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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1902
Page
4
Defiance Express in Defiance Ohio publishes a daily evening edition delivered by carriers in the city at 10 cents weekly. Mail rates shown: outside city $3 yearly, six months $1.75, three months $1.00. Weekly edition published Wednesdays, priced $1.50 yearly. Long distance and Northwestern phones listed.
Classified notices announce marriage birth and death notices and church entertainments with pricing per line. Transient ads require prepayment and copy submission. locals in black face type priced per line. Correspondents must provide name for proof of good faith.
Congressman John S. Snook paused at the B and O depot for a brief stop Monday while en route to Washington. He had spent his recess at his Paulding home recovering from illness and spoke with Postmaster J. Thompson about proposed new rural routes during the encounter.
The Defiance city council stance on the P. G. E. Co. light contract risks a lawsuit over pole replacement and street lighting payments. W. P. Engel insists he will meet contract requirements, while residents see progress and large investment in the company's services, hinting council friction may be personal.
Jesse Stahl of Trumbull County has returned from Dabney. Shasteen, U.S. Pension Clerk at Columbus, visited his uncle Samuel Shasteen. Babbitt of Petoskey Michigan visits Ed Patten. Ice crop is being harvested in town with good loads. Clayton Cameron, from Cincinnati dental school, spends his ration at home. W Lord bought a farm near Hillsdale Michigan. A potential runaway incident with a delivery mule was averted when driver Cline was away. neighbors cornered the mule. Ed Costello of Lawton Oklahoma visits the area frequently.
An ad touts Clinic Headache Waters as immediate relief for headaches, claiming it is perfectly safe, easily taken, and does not depress. The product is advertised at 10 cents at all druggists.
A pretty home wedding was held Sunday at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. David Plantz in this city. Oliver T. Willeman and Maggie B. Storey of Ashton were married by Rev. W. B. McCrea. They plan a wedding trip to Ohio and will reside in Pocahontas after March first. Relative and friends offered best wishes and rice showers.
Defiance resident B F Snyder visited the Children’s Home on Tuesday. Ney resident L W Garver called on business last Thursday. Trustee day was held last Thursday. Citizens are thanked for Christmas gifts including oranges nuts candy from Frank Mains W F Speiser J F Singer Harley and Whitaker M Kittner and Henry Sass.
The 1992 Calendar Of the Nickel Plate Road notes two items: first, an application mailed to the general passenger agent in Cleveland Ohio. second, the line will mail its 1902 calendar to anyone who applies to the same agent.
Special to Express from Columbus Ohio January 8 The legislature adjourned Tuesday until Monday of next week with little business beyond filling minor positions. A clash between Hanna and Daugherty factions over committee chairs shapes the House race with McKinnon backed by Daugherty. Cole of Hancock is sought for taxation chair against Judge Thomas of Huron backed by Hanna. Gov Nash's taxation views will influence the bill. Willis of Hardin chairs a resolution to set January 14 at 11 for Senate United States senator selection, and a joint session is set for January 15 at 11 for the same purpose.
Washington notes outline president's February trip to Charlestown with cabinet members, plus probable cabinet women. Senate committee studies reciprocity treaties. House War Claims panel backs pay for Confederate riders' seized assets. Prizes case hearing set for Schley victory. Navy eyes Great Lakes training station. Foraker proposes 100000 for Findlay public building and a later Sherman statue funding of 50000.
On the first and third Tuesday of each month the Wabash Railway offers Home seekers round trip tickets at one fare plus $2.00 to points in the south southwest and west. Full information available at the Wabash ticket office.
Consultation is strictly private and free, with no cost if the evaluator says the case is incurable. The clinic claims a reputation for curing cases once deemed incurable and promises to inform patients honestly after examination.
The News-Tribune on July 30 1898 praised a Detroit Michigan specialist as having unmatched experience and diagnostic skill noting no equal in the state or country.
Winter wheat and other grains list at Cleveland era values with No 2 yellow corn at 70.5 cents, oats 51.5 cents. Butter 26 cents, cheese 12 to 13 cents, eggs 30 cents. cattle range 5.25 to 7.50, sheep 4 to 5.40, hogs 6.25 to 7. Hogs and cattle also shown for Chicago East Liberty East Buffalo and Toledo with varied prices. Cincinnati notes hogs 4.35 to 7.29 and sheep 1.75 to 2.75, lambs 3.75 to 5.00.
Corrected daily prices show hay at 8.00 per ton and feed commodities with wheat at 7.27 per bushel, oats 0.46, and corn shelled at 6.1 per bushel. Prices are listed amid garbled trailing notes and a partial stamp.
Lizzie Friend files for divorce from Theodore Friend in Defiance County Ohio. petition seeks custody of Geo C Friend and alimony. Theodore’s address is unknown. judgment requested after six weeks from first publication dated January 2, 1902. Attorney George W. Killey represents Lizzie Friend.
Clarence Overmyer of Antwerp reports ten year struggle with digestive pain and inability to work eased by Dr Morrison at the Detroit Clinic. After two months of treatment begun December 13, 1900, he is fully cured, pain free, and able to eat and work daily.
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