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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
5
Pension for Gen. A V Rice raised to 100 dollars monthly. Notables include births, deaths, illnesses, and social events across Adams and South Richland townships and Toledo. Community updates cover employment, a smallpox report, municipal firefighter plans, and Farmer's Institute preparations with committee appointments.
Rumors claim Antwerp faces a smallpox epidemic and urge Defiance to quarantine the town immediately. A bar keeper’s skin illness is cited as a suspected source, with warnings that delays could spread infection between towns and endanger public health.
Mr and Mrs Peter Kettenring plan a San Francisco departure with a Shriners party to Hawaii aboard the new Sonoma and Vetura steamships. The round trip from San Francisco to Honolulu runs March 6 to April 2, with focus on comfort and speed, and notes include ship features, capacity, and anticipated seasickness avoidance.
Defiance resident Captain Edmund Metz, a former Napoleon bookkeeper and six year Reno County deputy sheriff, died after being injured trying to board a moving train at Hutchinson Kansas. A Civil War veteran, Metz served in the Cumberland campaigns and rose from Sergeant to Lieutenant and Sergeant Major. He is survived by Flora Goodyn Metz his wife of Napoleon, two sons Edmond Jr and Joseph, two sisters Mrs Charles Switzer and Mrs L W Richardson, a brother Frank Metz and sisters in Chicago. His death is mourned by army comrades and local friends.
Georgie Meekison son of Congressman David Meekison aged 17 travels by B&O from Washington to Napoleon, in Defiance for a naval academy path, after a jail stay for concealed weapons. Local notes include Judge Hubbard's health, forged bank checks, and Uncle Tom's Cabin parade despite rain.
The document outlines 12 rules for smallpox and variloid control including reporting within 12 hours, placarding infected premises, quarantine measures, disinfection, vaccination for exposed or unprotected individuals, school vaccination proof, and enforcement. Adopted Nov 29, 1898, with a note of executive authority to enforce and amend as needed.
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