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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1904
Page
8
A sharp attack in the Crescent News targets Mayor J P Cameron and local brewery interests. It questions police actions and urges the editor to bring evidence before the grand jury, promising legal scrutiny if misconduct is alleged. The piece frames a political clash amid saloon and brewery ties.
Saloon men and brewery interests rumble Saturday night over a war sparked by the Evening Democratic organ amid talk of a local option crusade. Democrats defend the party line while farmers’ patrons seek explanation as police enforcement tightens. The dispute spurs sidelong moves among Democratic leaders as the issue looms.
Asa Toperan of Tiffin was in the city last week noting a lively political cotillion. He says the candidates are balancing on street corners as the campaign moves along.
Tar Democrats of Highland township denounce press criticism over building a new union office and the resulting tax increase. They also complain about comparing Highland with Richland township and its railways.
Citizens express concern over the Express failing to report Democratic central committee proceedings. Hundreds wonder why coverage is not provided and local commotion grows as readers seek transparency about party meetings.
An item from Philadelphia references marketing of a tonic claiming to cure baldness and restore masculinity. It mentions Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and two packages priced at 85 cents, sold by Weisernburges & Emery. The fragment notes supposed health benefits and a consumer experience.
Dispatches report a declared war between Senator J B Foraker and Senators Charles Dick and Governor Myron Herrick with Roosevelt not a factor. Herrick pledges to replace any government job lost due to Foraker with a state appointment. GOP aims for a large fall majority in Ohio.
Local update clarifies that Mayor J P Cameron remains in office, denying any resignation rumor and confirming continued leadership. The statement underscores stability in city governance amid circulating speculation.
The final contingent of state troops deployed to Springfield to quell riots was dismissed today as order returned to normal. Local authorities praised the orderly withdrawal and thanked the servicemen for restoring peace.
The remark questions whether a Florence Crittenton rescue mission was unnecessary during over two decades of Democratic governance and suggests the issue may persist or change in the current period.
The Democratic evening organ reports forty seven thousand ninety five dollars eighty seven cents in the county treasury. With the December 1903 tax distribution just completed, there has been no opportunity to spend the funds.
An Evening Democratic Organ comment notes that under Boss Kirtley and McClintock there would soon be a Florence Crittenton Rescue Mission in Defiance. It suggests that a Buffalo Calf story in the same organ would demoralize the city’s youth even worse than any wine rooms could.
The Evening English Democratic Organ notes W. H. McClintock should be named Graft Collector and Wine Room and Tenderloin inspector under Ross Kirtley s Reform Administration. The proposal suggests he would be useful, though self serving, and could cede the post to the editor of the organ. The wine rooms are run by Democrats and the duties would be congenial.
Thursday evening note recounts Mr. McClintock’s fifteen years at the Defiance Ex press with no financial investment and his role as Republican precinct chair. It highlights his influence in county elections, party shifts, and local offices, noting a salary of four dollars a week and a potential graft if a $1500 payment aids a $2,500 salary goal.
Well known local Democrats seek controlling interest in Cres cent Publishing Co owner of Crescent News and Defiance Democrat. Purchasers are said to view the plant as a business investment while rumors circulate about dissatisfaction with current management and talk of launching a modern Democratic paper. Outcome unknown.
The city has no Republican interest in starting a new Democratic paper. Reputable Democrats have asked Crescent Publishing Co. to price the plant. Reports say a new Democratic paper was discussed due to dissatisfaction with the old management. The Democratic forces are in poor health at present.
Columbia decides that a rough house will not restore a lost opportunity, signaling a measured approach. The stance reflects a preference for restraint over aggressive tactics in pursuing outcomes.
The text notes President Joseph Smith faces difficulty tracking his wooden tin and silver wedding anniversaries, reflecting humorous strain in marital celebrations.
In the event of Grover Cleveland's nomination this year Col. Bryan would dismantle the Kansas City platform and use the material in fencing another hog lot.
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets as a busy medicine for busy people. It claims to aid constipation indigestion and various ailments and offers a tablet form priced at 85 cents a box. Produced by Hours vs Tee-Drave Company in Madison Wisconsin.
The Paulding Democrat endorses Congressman Snook for a third term insisting Reed served twenty two years in Congress and that Snook is a pleasant man but not in the Tom Reed class of statesmen.
