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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
5
The fragment notes Northwestern Telephone number 34 in a distant line context. Limited readable context prevents full event details but confirms a listed telephone designation and its associated distance reference.
Classified notice column outlines pricing for notices such as marriages births and deaths plus church festival and obituary items. Advertisers urged to send copy with payment in advance and to include name for faith and accuracy. Local ads priced at ten cents per line daily and twenty cents weekly in bold face.
Friz Simmons indicates remaining resilience as he prepares to face Jeffries. He hints at renewed effort and determination before the anticipated match.
An article argues the railroad official bears blame for rate reductions prompting scrutiny by the Interstate Commerce Commission and hints at broader industry accountability.
The British war secretary says the war cost in South Africa has been reduced to about 22.5 million dollars per month. He adds that even as the campaign nears an end the expense still seems high.
A Walkesbarre girl sues a young man for $100 damages claiming a hug broke her rib. The suit asserts the incident caused injury and seeks compensation beyond the trivial price of the rib damage.
A St Louis man received $2000 from a special jury after being ejected from a street car by a conductor who would not accept a worn smooth nickel. The remark suggests such nickels may be risky and notes the conductor won’t repeat the incident.
A Camden Messenger reader endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as highly effective for coughs colds and croup. The letter cites personal family use and urges readers with children to keep it on hand as a safeguard with N G Woodward listed as seller.
The column records a string of neighborhood happenings. Attestants include Mr and Mrs Charley Koldenbach celebrating an eleventh wedding anniversary, Harvey W Derr and Elma Smith marriage, new sales position for Miss Jessie Smith, and various visits, store changes, farm sales, and community gatherings around Defiance, Ney, Brookville, and nearby towns. Oysters and cake appear, plus multiple families and trades noted.
The city records 5 to 10 degrees below zero on Tuesday morning. Heilshorn home station reports 2 below and 8 below on successive mornings. Government and cheaper instruments vary, but temperatures stay well below freezing from Texas to Manitoba with little relief expected Thursday.
OA Anderson from Auburn Ind visited Thursday. Mr and Mrs A Ball from Attica Ohio made a short call Friday. Frank Nickels of Hamlet called Saturday on business. Schriner from Defiance visited Friday. EK Erman of Omaha Neb visited Saturday.
Samuel Harader visits his son in Marion Indiana this week. Thos Garver takes his daughter Ella to a Toledo hospital for tumor surgery. Ray Rethmel and wife visited with Jas Kimberly over Sunday. Mrs Geo Gackel enjoyed a few days with her parents J W Leach. Blizzard weather keeps many farmers at home. Archie Patten visited Angola Indiana recently.
Mrs Laura Keoppe and child ren of Defiance spent a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Dunbar Melvin Hall and wife moved to Evansport Tuesday They stay with his father since returning from Oklahoma Jacob Moon of Glen Berg plans a new barn on a Noble township farm Miss Ethel Robinson is on the sick list Garlinger of Evansport visited Mr Bath Wednesday Will Myers and sister Mary drove to Defiance Thursday Jas Figley of Glen Berg works for John Hancock Mr Wells and Mr Johnson visited Jas Figley Friday
Mr. Horton of Bryan to be the artist for a new bar ber shop in the area. Dwinelli of Leo Indiana visited his sister Mrs W G Lord on Thursday. Frank Buda nurses a blood blister that became a sore finger. Dr W J Walker attending. Nicely sold his farm and will hold a public sale about February 20. Sherr Yeagley’s house ready for occupancy and to move soon. Miss Cora Stackhouse spent Sunday with her uncle Bert Stackhouse at Five Corners. Lew Lord has about recovered from mumps. Henry Clays and Daniel Websters plan a debating and literary society. John Steelsmith traded horses last week. Miss T E Crossland is on the sick list. Rev Davenport will preach Sunday evening. Charley Young to work for B A Sweet the coming summer.
Sunday social notes report Howard Robertson suppers with E F Shumaker. Daniel Bohner visitors from Montpelier. Lillie Shultz at home. Amos Bueher welcomes a ten pound woodport. Grandfather Gruber funeral planned. John Miller sold Linebrink property. Groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter. Local stock buyers praise porkers. J W Linebrink buys hay for Defiance. S L Dunn claims grandpa status as To ledo visitors call on J C Miller. Jacob Gates family and others attend Erman colt event. Sy Stock visits Fred.
Christ Winterich and his son Herman from Defiance and Miss Lyntha Eckert of Tiffin visited the Children’s Home. Graves from Ridgeville also called Wednesday, with Mr. and Mrs. [text incomplete].
