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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
9
A historical advertisement touts Zoa Phora as a universal cure for female ailments and offers a free full sized test bottle to any woman who sends name and address to Zoa Phora Building Kalamazoo Michigan. It claims no payment or signatures required and lists Defiance vendors endorsing the product.
Bishop Post GAR resolves the death of Andrew J Minsel late member Co D 100th Regt OVI. The post drapes its charter in mourning for thirty days, extends sympathy to the bereaved family, and orders the resolutions recorded in the post minutes.
Mayor Cameron appointed Frank Cantlon as a minute man at the Central fire department to replace Howard Hall who recently married. The board of public safety certified Cantlon’s name to the mayor. The item notes other local civic and social happenings and a series of obituaries and court actions.
Rose Eckert died at 1:30 Thursday at the home of William Zarr in Emerald township Paulding county aged 57. Funeral services were held Friday at 10 am at the Lutheran church in Emerald township Rev Straues officiating. The remains were interred in Riverside cemetery vault.
An ad hawks Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming quick stomach liver and kid ney relief. It markets tea or tablets at 35 cents this month and mentions Weisen burger Bros as the seller.
Otis Miller age 40 of Bryan was instantly killed on the Lake Shore track in Wauseon when struck by passenger train No. 22 at 10 30 p m Wednesday night. He stood beside a siding east of Main street waiting for excursionists for the firemen convention and failed to hear the approaching train.
The family extends thanks for acts of kindness and sympathy offered by friends. They hope their friends never endure the same trouble and send heartfelt appreciation.
Frank Folk of Defiance county on Holgate pike sustained a shoulder blade fracture Saturday night when his bicycle collided with another cyclist returning home about midnight. Both riders had no lamps and did not see each other until impact, the faster rider causing Folk’s clavicle break.
Howard Thomas and wife of Bryan were chloroformed by burglars Thursday night. The couple woke to find their house ransacked and cash missing, while a pile of jewelry watches and silverware lay on the bureau. An attempt by two men to enter a West Side house at 11 pm failed as they fled.
Reports describe a Lake Shore wreck caused by a locked switch with suspects including a boy and a man confined in an asylum. Separate cases cite a Pittsburg 12 year old imitating dime novels on the P&LE line and a Rock Island disaster attributed to a recent immigrant who planned weeks to wreck a train for entertainment.
Reports indicate a serious weevil outbreak causing damage to the wheat crop near Bellefontaine, threatening yields and prompting agricultural advisories for local farmers.
Lee Robertson of Waco Texas a Black man is sentenced to 1000 years and a day for attempting an assault. The article notes that if the crime had been completed a death sentence would have been recorded.
Mrs Wart Grece shot and killed her four young children at Grand Lake Colorado and then tried to take her own life. She lies in critical condition from a side wound with signs of mental aberration.
In Rush township Cham paign county within three months voters backed dry option 144 to 14 in a township election. Local officials note the landslide result reflects strong prohibition support across the community.
Five persons were hurt in Detroit on Sunday when an overloaded dynamite cane exploded in the hands of a 10 year old boy. His left leg was badly mangled and another 10 year old boy may lose an eye. Three others suffered minor injuries.
The Republican State Central Committee met in Columbus on Thursday and elected a long list of executive members led by Senator Charles Dick of Akron as chairman and John KR Malloy of Columbus as secretary. Also named were treasurer Wm. F Burdell of Columbus and numerous state officials representing Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Youngstown, and other cities.
Gov. DeNeEN Thursday granted a reprieve until July 28 to Hoch known as Chicago's Bluebeard, who was sentenced to hang, to allow the case to be taken to the supreme court.
A quiet investigation by Game Warden R J Elliott of Wapakoneta led to arrests of several fishermen for illegal fishing in the St Marys reservoir. The probe identified multiple violations and ongoing enforcement actions are expected in the area.
Conductor Wire aged 26 of the UB and N traction line was struck in the head as he leaned from a car rear platform and looked up at a trolley. He died in Urbana a few hours later. He was married and resided in Columbus.
