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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
9
Prominent Sandusky lawyer Japan EF B Kine plans relocation to Oregon to continue his legal career. He will establish practice in the new state, continuing professional work and serving clients there.
In Cuieage on Saturday William Woolrich killed his wife after insisting she bring four cents for beer. Police report a domestic dispute ended in a fatal shooting.
J M Adams, long-time city editor of the Express, has resigned his post effective Saturday ending a multi year association. The paper did not disclose his next destination.
Pietro Cuneo former U. S. consul to Turin Italy died in Upper Sandusky after a stroke at his home on the 19th and succumbing in the following days.
Xavier Monnin, a prominent Sidney citizen aged 75, was struck and killed on the tracks on the 19th while walking along the railway line near the Four train schedule. The incident is noted as a fatal train collision with no further details provided.
Sixty residents joined a four weeks’ moral rat hunt near Marion and exterminated 6610 rodents. The winning side held a banquet for the victors.
Elmer Masonbrink aged 15 of Celina died Thursday morning from lockjaw after an accidental gun injury on Thanksgiving day. The incident involved Emanuel Zink who accidentally shot the kneecap, leading to the fatal infection.
Henry Davis alias Henry Chambers was seized from Annapolis Maryland by sixty masked men and lynched after being accused of assaulting Mrs Reid. The mob action underscores a violent extrajudicial act with no formal trial reported.
Davin WempBurn deputy grand commander of the Ohio Model Maccabees dies in Chicago Saturday. Doctors removed his tongue as a remedy for a cancerous growth but his health failed to improve.
Governor Hicars of New York commuted the death sentence of Albert T. Patrick to imprisonment on Thursday. Patrick had spent nearly five years awaiting death for the murder of William Rice, a Texas millionaire.
A man, whose name the board of review will not reveal, told the Springfield board on the 19th that he paid 1300 in cash for taxes and was not charged. He claimed he was missed entirely by the assessor and insisted he was not a tax dodger.
The Commonwealth Trust Co of St. Louis filed suit in U S court to foreclose its mortgage on the Toledo Terminé and Railway belt line encircling Toledo for failure to pay interest on bonds totaling 157000 due last July. The suit threatens the principal of the first mortgage 45 per cent gold bonds totaling 3 5 million with interest.
A call from box 16 after 5 pm Sunday sent the fire department to the home of Jos Heimerich on South Jefferson Street. The blaze was a chimney fire caused by a defective flue.
Ohio sheriffs must ride horses or use horse drawn vehicles to serve civil processes subpoenas and juries. The Attorney General’s opinion says county commissioners must provide or reimburse for horses vehicles and related transport costs to ensure prompt justice.
A surgeon removed the tongue of David Weinburg deputy grand commander of the Ohio Modern Maccabees to prevent death from cancer. Arteries were cut and tied teeth removed a throat cut slit made jaw sawed and wired closed then the tongue was removed near the epiglottis. He will require liquid food via tube and speech limited to vowels.
Allen county circuit court ruled that Ohio does not recognize Bates three-year common law marriage to Mable Ginter without a license and ceremony. Bates, who had a child with Ginter, was convicted of bigamy after later marrying Miller in Spencerville. He remains jailed on bond pending appeal. will spend Christmas with his legal wife.
Karl Speiser of Bellville Michigan came home for Christmas, marking a family reunion during the holiday season.
After funeral rites began for John P Long, Dr James Long admitted the body shipped from Camden NJ was not Long’s. The widow proved the body had gold fillings, not her husband’s gold teeth, and the real Long’s body was found and identified. Dr Long plans to bring the true remains to Bryan.
Bucyrus report from the state bureau of accounting finds Mayor Valentine owes the county 124.60 for excessive state case fees. Examiners say mayors and justices of the peace cannot charge more than 100 yearly. Valentine’s last year fees reached 224.60 and this year about 100, risking many criminals being released as local courts refuse to prosecute at their expense.
Michael Van Vierah, 73, longtime Defiance county resident, died at his home near Oakland church after a short illness. He came from Tuscarawas County 52 years ago and is survived by his wife, four children, and one brother. Funeral was held Wednesday at Oakland ME church with Rev. Houser presiding, burial in Taylor Cemetery.
The Methodist church was crowded Sunday evening for Christmas exercises. The program included a special and several speeches and declamations by scholars. Ali left with candy and fruit packages. James Whippett is visiting in Farmer Center.
Bramwell villagers chase the cream of the year via a spring water trick as the old hermit fairy guards the first pitcher. The annual dash ends with the fairy’s swift escape, leaving villagers wailing for luck and a lesson on haste.
On New Year’s Eve villagers led by Pegons plan to beat the old fairy who runs the mountain watch. A scarlet ridden rider arrives on a white horse, believed to be the Prince of the Red Fairy land, but Peggy identifies him as John Breen, village page, come to help their cause.
In a New Year's tale, John Breen poses as a royal adviser but plans to steal back luck for his village. Peggys gifts aid him: steel points climb, a clock clockwork wrap, and a jeweled pitcher. He retrieves the cream by the spring, outwitting the old hermit fairy. The villagers celebrate as Breen kneels before Peggy with the pitcher.
The article recalls the first Mormon temple at Kirtland Ohio built 1831 to 1834 with a description of its size design and interior features. It notes Smith era worship practices and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints current stance against polygamy. It also mentions coal mining in Virginia and national output comparisons in the mid 19th century.
The excerpt laments the passing of the old year with a poetic master and notes a French agricultural venture in Meaux VAREDales where sorrel is cured and shipped worldwide. It mentions an eight horsepower motive requirement and a seventeen horsepower steam setup for boiling. It also highlights India’s ancient sacred fires maintained for centuries and lit five times daily.
Prudent France uses all waste material in rag trade turning old shoes into paste through long processes. The paste is transformed into imitation leather resembling morocco, stamped with designs. Wan papers trunk coverings and similar items are produced from it.
A Hungarian blacksmith sent the Austrian emperor a gift consisting of a horseshoe, pincers, a file, and a knife all nailed to a goose's eye without breaking the eye. In return the emperor sent a photograph, a cold medal, and thirty duecats.
A municipal decision to abolish the post of organizer of funeral pomp in Paris ends the city’s formal parade at funerals. The role involved walking in front in full regalia with a three horned hat dress coat breeches pumps scarfed in city colors and a long ebony cane.
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