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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
6
A rapid-fire roundup of Tuesday visitors to Toledo from Belleville Detroit and Chicago plus local church society officers and sick visitors. A jewelry store fire in town caused smoke damage and unclear losses as trains derailed in another incident with three injured passengers.
Train No. 5 travelling at 60 mph derailed near Midway three miles east of town. The day coach and two sleepers left the track while detours used Detroit Southern from Hamlet to Napoleon and then Wabash to town. A. W. Fuller and wife left for Lima. R. A. Tingle and wife from Cincinnati visiting Mrs. Switzer.
The notice proclaims banking service hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and promotes the dollar as a steadfast friend in adversity. It mentions WM Geiger and Elbert E. Carter as vice president and cashier and notes Pete Kettenring as president saying goodbye.
SEOCEETY hosts a festive Christmas week with family gatherings church exercises and a special Santa visit on Christmas Eve. Preparations spanned weeks as villagers vied to provide a first class time for children. Little Miss Sanford impressed audiences with her gifts.
The drawing on Christmas day at W V Hutchins & Son's had Usry, Charles Hill and P W Ward as judges. Ten tickets were drawn per prize with three prizes: 25 dollars in goods for numbers 6756, 13256, 5186. 15 dollars for 1366, 7079. 10 dollars for 5895, 2864, 1309. Keep tickets until winners are announced. Next drawing July 1.
Will Behne and wife of Bryan spent Christmas with his parents. Dr. John Moor of Bloomington Ill visiting his parents in the city. Milo Merriman Pleasant Bend spent Christmas with Mrs Hi J Telliga. Edward Frederick stenographer at the Machine Works spent Christmas with his parents in Fremont. Mrs L Wertheimer and children left for Chicago and La Porte Ind. John Davidson Jr returned to Chicago after visiting his father in the city. Mr and Mrs Wesley King returned to Champaign Ill after visiting relatives. Agnes Sheridan of Logansport Ind was a Christmas guest at John Sheridan's. Mrs Linnie Johnson and two daughters and son of Weston visiting at J W S Palmer's. Mrs Lottie Osborn and son Ernest of Clinton Iowa arrived and are guests at Will C Ivegel's. The two story home of L W Cotterman near Bryan was found on fire between 2 and 3 am Monday and destroyed with contents. Origin unknown. occupants awakened by coughing from smoke. All escaped safely. Loss partially insured.
Marie Hudson died at her home on Tuesday after a two weeks illness. She was nearly 62 years old and had lived in the city 25 years. The funeral was Thursday at 10 a m with services at the house and interment in Riverside cemetery.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to all who participated in the last rites for our sister Mrs. America Welon Rev Slagle for the sermon the choir for the hymns Mrs Oxenrider for assistance the pall bearers and Mr Hoffman who laid her to rest W R Man reup Lot W Maxsherp
Sunday arrivals and guests mark a quiet holiday period. Nev Cheverton preached at the IL B church in the early hours, while William Craig and family were guests at T F Moore’s home. Several residents from Three Rivers and Hicksville visited relatives and Chicago holiday travelers spent time with family.
Milford resident passed away at his son Wilson Saylor’s home in Fremont on Saturday morning. The body was transported to Newville on Monday and buried in Newville Cemetery.
The school at this place closed for a two week holiday. Mahlen Garber and family visited Sam Cooley and family on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Otto Schick were Defiance visitors. Grandma Batt is staying with her son Ed. Zama Weiland spent several days with her parents the Garbers.
R Hf Moats visited Bryan on Friday while Prof W E Hagg spends holidays at Columbus. Otto Schwarzbek spent Christmas with relatives in Indiana. A list of guests from Cromwell and Hamilton attended at A J Yarlot’s home. Neiswender and Brown families hosted Christmas gatherings. Mrs James Goller and others were in Bryan. Protracted meeting continues at Bethel church and Richards Wilds returns home from Apigola College. Kate Bostater returns from Chicago for holidays. Fern Zgler and Omar Brown visited Ernest Zigler. Germano Lutheran church held a well received Christmas program. A large crowd enjoyed the M church Christmas Eve program.
Glen Reyff spent part of a day with his parents in a Concord Indiana posting. Various relatives from Connellsville Pennsylvania Mansfield Defiance Paulding Toledo and nearby towns visited relatives over Christmas. Schools are on a two week vacation and local reform and M E holiday program nights drew large crowds.
In a brief exchange from the Somerville Journal a reader asks Hicks How do you fish on Friday Wicka Weill replies that he always fishes on Friday believing the fish find Friday unlucky. The discussion reflects local superstition and a casual talk format.
Hon. W. D. Hill city solicitor of Defiance died aboard a train between Decatur and Litchfield Illinois about 5 p.m. He was en route to California for the winter and was 7 years old. The article notes that the arrangements have not yet been made.
The four Plantagenet tombs Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine Richard Coeur-de-Lion and Isabella of Aragonloume remain in France after the revolution. Despite repeated English efforts since 1818 to reclaim the monuments, France retained them amid protests, leaving the statues in situ as lasting relics of medieval kings who were also Counts of Anjou.
The Ischt and Traun rivers meet in Salzkammergut near Ischl where St. Nicholas is deeply honored. The town hosts a three day market along the Wiverstrasse with Saint Nicholas and his companion the Grampus on display. Locals recall Ischl’s former name Iscola from fish legends and a Tyrolean painter Mader decorations inside the church.
Robespierre, famed for later led bloodshed in France, initially fought capital punishment. As a young advocate in Arras he declined an appointment over his stance. He later argued before the national assembly that death is unjust and ineffective at repressing crime.
The state coal mines department in Westport will produce briquets in two shapes. One is an oblong egg shaped block about two-thirds the size of a brick and weighing only a few ounces for household use. The state railway department will use briquettes almost exclusively to keep steam boilers in locomotives running.
Records from St Thomas Hospital London 1570 show a charitable policy granting the poor hay three pints of beer for two months at dinner and a pint at supper, after which they return to the old allowance. The almoner and steward are instructed to keep food and drink simple and of best quality.
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