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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
8
An article argues old age weakness comes from poor nutrition and bad digestion. It credits Dr Pierce digestion and nutrition remedies with restoring strength and shares anecdotes from Mrs Towle and Mrs Jones praising Golden Medical Discovery and related products.
Dayton resident William Meeker once of Wapakoneta recalls benchwork at Wapakoneta Wheel Works and praises Defiance Machine Works leadership. He traveled Europe, helped establish a Defiance branch, and now oversees Standard Wheel Works plants with headquarters at Terre Haute. He left Wapakoneta at 4 29 PM over the Wabash west.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Hulbert arrested John Hatfield on an insanity warrant from Asa Potter after Hatfield wandered in West Toledo and claimed to be from Defiance seeking work eight days ago. Hatfield, formerly a drayman and auctioneer, had recently moved from Ann Arbor to Toledo via Polo.
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The Federation of Churches gathered at the M. E. church Sunday with broad attendance. Speakers urged Christian responsibility and a strong stand against saloons, warning gambling harms and stressing good town leadership for moral welfare. A second meeting was set for next Sunday afternoon.
Special correspondence from Dickison North Dakota February 23 describes the Bad Lands of southeastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota. It details terraced igneous formations, red scoria used as roofing, icicle-like silt deposits, a large natural bridge, abundant lignite coal and petrified wood, and wildlife including prairie dogs owls and rattlesnakes. The letter notes historical Native American use, dangers of the terrain, and mentions President Roosevelt’s training in the area with a teaser about Teddy’s initiation.
Farmers Sunday school group plans an institute at Farmer Union Church on Sunday afternoon March 9 with a program led by W. L. Shirkey and topics on effective teaching, literature, and boy workers. A Findlay state Sunday school convention rate is announced, with emphasis on Boy’s World and the need for township and county secretary coordination.
Mrs. Julia A. T. Gillespie, born in Dayton in 1815, died recently and was buried in Independence following services at St Paul’s M E church. Survived by two sisters and two brothers, two sons and three daughters, with several relatives attending from Michigan and Minnesota. Transitions included affiliations with German Reformed English Lutheran and AB churches.
Dr N G Woodward who gets weather reports from the weather bureau in Washington has arranged with Northwestern Telephone Co to deliver the daily weather report to all Northwestern subscribers at no cost. With over two hundred farmer subscribers the service will help farmers and is expected to keep the Woodward phone busy each morning at 9 a m.
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Emanuel Hoover died at his Wayne street home at 3 30 a m Saturday aged 73 years 3 months and 26 days He was born in Pine Grove Pa December 5 1828 and lived in Covington Miami county Indiana and Defiance since 1862 A blacksmith and machinist by trade he married Susan Stoner in Sidney about 52 years ago Eight children and the widow survive The funeral from the Wayne street house was at 2 p m Monday Rev A B Murphy officiating interment at Riverside cemetery Attending funeral were Max Wells Gail Wells and D J Riley
The C L M Railway ceased operations Saturday under a common pleas court order and will not reopen until offered for sale by Sheriff McCarty.
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