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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
1
Defiance overwhelmed Warmcastle Funk 16 to 4 at Island Park Sunday. Thatcher faced 17 hits and 15 strikeouts for Jones while Defiance mounted a late surge after a close start. Next Sunday Antu salaried team from Indiana visits the park.
Have you neglected your kidneys or overworked your nervous system and caused trouble with kidneys and bladder. Pain in loins side back groins and bladder may appear. Flabby appearance under the eyes and too frequent urine indicate illness. Williams Kidney Pills promise relief. Sample free. By mail 50 cents. Sold by The Owl Drug Store. WILLIAMS MFG CO, Cleveland, O.
The article extols an unmatched teaching corps with a wide variety of courses. It highlights broad ranges in pedagogy methods and laboratory work offering extensive subject choice.
A successful society gathering at the Kiser school house near the city raised funds for the Kiser Evangelical church. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Powell returning from Washington DC after their daughter Bessie’s graduation at National Park Seminary. A launch party at the dam featured Lillian and Clara Parent Helen Steinberger Nellie DeVeaux Revella Dupont Ralph Brady Bernard Young Frank Miller Earl Humbert. A separate fishing trip at Independence dam included Mr and Mrs Thomas Elliott Mr and Mrs A Elliott Maude Ella Conkle Bert Newell. The tally notes a decline in the fish population following the trip.
A letter and poem by Father Patrick O'Brien of St. Patrick's Toledo compares the Maumee River favorably to famed rivers. He praises its beauty along Toledo to Defiance and recalls longing for a grave on its banks while noting European rivers pale beside the Maumee.
Miss Maroe Gleason and city high school teachers hosted a senior class launch party Friday with a river cruise and a fine lunch at Island Park. The city schools annual picnic was held at Dr. J.J. Burns home on Holgate avenue with a large lawn and an elegant luncheon. Mrs Godfrey Watkins and Mrs Henry Gherke hosted an afternoon party on Jefferson Street for fifty ladies on Thursday with veranda chats and a 5 o'clock luncheon.
The Defiance Council Knights of Columbus held a social in their hall on Thursday evening. The event began with card games and ended with dancing. Ice cream cake and lemonade were served to a large attendance including several Knights and Indies from Napoleon.
Mrs Watkins and Mrs Gherke entertained fifty ladies at a porch thimble party on Jefferson Street. At 5 o'clock a two course luncheon was served by the hostesses with assistance from Misses Minnie Kehnast Mionie Sauer and Carrie Watkins. Carnations and cut flowers decorated the scene.
A merry picnic for Phi Alpha Kappa members of Defiance College and their young lady friends was held at the dam on May 30. The lunch was a prominent feature, with attendees including Miss Gertrude Bebne Miss Gertrude Snider Miss Mary Helfenstein Miss Amy Lehman Miss Fulghum Olive Raglemier and Messrs Virgil Mansfield Louis Thompson F Alkire James Elliot Ralph Morris and D V Richardson.
Mrs Alfred Bennet and children thank friends for assistance and sympathy after the death and funeral of Alfred Bennet.
Miss Horn of Napoleon visited Sunday in Defiance. Mr and Mrs J F Haller visited relatives in Toledo. Miss Nettie Richolt and Gusie Smith visited Toledo Sunday. Gilson family visiting Napoleon. Born to Mr and Mrs Luke Sneaker Brunebeurg a daughter. Ed Shessler Fay Martin and Wm Daoust visited Toledo Sunday. Clara and Lillian Speiser guests at Hamilton Lake Indiana. J G Arnold of Mill Rock Ark called to Defiance Saturday for Mrs J J Dotterer ill. Dr and Mrs Reynolds left for Boston to attend AMA meeting. Benjamin Schupp former resident died Tuesday at Sandusky National Soldiers Home aged 78. funeral Thursday. survived by several children.
Deed records show transfers across Defiance and nearby townships including Wm Kopp sheriff to Joseph Scherer lot in Greenler's addition and multiple parcels traded among Hendricks, Hendricks, M Hendricks, and others. Notable entries include Emily Jackman to Mary M. Balske parcel near Auglaize River and Ezra Hanna to Harriet Hill in Chalet Place, with values ranging from 200 to 13,850 dollars and various lot descriptions across Defiance County subdivisions.
