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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1904
Page
1
Columns from Columbus recount idle evils of idleness, noting the city as a squirrel hunting ground with peanuts feeding thousands. The piece weaves playful anecdotes about state house grounds, a peanut stand raided by squirrels, and local figures visiting the auditor’s office as part of a light, reflective column.
A Norfolk era column recalls a Prohibition anecdote about a man losing his housekeeper and a friend named Wm Prior amid drink jabs. It also notes Rev Clayton Smucker publishing a St Paul’s M E church manual and directory, plus recent church membership gains and mortgage cancellation.
Charles Squire chronicles a sea voyage on the Tunisian Prescott from Montreal to Liverpool in June 1904. He details meals and cabins, companions including Lady Minto’s suite, daily weather shifts from rain to sunshine, scenic riverbanks and coastlines, icebergs seen near Newfoundland, and social moments aboard with diversely sourced passengers.
Obituaries note Elmer E Mathews 42 a Postal Telegraph lineman dying at 835 Harrison Street at 1 15 today. E T Stevens 21 years 10 months dies at her aunt Mrs J J Wiler home east of the city with funeral at Foster church. Noah Schatzer dies after being killed Saturday night near the city by suspected holdup men fleeing on a freight train. Local police report arrest at Butler Indiana after a desperate chase.
Dr J B Ury returned from Chicago in charge of two patients at Presbyterian hospital. Prof Brophy operated on Ruth Neaderhauser, a three year old, for split palate with successful outcome. Other local items note visits, sales of land, wool shipment, pension, road construction, injuries, and a small court case over a horse trade.
St John’s M E Sunday School reports for quarter ending June 26 with attendance and visitors figures and money collected. The county secretary notes widespread teacher absences, urging consistent presence, substitutes when needed, and parental involvement to keep Sunday schools united and thriving. News to H L Stock.
Monday meeting of the Law and Order League notes focus on saloons and Sunday business openings. At the bride’s parents home last evening, J L Gehrum of Garrett and Lena Moog of Hikesville wed in a ceremony led by Rev C B Fletcher. Joel Hunsbarger, injured on Dr T F Wood’s barn project near Angola, fell 20 feet, dislocating an ankle and breaking a leg bone, likely missing most of summer work. Possible Republican county commissioner nominees discussed: Vern Haller, Ephriam Saor, and Weber. Hicksville schools hire Miss Lora A Turner as principal. she is a Penn State Normal graduate with a life certificate and five years’ experience.
Catherine Whistler Barrick died at her daughter’s home at 422 Seneca Street on Wednesday June 29. Born May 29, 1820 in Cumberland County Pennsylvania, she married George Barrick in 1845. They lived in Ohio from 1852, with sixteen years in Richland County and thirty six in Defiance County. She is survived by one sister Mrs H Aspen in Pennsylvania, seven children, twenty two grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Living children include Elizabeth Logan of Mansfield Jeremiah Barrick of Bryan Amos and Harry Barrick Mrs Amanda Ryder and Mrs Henry Goller of Ney and Amelia Tomlinson of this city.
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