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Defiance Weekly Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1903

Page

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Work of improving the court house to meet public needs

The Daily Express notes long neglected court house improvements are underway. Commissioner Behringer spearheaded upgrades including steam heating, better closets, refurbished offices for probate, recorder, prosecutor, and county clerk, a reoriented bench, improved acoustics, new furniture, and seating for about 200. Grounds work removes trees and a band stand as relate to a planned yard grading and terracing.

Court House Daily Express Chas. Behringer Auditor’s Office The Board of Commissioners Recorder

Local notices and business briefs from a midwest paper

A compilation of brief items including retirements in a boot and shoe business, a court sentence for a coat theft, travel recaps of residents, railway timetable notes, advertisements for patent medicines and tonics, and local real estate moves. Notable items include J M Preisendoerfer’s retirement, Tony and Frank taking charge, Robt Williams’ ten day sentencing, Mrs Daoust’s return from Wapakoneta, and Jack Clementz buying the Wrede building for 5500 dollars.

J. M. Preisendoerfer Tony Frank

Social wedding invites and village celebrations span the week

Social invitations announce the wedding of Miss Alta J Newton to John M Weismantel at 9 a m on Wednesday January 28 with a reception 8 to 10 p m at 510 Clinton Street. Other items describe sleighing parties to Adams township North Richland and Jewell Caulkins homes with oysters and music, plus Omega lodge Masons hosting a large social event with speeches, solos, dancing, and a banquet with ham sandwiches oysters and desserts. Dr Thomas Electric Oil ad closes and Dr John W Davis passes state medical exam and will open an office.

Alta J. Newton John M. Weismantel Rev. Gloden Clinton Street John W. Davis State Board of Medical Registration Pr. Davis Mwan Arizona

Fort Defiance lodge installs officers with big evening

The Ft. Defiance lodge No. 134 I O O F held a large hall ceremony in the Lewis building on Friday night for the official installation of new officers by district deputy grand master Jason W Law. The program featured an orchestra, recitations by several youths, and a banquet for about three hundred attendees, with a menu of chicken and oysters concluding after 1 a m. The event praised the lodge’s past year of work and its reputation as entertainers.

F.L. Hay Tu-en-da-wie Clinton Leither W. H. Hubbard A | Omega Lodge R. T. Sutphen Deal Richard Shaw R. Brown Lodge Punch Asylum of Defiance Commandery No. 30 K. T Grace Whitaker Ruth Lara Gleason Maud Conkle Hannah Harry Prof Richard Dan Lieberthal Ft. Defiance Bear Boyd Jacob Mueller Olive Smith Milley Bucher McKinley Hacket Mable Mueller Grace Hackett Wm. Wright Victoria Harper Rebekahs Letilla Smith Barr—Belle Morris the Proudman Gladys Gire Ray Hocket Russell Harper Kentucky Alta Mueller Hazel Gire Mary Young Monticello Ft. Defiance Lodge

Remarkable Cure of Croup Saves Little Boy Life

A mother from Inwood Iowa credits Chamberlains cough medicine with saving her son. She details administering the remedy every ten minutes until the child coughed up phlegm and began breathing normally. The seller listed is N G Woodward with the medicine available.

Chamberlain A. B. Steere Goodwin Jont DeMoyt Inwood Iowa N. G. Woodward

Pioneer minister's widow Laura Van Buskirk Gard dies at 76

Mrs Laura Van Buskirk Gard, widow of Rev F J Gard, died Saturday morning in Toledo after a lingering illness. She lived in Toledo the past year, previously in Tiffin where her husband served as a Methodist pastor. She was 76, remembered for faithful support during 43 years of itinerant ministry and gave much assistance to her husband. Families remain connected in Tiffin and Melmore Pennsylvania.

Thomas J. Gard Wmn. B. Gard Columbia Street Toledo Tiffin Fiard Gard Laura van Buskirk Ohio Pennsylvania Melmore General Gibson

TIME TO WORK UPON THE YOUTH TIME TO WORK UPON THE YOUTH THE ADDRESS OF POWER

A sermon urges ministers to inspire Christians with two visions of Jesus Christ as conqueror and savior. It emphasizes youth outreach, the pivotal roles of Sunday schools, and early conversions, urging patience with adolescents and to seek the Holy Spirit. E. D. Goller and John A. Read noted. Read, a froggist, died, with funeral by Toledo Knights Templar.

Christ Salvation Army Jesus E. D. Goller John A. Read Wauseon Toledo Knights Templar

Also Mentioned on This Page

Robt. Williams John Delebar Shirley House Stone Yard J. H. Hockman Williams L. E. Daoust Wapakoneta Peter F. Seibel HH. D. Bokop Wabash Railways John Booster Holgate Tom Buchholz N. R. Webster H. G. Baker Muskogee Indian Territory Mr. Webster Jack Clementz Wrede Weisenburger & Emery Ayer P. Jolly Avoca, N. Y Ste Peter Leithauser Adams Township Geo. Elliott North Richland Emma Schmaltz Gertrude Wilda Clifford Schmaltz Evermore Omega Lodge Omega T. T. Shaw Christ Winterich Omega Boys Thomas Morthatttamma Brother Illinois ODD Fellows Kinyon Weaver Eikhar Ind Kinney NG Woodward Mr. Goller Clark Jesus Christ Noprophet God Luther Knox Wesley Moody A. W. Chase Toledo, Ohio Western Avenue Toledo O Omer Mysel Bryan, Ohio Mrs. Chas, Shafer East Bryan Dr. A.W. Chase Medicine Co Washingtoney Betalo N.Y Woodward’s Drug Store Defiance
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