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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
8
Herman Buiek of Cleveland was found guilty by a Chicago jury on Thursday for poisoning five members of the Vizal family and sentenced to death by hanging.
Ottawa mayor Hiram M. Summers has tendered his resignation this week to pursue a vigorous campaign for the Democratic nomination for probate judge in the September primaries.
Henry Witts, a black man convicted of killing Marshal Ba sore in Franklin in 1906, was electrocuted in the annex of the Ohio penitentiary shortly after midnight. Three shocks were necessary to end his life.
The circuit court Thursday suspended indefinitely the work house exidences imposed upon twenty three Toledo lumber men and two bridge trust agents and the $1000 fines imposed on brick men by Judge Morris for violation of the Valentine anti trust law.
The week’s storms cause major losses with Ostrander M. G. Robinson reporting 140 sheep lost. In Union county Charles Kennedy loses 45 sheep, James Joliff 20, and R J Wiles 10. Bridges and railway tracks are washed away.
William Burkhart and Bryan Barber pleaded guilty at arraignment to selling whisky. The mayor fined Burkhart $20.50 and sentenced him to fifteen days in the workhouse, suspended on good behavior. Burkhart procured liquor at a saloon and sold it to customers unable to obtain it elsewhere.
The attorney general's office has rendered a decision that all councilmen are elected for two years. Those elected this fall will begin their term January 1, 1908, and serve for two years, their successors to be elected in November, 1909. There will be no holdovers, and a new council being elected every two years.
A Detroit court case this week found a butter trust in Michigan with capitalization of 19 million dollars. Re F Dudley sold his business to the trust in 1906 and was to receive 12 thousand yearly salary. When unpaid he rejoined business and the trust sued to enjoin him, the petition being denied.
The Democratic committee of the first subdivision of the Third judicial district met in Wapakoneta and set a November 5 primary to nominate two candidates for common pleas judge. Candidates include F C Layton of Auglaize ex Congress Mr William Klinger of Allen and Judge S A Armstrong of Mercer seeking a third term.
The Cornhill Magazine recounts Trafalgar as a swift, personal clash of near tenement. The first gun at 12 15 and by 5 30 the battle ends. Nelson commands the action with the Euryalus aiding the Royal Sovereign as ships fall and flags drop.
Fenderson urges focus on paper uses telling of a theater structure made of paper. Bass recalls a recent theater visit where the whole set is described as paper yet solid in appearance, a substantial looking construction.
State Inspector Parmelee cites illegitimate city spending from June 29 1906 to June 4 1907 totaling 100 dollars in two 50 dollar payments. One covered flowers and a band for solicitor W D Hill's funeral, the other paid Fire Department costs at a firemen’s convention. Violations are technical and due to lack of a special appropriation. The inspector’s report was filed Wednesday.
Special to Express Findlay Ohio July 19 A 45 year old man Clen Mack Smith was tarred and feathered by about 150 angry townspeople at Van Buren seven miles north of Findlay then ordered to leave. His wife witnessed as men tore clothing off and coated him in tar then feathers. He fled north by interurban car toward Gibsonburg. The crowd hanged him in effigy and fired shots into his body. Smith previously lived in Findlay and had been run out of town twice before under similar penalties.
Adams township resident George Corressel faces a bizarre field mishap when a rattlesnake is ground in a mower. A blue racer blocks the path as Corressel dispatches it with neighbor George Moser, the scene witnessed by Mrs. Corressel. Corressel’s blue handkerchief is recovered, damaged but saved.
The County Recorder reports for the year ending June 30 1907 total real estate transfers valued at 1 606 078 06 with new mortgages filed over 720 000 and cancellations over 778 557 showing a 50 000 reduction. Agricultural lands 143 records 1 050 acres 51 60 average price per acre. City village lots 1 206 records 22 846 acres 527 570 40 in mortgage value. Grand total mortgages 1 469 records 729 271 50. Cancellations 681 records 778 557.
Considerable rain Friday afternoon caused flood damage across the campus. Trowbridge hall suffered especially with about two feet of water in the dining hall basement and higher levels in the Carnegie addition cellar. The post office basement and carriers area also flooded with six inches of water. College trustees urge building a sewer to prevent recurrence and protect walls.
A dinner tale about George Gordon wealth and a will mishap contrasts with a patent for a Michigan iron stand. The device attaches to a sewing board, keeps a flatiron secure as the board tilts, and uses a three sided receptacle to prevent accidents.
Lima July 20 The fire department recovered the bodies of Decia Verbr yke a society girl and J L Davis her affianced husband after they drowned while boating Thursday night. Clasped figures show a possible death by own action pact. They had been at the Verbryke home before strolling to the car line and requesting a boat. The lake management says its patent rowboats with air reservoirs cannot sink.
The piece argues for a legal shift like England's compensation act. It says employers should bear the cost of personal injury to workers, adding the human cost to production costs. Consumers would pay for maimed bodies and shortened lives through higher prices.
The KibbLP family thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy and help during Grace’s illness and burial and for the choir of the United Brethren church. Mr and Mrs Abraham KibbLP.
The piece argues against harsh overemphasis on domestic tidiness and frames a home as best run without constant struggle. It suggests gentle, balanced order, warns cleanliness should not come at the price of nerves and comfort, and offers a DIY bedspread idea using net curtains and inserting.
One of the oldest sets of siblings in northwestern Ohio totals 249 years. Milton Hawthorn 85 Rebecca Osman 85 and Jane Reynolds 81 are named. Hawthorn and Reynolds live in this county, Osman in Defiance County. The family once settled here in 1832 on Perry township land deeded to Hawthorn’s father.
The Cape Parliament in South Africa enacted a bill requiring traders to keep proper books and to prove real capital before receiving a license. It denies licenses to those deemed men of straw, signaling stricter business regulation and financial scrutiny.
Mayor Crowe orders cars to follow Ohio laws with two front lights and a rear red lamp after dark, bans loud exhausts, and curbs speed with police enforcement. A curfew may ring nightly at 8 pm from the courthouse tower for under 16s, while speeding complaints rise. Friday’s rain halted Hicksville races after one heat.
The article describes a dainty country cottage bedroom with Brussels net curtains featuring yellow roses and green cretinne cutouts. It notes wear and corset top details with heart shaped scented wad ding accents, a lace finishing frill, and advises on using hard twisted glazed thread for baby dresses to avoid matting and preserve outlines.
Delicate silk stockings benefit from bran water cleaning rather than benzine which is odorous. Soak and work stockings in bran water, rinse likewise, and avoid wringing. If colors run, dry in the shade to prevent damage.
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