Copies of a new Democratic paper issued last Saturday at Muskogee, Indian Territory, reached town recently. J F Furman appears as business manager on the editorial page, and he is the longtime secretary of Putnam county's Republican central committee, a contrast that makes him hard to track politically in Ottawa Gazette reporting.
J Morgan of the Peoples Rapid Transit Railway visited Thursday evening. He says the chief engineer ordered ten car loads of rails from Southern Construction for the new line and arrangements were made to unload on the Wabash right of way. He discussed depot sites with officials, and met the citizens finance committee about securing the east end right of way. If procured, Morgan pledges to locate the powerhouse and car barns in the city.
Kenneth Virgil Kniss born July 20 1901 to Mr and Mrs Henry Kniss died March 8 1904 after two weeks with diphtheria aged 2 years 7 months 18 days. Funeral private at 2 pm from the house Rev F Jh Lahr officiated interment Riverside.
Mrs. Wm Schultz died at her residence 904 Ottawa avenue Saturday afternoon aged about 65. She leaves a husband and one son. The funeral was held from the U B church at 1 30 p m today with interment at Hire cemetery.
Samuel Murphy a 47 year old teamster died at his home near the Van Cleve GIs Co factory Saturday at 7 30 p m He leaves a wife and three children the youngest an infant Funeral is Tuesday at 10 30 a m with interment in Ice Cemetery Paulding County
Mrs Margret Kissner wife of Edward Kisner died Friday at 5 30 p m at her North Clinton street home of paralysis aged 76 years. The funeral was held Wednesday at 9 o clock Rev Gloden officiating. Interment in Riverside cemetery.
An old Philadelphia convention scene features a Milesian delegate proposing an eight member drafting committee then jokingly suggests increasing to nine to ensure a majority on a tied vote. The anecdote highlights Irish humor and political theatrics at Locust street above Broad.
Mrs Belle Harvey of Bower's Mill shares a family birthmark trait with three sisters and a baby. Each has black hair with a large white plume starting at the forehead and running back over the head. The white area extends to the forehead and is said to be hereditary in the family.
Time is near for township semiannual Sunday school conventions. Experience proves teachers benefit from attending conventions and meetings. A 21 superintendent meeting in an eastern city considered delegate counts, noting some schools may send no teachers. Reports urged timely submissions and highlighted the value of repeating Bible truths in new light for eager, alert minds. An actor’s blunder tale ends with a miscue where the line The king is dead Long live the king was misexclaimed as Long live the king, he’s dead.
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies, not local treatments. It asserts catarrh inflames the mucous membrane of the Eustachian tube and offers 100 dollars for any deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars available and product endorsements from Hall's Family Pills.
Henry Foster, held at the Nebraska pen after a lynching mob killing Thomas Gentleman of Fremont, escaped the scaffold due to a rare bacillus seen only once before by Nebraska physicians. The diplobacill...capilatus trogenes enters wounds and forms fatal gas under the skin. Gentleman died from the bacillus, and experts could not confirm survival if he had escaped infection, leading to the murder charge being withdrawn.
A gardener digs in a Haslemere garden uncovering several ancient vessels and calcined bones two feet below the surface. British Museum experts date the finds to the late Celtic age around 150 BC. About twenty-two urns and pots were originally buried, with only three or four remaining intact.
The piece notes that The Last of the Pansters Sir Francis Burnand is among the last great pansters. It laments the fall of punning humor once popular in the London scene with Theo dore Hook and H. J. Byron, claiming modern punsters would be shunned. It frames punning as a fading art in contemporary society.
Call on agents of the Ohio Central Lines for full particulars relative to Homeseekers and Colonists rates Tickets on sale first and third Tuesday of each month Moulton Houk G P A Toledo O.
Catalog entry for a boxed atlas issued by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Includes three colored maps 14 by 20 inches, detailing the eastern theater with tables on military naval strength and financial resources of Russia and Japan. Offered by A F Cleveland of Cleveland Ohio for ten cents in stamps.
An Italian scientist argues electric tramways clean towns by ozone produced by overhead sparks and wheel light emissions when rails carry return current. He says high discharges in narrow thoroughfares substantially alter atmospheric contents, acting as antiseptic agents.
The Indianapolis Journal notes that Germany makes condensed eggs by removing water and adding sugar, sealing about fifteen eggs per pound. The product has a strong market in South Africa and could be imported here during the current egg famine for varying profit.
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