Toledo residents Fred Fritch and J A Karst visited the city as did Kalida’s J E Kummerle and Richmond Indiana’s Mrs MecDivitt. A Urbana grocer J P Hance received a letter with $22 inside mailed from Greenville. Fire damage from a gas leak at Joe Freecor’s home caused $300 in losses Saturday afternoon.
The Defiance county jury commission led by L. W. Wilder J. W. Ainsworth A. Groney Jr and L. W. Mansfield has chosen jurors from Adams Defiance First ward Second ward Third ward Fourth ward and many townships for the year starting May 29. Listed are the jurors by township including Adams Henry Schweinhagen F. F. Beneke William Harper Peter Hornish and others.
At a regular meeting of Defiance Legion No 684 N P L B the group adopted several resolutions after the death of Albert G Bennett. The motion includes draping the charter for 30 days and publishing notices to the bereaved wife and in local papers.
Rev J F Collings delivered a baccalaureate address at St Marys Catholic church for the Defiance High School graduates. He spoke on the importance of education for individual and community advancement, urging self respect as the foundation for growth and outlining practical moral guidance.
Miss Bertha Bohlman visits in Napoleon. Ridgeville resident J Rufer reports in Ridgeville. Toledo guest John Meilink Jr. visits relatives in city. Chicago visitor Mrs. A Hollinshead calls on Mrs. Deatrick. Hicksville businessman J E Mercer in town. Bonnie Cunningham returns from Napoleon visit. Garrett guests C Calhoun Emmett Mariam and Edmund Gage spend Sunday in city. Ground beautification at B and O depot. Mrs. Hiram Hawk suffers paralysis in Greek candy kitchen. Bowling Green visits by Ziegler and Mettler to Miss Biederstadt. Mrs. Squire and son Howard with Mrs. Burtch return from Grand Rapids. Clinton street building vacated by fisher saloon now remodeled for Al Terry’s barber shop. Fire department responds to Edward Franzdorf home fire on Francis street. chimney sparks burn kitchen roof. Mrs. Roy Kinney’s child choking incident. doctors summoned. Dr Huffman recommended for glasses. Mrs. W B Anderson of Paulding severely burned saving belongings. prognosis poor. Gratitude expressed to friends after illness and death of Mrs. Steinberger, Mr. W J Steinberger and Mrs. Louise Feigenbaum. Board of Education adopts 9.1 mill levy. 5 tuition 3 contingent 1.1 bond interest. Entire senior class of twenty six graduates after exam. Family gathering at Lyman Trowbridge home with octogenarian siblings and brothers. group photo taken.
Catherine Moore died Saturday at 2 AM at her Harriston street home from an intestinal obstruction after an unsuccessful operation. Born in Maumee in 1856, she lived in Defiance eight years and Fostoria ten years. She leaves daughter Agnes Moore and son Fred Moore, both of Defiance. Burial was in Maumee on Monday.
A petition seeks a public hearing on liquor sale in Walnut Hill district. Judge Hoffheimer issues an injunction blocking advertising for the hearing as the first step in testing the Jones law for prohibition in residence districts. If the hearing shows a majority favor prohibition, the mayor must order it.
Paulding Fire Department members adopt the slogan On to Defiance as they head to the June 20 convention in Defiance. They paid the balance on thirty new uniforms with a band planned for the trip and expect to bring Deal Richards and a few other players, plus some veterans, to bolster their chances.
Thomas Franklin Shaw, a prominent Sidney citizen, was found dead by the roadside five miles southwest of Sidney on Friday. He leaves a widow and six children, three of whom were at graduation exercises when the news arrived.
A wholesale poisoning incident occurred at Kirkpatrick after a new soda fountain was installed at a general store. Those who drank became violently ill and nearly half the town were prostrated, though most improved within four hours.
Former Chinese Minister to Washington Wu Ting Fang has departed Peking on leave, likely to reside in Shanghai. He has openly denounced the corruption of Chinese officials, a stance that once could have cost him his life.
A large open trolley car overturns on the Rhode Island Co. line at East Providence just after 1 am Sunday, killing eleven and injuring twenty. The party, from Thornton, had spent the day at Crescent Park and was returning home when the accident occurred.
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