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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
1
C. Corbett Whe was appointed postmaster at Payne by President Roosevelt. The official decree appeared in the department notes and confirms the federal appointment.
The well known Sandusky attorney will relocate to Oregon to continue his legal career. He plans to practice law there, leveraging his experience in local and state matters.
In Chicago on Saturday William Wootrich shot and killed his wife after she had only four cents and he demanded no wickel for beer. The motive appears tied to the money and a dispute over beer charges.
I M Adams quits his post as city editor of the Express after several years in the role, announcing his resignation on Saturday. The paper noted his departure ends a long tenure shaping the paper's city coverage.
Pierre Caneo aged 0 8 died at his home in Upper Sandusky after an apoplexy on the 19th. He lingered for several days before death. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Prominent Sidney resident Xavier Mannin aged 75 was struck and killed on the track by a By Four train on the 19th. He was walking along the tracks when the accident occurred.
In a four weeks rat hunt near Marion six Moral district residents competed with sixty participants, resulting in 6 610 rodents exterminated. The victorious side held a banquet for the winners.
Ilmer Mansonprinx aged 165 of Celina died Thursday morning from lockjaw following a Thanksgiving day accident in which his kneecap was shot away by Emanuel Zink.
Henry Davis, also known as Henry Chambers, was taken from an Annapolis, Maryland, jail by four mobs of about sixty masked men and lynched. He was accused of assaulting Mrs. John Leid.
Governor Hickox of New York commuted the death sentence of Albert T. Patrick to life imprisonment. Patrick had been in prison for nearly five years after conviction for the murder of Texas millionaire William Rice.
A man, unnamed by the board, told Springfield tax officials on the 19th that he paid 1300 in cash taxes and was not charged. He claimed he was missed by the assessor and insisted he does not dodge taxes.
The Commonwealth Trust Co of St Louis filed a federal suit to foreclose its mortgage on the Toledo Terminal & Railway Co property encircling Toledo, for failure to pay interest on bonds of $157,000 due last July. The complaint asserts the principal of the first mortgage 4 1/2 per cent bonds totaling $3,500,000 with interest is also due.
A Sunday afternoon box alarm led to a fire department rush to the residence of Jos Heimerich on South Jefferson Street. Investigators found a chimney fire caused by a defective flue with no further damage reported.
Special to Ioxpress Columbus December 24 A state attorney general opinion holds sheriffs must be provided with horses or horse drawn vehicles to serve civil processes subpoenas in criminal cases and summon juries. Counties must fund these rigs or reimburse sheriffs for transport costs to ensure speedy service and avoid mis carriage of justice.
The Toledo hospital performed a rare and delicate operation on David Weinburg deputy grand commander of the Ohio Modern Waccabees to remove his tongue to avert cancer. Surgeons cut arteries tied the tongue describe teeth removed, jaw split and wired, leaving Weinburg to feed by tube and speak only vowels.
Allen county circuit court reverses a guilty verdict for David H Bates. Bates lived with Mable Ginter in St Marys as husband and wife for three years and later married Miller in Spencerville. The court ruled Ohio requires a license and ceremony for marriage to be legal. Bates remains jailed on bond pending appeal and will see his legal wife at Christmas.
Karl Speiser of Bellville Michigan came home for Christmas, returning to his family for the holiday.
Coroner and Dr James Long admit the found body in Bryan was not John P Long. The alias mix up occurred after the body shipped from Camden New Jersey was identified by a doctor. The widow forced a Casket opening and proved the corpse had gold filled teeth, not her husband’s.
Numerous locals and visitors from Hicksville Fort Wayne Columbus Columbus Ohio Toledo Detroit Evansport Van Wert and Indianapolis gather in the city for Christmas and holiday visits. Families friends and relatives travel from Des Moines Boston and Detroit as well as nearby towns to spend the holidays with kin and attend surrounding events including Dunkard meetings at Poplar Ridge.
Bucyrus officials say Mayor Valentine will not sue state cases again after a state bureau audit found he owed the county 124.60 for excessive state case fees. Examiners say mayors and justices may not charge over 100 annually. The mayor reports about 100 this year. Local courts fear unresolved cases may release criminals at county expense.
Michael Van Vierah 73 a longtime Defiance county resident died at his home near Oakland church after a brief illness He came from Tuscarawas county 52 years ago survived by his wife four children two sons and two daughters Ezra being the sole child living outside the county also a brother Funeral was held Wednesday at 10 AM at Oakland church with Rev Houser officiating burial in Taylor cemetery
The Methodist church was crowded for Sunday evening Christmas exercises with special music and speeches by scholars. Attendees left happy with candy and fruit packages. James Whippett visited in Farmer Center.
In Bramwell villagers chase the luck of the year by seizing the first pitcher from the spring at midnight. John Breen as a page helps by using enchanted gifts to climb the clock and outpace the hermit fairy, winning the cream of the year for all. Peggy aids with three gifts to ensure shared luck.
The article recalls the first Mormon temple in Kirtland Ohio built starting 1831 and finished 1834 with a two foot thick stone wall structure. It describes the interior including walnut benches elevated thrones and moving curtains on pulleys. It notes Joseph Smiths influence and the Reorganized Church now adhering to the Book of Mormon. It also mentions outdated ironical observations on polygamy and a separate note on Virginia bituminous coal mining growth through 1850.
A Hungarian blacksmith sent to the Austrian emperor a goose shoe display containing a horseshoe two pairs of pincers a file and a knife all nailed to a goose’s 53 eye unbroken. The emperor replied with his photograph two cold medals and thirty ducats.
A curious agricultural industry at Varedales near Meaux, France preserves and exports sorrel in timber or small casks for culinary use. Begun in 1860, it uses eight horsepower for processing with seventeen more for steam boiling. Sorrel requires four-year land rotation before a twelve-year fallow period.
A graceful Parisian symbol will vanish as the city council abolishes the office of organizer of funeral pomp. The sole duty was to lead processions in a three cornered hat and formal dress, bearing a long ebony cane and a scarf in city colors.
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