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Newspaper

Defiance Weekly Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1906

Page

5

Local Items and Notices From Defiance Region

Daily notes include travel to Muskogee and New Orleans, marriage licenses for Royer Frederick and Grup Hughes, and Griemer Kamm licenses. A 10,000 gallon steel tank for Island Park fire protection rises. a damaging window accident injures Romeo Morris. Christening at St Johns. Vanda Enos joins Round's orchestra. Weighing in on a joint school district case. Also 4% loaning, local births, deaths, and a car accident injures Joseph Hardert. Masonic Lodge event planned for March 9.

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Plans Completed for Defiance Sugar Beet Plant

Continental Sugar Co of Fremont plans a mammoth sugar beet refinery in Defiance with three site options. Construction hinges on Congress action on the Philippine Tariff bill. If tariffs stay, work starts next spring. if removed, the project may be abandoned. Farmers in the county contract to grow about 5000 acres for beets and 700 refineries nationwide lobby against the tariff. The plant would pay farmers 350000 to 400000 and provide 100000 in factory wages.

Continental Sugar Co Fremont Congress Cleveland Philippines United States

Society Notes Highlight Weddings and Gatherings in Defiance

Mrs Wm Kirtley and daughter Bessie travel to Peru for Miss Alice Sturgess and Mr Fred Sanders wedding in Kokomo. Local events include skating party in honor of Mr J Goslinger, K of P social with Pedro prizes, Sorosis club luncheon, and a February 14 J N club gathering with a three course luncheon and Valentine decor. Edward Hummer and Clara Krotz wed at St Marys with a Toledo-Detroit trip afterward.

Wm Kirtley Bessie Kis Peru Alice Sturgess Fred Sanders Kokomo Ilud Clyde Wright J Goslinger New Lexington Wright Clinton Street Sesson K of P Pedro Fred French J B Tennyson CJ Thompson Edward Hummer Clara Krotz Catherine Krotz Defiance St Mary's Catholic Church Collins Gertrude Kummer Robert Krotz Mrr Hummer Toledo Detroit J N Club Mrs. B Headley Main Street East Defiance John Douty Ed King Hoadley George Douty Rigrish E C Rhodes Myrtle Mangas Bella Augusta Curtland Marian Rose

Jail Escape Shocks Hicksville After Guard Supper Lapse

A Hicksville jail escape occurred Monday night when the jailed suspect fled with aid from two companions outside. Marshal Hal Miller had fed the man in the corridor and locked him out of his cell for the night, but a wall hole and patched boards allowed egress. Investigators linked the escape to associates seen with a railroad theft suspect, while a stolen buggy and a horse were later found with connections to other suspects. Isaac Rose bought the Silas Welker farm in Washington township last week.

Hicksville Hal Miller McGushin Kopp Mr. Peters Kransport Lake Dirt Napoleon Napoleon Marshal

City council discusses riot guns and mayoral residence phone

A lengthy Defiance council meeting approved first readings for riot guns and a mayoral residence phone at city expense. The session also addressed street waste cans, a depository bond, and replacement of surveying stones. Councillors Horn Tittle Somers Feigenbaum and Donier attended.

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Graves Bound Over on Grand Larceny Charge

Frank Graves was bound over to Common Pleas court by Justice Hunter on a grand larceny charge filed by John Moser of Adams township. Moser alleges Graves stole ropes pulleys and other oil well property worth 45 dollars. Graves waived examination and has prior offenses of this type. Also a six year old boy Clyde of Deatrick street nearly drowned after breaking ice on the canal but was rescued by companions and revived by doctors Huffman and Ury.

Frank Graves Common Pleas Court Justice Hunter John Moser Adams Township Moser Graves Deatrick Street Clyde Peter Ano

Sixth band assured for Defiance regimental unit

After a Tuesday meeting in Defiance the sixth regimental band location is secured and Captain Dekay of Company G will ask Col. Howard to muster the unit next Monday. Two annual concerts will fund the director’s salary with $150 allocated. additional revenue will be sought. Details on hall remain under review. Second class colonist rates to the southeast are offered with tickets via the Wabash office.

Defiance DeKay Howard Heitzwahle Southeast Alabama Florida Kentucky Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Wabash Ticket Office

Defiance Emerges as Interurban Trolley Hub Prospect

The Defiance area pursues an ambitious interurban line to Ft Wayne and Detroit with Toledo finance backing. Promoters plan from Defiance to the Junction and westward, aiming to connect major cities and expand electric railroad service.

Toledo Defiance Ft. Wayne Detroit Mich

Local Obituaries Highlight Highland Widow and Durgin Descendant

Barbara Grossman wife of Christ Grossman of Highland township died Thursday at 15 after a long illness. She leaves a husband and many children. funeral at South Ridge Lutheran church. Bridget Dargin 86, an elderly city resident, died Saturday at grandson Arthur Baker’s home. senile debility cited. Surviving daughters Mrs J H Baker and Mrs August Gardner and son William Durgin. Elizabeth Durgin, widow of John Durgin, funeral at St Mary Catholic church with pallbearers. interment Riverside. A transport route plan details canal bed progress from Antwerp to New Haven and Ft Wayne, with Hon. K Haymaker steering right of way efforts for a future line.

Barbara Grossman Christ Grossman Highland Township South Ridge Lutheran Church Bridget Dargin Arthur Baker Clinton Street Dargin J H Baker Muskogee I T August Gardner William Durgin Defiance John Durgin Elizabeth Durgin St. Mary’s Catholic Church Collins W J Bohannan MB Gorman Lou Archambeault John Crowe J B Tennyson N .J Cunningham Riverside Tates Landing Antwerp Ohio Joe Gustin Maumee Township New Haven Ft. Wayne Ft. Wayne, van Wert and Lima Traction Company Hon. K . Haymaker Maumee

Morgan and Bell Visit Over Cincinnati Toledo and Detroit Short Line

J M Morgan and Dr. Bell are in the city promoting the Cincinnati Toledo and Detroit Short Line railway. Morgan shows optimism for an early start, while a London syndicate pledges backing if construction costs are viable. Chief engineer Thys Smith will depart for London to meet financiers and present the project figures.

J M Morgan Dr. Bell Cincinnati Toledo Detroit Mr. Morgan London Thys Smith

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