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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
1
Defiance health officer Dr Westrick stresses rigorous reporting and quarantine to prevent scarlet fever and limit spread of whooping cough and chickenpox. He cites college closure for ten days and home isolation for families with students, noting better city health hinges on citizen cooperation.
Society items reveal the marriage of Tressler and Hurd in Florida with Rev. Miller officiating. Stuckey and Mansfield wed in Defiance. A 20-woman surprise honors Mrs. Stever with a souvenir spoon and card party. Hostess Violet Weisenburger entertains Salmaguodi with lunch and papers on Leyden. Washington birthday flag reception at Whitaker home draws profit and praise. Miss Marvel Dunn hosts a fifteenth birthday with music, gifts, and a luncheon on Hopkins Street.
The Defiance board of education resolved school fund deposits with Merchants National Bank and set bond terms for City Treasurer Jennings. resignations and new appointments reshaped the teacher corps, with Miss Catherine Feindel resigning due to illness and Miss Pearl Ashton replacing her in the second grade. Attendance statistics were reviewed, tardiness down, and a ten day spring vacation planned for early April.
Dr. Huffman will determine whether glasses are required after an eye exam. The decision hinges on vision tests and eye health findings explained to the patient.
Roy Adair seeks a divorce from Blanche Adair of Bryan. The court learns he was not legally married in Ohio as the Eden ceremony occurred at 19 with Indiana license. Judge Millers refuses the divorce until age or guardian involvement clears the way. Blanche, in Metz Indiana, is accused of gross neglect. she does not contest.
Unclear advertorial copy urging kidney health with claims of a cure and sample free. It targets men and promotes Williams Kidney Pills at The Owl Drug Store with a price of 60 cents and promotion by WILLIAMS Co. Cleveland, Ohio.
The Board of Sinking Fund Trustees met after new mayoral appointees joined. They paid bonds and refunders totaling 7500 and interest on outstanding bonds of 6596. The fund, set to be debt free in twenty years if no new issues arise, plans to receive the December tax levy of about 17,000 from a 12 and a half mill levy. Funds sit at First National Bank at 2 percent. bids from other banks promise higher rates. The city solicitor notes the law prevents accepting a bond for deposit. The board may designate First National, State, or Merchants National as depositories. Also noted are the Hicksville Bricker case in supreme court and a Findlay Knights of Pythias ceremony with attendees from Defiance and nearby lodges.
In a cross petition in a Toledo circuit court United States Steel Package seeks 121503.28 damages from American Steel Package of Defiance. U S Steel says American refused to fill over 29000 packages under a contract and blocked commissions. American allegedly faced July 1904 financial embarrassment and moved 10000 stock as working capital, which the plaintiff refuses to pay or transfer.
Miss Flora Antener and Miss Florence Gayman leave for short visits in Toledo and Columbus. A marriage license is issued to Howard Hilbert and Edith Bell Elliott in Hickevile. Councilman James Tittle becomes a grandfather. the child is Mrs. Bert Crow’s daughter in Fostoria. Local injuries include Michael Mack dislocating his right shoulder after a fall. A petition seeks sale of lot 99 and division of proceeds among Potters heirs. Harley and Kuhn family movements reported. Kenyon college students Deatrick and Rout not involved in the fire that killed three at the college. A Toledo hospital transfer request for Frank Wiley is noted. Henry C Baker dies of appendicitis at 52. funeral at St. John’s Church with burial at Riverside. Mrs. Mary Merrihugh dies of heart failure at 29. funeral at her home. Colson L Walter, long-time barber, dies of heart failure at 52. survived by wife and three children.
Knights of Columbus and guests, about 200, met Wednesday February 21 in Clintor street rooms for a social evening. An excellent musical program featured vocal solos by Julius Blair Alva Wolsifer Miss Mable Evans and Miss Millie Gorman on piano. Rev J F Collins of St Marys Catholic church spoke on the Knights aims and purposes. A luncheon preceded the dances and the Defiance orchestra provided music for the mayhem floor.
This expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindly sympathy during our bereavement and acknowledges special assistance from the GAR. Signed by Mrs. A Tuttle and Fanny.
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