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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
2
Defiance Express delivery to city subscribers at 10 cents a week. Mail rates listed include outside city at 3 dollars per year and cash in advance. Additional mail options cover six months and three months. Wednesday edition indicated.
Describes affordable land along the Cotton Belt Route from St. Louis and nearby hubs offering 2.00 to 5.00 per acre plots with grazing and farming potential. Promotes earlier fruit maturity, favorable growing seasons, and cheap fuel and building materials. Encourages requesting literature and mentions sale offers on first and third Tuesdays with special rail rates via Cotton Belt Route.
Advertises affordable one way and round trip fares from St. Louis and Kansas City to Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Pacific Coast points. Features through tourist and standard sleeping cars, free reclining chair cars, and superior dining service. Details available from G. A. A. Deane at 200 Sentinel Building, Indianapolis.
A stranger questions a coroner's verdict after a lynching. the coroner says the man died by his own action, having courted destruction by getting caught cheating at a poker game. The Washington Star reports the line of inquiry and verdict.
A Brooklyn Eagle note recalls Mr Bibbs who vows never to offer his seat in a crowded car to a young woman and dodges the question by claiming no woman is elderly. The quip highlights Victorian politeness and social etiquette in transit.
A witty exchange reflects on the abundance of poets and their economic strain. The judge quips that more poets would worsen living conditions, while acknowledging a need for poetry in society.
A courtroom exchange reports the prisoner denying teasing the judge's missing teeth, claiming he swallowed them after a fight. The judge notes the missing teeth during the confrontation.
A humorous exchange unfolds with Dolly accusing DeGarry of dancing while he notes he cannot dance. She suggests a sleigh ride, eliciting playful banter and lighthearted pairing in a social moment.
Mfyrtilia remarks that all roads lead to roam and that love confirms the longest way round is the shortest way home. The judge comment underscores a playful moral about journeys and affection.
A brief quoted line from the Chicago daily issue presents an understated observation. The source emphasizes facial cues as a clue to meaning without broader context or identifiable individuals.
A fragmented snippet dramatizes a comic exchange between a German character and Miss Mary. The old citation appears in Tit Bits style, showcasing slang and voice of the era as a playful slice of period humor.
A brief exchange questions annual smoke costs and contrasts it with time spent preaching against smoking. The quip implies funds spent on cigarettes rival the value of preaching efforts. The source cites Brooklyn Life style period humor.
In a Tit-Bits excerpt a cautious lady questions if a gorse is fit for a woman to drive while a superiors says the boss is intelligent and will avoid risky actions. The exchange hints at social norms and workplace dynamics.
The summary covers speeches in the senate on the Philippines and statehood, house actions on the district of Columbia and sundry civil appropriations, and the Elkins railroad rebates bill passage. It notes naval bids for armor, a Tennessee election stance, a strike by union carpenters, Belgian shipboard incidents, famine relief funds, a proposed Carnegie library grant, and various regional incidents including fires, weather, and notable deaths.
Reports cite a looming legal battle among heirs to the Fair estates spanning San Francisco New York and Paris. Other items note actress Lillian Nester's fatal injuries after a hospital fall and widespread policy actions from smallpox vaccination to shipyard labor disputes.
Chicago detectives raided three turf investment firm offices on Dearborn and attacked another, as part of a crackdown on fraudulent turf exchanges. A. J. Demarest & Co. suspended operations with doors locked while patrons demanded payment. Investigators seized circulars and letters from dozens of towns across the Midwest. The total losses are expected to reach hundreds of thousands of dollars.
R G Dun and Company notes a persistent gap between supply and demand across many commodities. Wages have risen voluntarily and through organized labor. Shipping delays linger until lake navigation opens. Spring orders remain heavy and fall outlook strong, with iron and steel sound though pig iron remains scarce and costly. Failures show 230 in the U S and 20 in Canada versus prior year.
An engineer, fireman, and brakeman were killed when an eastbound freight struck a boulder in a cut west of Vienna, Washington Pa. The train piled in a wreck, tracks torn up for hundreds of yards, and traffic halted as the engine toppled and steam scalded the victims.
The will of Cornelia Day Wilder Appleby, daughter of Amherst H. Wilder, is made public. The estate likely exceeds $1,000,000 and mostly funds a new Amherst H. Wilder Charity for St. Paul’s poor, directed without regard to color or religion, and independent of existing charities.
Pearl River rises above Rankin turnpike west of Jackson overflowing acres. Waterworks plant submerged and residents receive water via wagon deliveries.
