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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1905
Page
4
Telephone notices outline number assignments for long distance and Southwestern services with unclear and partial data. The fragment mentions numbers and service references without full context or names.
A detailed explanation covers the proposed state constitutional amendment for biennial elections, its adoption prospects, and effects on term lengths for governor, legislature, and U S senator. It outlines timing shifts, election years for state and local offices, and the change in senator election timing. It also notes agricultural advice on Hessian fly control and crop stubble management to prevent pest spread.
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin notes last year 59 counties reported the red weevil present in noticeable numbers. It mainly affected smooth wheat more than bearded varieties but no variety was immune. This year reports from the same region follow.
Reports say Abdul Hamid II of Turkey is dangerously ill and death seems imminent, raising questions about the succession and the future of the Ottoman throne.
Bettsville in Seneca county approved the local option Monday with the dry side winning by 32 votes. The village, home to two saloons, sides with prohibition in the vote.
One of the first settlements for loss of life at Mentor by the Lake Shore wreck was effected by a payment of 8700 dollars to the estate of J A Bradley an Akron attorney.
George W Collier a well known chaplain in G A Reiicles died at Delaware on Sunday at age 80. He entered the North Ohio conference in 1850 and in 1861 was appointed chaplain of the 34th O VI.
Don Clarke of Patterson and private in Co. I ONG was tried at a summary court martial in Kenton on Monday. He was found guilty of deserting his company while on duty at the Urbana encampment and fined 17 dollars plus costs.
George Darling of Findlay, a Civil War veteran, sent his discharge paper to Washington for corrections and was surprised on Saturday to receive it with a voucher for nearly $200 in clothing money due during his term. Darling enlisted at 15 and was small in stature, so his clothes were sent from home. the amount had never been claimed before.
David B Henderson former speaker of the House lies at his Dubuque Iowa home afflicted by paralysis after a stroke three weeks prior. Doctors deem his case hopeless and he endures a pitiable decline while recalling battlefield days and issuing imagined orders from his chair.
A W King and Son trade ad lists white and buff mohair shirts for sale. The brief notice highlights fabric options from the local retailer without further details.
Three infants under two years old have died in Cleveland over the past three days. Local health officials opened investigations and urged families to seek medical care promptly for fever, vomiting, or dehydration.
A blaze Tuesday at the Depot hotel in Wabash Minnesota claimed six lives. Firefighters reported difficult access and rapid spread. Authorities began investigations into the cause and secured the burned premises.
Norman Wilson aged 75 was overcome by heat on Tuesday and died in his back yard where he sought a breath of air.
Robert Alban aged 30 drowned while bathing in the river near Findlay. He previously resided as an inmate at the Northwestern asylum.
Joan Kraut Twassmer, 76, died Tuesday in Springfield from carbolic acid poisoning taken during a personal crisis after his wife’s death several months earlier.
Catherine Ricker, 10, daughter of J H Ricker of Putnam County, was kicked by a young colt while helping her father bring up the horses. Her neck was broken in the incident.
At the funeral of Rev. Aloysius Huthmacher longtime pastor of St Peters in Upper Sandusky the city marked the service with a two and a half hour closure of all business houses and factories from nine to eleven thirty oclock about sixty priests attended the solemn ceremony and local residents paid respects by attendance and prayers.
Rose Harriet Pastor, a former Cleveland cigarmaker, and John G Phelps Stokes, a millionaire sociologist, wed at Noroton Connecticut on Tuesday with Mrs. Henry Rauh, formerly Miss Mayer of Cleveland, serving as matron of honor.
Bernard H W Myer aged 46 was found dead at his home in New Bremen on Tuesday. He was a widower who lived alone and the duration of death is unknown. Autopsy indicates death from enlargement of the heart.
Rowand McDonap of Carey filed suit against the Big Four railroad claiming damages of 50000 after an accident near Kenton when he was employed by the railroad and was thrown from a car losing his left leg about a year ago.
Jons Hype, statistician and chief of the bureau of statistics, tendered his resignation Tuesday and it was promptly accepted. Willett N Hayes, assistant secretary of agriculture, will lead the bureau on a temporary basis while a cotton scandal investigation proceeds and a new statistician is sought.
The Department of Agriculture secretary has begun an investigation into a female employee alleged to have sold civil service exam questions before exams. A complaint says she has aided applicants for years and that many paid substantial sums for this service.
In Findlay on Tuesday the 331st senatorial district Democrats nominated Amos Boehmer of Putnam county and Richard H Beatty of Wood county. A P Sandles chaired and Gail Orwig served as secretary. Three candidates were from Wood and two from Putnam. Wood backed Beatty and Putnam backed Boehmer, with both nominations by acclamation.
Columbus dispatch reports Professor W B Lazenby of Ohio State University notes scales worms and other pests are more damaging than ever to area trees. A mild winter spurred unusually plentiful pests with San Jose and cotton scale doing great damage this summer.
