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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
8
An old ad touts Zoa Phora as a remedy for female nervous disorders and menstrual relief. It claims restoring health and strength, curing prolapsus, inflammation, and discharges, with a free trial offer and widespread druggist endorsement.
The Canton convention, June 7 9, aims to equip Sunday school workers with four thousand delegates over three days. Emphasis on educational features and spiritual power, with reminders to delegates from Refiance County to depart Monday morning. County Secretary H L Stock available for details. A discussion on responsibility for order in Sunday schools is included, citing leaders and parents. Children day exercises planned for St Johns township on June 11.
The grand jury met at 2:30 Thursday with one indictment returned. Witnesses were examined in six cases and the county jail inspected as satisfactory. It recommended a padded cell for the women’s department to confine the insane. Jury members were discharged after reporting their findings. In common pleas court the Bricker vs Village of Hicksville case was argued. Sutphen & Sutphen for the plaintiff and Ryan and Kingsbury for the defendant. The will of Tillman Koch was admitted to probate. Georges W Koch named executor.
Dr. Alexander Green, wounded and jailed in Bowling Green, has confessed to the murder of Mrs. Ella Tippin in Weston on Monday night and to an attempted suicide. He dictated his confession to Sheriff Reece after midnight and wrote a letter to his former wife seeking her visitation. He shows conflicting feelings of love for the dead woman and anger at her alleged perfidy. He is held for first degree murder and will be arraigned soon to plead.
GS Howe a longtime Van Wert resident died Friday from dropsy at age 72. The obituary notes his status as a local pioneer and his years of residence in the community.
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild head of the French branch of the Rothschild banking house and governor of the Bank of France died in Paris on Friday at age 78.
The 33rd district convention will nominate a candidate for senator and convene in Findlay on July 18. Temporary officers include Chairman A P Sandles of Putnam, Secretary Gail Orwig of Henry, Assistant Secretary W W Croninger of Fulton, and Sergeant at Arms George Scibble of Wood.
Washington dispatch notes Senator J B Foraker endorsing the Columbus convention ticket. He commends General Harris as a respected former lieutenant governor and says he will assist in electing the ticket this fall.
The Kenton convention will not nominate Judge William H Cunningham for the circuit court. Reported scheming by William Klinger and AD Miller aimed to place Klinger on the bench, with Miller groomed for Congress, leading to Cunningham's withdrawal from the race. Judge Donnelly is expected to be the nominee.
In North Lewisburg voters backed the wets by 148 to 123 at a local option election. The result reflects community choice on the issue with a clear margin in favor of wets.
WM Quinn, aged 82 and a native of Ireland, died suddenly on Thursday after living in Kent for 40 years. The obituary notes his long residence and Irish origins.
W A Smits of Lima, a general hardware merchant, has failed with assets estimated at 8000 dollars and liabilities of 12000 dollars.
The Ohio Brass Works in Mansfield burned Wednesday causing $15,000 in damage and putting 300 workers out of employment.
Jacop Keece suffered probable fatal injuries at a Kenton stone quarry on the 24th after an accidental explosion when a dynamite stick he struck with a pick detonated.
Abraham Mercer, among Wood County’s oldest residents, died at his Randolph area home on the 24th at age 86. He was the last survivor of 13 siblings and father to 13 children.
Napoleon figure W W Campbell introduces William Kirtley Jr. for the board of public works during the convention. The crowd laughs as Campbell labels his candidate William McKinley Jr., highlighting a mix up of names and political theater.
Worp reports Fred Stevens shot and killed his wife and five children before killing himself. He studied for the ministry at OWU Delaware. His wife was the daughter of Thomas J Porter, a prominent Clinton County farmer.
The Democratic state central committee met in Columbus on the 24th and chose Columbus as the convention site. It scheduled June 27 and 28 for the state convention with apportionment based on the Parker vote and named M A Daugherty as temporary chairman citing his past criticism of Johnson Democracy.
WM Ziegler promoter of Arctic explorations died at his country home in Noroton Connecticut on the 24th. Born September 1 1843 in Beaver County Pennsylvania he was educated in Iowa public schools. He learned printing in Muscatine then worked as a drug store clerk before entering the baking powder business in 1870 with the Royal Company later buying Price's He suffered injuries in a runaway last October from which he did not recover.
