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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
5
Talk of incorporating the Defiance Carriage Co. as a stock company arises amid plans to expand the business. The Roedel brothers have shown capability in producing high quality wagons and creating strong demand, with hopes the venture will grow and benefit the city.
Miss Leona Russell of Toledo visits her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Jerry Harrington. Two marine boilers have been added to the battery of boilers at the power house of the P G and E Co.
C. E. Chenevert and family have gone to their cottage at Lake Wawasee Indiana for the summer. Tuesday night was unusually cool for mid July with the frost mark nearly reached.
J. F. Godfrey of the Cheyney and Godfrey firm will spend Saturday and Sunday in Elk Hart, Indiana, visiting clients and inspecting affairs related to their practice.
The Misses Kate and Neil Sheridan left for Garrett Indiana today where they will visit Mrs Emmett Manion.
Mrs. Chas Riley and her young daughter Margaret, who have been visiting here, returned to their home in Youngstown.
The W R C will host a dime social this evening at Mrs Annette Weller’s home at 721 Division Street. Ice cream cake and coffee will be served.
The Martin building at Clinton and Third streets shines with a new red paint job, enhancing the corner’s appearance and curb appeal.
Express readers are invited to visit N. G. Woodward's drug store to receive a free sample of Dr. Lyons' Home Treatment. The advertised remedy targets blood, nerve and stomach issues and costs nothing to try.
Mayor J. P. Cameron T. T. Shaw Geo. 8. May Jr. of this city and John 8. Snook with W. E. Decker of Paulding left today for Clark's Lake Michigan to spend several days fishing.
A W King and Son call attention to a broad, elegant line of men s and boys suits offered at greatly reduced prices this month. Visit A W King and Son, clothiers, Defiance Ohio, to save money.
Jacob Baltes, a prominent contractor in East Defiance, had a narrow escape when a horse veered after a fountain water stop. The buggy toppled at Main and Second streets injuring Baltes with a dislocated shoulder and facial scrapes. He was treated at home by Drs Reynolds and Rigrish after anesthesia was given.
Otto Kress took delivery of a Mitchel motorcycle by express today. The machines are manufactured at Racine Wisconsin.
Neighborly dispute erupts as Uncle Reuben laments a quarrel born from tea and sugar shortages. He says his affection for his neighbor waned once generous supplies stopped, framing a small domestic conflict in regional terms.
There is no shoe house in Defiance showing you the assortment of new up to date shoes with such low prices as at Van denbroek's big store.
The world’s largest tree, claimed at 666 feet, lies broken and petrified at the end of a northwest Nevada defile, a startling relic of a giant once standing.
Ministers of the city and their families attended the annual picnic at Island Park. The park was provided by the park company and a generous dinner by the Ministers Wives Circle delighted guests. Mr. R Brown supplied ice cream and thanks were given. Mr Hart guided the group on his launch Winona to the dam. The day was widely deemed a success.
A Yonkers Statesman cartoonish exchange frames marriage as fiction after vows. Mrs Bacon argues pre marriage stories are love while Mrs Egbert counters post wedding talk becomes fiction, illustrating enduring comic wit about romance.
A tersely comic quip contrasts two proverbs blaming a headlong man for lacking long headedness. The line labels Wiseman and Kwater-Well, attributed to Philadelphia Press, satirically offers a culture clash in reasoning.
A fragment from a Pennsylvania Punch Bowl item recalls a witty exchange between Mary McLane and A Fusser. The brief cartoonish dialogue asks what she would do if kissed and she replies she would scream for help, highlighting sharp social humor.
A tablespoonful of lemon juice added to the water for boiling rice helps keep grains separate and makes the rice whiter, per a New York Post note.
The Board of Public Safety considered a successor to Lem Sapp, hose team driver at Central Fire Department. The team, owned by Sapp, is for sale. Prospective buyers Geo Smith Irving Young and Carl Betson, both fire department members on the classified list, discussed Young purchasing and taking charge Monday July 20. Young, longtime Central fire station driver, would sign a 30 day notice before leaving.
N G Cunningham buys a new driving horse. Glenn Miller departs today for a Detroit visit. Mr and Mrs H P Miller spend the week at West Unity. Misses Besse and Myrtle Oaks depart for a Toledo visit. Mr and Mrs 8S F Shelly leave for Sandusky for races. Miss Tena Miller returns home from Sherwood. John C Vandenbroek and Rudy Doenitz back from Toledo business trip. Buy summer wear at Vandenbroek's store and save.
Front of the new post office shows a promising, stylish design. Residents push for urgent prison renovations as neglect could invite vermin to overrun cells if the Board of Public Safety delays action.
Capt Frank Hart favored the preachers at Island Park Tuesday with a ride in his launch. Every so often that young man makes a contribution to the Lord’s cause.
Mr and Mrs C J Daoust depart for Atlantic City for about two weeks in the East touring New York City for two days and visiting Walter Wilhelm at West Point before returning.
J J Reigelmier returns home from North Baltimore with a highly praised new horse, Connaunt Jr., arriving Saturday. The horse carries a pacing mark of 16 percent and is hailed as among the best seen in this part of the state.
The week ending July 14 1903 uncalled letters in Defiance Ohio include Chas Augustine J W Cannon Arthur Hart Matt Haskin Dennis Hastettler Otto Witt Ladies Ellen Classon Josie Huash Mrs Ettie Martin 3 Mrs Lydia Romine Miss Hattie Sheeley Mrs E H Williams If not claimed within 14 days they go to the dead letter office Postmaster C J Thompson notes to say advertised and give date of list.
Supreme Court Justice Jas L Price heard arguments in the Walter B vs Anna A Solomon divorce case from the Cuyahoga circuit, challenging service by publication. If the wife’s petition to reopen is granted, it could label the husband a bigamist and render his children illegitimate, affecting related property interests and potentially allowing rehearings of dissolved marriages.
A long letter from N H Ranpanb to Mrs Estella Fullmer describes travel from Poplar Bluff to St Louis and Boston in July 1903. The writer visits Harvard Summer School and sights along the Hudson including Beeren Island, Catskills, West Point, and Sleepy Hollow, detailing historic locations and figures from the American Revolution.
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