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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
5
Brown Carrollton R son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Brown died at their home near Hamlet Thursday morning aged 2 years 1 month and 5 days. Remains to be brought here for burial over the B and O at 10 12 am Saturday. funeral at U B church 2 pm Saturday. interment Riverside cemetery.
The day’s notices report a destructive blaze in Oglesby damaging the business section with losses around 20000. Other items include a murder conviction in Rhinelander Wisconsin, a Kansas City welcome for Rear Admiral Schley, a fatal collision injuring two in Iowa, and a bank teller’s suicide in St. Louis.
Physicians deem Governor Yates near danger relief. Vermont passes local option high license. Topeka group plans Christian abstainer life insurer. Meer relief fund request labeled an error by Chamberlain. Papal delegate Guidi to Taft promises frank settlement. German treasury chief cites deficit, proposes beer and tobacco tax. French chamber shows sympathy for amnesty in labor disputes. Wheat corner rumors fade as Morten reportedly calls off combines.
The council met in adjourned session with Beardsley Bohannon Chenevert Helmick Hooker and Tuttle present. Claims approved include city payroll 820 15 and street commission pay 252 72 plus sidewalk inspection 16 80 and bond 29 East Hopkins Street 1000 00 East Scahallas 60 00 bringing total to 3239 90. The fire department ball invitation was accepted. coal contract negotiations were referred to the finance committee. Adjournment set for Tuesday evening December 30 to consider redistricting ordinance.
James Figley and son hosted James Phillip at William Center while Lewis Boff and family visited Will Butler and family near Ney. Dozens of locals traveled between Defiance Evansport Glenburg and Tiffin township for business, visits, and a Friday gathering with music and driving horses for sale.
Local items include Harmon Goshin modern sleigh style remarks, Christ mas eve rehearsals at M E and Disciple churches, and travelers Fannie Crookton Anna Larson returning from Ashland Colorado. Births twins to Dr Lindersmith and reports of Mr and Mrs Rock twenty year anniversary plus a birthday surprise for Mrs Lind ersmith.
Farmer Township Perry Burns returns to Farmer to work in the blacksmith shop for Stone. Pete Baker moves into a recently purchased property. Wn Stoue plans to move this week to a 40 acre Milford township farm seven miles west of here. A P McConkey is confined to the house with old trouble in his limbs. A debating society has been organized and will meet Saturdays. The December 27 question asks if a candidate for office should be allowed to contribute to campaign expenses. Lorenzo Hannan, from Metro pol itan Business College of Toledo, visits home for Christmas.
Mil ford residents wish readers a merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Jas Moore visited his son in Antwerp on Sunday. Miss Leona Shanklin traveled to Chicago for holidays. Lawrence Fritzcharles suffered a rheumatic attack last week. Jas Elliott leased the Masten farm for three years. Miss Flora McKee returned from Westerville College to spend holidays with Sena Sylvester Shanklin and wife from Nebraska visiting Mrs Martha Shanklin. L H Moore, traveler for Evansville Stove Co., holidays with his parents. P B Hootman bought a horse at Baker horse sale Saturday.
W A Spangler holds the contract to erect a large barn for Jas Connelly as he remains busy getting out timber. The Misses Eva and Florence Thouro traveled to Toledo for Christmas with their sister. Nin returns from Toledo for holiday visit. G W Dustin is ill.
In Washington the protracted meeting persists with some converts on the Lord's side. Rev. I. Clark has returned to Pioneer. Fuller conducts ongoing services. Local notes report various residents and events including travel, labor, marriages, and minor injuries.
Classified notice seeking a general agent for a well established old line life company. Contract direct with the company. Address Box 368 Cincinnati Ohio. Opportunity for good earnings and growth for a capable agency director.
Ridgeville Corners will host the Aid Society bazaar at Rand and Beckham's hall on December 31 and January 1. Oysters served each evening and sale of needlework items and useful articles. All invited. Everett Harr returns from Ashton North Dakota. Garfield Tressler visiting from Sibley Iowa. Burton Emery home from Cincinnati for holidays. Charlotte Rand visiting her parents. Chas Tilse moved to a farm near Fariesup. Reading Circle adds fifteen volumes to library. Lois Keyser visiting aunt Mrs George Shadford. Huner improving after illness. Joseph Beck buys former J Pickering farm. Evelyn returns from Wichita. J J Fauver moves hardware into new building by Dr H C Coy.
Martial law ends in British colonies in South Africa. Camden mayor closes saloons until new licenses issued. Amelia Oesterlin leaves 75000 for Springfield orphans home. Socialists lose bid to control AFL by 400 votes. Depew mill in Lancaster burns, 50000 loss, 30000 insurance. Suwanee Springs hotel main building destroyed in Live Oak fire, 50000 loss. David Weir arrested in Casopolis for wife death. arsenic in stomach. Dillon and Davitt predict Ireland home rule under Balfour. Albert Cook dies of hydrophobia near Tremont. Hay may negotiate Nicaragua treaty. Colombia pace slows canal talks. Railroads grant freight trains equal rights to passengers from Pittsburgh. Pacific cable promoters ready to meet Roosevelt terms. Polk county Florida Pebble plant burns. 250000 cost. Chicago currency shipments remain strong, 100000 daily. US exports decline in Yorkshire Bradford Leeds reports. Tariff debate spurs home industry. Boer appeal to world via Chamberlain. Papal delegate Guidi presents credentials in Philippines. German treasury announces urgent miners’ vote. Rumor Morgan called off wheat corner and packers’ combine. Havana presses US tariff cut offer. Cuban sugar deemed indispensable.
The Democratic congressional campaign committee is to be made a permanent institution. Gore, the American musical student, in Paris, continues to puzzle the public and officials as details remain unclear.
The will of Herr Krupp leaves the big gun factory at Essen to his eldest daughter. Elsewhere Great Britain blocks New England livestock ships and fears a meat famine. Solomon H. Bethea named US district attorney for the northern district of Illinois. John L. Sullivan seeks bankruptcy in New York to avoid arrest in Boston. President Castro plans to avert a naval demonstration by paying debts to subjects of England and Germany. Dr Adolf Lorenz receives Doctor of Laws from Northwestern University in a ceremony. Fire Chief Edward F Croker of New York found guilty by a court official.
Dispatches note Sturgis facing dismissal from service on four of six charges with December 1 as the date. President Wilson urges tutor system expansion and cites a $12 million need at Princeton. New York dogs in flats ordinance defeated after 600 owners attend a committee meeting. Chief Justice Fuller hears Richmond case over disfranchisement language and post war election validity. German Reichstag adjourns amid tariff bill debate. Gathein speech blocked after a tumult. The Wabash and B&O announce routes to Central and Southern Ohio via Toledo Fostoria and Hocking Valley. New vestibuled trains promise a pleasant journey with Pullman cars and smooth roadbed.
Naomi Holtzel returned from a week with Mrs. O S Mansfield. A Ford delivered poultry in Defiance Saturday. Frank Boucher visited A H Mansfield on business. B A Mansfield and family visited W T Mansfield. Spelling school postponed due to rain and snow. Gale Wells and Ellis Ford visited A H Mansfield. Abe Gilts visited A Shiver and family. District No 2 school closed for a week vacation. Charley Hill called on B A Mansfield. Mrs W T Mansfield visited Mrs O S Mansfield.
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