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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1906
Page
4
Sealy edition lists delivery rates and mailing options with prices for home delivery and outside city mail. It shows weekly and yearly payments, advance cash terms, and contact telephone numbers for Southwestern Telegraph.
The Ohio state good roads convention gathers January 16 17 in Columbus with sessions in the auditorium and possibly the capitol. Senator Martin Dodge presides with a 100 member committee from each county to ensure wide representation. Sam Huston state highway commissioner serves as secretary. A 37 county series precedes the event and notable speakers are planned. Round trip fare plus 25 cents is set from all Ohio points.
Friday night Schmidt and Sons dry goods store in Delphos was robbed with $11.21 stolen. A counterfeit dollar from the loot appeared Sunday at a Delphos hotel. Ed Leaving, a local youth, was arrested and charged with the burglaries.
The Imperial Brewing Co financed by J W Adams plans to start a $250000 plant in Lima in February. The venture is capitalized at $300000 with nearly all stock sold and aims for an output of 150000 barrels annually.
G A Kuenning, clerk of the board of public affairs in New Bremen, voluntarily reduced his salary from 100 to 80 dollars a year. He cites the village clerk, whose duties are heavier, earning only 75 dollars, as a reason for his action.
The piece notes U S maintenance costs for the White House at 125000 yearly and domestic shoe prices of 550 a pair shipped to Mexico with sale prices 12 to 15 in Mexican money. It cites Chicago's leadership in hides pricing with values rising from 8 cents to over 15 cents per pound and mentions a Pittsburgh retailer and Whitcomb service legacy in Albany.
Special to Express reports Governor Myron T Herrick hands power to Franklin Pattison the forty first Ohio governor on a grand ceremony in Columbus with crowds of about 50 000. Pattison vows to enforce laws fairly and pursue home rule canal upkeep and tax reform while addressing liquor and election laws.
Farmer area reports indicate Eva and Maud Thomas visiting Toledo friends. Charles Fairchilds and wife plan a Mt. Vernon move soon. Several residents listed as sick, including Mrs. David Lord and Richard Yeagley with tonsillitis. Edith Bowker cares for fragile grandmother Mrs Stackhouse. Mr and Mrs Wm Price relocated from the farm north of Farmer to their home in Farmer Monday. Mrs Maria Bercaw dies in Farmer Monday evening at 6 o’clock after weeks of illness. She was nearly 53, survived by a son, sister, and five brothers. husband deceased about nine years.
Fireman Charles Pritchard sustained critical injuries after a ladder slipped at a Tuesday blaze destroying Edward Blair’s dwelling. He was knocked to the ground with a broken arm and internal injuries. Most contents were saved. Blair’s loss estimated at 1500 dollars. Origin of the fire undetermined.
Findlay held its first Brannock law local option election with 291 votes cast. The north district went dry by 86, the west went wet by 105, and the east went dry by 16, affecting 25 saloons.
Marion January 9 Judge B G Young placed a temporary injunction preventing payment of 1249 to Wade Co Toledo for a steel book case and harshly critiqued the county commissioners. He noted 20 years ago the courthouse had fine furniture which has largely disappeared while steel furniture costing about 50000 has been installed.
Frank Moon of Michigan spent the holidays with his parents Perry Moon and has returned. Grarcdma Cameron is reported quite ill. Mr and Mrs SB Figley spent Sunday with O Partee in East Tiffin township who is very sick. Mrs Lewis Boff has returned from a pleasant visit at Cary. Lyman Moon spent Sunday with his parents Perry Moon. Fred Shoe and family of near Evansport Sundayed with S W Figley.
Funeral attendance for Mrs Weis mantle sister of Mrs Linebrink. John Sherman reportedly married Maud Rath of Evansport. J C Christy’s sale drew crowds. he plans to move to Oklahoma soon. Ed Stock and Ruth Neaderhouser visited Defiance and Toledo area relatives. Protracted meeting at Tiffin river UUB church. Sunday school at St John’s MFE church at 9 30.
