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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
4
The notice lists daily evening edition rates for city deliveries at .10 cents per week by carrier, $3 per year cash in advance, and mail options including six and three month terms. It also provides distance telephone numbers 14 and 34 for Western Telephone.
The short session of the ninth Congress approved large sums for naval ships and army expansion, civil pensions, and river harbor works totaling about 83 million. Bills covered immigration limits, agricultural bank in the Philippines, denatured alcohol use, criminal appeal rights, antitrust support, women and child labor probes, and express companyRate law enforcement. Smoot retained as senator. treaties ratified with Domingo. Senate opened investigations into a city affray and Congo crises diplomacy.
A Chicago mail order house representative told Iowa newspaper men that advertising drives the business. He urged local merchants to advertise thoroughly in up-to-date fashion and to describe items and prices in every ad. He warned that well advertised towns reduce mail order impact, while ignoring ads invites competition.
An advertisement extols The Ohio Farmer weekly and daily editions offering practical agricultural topics and sound farming advice. It promotes a one year subscription rate for the Weekly Express and Ohio Farmer at $1.50 and a daily Express by mail at four dollars per year.
Special to Express Tivoli New York March 6 The limited fast mail train from Chicago for New York was partially derailed at Tivoli injuring nine people all but one with minor bruises Berkley Brandon dining car cook suffered a broken leg and three passengers plus five Pullman workers had scalp wounds and minor injuries The wreck occurred 800 feet south of Tivoli station as two rear sleepers and a dining car derailed onto a siding freight cars overturned but passenger cars stayed upright The cause is not yet known but a switch or journal failure is suspected The Pullman sleeper end struck a lumber car aan end badly smashed Mr and Mrs John Sherwin Cleveland on bridal tour were unharmed.
Rupours M. Enz 35 of Findlay was found dead in a Pittsburg boarding house Monday after taking carbolic acid in a personal crisis. He was discovered by a fellow resident and died at the scene.
Jerome B. Thomas age 72 governor of the Central Branch National Military Home died at his home on the Soldiers' Home grounds in Sandusky Tuesday. He had led the institution for many years and was a prominent figure in veterans affairs.
A dense list of real estate transfers and land sales across Defiance and adjacent counties. Dates are not specified, but numerous parcels in Williamstown Hicksville and Washington townships change hands among individuals and couples, with prices ranging from 125 to 20,900 dollars.
Frank Boff returned to his Carey home after visiting his parents. Andrew Kolb is seriously ill. Mrs Mahlon Garber spent Monday with daughter Mrs Zelma Wesland near Bryan. James Garber moved to Ney Thursday to the James Goller house. A Motler near Ney was at John Hancock's Monday.
Esther Nell’s illness noted. W C Partee working timber for 8 F Stock. Peter Corresel making farm improvements with new fences. S Stock sold a milk cow to John Hall. W Nell doing carpentry for Wm Patten near Jewell. Frank Ferris erecting a sheep stable. Rev B H Morse to preach at St John M E Church next Sunday at 10 30. T J Tittle cutting timber for a new barn. E O Schultz bought Herm Peter farm in section 22 Tiffin township. Grandmother Kammeyer celebrated 80th birthday Tuesday. Chas Partee of Evansport visiting Monday. Rev Jauch of St John German M E Church aided by Rev Maier Toledo and Rev Mueller Cleveland. ministers provided good singing.
Four parcels of land spread through Paulding Defiance Putnam counties priced at 60 per acre. The listings include 95 acre Paulding with good buildings, water and soil. 65 acres Defiance with a two story house, orchard and tiling. 40 acres Putnam with a 1.5 story dwelling, barn and timber. 80 acre improved Defiance area with barn, well, wind pump and extensive tile. Easy road access and proximity to markets.
A fierce snow storm hit Pittsburg on March 6 causing crippled street car service, downed lines, and high winds. Miss Sarah Stewart, 30, died from heart failure after exiting a trolley during the storm and seeking shelter in Alleghany. coroners ruled death due to exhaustion.
Hicksville news items report J M Ainsworths western California trip and Ainsworth Bassett moving back to farm. Teachers from eight public schools visited Toledo for a beneficial day. Local resignations include Harry Gerst to defiance and Charles Battershell to Hart Hood Widney. Tribune office sold to M J Schell. several residents and visitors noted from Defiance Ft Wayne Maysville and Antwerp.