In Havana on Friday Americans arranged memorial exercises for the Maine wreck next Sunday the fifth anniversary of the disaster. A subscription was raised to decorate the wreck.
One man died and three others were wounded in a stabbing in the Centre street Italian settlement. Mariani Nitz, the assailant, is jailed on a murder charge. The dead man was Frank Rodonto.
George Gardner of Lowell outboxed Al Weinig of Buffalo at the Maverick Athletic Club last night. Gardner took the decision in the seventh round after the referee halted the bout to prevent a knockout for Weinig.
A terrible hurricane hit Budapest yesterday causing extensive damage. The roof of St. Elizabeth's church was blown off and five statues of saints surrounding the church were toppled. Numerous works of art were shattered and sixty people were injured.
Americus Schoenlein of Americus Maryland defeated M J Dwyer of New Haven Connecticut last night in Baltimore in a catch as catch can wrestling match. Schoenlein won two falls in 1 22 and 45 minutes respectively.
Washington reports Herbert W. Bowen and allied representatives signed protocols to raise the blockade on Venezuela and return captured ships. Britain Germany and Italy receive advance payments and share in customs receipts as guarantees for creditor claims. Blockade lifted and ships freed, while unrest in Venezuela prompts government to move against rebels.
The anthracite coal strike commission wraps public hearings after three months with Clarence Darrow arguing for the miners. The panel will meet in secret in Washington next Thursday to consider its verdict and decide on any wage increase retroactive to November first as of October 31 ruling. Darrow portrayed the Markle eviction as extreme cruelty and urged the commission to weigh the broader struggle for liberty.
In official circles the Porte reports assurances from the powers on Bulgaria's pacific aims, yet tension remains. The military council finished mobilization plans for the Second and Third army corps and would place Marshal Edem Pacha in supreme command of Macedonian operations if field action becomes necessary.
The Chicago board of arbitration rules no more strikes by elevator conductors and janitors for five years. The decision recognizes the unions and grants the higher wage scale demanded by the strikers, and all parties agree to abide by the ruling.
Nearly 150 delegates attended the first session at the Wayne hotel for the annual American roadmakers and international good roads conference. Representatives from twenty two states were present, marking a strong start to the gathering.
The greater part of the $10,000 worth of watches and jewelry stolen from S. Vann & Co. jewelers in Albuquerque on November 12, 1902 was recovered yesterday by two boys who found the items under an old barn.
Pittsburg on February 14 reports the Manufac turers' Light and Rent Co. has bought the William Flinn syndicate holdings in the Wheeling Natural Gas Co. for 3,416,500 dollars. The purchase is described as part of a plan to consolidate Pittsburg's natural gas interests.
Washington reports the foot and mouth disease has grown serious again in Massachusetts with Dr. Salmon, head of animal industry, planning a return to Boston within days to investigate the situation.
The famous Mueller case from Duluth involving title to valuable ore bearing land on the Mesaba range was decided in the district court Friday. The decision is in favor of Kosmerl, the plaintiff and record owner, in every point.
In Havana on February 16 Americans and Cubans gathered to honor the destroyed Maine. Flags flew at half mast as wreaths were placed on the wreck and speakers urged cooperation among Cubans Spaniards and Americans in shaping Cuba’s future. The ceremony featured music a prayer and the tolling of taps.
Investigators in Washington conclude the Ravensworth Va wreck of New York and Florida express train 33 was probably caused by deliberate switch tampering. Engineer John Purvis and fireman Walter Wigginton died. two postal clerks Victor Hammer and N W Borden were severely injured.
In Lebanon Pennsylvania a 22 year old woman Mrs Ira Baker was killed on a street corner while a man unidentified shot her. Her husband and friends witnessed the shooting. David Shaud 25 years old suspected after robbing Mrs Baker s stepfather John Brownserger of 350 dollars. Shaud killed policeman Cyrus Schaffer during arrest before capture.
In Brady’s Bend, Oil City, a shot from a shed killed Beulah Zillifro 18 as she entered her father’s home. Her husband Harvey Zillifro 20 is missing after previously being driven from the house by the father who claimed he mistreated Beulah.
The Massachusetts Electric Companies, which run all eastern Massachusetts street cars outside Boston, granted wage increases to 2,522 conductors and motormen, who are organized into six pay grades.
A heavy snow storm blanketed Lafayette Indiana for 12 hours on February 16 causing all trains to run late, telephone lines to fail, and country roads to become nearly impassable.
