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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
4
Local brief notes mail rates for the Daily Evening Edition in Defiance Ohio. Details include carrier delivery, weekly and annual prices, and cash in advance terms. Public information item reflecting standard 19th or early 20th century postal pricing.
A councilman writes to defend the Fort Ground site for a Carnegie library, urging the council to pass a levy and accept Carnegie's offer. He argues the library board should proceed, warns delay could anger Carnegie, and condemns opposition as blocking the project.
A narrator in East Norwich during a rainy November night discovers a convict hiding under his bed. The exchange shifts from fear to empathy as the prisoner protests returning to prison after ten years of harsh treatment, revealing a grim prison life and a plea for mercy.
Columbus notes Governor Nash finished his annual message and sent it to the printer for Christmas release. The 6000 word budget focused on economy and urged denying many proposed projects totaling about 15 million dollars. He warned of insufficient surplus and opposed tax increases while urging funds for schools and public works. The message heads to Governor elect Herrick in Cleveland for review before public release. Nash will avoid forcing term limits or appointments on his successor, save one pending medical board vacancy. If Hahn case motions arrive, a hearing may be set next Monday.
Washington reports US war readiness continues with daily War and State Department conferences. Officials reject conflict while Colombia delays its statement and Colombia will not move militarily before a US reply. The armored cruiser New York heads to San Francisco to join the Pacific fleet as flagship.
A convict escapes Penfield by a bold ruse aided by a sympathetic inmate. The narrator recounts brutal imprisonment, a worn disguise, and a late night exit through the front door as police pursue a high reward and no further trace of the highway robber.
A brief reminiscence notes that sending a man to prison is just punishment while recounting harsh beating and starvation that led to cursing creation. The passage presents a critique of cruelty within justice and reflects on moral accountability.
The article cites ancient and modern authorities who argue music can treat mental disease. It mentions Pythagoras, Thales, Hippocrates, Theophrastus, and others, including Farinelli and various cases of hysteria and St. Vitus dance, as evidence of music’s therapeutic influence.
A Baltimore American cartoonish exchange has a sanctimonious citizen confessing to conscience as he rides a Druid Hill streetcar. He recalls opting to board downtown, then scolds himself for extravagance and impulsively beats the conductor to save his nickel, claiming moral relief afterward.
Theatrical Clay Clement and a strong supporting company presented The New Dominion at the Citizens last night to a small but appreciative audience. Clement’s characterization of Baron Franz Victor Von Hohenstauffen earns high praise as one young lady admires the Dutch actor.
Saturday matinee and night feature The 4 Browns in their new comedy oddity The Presidents Daughter. The show boasts a 22 member supporting cast and Winnie Hamlet’s Ladies Brass band. It plays Saturday December 26 with a warm local welcome expected.
The new American comic opera by Stanislaus Stange and Julian Edwards, a hit in New York, comes to Citizens Monday evening. F. C. Whitney presents a notable company with a large chorus in this first major American comic opera.
The fragment presents a 1903 copyright notice by T. C. McClure. It references a literary work titled What the World Said and credits Thomas C. McClure as the author or publisher.
In a quiet lakeside setting Easton pushes for a communal judgment on his marriage proposal. Anne resists public scrutiny while he insists a third party, the world, should decide. He jokes about polling their friends, then asks how to learn their views.
Easton and Anne listen from a canoe using megaphones to eavesdrop on nearby conversations about them. A loud exchange exposes a planned marriage and past affections as the night air carries rumors across the water. The second piece recalls early 19th century steam travel fears and jokes about twelve miles per hour.
City of Defiance ordains sewer construction from the alley south of the school in the Fourth Ward along Douglas Street to connect with Hopkins Street sewer. Board of Public Service authorized to advertise for bids for a ten inch durable sewer. Effective upon publication, certified by City Clerk Cantlon.
Notice to Defiance Ohio council dated December 18 1903 requests permission to construct operate and maintain an electric railway along Center Clinton and Dotterer streets and adjacent areas with side tracks telegraph and telephone lines. The company proposes power other than steam and seeks approval on prescribed terms with City Clerk Cantlon and President J Morgan signing the document. publication dates December 22 29 and January 5.
An advertisement extols Rocky Mountain Tea for improving circulation, expanding limbs, strengthening the heart, and building the entire system. The price is 35 cents and the seller is Weisen Brurge & Emery.
Baltimore & Ohio announces holiday excursion tickets on December 24 25 31 1908 and January 1 1904 from all stations west of the Ohio river. Return validity runs until January 4 1964. For details visit a nearby B&O ticket agent or contact B N Austin Chicago.
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