce upcoming entertainments and officer elections. several residents visited Ft Wayne and Defiance on various errands. gambling raids in Lima resulted in fines for five players and a forthcoming trial for the proprietor.
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