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Defiance Weekly Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1901

Page

3

Ury guilty of first degree murder with mercy recommendation

Special Daily Express Upper Sandusky reports George Ury found guilty of murder in the first degree with a mercy recommendation after a fourteen and a half hour jury deliberation. The defense plans a motion for new trial while Ury confronts life in prison and his relatives react with shock and sorrow.

Special Daily Express Upper Sandusky George Ury William C. Johnson Mercy Ury Hare Johnson J. C. Miller Miller Bert Walker Winn

NOTES ON WAY TO SUNNY ITALY

Rev. J F Slagle writes from Italy to Waverly friends recounting sea voyage on the Tartar Prince leaving New York April 18 1901. He describes steerage conditions meals onboard Azores stop at Porta Delgado San Miguel Porto Delgada and impressions of the islands and Portuguese life including Jesuit tensions and local trade prospects.

Naples Italy New York Prince Line Genoa America Minnesota Maine California Georgia Santa Barbara Cal Azores States Bartholdi Europe Atlantic Azore Islands Brazil Hunt Pike County San Miguel Porta Delgado B.C Portugal St. Michael Columbus Prince Henry Don Joao Porto Delgada Atlantis Villa Franca Provencao George H. Pickerell Youngstown Ohio

Death of Stork infant in East Defiance

The sixteenth month old son of Mr and Mrs John Stork of East Defiance died Thursday night of scarlet fever. Funeral is private from the Stork home at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with Rev Karl Spannuth of St John Lutheran church officiating. Interment will be at Riverside cemetery.

Notable Travels and Elopement Rumors Highlight Local News

J D Abele returns from state council in Cleveland and is elected delegate to the supreme council in Boston on June 5. C Geiger visits from San Antonio with daughter and grandchildren for summer. Dr W S Powell and family depart for Chicago and Minneapolis for medical meetings and a Yellowstone trip. Misses Powell stay in Chicago. John Dean seeks details on seventeen year old daughter Myrtle who eloped with John P Dodson after failing to obtain a license in Sandusky and Seneca counties. Dodson linked to Doc Dodson. couple said to have posed as husband and wife while visiting.

C. Geiger San Antonio Texas Will W. S. Powell Ella Besse Chicago Powell American Medical Association Minneapolis Minn Yellowstone Park John Dean Sandusky County Myrtle John P. Dodson Sandusky Seneca Hockman Dean Indiana Dodson Doc Dodson

Nash and Caldwell In Line for Gubernatorial Renomination

The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes George B. Cox saying Governor Nash and Lieutenant Governor Caldwell will be renominated by acclamation if they choose to run. No other names will be presented to the convention, and both men can receive renominations if they want them.

Cincinnati Enquirer Nash George B. Cox Caldwell

Genesee Pure Food Co. Notice From Le Roy Michigan Bacharas

A May date in Bacharas Mich indicates Genesee Pure Food Co. related activity in Le Roy. The brief item lists Bacharas and May as readable elements of the notice with location references to Mich Le Roy.

Bacharas Mich Genesee Pure Food Co le Roy

Death of B. D. Nightingale in Warsaw at 40

Friends mourn the death of B. D. Nightingale a designer salesman for Nightingale Woolen Co. He died Saturday night in Warsaw ind after a heart attack aged about 40 leaving a wife and three children Grace Gertie and George. He moved from Indianapolis in 1896 and was active in the local Masonic lodge Omega No 564.

B. D. Nightingale Warsaw Ind Nightingale Grace Gertie George Indianapolis J. A. Nightingale Omega Lodge No. 564

City School Enumeration Reveals 2451 Total

The city completes its school enumeration. First ward led by J. F. Schultz with 612, Third ward by Clayton Rath with il, grand total 2451. Increase of 43 over 1900 enumeration.

J. F. Schultz Clayton Rath

Memorial Day Observed With Parade and Services

Memorial Day activities proceeded despite threatening weather. A parade led by Col John W Myers and the Myersville band culminated at Monumental Park with a ceremony, flower tributes, and a Lincoln address. Schools and veterans groups held related events as crowds filled the streets and the Opera House.

Myersville John W. Myers Clinton Street Monumental Park Bishop Post Citizens Opera House

Man Falls From Railing At Local Saloon

While sitting on a front railing in Sherwood, O. Coffin toppled backward into an arcade at Schlimbach's saloon. He landed on his back but escaped with only a few bruises.

O. Coffin Sherwood Schlimbach’s

Remains of Wheeler Boy Recovered After Canal Drowning

The remains of Albert Leroy Wheeler, son of Mr and Mrs D E Wheeler, were recovered from a canal by Herman Betson at 730 pm Saturday after he drowned earlier in the day. The body was taken to Avilla Indiana for burial at 1010 am Monday. Justice C E Maxwell viewed the body in the absence of Coroner R B Cameron. Chas Spangler left for Ney today to build a house for Doc Hartshorn. A paternity suit against Chas Haller by Nettie Schmidt has been settled. Mrs David Cromley, formerly of this city but now of Fostoria, suffered a stroke of paralysis.

Clay Ury Clay Ury Landis Wade E.T. Dunn J. W. Winn Defiance County W. R. Hare Supreme Court Chas. Spangler Doc. Hartshorn Ney Hartshorn F. L. Hay Springfield Grand Lodge K. of P Oakwood Judge Hay John W. Winn Winn Albert Leroy D. E. Wheeler Herman Betson Avilla Ind C. E. Maxwell R. B. Cameron Chas. Haller Nettie Schmidt David Cromley Fostoria

Jell O The New Dessert

Fragmented note promotes a new strawberry dessert variant titled Jell O The New Dessert. Limited readable text hints at a taste test and promotion by Graney Taupetad.

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Geo. K. Otis Hicksville Dr. Wood Nature van Wert County John Pocock Perry Street Tontogany Maumee Pemberville Ada K. Fritch Frederick Fritch St. Joseph Ada K. Cramer John D. Lamb Harris, Cameron & Shaw Mr. Fritch Wabash Depot Public Library Harley Lion Library J. Fred Slagle Waverly J. F. Slagle Presbyterian Church Nicarauguan Philippines J.O. Fisher Geo. Killey Albert Leroy Wheeler Chase Dr. Chase Woodward’s J.D. Abele State Council of the Union Fraternal League Cleveland Supreme Council Boston Mass B. OD Second Ed Murphy M. Hoeffel Col Henry Schmick Ayersville Odette K. W. Haymaker Will O. Ash Wilbur Beardsley R. H. Gleason Otto Kress W. H. Phillips H. E. Myers Old Brigade B. W. Slagle First Presbyterian Church L. E. Beardsley Lincoln Gettysburg W. H. Hubbard The Express Grand Army Mentzinger Wm. Hutchinson Mabel Wells Wheeler Boy Doc Hartshorn
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