Kitty FE Lamson wife of Judge Lamson of Cleveland owns a Lakeside cottage and filed an injunction to restrain operation of the resort bowling alley claiming it disturbs the home quiet. A justice court granted the injunction and the circuit court sustained the ruling. Another appeal may be taken.
At the Republican convention for the thirty third district in Deshler on Thursday John J Cole of Findlay and Charles L Alien of Fayette were chosen as senatorial candidates. The nomination came on the first ballot with Fulton, Hancock and Putnam voting for the nominees and Wood allocating votes among six contenders. Calvin Godfrey of Ottawa served as chairman and ex Senator John Vogt of Deshler was secretary.
Mike Workman and Roumanian were confined in the Bowling Green jail when Workman took his own life by hanging. The incident occurred within the jail's confinement area and authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
Frank D Reep, formerly cashier at the German Savings Bank in Sidney, has joined the police force at Casino Park in Toledo.
Henry Croft of Springfield aged 85 died Thursday. He was the inventor of the grain separator and the Leffel engine.
The Lake Shore Railway Co offers a 2000 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the wreck at Mentor.
City records show sixteen personal crisis reports in the month and twenty eight more attempted self destruction without success. Authorities note rising mental health concerns and call for expanded outreach and support services.
Captain Rupert A Starkey, a leading Springfield merchant, died Friday in London after a brief illness from an Atlantic crossing two weeks earlier. He was 69.
Miss Flossie Minnick was shot in the left leg while picking cherries at her Urbana area home. Her father, aiming at sparrows in a distant tree, fired a rifle and a bullet ricocheting off a nail on a fence struck her.
Jack Crosser a Napoleon laborer and companions wagered he could drink a gallon of whisky. He drank the liquor and was found dead in bed the next morning.
Mrs ANTON FANGER of Kalida started coffee in a small milk pail on a gasoline flame. The pail exploded sending boiling liquid into her face and eyes. She is badly scalded and may lose sight in one or both eyes.
Lyman Rankins, a wealthy farmer near Lima, tracked corn thieves to George Fischer’s wagon and arrested him after finding eleven sacks. In Virginia, President Roosevelt met a sharp rebuff from a Plain Folks woman at Red Hill who, unaware of his identity, called him the freshest somebody she’d seen.
Wa. Johnson aged 21 from Columbus Grove left home June 17 to attend a carnival in Ottawa. A body found on a Blanchard river sand bar was identified by his parents as Johnson. A forehead cut suggests murder and no investigation is being made.
Vice President Charles W Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks were the central figures at Ohio Wesleyan University last week. They attended all exercises and visited the old sulfur springs where they first met as students. Fairbanks also called on the Liberty Street home where he mended his own trousers as a poor student.
The notice lists assistant sergeants at the coming Democratic state convention include Carl Harmening Walter Patterson from Defiance John H Kraft T J Edwards Napoleon August Heidley Bryan W N Shafer Paulding L E Long Deshler Chas Fronenfield Van Wert Geo H Melley Stuart John P Dugan Findlay John B Mitchell Tiffin Will Lines and Logan Marshall of Sidney.
Champaign county farmers will spend 50 000 to improve Mad River reducing the river length through the county by three miles. The project covers fifteen miles and affects 208 farms on 22 000 acres. It will reclaim bottom lands flooded every spring.
Union county sheriff arrested Nellie Gabriel, 12, in Toledo on a habeas corpus writ for Mrs. Murray Hamilton of Marysville. The girl, found at Aaron Gabriel's home, was seized after parents divorced and custody changed. the mother had custody but the father abducted the child years ago and was located recently.
Myron E Townsend former Elon postmaster pled guilty on June 21 to embezzling 53.01 from money order funds and received one year in Columbus penitentiary plus a 532.01 fine. Alfred E Townsend, his son, pled guilty to opening delaying and detaining a letter and got 60 days in jail and a 50 fine. The funds were used for private enterprises and reimbursed upon discovery.
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