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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
5
Christiana Diller, a notable Putnam County farmer aged 47, was killed when struck by a Findlay, Ft. Wayne & Western train near Findlay on Tuesday. A Jackson Center resident, 35, died after drinking carbolic acid mistaken for whisky, within thirty minutes.
Four workers were seriously burned in an explosion at the National Malleable Castings Co. plant in Cleveland on Tuesday. Three of the men are expected to die from their injuries.
This week in the house lawmakers introduce a measure allowing a horseshoer to seize a horse if shoeing bills go unpaid. A second bill restricts tooth extractions on horses to licensed veterinary dentists only.
New York District Attorney Jerome files libel suits seeking 100000 dollars from the New York American and 100000 dollars from the Journal both owned by W R Hearst. Actions cite editorials published March 8.
The fish and game committee agreed to recommend a State bill establishing a three year closed season on quail. The open duck season was revised to run from March 31 to April 30 and to include September October and November.
Mrs Huser, a Battle Creek washerwoman, rides in a $1000 auto with earnings from heavy wash days. She does 18 to 20 family washings weekly, making about 25 dollars a week. For eighteen years she has supported five children and provided their education. She owns her home, rents a house, and also owns a farm.
The Columbus Express reports bills moving through the Ohio Senate on March 13 14 including a Dow tax raise for saloons to 1000 and health and infrastructure measures. House actions cover veterans home admission railway safety dog tax and a long list of proposed laws. Local notes mention moves and gatherings across Sherwood Bryan and Petisville with obituaries and society items.
Brurat Bare aged 79 and his wife aged 60 longtime residents of Seneca county marked their golden wedding anniversary with a celebration in McCutchenville on Tuesday.
A man named Hack Harris is accused of posing as a postoffice inspector and bilking rural postmasters. He reportedly collected funds and once took $20 from Charles Fowler, promising the Eden postoffice.
A bill was introduced barring landlords from repairing rented houses or tenements without first removing the old wallpaper, a move attributed to the wall paperers union in the legislature.
Mrs Chadwick must forgo pie and other treats after a Cleveland firm sent pastry and goods paid for by her lawyers. Warden Gould ordered the practice halted last week.
Senator Depew is reported seriously ill and in strict seclusion at a country home of a friend near New York. Only family members may see him and it is feared he will not return to the Senate this session.
Representative Demuth from Paulding opposes proposed cuts to district judges and urges judiciary committees in both houses to examine other districts where judge reductions may be more needed.
Letters to the Ohio agriculture department experimental station in Wooster describe a swindle by agents selling black locust trees at 25 dollars per thousand. Buyers say the stock was promised to reach post size in four to six years and to not harm sprouts, while reliable nurseries catalogues show the stock worth ten dollars or less.
A Chicago Record-Herald remark ponders marriage to a woman who sued for breach of promise, noting the decision would hinge on how much the jury awarded.
Rev G Reitz one of the oldest Lutheran preachers in northwestern Ohio buried at Danbury aged 73. For years he served as circuit preacher in Putnam Allen and Van Wert counties and helped establish St Peter's German Lutheran church in Delphos built by his efforts.
Engineer J H Seigel and Mail Clerk B E Snook remain in serious condition after the Bloomdale B and O wreck. William Heneen of Aurora ill with burns. Tracks cleared. passenger engine sent to Garrett shops. freight engine removed. Express messenger Thomas Van Atta also at Bloomdale in non serious condition.
Notice sets a March 30 1906 special election at Town House in Farmer Township Defiance County Ohio. Voters will decide issuing fourteen bonds totaling 7000 dollars for a school site and new building with each 500 dollar bond bearing 4.5 percent interest, mature over seven years. Clerk E C Stronk signs at March 16 190.
Conductor Gericke labeled the “human metronome” led a Wagner programme. A trombone player whispered after the Tristan and Isolde number that he might quit, admitting he forgot technique, filled his lungs and faced a fatal left hand, risking burst wind or tuberculosis.
A New York Tribune overview recounts humorous and earnest pension applications sent to Washington after the Civil War. Letters range from poetic tales of injury at Bull Run to blood poisoning from a hens egg and hog hunts, with couples seeking larger pensions and widows exposing motives for marriage.
A clubman asks how many household items a husband may claim and a rival dismisses the question. The second clubman says even with vast furniture the home is full of gowns and accessories, advising the husband to wrap his own belongings in a newspaper and hide them under the bed.
A terse maxim states that falling into sin makes a man, belief makes a saint, and boasting makes a devil as attributed to Fulier. The line reflects moral judgment framed as a religious motto.
Scientists note the nose alters with age, growing longer faster than it widens. Changes occur gradually, often more in males, and can become aquiline in old age. A satisfactory nose may arrive late, or never influence happiness.
Pearson's Magazine reports international liquor consumption showing the United States at about one and a third gallons of pure alcohol per person annually, while Norway barely exceeds a half gallon. It ranks France higher for intake and places the Nordic and Dutch nations among the most temperate.
A vivid passage from Everybody's translation of Ibn Jubayr Ali describes Mecca during the Hajj. The Kaaba is a silver-adorned monument surrounded by white-robed pilgrims, with gold rain spouts and aloe-wood columns, while worshipers chant Talbih and sing the winding-sheet as they move through Ihram, Haram, Mina, and Arafat.
Mr. Robert Barr asks a Lyons silk merchant to identify a portrait. The merchant calls the sitter a statesman, then a possible writer of history or great historian. Barr reveals the portrait represents Mark Twain, and the merchant affirms his final assessment.
A compact editorial asserting self denial as the key to achievement across life’s departments. It argues idleness stems from lack of self restraint, while industry thrift and promptitude lead to a successful career.
An Emerson thought notes a drop contains water's traits yet cannot display a storm, highlighting limits of a single droplet to reveal meteorological force.
Susan B Anthony, aged 86, died at 12 40 this morning in Rochester after heart failure brought on by double pneumonia. She was unconscious for about 24 hours and suffered long valvular heart trouble, having just returned from the National Suffrage convention in Baltimore.
The Toledo market showed wheat at 82 percent cash, corn around 43.4, oats 31.8, rye 65, and cattle and hogs with varied bids from 6.00 to 6.50 for heavies and 4.25 to 7.25 for calves. East Buffalo reports quiet cattle with primes 5.60 to 5.75, veals up to 8.50, and sheep and hogs steady with lambs 7.00 to 7.10 and hogs 6.20 to 6.60. Receipts include 2% in cattle at East Buffalo and 1,700 hogs with active, fair demand.
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