Thousands of Catholics from across the country attended the feast at Our Lady of Consolation in Carey marking Patron’s Day while Rev Father G Mizer celebrated his twenty five years as a priest. The Friday services featured forty priests. The procession high mass vespers and a banquet followed. A long list of priests from multiple towns attended including Father Rieken and Father Gerz who delivered sermons in English and German.
The Columbus platform endorses Roosevelt and Fairbanks and cites the 1904 platforms. It calls for protection, a strong navy, ballot integrity, law enforcement against discrimination, railroad rate control, banking law revision, modest county official pay, and businesslike governance under Gov. Herrick.
The excerpt compares male and female jealousy, describing the man as a wrathful noble lion whose possessiveness protects love, while the woman is a treacherous torrent whose jealousy sharpens wit and allure. It notes jealousy can awaken dormant love or wound the beloved, depending on gender, drawn from The German of Born.
Chauncey Eaton of New York, a flamboyant figure, deserts a Siberian exile camp. He disguises as a journalist, pays off guards with rubles, frees Elizabeth Kalturin, and flees by sleigh to a yacht. They marry aboard, sail to Sweden then England, and return to New York two years later with a Russian bride.
The death of Grand Duke Sergius leads to a czar’s mercy toward his uncle Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich. Paul’s history of elopements and trials is summarized as the czar suspends a sentence and allows Sergius’s funeral with Paul’s rank restored. The piece includes a later quip about rice at weddings and a moral reflection.
The Ohio Central Lines advertise greatly reduced excursion rates on select dates for trips to the west southwest and south. OC agents urge inquiries before planning travel and list contacts DJ Cargo D P A 3809 Madison Ave Toledo and L P Lewis D P A Chittenden Hotel Columbus for booking.
Decoration Day sale runs May 29 and 30 offering low rate excursion tickets between all points in Ohio and Indiana within 160 miles of the selling station. Tickets are valid for return until May 31.
From June 5 to 8 the Baltimore and Ohio will sell excursion tickets from all Ohio points to Canton at one fare plus 25 cents round trip for the Sunday School Association annual convention. Tickets valid for return until June 9. For details contact nearest B&O ticket agent or AN Austin, general passenger agent, Chicago.
From now until Sept 30 Wa bash offers round trip tickets to Winona Lake with a final return limit of 15 days at 275 dollars. Season tickets set final return to Oct 31 at 3.65.
Commencing May 14 and each Sunday after the Wabash will sell round trip tickets from Defiance to Toledo for 100 dollars. Tickets are valid only on the special train departing Defiance at 9 02 am and returning from Toledo at 7 35 pm.
Information and cheerful correspondence answered by EARL D, agent in Defiance Ohio for No 7 Mail and Express No 56 Fast Mail No 23 Fort Wayne Accom No 71 Local freight.
One night to Denver from Chicago and Central States and two nights from Atlantic Seaboard on the Colorado Special. Two fast trains daily via Chicago Union Pacific and North-Western Line on the only double track between Chicago and the Missouri River. Summer tourist tickets to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo and return daily beginning June 1 at $30 from Chicago. Corresponding rates from other points. All agents sell tickets via this line. Send for maps booths and hot lists. Address A F Cleveland Gens Agt 234 Superior St Cleveland.
Fare from Chicago to California is 62 50 for a May 29 to 31 or June 1 trip. The Overland Limited runs under electric light with two daily trains to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland via the Chicago Missouri river. For more California details send 4 cents for a California folder to A F Cleveland General Agent 234 Superior St Cleveland.
A junk dealer announces relocation to 216 N Clinton Street opposite the Third Ward building from Perry Street. He pledges fair pricing and equal treatment, offering top prices for rags metals furs hides wool and guarantees satisfaction.
The board outlines monthly exam dates for 1904 1905 with locations at Defiance College Building Sherwood High School Hicksville High School and notes Boxwell Patterson exams in Defiance and Hicksville Ohio The clerk O P Ekvineton is listed for reading the C T R C course and general recommendations.
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