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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
9
Defiance area items include visits by Miss Mabel Trumpower and Miss Nellie Miller to various nearby cities, guests of local families, and job ads. Social events feature a St Johns reform picnic, a home euchre party, and a Wayne street wedding. The Hicksville races and factory updates also appear, with multiple brief business and personal notices.
Miss Margaret Wrede is visiting in North Baltimore. Alph Green of Toledo was the guest of Charles Hill of this city on Monday and Tuesday.
Dey Ayers starts lending at four percent. Mrs. McCourtney and daughter Dorothy visit from Mark Center. H Hughes family relocates to a farm two miles south of town on the Ottawa pike. Excavations begin for Henry Jennings’ new residence on Ralph Friede's property. Friede faces a non-support affidavit. he is moved from Garrett to Defiance by Constable Eiser after working in B and O shops.
Brooksville residents and guests visited in De fiance Farmer Nev and Ney areas. A lightning strike destroyed Charles Guilinger's barn during a Sunday storm. A birth was reported to Mr and Mrs Eric Keoppe on Friday July 20.
The Winona Lake Indiana event runs August 9 to 18 with free tuition and top instructors Dr H M Hamill Marion Lawrance M F Bryner and others. Sunday schools across five states are urged to send teachers or officers and leaders are urged to start training classes to improve service to their classes and the Master.
Noble Mrs. August Kehnast is ill. Will Roehrig and wife of Defiance visited Brunersburg. Mrs. Wm. Agenbroad and family connected to Fortney visit Dickman household. Fortneys visit Jacob Dickman. Kehnast and Kehnast families gather in Brunersburg. George Kuhn’s sister-in-law visits Agenbroad. George Fout injured in a runaway. S. E. Sanford family visited Chas. Moninger. F. W. Smith chicken coop raided by thieves. Mrs. Jolly of Hicksville visits her mother Mrs. Hamil. Mrs. S. E. Sanford and daughter Helen visited Mrs. Hall at Evansport.
Washington wheat and clover seed yields are modest with about 30 bushels per acre for wheat and 4 bushels for clover seed. Ernest Vollmer began hauling cement blocks for a wall at his new barn this fall. Bosserman and Son of Williams Center are the contractors for the district No. 4 school house project. Ed Myers moved to Ney and purchased a half interest in Moog hardware. Charley Weber Jr had his barn painted. Forest Moon traveled to Defiance for medical care as his arm heals from a break. sister Odray accompanied him. Sneak thieves stole about 20 chickens from Wash Dean Friday night. Ice cream social on the Wm Strusaker lawn Saturday.
B. and O. agent J. I. Montgomery has returned from a week's vacation.
There will be no preaching service in the St John’s Reform church Sunday as the pastor must attend a mission service at Archbold. Sunday school and Christian Endeavor of Defiance and Sherwood meet at the usual hour.
Mrs Ella Rich spent Sunday with A J Yarlot. Ray Neiswender moved his mother in law to Fremont Wednesday. Chas Huffman has returned to Findlay. Mrs Mary Neiswender and Migs Ora Stripe returned from relatives near Hamil Ray Yarlot to Montpelier. Mrs Arty Doud is quite ill. Rev Letherman and John Strausser spent Sunday at Will Stripe s. Masons commenced the foundation for Pete Paul s house. Elmer Goldenetz went to Chicago Sunday on business.
In the Rocky Mountain West vast coal beds burn for ages with flames reaching the surface along cliffs from Colorado to Utah and toward Arizona. Researchers note hot rocks and cave-ins, while locals offer explanations from lightning strikes to cliff-dweller campfires.
Sherwood Mrs Lindersmith and Iris returned from Fayette after a two week visit. Chas Musser of Auburn visited friends here last week. Mrs Hollis Miller is quite sick. Dr Riggs of Bryan was called last Thursday. Mrs Hover spent part of last week in Williams Center returning home Saturday. Miss Clara Miller visited in Defiance over Sunday. Mrs Lutz of Napoleon visited her parents over Sunday. Miss Audra Haver was in Bryan Tuesday. Miss Mabel Rock was in Hicksville Wednesday. Mrs Lady Wright died at her home on North Harris street aged 78.
A historical notice advertises farm listings with details on sizes, soils, buildings, and prices. It describes No 82 a 43 acre improved farm near McBaip with rich soil and good outbuildings priced at 2000 dollars, No 103 a 40 acre farm in Aetna township at 20 dollars per acre, and No 147 a 38 acre village lot with a large house and 20 cleared acres priced at 1800 dollars.
Cassidy recounts that Flannery was drowned this morning and Casey expresses disbelief saying he spoke with him yesterday and he said nothing. The Philadelphia Press notes the remark through dialogue on the tragic incident.
Fashion writers note waist fashions shift toward shirt waists in wash fabrics with tailored collars. The article details affordable stock designs for collars and belts, including silk and wash materials, butterfly bows, four in hands, pearl buttons, and machine sewing with finishing by hand. It discusses cost sharing, laundering advantages, and embracing Oriental embroidery trends.
A prank call reveals a mix up over Mrs Binks’s residence and phone line. The caller asks for Mrs Binks, and a man, claiming to be her husband, answers, clarifying the telephone is the company line and hinting the house may soon lose its telephone.
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