New York reports Andrew J. Teggin an Academy of Design exhibitor took chloroform yesterday and died soon after. The death ends five years of dread from Brighi's disease, marking a fatal end to his struggle with the illness.
Louis Cure of France defeated George Sutton of America 500 to 415 in the opening game. The event also features Slesson of America and Vignaux of France as the remaining entries.
George Nelk of Germantown Pa was arrested in Reading Pa after being accused of killing his mother and severely assaulting his sister the previous Wednesday.
Dr Albert M Ames once Minneapolis mayor and indicted for attempted bribery was found in Hancock New Hampshire by Sheriff Doane. He is in poor health and not jailed, awaiting Minneapolis officers. He plans a legal fight over extradition with counsel from Nashua.
Washington explains the administration views the recently enacted anti trust laws as a long step forward. The measures ban railroad rebates and grant the commerce department power to investigate corporate methods and compel testimony. The president will decide on publication of certain facts, with the aim of curbing industrial monopoly.
In Gloucester Massachusetts nearly 1000 people gathered at the Atlantic wharf to cast 74 flowers for the 74 fishermen lost in the fisheries over the past year. A memorial service followed at City Hall with Rev Charlton reading names and tributes to survivors.
Samuel Keeler, a 40 year old teamster, killed his wife of 30 with a hammer then beheaded the body with a saw before cutting his own throat. He is under care at the hospital and is thought to recover. The tragedy followed a quarrel over a visit to Madisonville.
The Austrian steamer Margherita from Trieste and Girgenti to New York docked at Algiers on Sunday and landed 18 Sicilian stowaways who had boarded at Palermo. Thirst drove them to wield knives and threaten officers, but the crew using muskets overpowered them. The ship then proceeded to Algiers where the Itali an consul received the stowaways.
Ardmore Oklahoma Territory reports one of the worst sleet storms in years. The storm started late Saturday night with a sharp temperature drop after several days of heavy rains.
A severe sleet storm swept central Ohio from Sunday through last night. Wires were down in all directions and interurban electric lines operated with great difficulty.
A Detroit area plant, the snul phite fiber works in Delray, burned Sunday causing about 100000 in losses, insured. The plant will be rebuilt and several employees and firefighters escaped serious harm amid the blaze.
Topeka reports the worst winter blizzard of the season with heavy snow and a strong north wind. Sunday's conditions left temperatures near zero, disrupting travel and daily life across the state.
New York reports a ten year Italian life insurance fraud scheme that defrauded companies of hundreds of thousands. A confessed conspirator described a board that met weekly to approve premium payments and substitute bogus bodies, with Bartolomeo Cirino named as the ringleader and Joseph Tripan supplying bodies.
A fire in No 3 shaft at the Spruce mine in Eveleth Minnesota owned by United States Steel Company killed two men and forced ten others to escape with narrow margins. Exploding lanterns caused the blaze on the second level 150 feet below the surface. Firemen quickly extinguished the flames, saving at least ten lives.
A major fire destroyed Shog A, the principal storehouse at Rock Island arsenal Illinois. The three story building, erected twenty years ago, housed cavalry and infantry equipment and 1 000 000 rounds of Krag Jorgensen ammunition. Loss estimated at 1 500 000 with fire under control by morning. arsenal declared largest in the United States.
Cable from Michel La Grave, Paris, confirms the Olympic games will be held in St Louis during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The decision was made by the international committee after lobbying by A. G. Spaulding and other Chicago figures, pending final committee approval.
A serious explosion at No 11 colliery operated by Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co in Plymouth four miles from Wilkes-Barre on February 12 burned and injured eight men, two seriously. A naked lamp ignited gas in a chamber causing a powerful blast that ripped timbers and hurls doors from their hinges.
Topeka February 12. The Kansas legislature ended the push for women to vote in presidential elector selections. The house vote on equal suffrage fell 51 to 62, quashing the effort.
Dresden reports the crown prince of Saxony was granted a divorce from former crown princess Louise after medical experts furnished testimony. The ruling comes after a prolonged case and follows months of proceedings in Dresden.
Tamaqua Pa Feb 12 a gas explosion in Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co No 10 mine likely fatally burns Frank Boyle a miner his helper Joseph Carr is seriously injured. The gas ignited by a lamp Boyle carried.
Four more deaths are reported from the recent blizzard in St Johns Newfoundland. The first train has reached the city in six days and railway traffic remains delayed due to heavy snow drifts.
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