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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1907
Page
8
The House endorses a modified denatured alcohol bill 80:88 to aid farmers co ops and small distilleries. It creates central denaturing warehouses and bonded shipment to cut consumer costs. Senate passage expected, promising expanded markets for farm products used in alcohol manufacture.
Cuarues A Woopwanp one of the oldest Masons in the state and a past grandmaster died in Cleveland Friday at age 78. His longtime service to the fraternity and local lodges was noted by colleagues.
Miriam W. Hama of Springfield sold 1700 acres in Nebraska for 91000 dollars and donated the sum to Wittenberg College of Springfield.
Henry county farmer Miles Yrexraimer living near Desh Ler files for bankruptcy claiming $3,510.57 in liabilities and $4,504 in assets. The filing marks a formal step in his unresolved financial status in the county.
The directors of Ursinus College in Philadelphia decide to merge the school of theology with Heidelberg Theological Seminary located in Tiffin to streamline religious education. The move aligns with joint leadership and program integration across institutions.
Several members of Co. E of Maryeville failed to attend drill and were arrested by the sheriff. They were fined one dollar each and sentenced to one day in the county jail.
The Lebanon Kentucky grand jury returns indictments against three Louisville papers and one Cincinnati newspaper for publishing indecent testimony in the Thaw trial.
Frep Caster was electrocuted at the Ohio penitentiary annex shortly after midnight Thursday for the 1905 murder of police officer Davis in Columbus.
The contract for the new sewer system at St. Marys goes to F.8. Mitchell of Bellefontaine. He must complete the work by October 1908, with a total contract price of $85,000.
Carrie Nation known for hatchet saloon smashing will perform in Worcester Massachusetts next week in Ten Nights in a Barroom. Earlier, an hour in a bar room drew crowds.
The father of David McKelvey, killed November 18, 1906, by a Toledo and Indiana Railway Co. car while in a buggy, sues for 10000. He alleges the train traveled at 60 miles per hour and no signal was given at the crossing.
A quoted phrase by expert Evans labels a mental condition as a disproportionate idea of self. The public may simply call it bighead, reflecting inflated self-importance in the Thaw trial in New York.
The Tiffin Board of Trade sealed a contract to bring a large Webster Manufactursing Co. branch from Chicago, employing 400 skilled workers. The city grants 15 acres of land and a substantial, undisclosed bonus, with the plant due to open by July 1 amid competition from Sandusky, Ft. Wayne, Decatur, Loransport and other cities.
Mrs Bouton wife of Joseph Bolton juror number eleven in the Thawe trial died in New York on Thursday from pneumonia. The trial adjourned that day due to her illness and remained paused until Monday because of her death. Jurors were granted liberty and advised by their honor not to read newspapers or discuss the case.
At a meeting in Columbus the State Board of Public Works elected Wm Kirtley vice president and awarded a $62 000 dredging contract for the Miami and Erie Canal from Middletown to Miamisburg to T P Strack of Cincinnati. The board reappointed multiple officials including Secretary Charles Diehl and engineers and superintendents across several cities.
Legislatures in Iowa West Virginia and Missouri approve two cent railway fare legislation aiming to reduce passenger costs and regulate rail travel. The measures move to governor for final action and funding details are to be set in implementing regulations.
Harvey Wixster of Bryan is said to have fallen heir to an estate valued at $22,000 following his grandfather's death in Ft. Wayne.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad stations auditors on passenger trains collect fares and report passenger business to relieve conductors of fare tasks, freeing them to focus on train operation.
OrLeans G Rosins received a verdict of 11500 from the Toledo Urban and Interurban Railroad Co last week in Toledo after a gun fell from a rack in a car striking her on the head leaving her partially paralyzed.
A military commission in Berlin considers methods to conceal cavalry in warfare. Experiments in dyeing horses proved unreliable as dye washed off and canvas trappings impaired movement. The best camouflage in South Africa used heather plants arranged along trappings to resemble waving vegetation on the horizon.
A traveler notes Moorish leisure includes football, leapfrog wrestling and rabbits with curved sticks. The adult label barood or powder-play features horsemen charging a spot, firing guns high, then stopping on their haunches. Moors prize horsemanship.
A brief exchange notes Pat’s illness, describing her as weak but not in immediate danger. The dialogue conveys concern and casual reassurance between speakers.
The Defiance County Sunday School executive committee met at Sherwood on February 9 to push Sunday school growth and discuss a new press department plan. Alta R. Gingery succeeds Miss Spangler as County Primary Secretary as Miss Spangler retires after a year and a half of service. The group outlined banner requirements and township conventions, with plans to decide the next annual convention date at the next meeting.
The note lauds the county treasurer for years of service and great work in the county. It calls for collective effort in the church related Sunday School program, describing it as a school of impression and character building and a key to church problems. H. L. Srock serves as secretary.
D A Spitler of Liberty Center sought his wife and five year old daughter who vanished with a hired man after moving from the country. Spitler tracked toward Defiance and Toledo with rumors of a man’s arrest in Napoleon.
The Saturday Review argues English singers face barriers at home while foreign artists, despite flaws, receive support abroad. It cites Tamagno in Monte Carlo, an American tenor in Brussels, and varied reactions in Germany to non native accents.
An English biologist argues across animal groups that the female is generally superior to the male in development and complexity. He notes in invertebrates and lower vertebrates the female dominates in size and nervous and reproductive traits, while males appear secondary or incidental in many species.
Swiggs notes his wife preserves peaches with care this season. Briggs replies he is not fond of the fruit but respects the effort and spirit she puts into the work.
Edward Goring, a pianist in a London music hall, discovers a violinist’s tunes he copied into a symphony. He faces a public scandal when Alice Severn reveals the real composer, Hugh Severn, dead but rightful creator. After a public confession wins praise, Goring plans to leave England with Alice by his side.
When the floor of the ancient Canterbury hospital was torn up, rings were found through which cords ran to tie patients to the operating table before anesthetics were known.
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