The Broadway Christian church revival featured Dr. Morrell as preacher and Rev. Kershner leading the singing. The discourse defined faith as the fundamentals of Christian life, noting faith must be lived, not just believed, and that temptation tests prove true Christianity. Death crowns the Christian.
W F Meyer to auction horses cattle pigs and farm machinery at his Meyers farm near the Children's Home on March 19 with a sale of other articles.
We thank friends and neighbors for assistance during the sickness and death of our mother Mrs Harriet Barnett. 8S. W. Hartrief, Mrs. Hoy Lane, Wa. Barnett. A burst boiler flue at the P G and E power house left all electric lights out and poor Wednesday.
Toledo markets list cash and May prices for wheat corn oats rye and clover seed, plus hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs. East Buffalo cattle receipts noted with prices for steers cows heifers stockers bulls and veals, with hogs and sheep market firmness and ranges for various grades.
Markets in Rye list prices for fresh produce and livestock including potatoes beans butter eggs and wheat per unit. The notice also lists corn sock calf hides ducks turkeys beef veal hogs and hay with live and dressed weights where available.
Notice states that on March 5 1907 the Highland Township Defiance County Ohio Board of Education filed petition 8156 in the Defiance County Court of Common Pleas seeking transfer of 1300 dollars from the district contingent fund to the building fund The hearing is set for April 6 1907 at 2 PM Objections must be filed before the hearing and J W Garver President and W R Stone Clerk sign the notice.
Consul General Robert P. Skinner of Marseilles argues French tar methods protect and extend road surfaces rather than merely suppress dust. He notes France’s good roads, the auto’s wear, and says after two years tarred surfaces show no more dust than ordinary asphalt and remain intact after rain.
The article argues farm poultry should focus on eggs for steady income unless proper facilities exist for rearing and marketing fowls. It notes fresh eggs fetch higher prices and nearby markets reduce commissions. It also describes a simple home printing frame for photography and cites income statistics from Harper's Weekly.
An article argues proper road maintenance to prevent water damage and mud holes, urging timely gutter cleaning, drainage work, and permanent measures. It discusses the role of road scrapers, the benefit of trees along highways, and a California macadam project linking Los Angeles and Pasadena at about five thousand dollars per mile.
The illness is widespread in large poultry ranches, seldom causing abrupt deaths but steadily drains flocks. Liver involvement is common, with enlargement and yellowish white nodules observed.
The passage notes nodules in liver tissue and describes the condition known to poultrymen as liver complaint or spotted liver, with nodules easily separated from surrounding tissue.
Calves should be fed clean warm milk in clean buckets with corn meal or kaffir-corn meal, bright alfalfa hay, fresh water, and salt. Do not overfeed grain or hay. remove uneaten portions before new feed. Provide sun, shelter, regular, kind handling. calves may gain 1.5 to 2 pounds daily with proper care and margins in business.
In the absence of an egg tester a simple lamp tester can be used. Place a lamp in a box in a dark room and view through the box side. Fertile eggs show a black spot with spider like radiating legs after seven to eight days. clear eggs lack the spot and are infertile or dead.
An Australian official, anxious to telegraph gold news, misspeaks after a boy finds a nugget. The boy meant to throw a stone at a crow, but the official records only that phrase, revealing the strain of the moment.
Homing pigeons captivate England with races on a Saturday as 200000 to 300900 birds take part. Distances of 127 and 113 miles to London from Retford and Branston fall short of mile a minute records, while Templecombe to London yields 108 miles in 94 minutes. An old Liege bird follows the Liege Warreme train daily then returns home, puzzling observers.
The Italian government pardoned 1,536 inmates since August 1 to relieve prison crowding, while 3,972 prisoners had their sentences reduced. The move aims to free space for new delinquents entering the system.
The article defines Cantal cheese of France as a large cheese resembling a cask or English cheddar, about two feet tall and up to eighteen inches in diameter. It is solid and well pressed with an uncooked curd, a soft white interior, and a white chalky exterior, weighing 60 to 100 pounds and regarded as second quality.
Pall Mall Gazette notes blue throat birds fly from Central Africa to the North Sea in under a day, a 1600 mile uninterrupted journey. It also cites storks breeding in Austria Hungary and wintering in India and Central Africa, making biannual 2400 mile flights from Budapest to Lahore at about 100 miles per hour.
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