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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1904
Page
8
Weather records for March across 33 years at Toledo show mean temperatures around 35 degrees with 188, 1903 peaks and 1873 cold snap. The page notes local residents in town including A Squire and Geo B Wilson, plus Farm incidents, deaths, elections, and lodge actions as Defiance county community items.
A Cleveland dispatch reports a second indictment by the grand jury against George A. Rose, former cashier of the Produce Exchange Bank now serving ten years for embezzling 187000. The new charge alleges 5000 embezzlement. Probable trial unlikely. prosecutors seek a precautionary measure, impacting possible pardons or paroles.
Louis Spring chief submits annual fire report for 1903 to 1904 to the Board of Public Safety in Defiance Ohio. The report notes total alarms and damages, insurance paid, and uninsured losses, with emphasis that fire losses were very small.
Columbus Feb 29 Mrs Margaret S McCullough mother of Auditor of State Walter D Guilwert died Saturday in Wapakoneta at age 80. She had been living with her daughter from her second marriage Mrs Alice Anderson. Also an advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promotes relief for eruptions sores pimples kidney and liver troubles constipation indigestion with 5 cent tea or tablet form from Weisenburger & Emery.
Special to Express Madison Feb 29 Fire burned the Wisconsin State Capitol for seven hours destroying the structure and valuable documents. Loss estimated at 800000 with only about 8000 cash in the treasury and no insurance. The piece notes shifting political commentary and local notices amid the disaster report.
Hugh Ride Nour, killed at Garrett Indiana, was buried from his home in Farmer Thursday.
John Mc Dowell, a traveling salesman, was shot twice Saturday morning and died in the afternoon. Gordon Banks is under arrest on a murder charge. The men quarreled over a game of cards.
John W. Cook, a Brady township pioneer and Williams county figure, died at home at age 66 after serving in the Civil War. Death attributed to heart disease.
Refused new trial and suspended sentence in part. A W Machen Diller B Groff and George E Lorenz received two years in Moundsville penitentiary and fines of 10000 each while Samuel M Groff won a four day suspension to allow a post verdict appeal.
Desperate action in Des Moines as Mayor Jas M Brenton is kidnapped by followers of Judge S F Prouty to derail Republican primaries amid a bitter fight over J A T Hull’s eighth bid for Congress. The mayor’s location remained unknown late at night as factions fear use of police power at the polls.
A young man sought to recruit a Sunday school class by visiting boys in homes, workplaces, and public spaces all week, but every Sunday found no students. He persisted, visiting mothers and sisters as well, yet Sundays remained empty as weeks turned into months before he finally faced obstacles in presenting a legislative bill.
The district debates Democratic figures and delegate strategies with boomery talk from Saltzgaber Snook Ansberry and Otis as Henry county editors push against Tim Ansberry while Crisscross politics unfold in Defiance and Paulding counties. News notes also report the death of Matthew H. Davis in Toledo from Bright's disease and heart trouble.
Advertiser seeks furs and hides including prime dark mink large muskrat raccoon hides and green hides at high market payment. Also buys scrap iron and metals. Old hubs and damaged goods considered. Visit before selling elsewhere for best price.
Aman James Mann, owner of a Cleveland buffet, toured local saloons last week and flashed a telegram claiming $100 sent by express. He lent no money, used the idea to borrow $10 from several men, then vanished. The total he took remains unknown.
In Ponce Porto Rico the American electric railway begun in 1902 has transformed travel from a perilous inland ride in improvised carts to a safe, uniform fare system. The six open cars, staffed by khaki-clad motormen and conductors, carry hundreds daily and attract graduates of local colleges, marking a new era in regional transit.
A collection of quotes mocks changing norms including substitution of sir with dollar sign, church census suggesting women dictate family religion, rising divorce rates in Lestoux City, and imperial intrigues citing Britain, Japan, Russia, and Germany as chasing hot prizes, reflecting press satire and international tensions.
From Our Consuls notes American made tools preferred in central France and Holland. Long credits demanded by South African buyers. American goods favored in Persia over rivals. Lyons ships cheap velvets to the United States. Demand for American manufacture would rise if a Lyons agency showed samples and took orders. Trade is increasingly credit based at 12 percent or higher.
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