From now until Sept 30 Wa bash sells round trip tickets to Winona Lake with a final return limit of 15 days for 275 dollars. Also season tickets with final return limit to Oct 31 are available.
A sequence of social visits and local events across Defiance and nearby towns includes Wyat and Emmett Cameron in Defiance, E B Mapes and wife at Stryker, and multiple Snider and Partee family mentions. A Saturday Ridgeville 3 to 7 win over Byvansport, Epworth League officers elected, and various residents visiting relatives or moving homes are noted.
Hicksville resident Warren of Toledo on business. Rex seeks work. Fisher found with Patterson. Wineland of West Unity visited. Rex resigns Hicksville phone post for North Baltimore. several locals travel to Fort Wayne and Defiance. social visits and local accidents noted. Roop dies at 63 after long illness. funeral at Methodist church. many shifts in local jobs and college studies. various residents, firms, and trains mentioned.
John Mead, last of a three man hermit family, died near Wellington. An attempt to open a long sealed safe revealed bank notes and mortgages totaling about 69000, dating from war times, with interest paid on the securities. Also found was a signed pledge by Mead brothers never to marry and to keep wealth among themselves until the last died.
The B and O will operate excursion trains from all points in Ohio to Mt Vernon on July 24 25 27 29 31 and August 2 at one fare plus 25 cents round trip. Tickets are valid for return until August 5.
Raoul and his patrol meet Jean Leblanc and his daughters in a remote valley. Pierre plans to fetch Father Leclerc while the Leblanc clan plans marriage and settlement. Raoul contemplates relinquishing control, promising to marry Aliene and remain in the valley if allowed.
The narrative recalls Louis A. Jullien as the first conductor with a large New York orchestra and his Fireman’s Quadrille where a real fire alarm interrupted the performance. Theo d or e Thomas, a former violinist with Jullien, later staged curiosities such as piccolo players climbing trees and a tubaist hiding behind the audience, provoking a mistaken arrest as he tried to play.
In Twenty Years Ago Dowling recalls a publisher Tinsley staging a joke by introducing the author to a wealthy buyer at Gayety. Dowling shares how he learned he was the “unfortunate man” behind Tinsley’s last annual. The buyer reveals himself as a waste paper merchant who purchases many books.
A Westchester County resident famed for never lying confuses fact and fiction when speaking. When a small outbuilding burned, he urged his wife to cry fire but she mocked him, saying she would shout herself, as he doubted anyone would respond to his call.
A Chicago Tribune note reports a vaudeville house altercation where an elocutionist with a cold is asked to let his dog read his routine while he barks. The manager opts for an easy workaround by pairing the dog with the act.
A playful collection of tiny exchanges from a家庭 scene. Margie and Eddie answer a mama’s call with light chatter. Ethel asks for sugar, while little Jack begs for a drum and learns of quiet pursuits.
A London court heard a witness say chandeliers have come back into fashion and a chandelier valued at 12.60 dollars recently now fetches about 250 dollars or 9800. The testimony notes a sharp increase in value for decorative lighting.
The piece notes Grace Russell Ethel Johnson and Gordon Morrison as standout young performers in Yor State Folks. It also mentions Fantana at Lyric theater with Jefferson De Angelis and Katie Barry set to end its New York run in September. Martin Cody originated Squire Hennion in Janice Meredith and portrayed Luke Ford on On Satan's Mount. Dorothy Donnelly trained at the Boston Museum under Fred Williams. Joseph Wheelock Jr will lead George Ade's new comedy opening next autumn, produced by Charles Frohman. Macready's speech style is summarized via a sharp quip about aging.
Raeburn's portrait of his wife sold in London for 43500 dollars on June 3 and disposed of for 4050 dollars in 1877. An orchid named Crispim Roger San der sold in London for 4590 dollars, believed to be a record. A quarter cask of Erbacher Marcobrunner wine fetched 3000 dollars in Wiesbaden, about 5.75 a pint. A hawthorn vase from Liouis Huth collection sold for 29500 dollars in London. The rosewool and gold desk from the Metternich collection brought 200000 dollars to a Paris museum and the rock crystal biberon sold for 81000 dollars in London.
The text outlines Norwegian life with more reinoveer than horses and more sheep than cows, government loans at 3 percent for young farmers, late banking hours, six month servant contracts, low living costs and an average wage of 88 dollars yearly. It notes a street telegraph box on every car, universal army service, high physical fitness, and only 2.3 percent youth rejection for defects.
English judge increases an eighteen month hard labor sentence to five years penal servitude after a prisoner hurled a bottle at him. The London Zoo earns note as first European host of a living huge South American spider that catches hummingbirds and finches. A new London penny slot machine uses receipts as savings banken with sixty receipts equal to a five shilling deposit.
Wheat and oats quotes steady to firm as cash prices run near historical levels. Hog futures and cash hogs held firm receipts at Toledo and East Buffalo show steady demand with cattle and calves mixed to firm values across categories.
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