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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
8
A Commercial Tribune analysis argues The Commoner remains Bryan’s voice and presses Democrats to stick to the 1896 Chicago platform on bimetalism. It warns against free silver gains in 1908 and predicts Bryan will shape the convention, resisting any gold standard pressure.
Joan Cot died in Findlay on Thursday at age 74. He was the father of 17 children, 15 of whom survive him. His death leaves a large family and ties to a prominent political figure through his son.
Murat Dopste aged 24 a telephone lineman was electrocuted at Wapakoneta on the 26th when a line he was working on touched a Western Ohio high tension line carrying 32 000 volts.
Governor Harris creates a commission for Colonel Worthington Kautzman of Urbana to serve as assistant adjutant general, a post he has held since Governor Herrick entered office.
L. G. Fisher, aged resident of Wauseon, was found hanging from a rafter in a Toledo shed on the 27th. The body showed advanced decomposition, suggesting the act occurred about a week earlier.
Harvey and Harry Ziegler of Bowling Green Jade suffered severe facial injuries when they filled a beer bottle with powder, lit a match, and corked the bottle, causing the glass to splinter as the bottle exploded.
Marion trustees learned Carnegie’s private secretary had promised $30,000 for a library. Carnegie repudiated that action and reduced the grant to $28,500, grading by population. Plans for a $30,000 building proceeded with the board deciding to raise the remaining funds locally.
A Hutchinson dispatch reports harvest workers leave fields to watch a Western association baseball race. At the Forsha ranch nine miles away a score board is posted in the wheat field to track the game while 100 laborers roam the fields. manager Fred Forsha arranges telephone bulletins to keep them updated.
Mrs James Tanner wife of the commander in chief of the G A R was killed in an automobile collision in Helena Montana on Friday.
Gen R B Brown of Zanesville is appointed a member of the board of trustees of the Soldiers and Sailors home at Sandusky by Governor Harris on Friday.
After two years under indictment F C Oleson promoter of the Sandusky Southwestern line now in receivership was acquitted of forgery in Lima on Thursday.
President Roosevelt Friday signed the railroad rate bill the immigration bill and the Panama Isthmus canal construction bill. As amended the rate bill will take effect in sixty days.
Samuel J Flickinger editor of the Dayton Journal was appointed private secretary by Governor Harris on Friday and has accepted. He formerly edited the Ohio State Journal and is regarded as a good choice for the post.
Governor Harris appointed Noah H. Swayne of Toledo to a new term on the state arbitration board and Roscoe J. Mauck of Gallipolis as Athens hospital trustee succeeding Gilbert Towey. Chris McKee’s prior appointment by Governor Pattison had tilted the board to Democratic. Harris’s action restores a Republican balance. Mauck works as an assistant in the Attorney General's office.
President Roosevelt lauds Congress for substantial, practical legislation. He highlights the railroad rate bill, meat inspection, pure food, and Panama Canal laws, praising the session as more constructive than any since he began following public affairs.
Officers at Toledo officers' school decided Co G and the Sixth Regimental band will leave Defiance on Saturday afternoon August 11 and travel by D and C U steamer to Toledo then by rail to the Tuscarawas county encampment grounds arriving Sunday morning. A regimental shoot will be held in Toledo July 14 to 16 with seven men per company. Last year Co G lagged due to lack of practice but now has its own range and will begin practice on the Fourth.
Ohio State University authorized a Ten Weeks Course in Agriculture to run January 2 to March 15, 1907, with admission at age 16 and no examination. Subjects include live stock, breeding, crop production, soil fertility, farm equipment, dairying, management, and horticulture, plus lectures by leading agriculturists. Announcements available from the Dean of the Agricultural College in Columbus.
Special to Express Middletown reports a head on collision south of Middletown station between a Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton passenger train and a freight train. Five passengers and a baggageman were severely injured including Charles Ratcliffe James Prickett Mrs P H Seavey Elizabeth Gaumer Sister Mary Julia and Mrs C Ashbaugh with various injuries and several others bruised.
Toledo District Free Methodists announce a camp meeting from July 25 to August in North Defiance near Sulphur Hollow. Prominent speakers include Bishop B. R. Jones of Jackson Michigan Rev L Lewie of Jackson and Prof B J Vincent of Spring Arbor Seminary. The grove venue is set as the outdoor site.
About thirty friends gathered Saturday at D L McCollister's home for a birthday party planned by Mrs. McCollister. Light refreshments were served and several gifts, including a white vest, were presented unexpectedly.
A $100000 endowment for the M. A. Hanna chair of political science was given to Western Reserve University in Cleveland on Saturday. The funds were raised by the Hanna Memorial Association of Cleveland through popular subscription, with Andrew Carnegie among the contributors.
Mrs J W Snider aged forty nine died Friday evening at her Evansport home. She leaves her husband one son and one daughter Mrs J E Snider and four brothers. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Evansport.
Neil Tuttle is named drum major of the Sixth Regiment Band of Defiance by Col. Howard to succeed Wayne G. Lee who resigned due to conflicts with his regular work. J. D. Dunlap was an applicant for the post.
Mrs Thomas and her daughter Henrietta departed last Thursday to Port Clinton to visit friends, according to local notes.
Mrs. Fred Travis and children returned to Toledo Sunday after a visit with friends and relatives in this city. Geo. Hoover and sons Paul Ned and Harold of Washington Pa are visiting friends in this city.
Miss Beulah Crane returns from a two weeks visit with relatives at Deputy. Harry Manchester of New York visits his brother Clyde Manchester in this city.
Mr and Mrs F W French spent Sunday in Toledo and Cleveland Mrs Chas Ginner and children of Hicksville spent Sunday in the city D J and Tom Riley of Washington Pa are visiting relatives
Miss Agnes Sheridan is spending the week at Hicksville visiting relatives and enjoying local activities.
Dr. Huffman will determine whether you require glasses after an eye examination. The assessment will decide if vision correction is necessary and outline next steps for treatment or follow up.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks announces its annual meeting and a sale from July 11 to July M inclusive. A continuous agent at Wabash Street is noted.
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