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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1907
Page
8
Reporters describe the New York murder trial where Jerome challenges a Pittsburg doctor on insanity. Delmas directs the defense with wit and calm strategy as the pair clash with the district attorney in a nationally watched case.
The Tue Fostoria Commission was organized last week with a capital of 25000 dollars.
Joan C. Saur, a Napoleon druggist of 45 years, died at 66. The date February 12 marks Lincoln's birthday anniversary and is a legal holiday in some states.
James Bui and Miss Annie Lamb married in Ashkum Illinois on the sixth day. The small ceremony united two locals in a brief rural service attended by family and friends.
Paulding Dry Goods Co is incorporated with a capital of $25,000 on a Thursday. Founders are Allen Bybee W N Shaffer P C Ireton C L Straw and John S Snook.
LimMA business men s association has secured a major manufacturing plant for the city. The steel plant carries a capital of 400000 dollars and guarantees employment for 200 men, boosting local industry and jobs.
Findlay mourns the death of Reverend George W Wilson who preached for seventy years and died at age 93. At war’s outbreak he owned 1000 enslaved people valued at about 1 million dollars but reportedly freed all.
National Machinery Co of Tiffin announces a pension fund for aged employees. To draw benefits a worker must have at least fifteen years of service and will receive one dollar per day for life. The move marks a major advance for long serving staff.
Phillip Alberm, E. R. Irmer and Ernest Hauif were fined after arrest under the search and seizure act for beer whiskey and cider at home. Judge Tobias reversed Mayor Ton ecast on the finding, noting the beverage was received as Christmas gifts.
The Thaw trial records are expected to evoke strong reactions from pulpits and press as both condemn the defendant and his young wife Evalyn Nesbit Thaw. If her story in Thursday's dispatches is true, many readers may question what they would have done in similar circumstances.
Prosecutor Welty in Lima files suits against First National Mitchells City Metropolitan Ohio National and Delphos banks. He alleges a fraudulent agreement with county treasurers since 1888 to use county monies unlawfully. He seeks complete accounting and six percent interest on funds used.
The piece argues newspapers deliver results and wealth to merchants. It recounts a Chicago coat seller who boosted sales from 50 to 142 daily after a column ad, then to 3500 coats in 50 days. It urges honest, plain talk and warns window and street car ads miss readers.
A man in Michigan died suddenly while wiping dishes in what appears to be an accidental death. Local authorities are investigating the incident but have released few details.
SoLtomMon Howap a Syrian fruit dealer in Bowling Green was fined 25 dollars by the mayor for selling cigarettes to a young boy.
A moral maxim notes that true strength comes from resisting temptation rather than avoidance. It asserts that facing temptation and choosing self control builds character, citing the phrase Get thee behind me, Satan as a call to discipline.
Lima city council approves 250000 for summer public improvements including paving and water system works. Contracts totaling 500000 for a Carnegie library 35000 grocery house 130000 memorial hall 48000 ward school 35000 public safety building 30000 telephone building and related blocks will distribute funds to workmen and contractors over the next six months.
Cincinnati’s C. E. Patton arrives with Mrs Patton for a cordial reception in Defiance. More than 150 attend at Memorial Hall as 8 S A W V U and Ladies Auxiliary form, muster twelve charter members, and plan the August encampment in the city.
Verney Lehman six died at home in Adams township Friday at 3pm. Funeral held Monday at Dunkard church with burial in Dunkard cemetery. Maggie Morgan, daughter of the late Reuben Young, arrived from Indianapolis and was interred at Riverside cemetery after services there following her death on the 6th.
Obituary notices report Lavina Rogers Figley aged about 50 of Tiffin township died Sunday after months of dropsy. Emma Huth, 40, of Defiance, died Friday at 402 Summit St after six years illness. Dora Partee Linebrink died Monday at 9 p m, age about 30, of Tiffin township. Priscilla Conkle, 46, died in Cleveland after years in Adams township and Sheldon. Marriage licenses issued to four couples. Local box factory plans a 40 by 50 foot brick addition. Freight accident injures Louis Mattatall near Stryker. Lenten rules outlined for Catholic diocese with Ash Wednesday rites and weekly devotions. Large corn shipment near Ayersville hailed as potential regional record.
A short classified notice seeks a capable young person to enter training as a printer. Inquiries are to be made at the issuing office.
One of the largest B P O E gatherings in years occurred Thursday evening as nine men Harry G Shelly Guy Kirtley Otto Houck Dr J W Davis Dr J B Ury J F Singer I W Gunderman Jos Schottdorf and Frank Miller were initiated using the new ritual. Guests came from Toledo Ft Wayne Findlay and Lima. A banquet followed with brief addresses and general merriment.
Lawrence and Frank Huta express heartfelt thanks to all who assisted during the illness and after the death of their wife and mother.
Labor leaders bitterly oppose a proposal to extend civil service employment to ex soldiers and sailors. They fear these veterans will accept low pay plus pensions, depressing overall wages.
Durbanville near Cape Town celebrates 100 years of governance by laying the foundation stone for a new town hall. The municipality, thriving and debt free, commemorates its centenary with an elaborate design for the public building.
Codfish are sold by count in Norway regardless of size. salt is the favored preservative. Many fish are dried and called steek fish, outlining traditional preservation and market practice.
Curtis Miller, an Allen County farmer, died at his home twelve miles from Lima. He lived there all his 76 years, born on the farm where he passed away after marrying and remaining with his family.
James Abbott of St Marys and formerly of this city was found dead south of town with feet caught in the upper strands of a wire fence and head on the ground. He had been attempting to climb the fence on his way home when the wire trap proved fatal.
A noted photographer deposited a worn sovereign that later credited him with 21 shillings. At Five Mint it was revealed to be a platinum counterfeit, gilt to resemble gold. Though dated, platinum’s current value makes a sovereign’s weight worth more than gold.
The London Standard notes cameos rise in fashion as old heirlooms gain value. Shell and gem cameos span eras from First Empire to classic mythic motifs, with renewed interest in Greek and Italian designs. Girdles, lockets, marquise rings, and ornate cameos in toilet boxes and jewelry sets sweep Paris and beyond.
The Ohio Farmer promises practical agricultural matter and sound advice for conservative farmers. A trial proves its value with one year’s subscription priced at 75 cents, with combinations including Weekly Express and Ohio Farmer at $1.50 per year and Daily Express by mail plus Farmer at one year.
A historical critique argues wholesale seal slaughter by Britain and the United States has endangered fur seals. It details pelagic sealing, land drives, and cruelty, noting British bans and restricted pelagic sealing, while condemning both nations for brutality and a drive that leaves pups and injured seals to die.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat extols Yellowstone as a federal relief and highlights a growing bison herd and abundant elk. It notes the park’s bison refuge, repeated winter feeding, tame wildlife near Fort Yellowstone, and urges game preserves in other parks. Firearms are barred except for military or sealed civilian use.
A historian notes that ship crews faced hard, salt-encrusted meat from stale stock stored in victualing yards. Salt pork was usually better than beef, but sailors endured maggoty taste and odd tales of animals and vanishings tied to the meat supplies.
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