Consultation offered free and private. The Detroit Clinic claims to cure cases deemed incurable and will inform you if your case cannot be helped after examination, with no cost if incurable.
The News-Tribune on July 30 1898 extolled a Detroit physician, claiming no Michigan specialist has such wide experience or equals him as an expert diagnostician in the country.
Lawrence Carr of 120 Madison St Findlay Ohio reports severe rheumatism from September 1900 left him unable to walk without two canes. After three months of treatment at the Detroit Clinic under Dr Morrison he is cured and back to glass blowing for six weeks. He had previously tried 20 bottles of S S S with no relief and urges others to seek Dr Morrison.
Clarence Overmyer of Antwerp Ohio writes that after ten years of severe indigestion and failing treatments, he began care with Dr Morrison at the Detroit Clinic on December 13 1900. Two months later he is entirely cured, free of pain, can eat any food and is able to work daily.
The article promotes a renowned specialist in charge of a scientific medical program. It stresses careful treatment, only curable cases, latest methods, and no interference with the patient's work. Citizens outside large cities are urged to consult personally or request blanks addressed to Monzisox, Box 114.
Supreme Court affirms Chicago lake front land ruling in favor of Illinois Central. Court adjourns until Feb 24 with Northern Pacific merger case postponed. Hanna hosts grand White House reception at Arlington hotel, Hawaii delegate Wilcox seeks pay raises for officials and veterans. Alice Roosevelt to receive coronation gift. president pledged for her to attend Edward VII's coronation. Congress to send McKinley death resolutions to Mrs. McKinley. Senate approves 25 percent raise for US judges. cabinet raises rejected.
A historical note details wedding rituals in Persia with bride bathes, alms at night, veiled bride on a horse, lantern processions, fireworks, drums, and the sheep sacrifice at threshold. It questions whether sacrifices are propitiation or a ritual sealing of covenants. A separate line mentions a man in the stable using chalk to neutralize poison.
A Chicago Tribune anecdote shows a caller asking how to pronounce a long number. The other person converts Main eleven hundred eleven into one one double one, highlighting the quirks of spoken numeration.
The tale centers on Robert Emmet who secretly faced a deadly poison mistake. He drank corrosive sublimate believing it acid cooling powder, then, realizing death was imminent, chose chalk as an antidote and acted alone to avoid alarming the family. He descended quietly to unlock the front door.
A market scene unfolds as a woman seeks lettuce and contemplates serving ware. The marketman confirms fresh greens while she frets about color harmony with a blue dish, muttering about green clashing with her preferred blue accent.
A publisher warns the author that indifferent work harms reputation, while the author defends his fame by assuming the public will accept subpar output. The Washington Star reports the exchange as a commentary on literary pride.
A playful exchange ends with a plan to split a choice between lovers. A Kansas postmaster narrowly survives a cyclone and finds himself perched in a chestnut grove after being swept from his office, remarking that the old shanty searches for him. The piece closes with a moral about the office seeking the man.
A reader recalls a humorous exchange about language origins. A child misinterprets the mayor killing Wat Tyler as a mare kicking him. The mother puzzles over gendry as a Gondry place in Palestine, weaving wordplay with biblical reference.
Columbus Feb 5. State Legislature committees discuss insurance taxes. Foreign companies 3 percent, foreign fraternal 14 percent, Farmers mutual over 2500 dollars yearly 20 dollars, domestic fire 0.5 percent, building and loan 0.05 percent. Fire marshal funding shift and pension fund changes. New bills: state inspector for rail couplers, brakes. re districting bill. licensing private detectives with 1000 dollar bond and mayor police chief endorsement. license locations Toledo Columbus Cleveland Cincinnati.
New YorkMoney call 2y 2%. Prime mercantile paper 4 4 percent. Sterling at 487% for demand. Government bonds steady. Grain and live stock mixed across cities. Flour winter straights 3.65 3.85. Wheat No 2 red 90 94c. Corn No 2 69c. Oats No 2 white 51c. Hogs Yorkers 6.30. Livestock prices vary by region with steers and lambs noted.
The Chicago North-Western Railway offers free illustrated booklets by mail for travel interest. Catalog includes California Hunting and Fishing Colorado Wisconsin Illinois Iowa maps and histories with low postage fees and a mounted U.S. wall map for sale. Addresses W. B. Kniskern Chicago.
The corrected daily market list from Defiance Milling Company and H P shows cow, grain, and produce prices. Prices include hay per ton at 3.00, wheat per bushel at 83, oats at 43, corn shelled at 56, nuts per bushel at 80, hides at varying per pound rates, poultry items per pound, and clover seed listed among the commodities.
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