Washington notes list officers of Newlodge I O O F No. 884 newly opened with 22 charter members. The report mentions property trades in Ney and Defiance, moves of residents, illness recoveries, and talks of organizing a home telephone company over dissatisfaction with the stock transfer.
Shaw resigns from the Defiance public schools board, accepting a better paid job in Detroit to begin by next Monday. A former high school janitor and three year football coach, he earned praise for building a fast, well drilled team and was well liked by the board. His departure will be felt by athletes and staff alike.
Hicksville items recall deaths, visits, and business updates. Klinger and wife travel to Grover Hill for a relative’s death. Coover family from Ft Wayne visit. Chapman's instructor seeks boarding. Hicksville Building & Loan elects officers and directors. Weekend sickness, store changes, and public school reopenings noted. Company E of ONG to Columbus for governor inauguration. various residents move, travel, or conduct business.
A compilation of real estate transfers including Defiance City Bank to Defiance Tile Mills Co and numerous parcel trades in Defiance, Hicksville, Sherwood, Noble, and Milford Townships. Transfers involve parcels ranging from 1 to 80 acres with values from 50 to 25,000 dollars and includeAuditor's plat references and section numbers.
A dialogue asks if a man can endure toil and self sacrifice. The youth replies he can, noting a simple act of persistence by saying he once colored a meerschaum pipe.
A Baltimore American quote notes a quarrel between a parent and child. The father’s anger leads to estrangement and the cutting of an allowance, illustrating a harsh family dispute cited in the paper’s dialogue.
Mrs. Mary Wolf of Defiance visited her son and daughter in Ney on Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Grayce Haynes visited Ney High School Friday. John Ruple and Geo Campbell hauled hay to Bryan. Christ Persin says he will not go hungry after delivering a load of wheat to a mill. Lew Campbell of Michigan was in Ney last week. Oll Rich of Hicksville spent the weekend at A J Yarlot's. Mrs. Hatfield and grandson Jay Ruple returned from Michigan. G B Yarlot sold a cow to Mr. Wallace of Bryan. August Haase and family spent Sunday with friends at Evansport. Mr. Bailey of Toledo visited Arno Bergbaucher and others. A crowd of young people were entertained at Chas. Bergman’s home Saturday night. Sunday school at Church of God Bethel was reorganized. Washington township teachers began work after two weeks’ vacation. Two Ney youths enjoyed missing the Toledo train. Roy Yarlet returned from Toledo Saturday night.
The January 1 1906 treasurer’s report lists payments from Washington township Bethel SS Ney MESS German Lutheran Prairie Creek UB for two to one year totaling 7.00 350 400 200 and notes the old year passed with a call for forward movement in Sunday school work. Mrs S Haver regrets illness and recalls 45 years as a Sunday school teacher urging continued effort to bring boys and girls to Sunday school. The Home Department urges spreading Gods word at home and beginning now with contact led by V G Lord Bryan. it emphasizes daily effort, duty and faith, accepting difficulties as part of growth.
In Fremont on Saturday probate court petitioned to appoint a guardian for George Lang of the west end amid a sensational blackmail plot claim. Lang allegedly received 4500 for a farm, sold back, and was paid 500 plus 4000 in notes, with lawyers and others implicated in a settlement to avoid grand jury scrutiny.
In Boston long ago Joseph Jefferson staged The Rivals with Bob Acres given extra prominence. William Warren watched and, when asked his view on Jefferson's Acres, replied Capital, capital Sheridan twenty miles away.
A trial on selling impure whisky proceeds as the jury retires to weigh the evidence. The foreman asks for more evidence, prompting the judge to consider further proceedings, reflecting the San Francisco News Letter’s satirical take.
The Rev. J C Clemmons aged 78 collapsed at home after arriving from First Methodist Church services Sunday morning. Born in Greene county, he had spent four years in Findlay after moving from Van Wert, and had lived in northwestern Ohio for four decades.
Agricultural and livestock prices listed for Toledo and East Buffalo markets include wheat corn oats and rye futures. hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs with steady to firm trends. Prices show both regional specifics and varied ranges for different grades and weights.
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