22 Jan 1903
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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
1
Special Correspondence from Orlando Florida dated January 11 1903 describes a cold wave forecast with a rainy night and 25 degree low noted on January 13. The writer comments on iced pipes droughts and rising fuel costs while detailing birds plants and a rosy sunset.
Phillip Young of North Richland is improving in health. J F Singer adds buffalo wagon scales by his grocery on First street. Revival meetings at Mt Calvary church Highland township show growing interest with seven conversions and strong attendance. Nine of thirteen cars of hard coal seized at Bellevue recently belonged to C Schenck of Toledo and most coal to N J Norman comes through Schenck. Possible Bellevue confiscation cut many Defiance residents off a needed coal supply.
Stockholders in Bowling Green Ohio voted to extend the Lake Erie Bowling Green and Napoleon line from Pemberville to Port Clinton via Elmore and Oak Harbor and to extend to Defiance. Capital stock will rise to 1 million dollars. W M Tuller was elected president F W Rogers vice president and E M McKnight general manager among new directors.
Social Bishop C H Fowler lectured at St Paul M E church on Our Opportunity, focusing on church missionary work. A public reception hosted by Rev E D Whitlock at the parsonage drew a large, pleasant crowd with refreshments.
The G A R announces its 1903 standing committees including Relief Entertainment Finance Memorial Day Music Transportation Grievance Cemeteries and advisory and visiting groups across wards and townships with Post Commander Gardner Dabney and Adjutant L E Bearpsey directing. Also notes local civic notes on members and community appointments.
Mrs. Mary Murray of Garrett Ind was struck by a B& O freight engine near the Jackson street crossing around 5 pm Saturday. She survived with a bruised side and possibly a broken rib, aided by doctors and housed with her son Mike in Garrett. Her sons from Chicago and Garrett were notified.
A young man skilled in passing forged checks was captured after a spree across several local businesses. He used checks drawn on Turnbull Wagon Co and First National Bank to buy spectacles ham lard and a fountain syringe among other items. He fled the Cunningham house to the Wabash depot but was arrested on train No 24 by Deputy Behringer and jailed. The incident involved multiple accomplices attempting to obtain blank checks at the First National Bank.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Sears product titled the kind you have always bought. No clear date person or place identified. The item appears to be an advertisement or catalog entry with unknown year and context.
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