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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
7
East Defiance couple welcomes a baby at home. Wm Clemens takes a delivery job with Young’s grocery. Rural free delivery to run between Bryan and Evansport. Findlay and Napoleon men visit Defiance. Smallpox in Troeger family improving. Claudie Kasbaum injured but not seriously. Community updates on politics, social events, and local business developments.
The B and O announces double tracking from Chicago to Chicago Junction with work to start in a month if weather permits. Estimated cost nears 25 million dollars. Readers ask whether upgrades include a Wayne Street depot and if division points may shift, stressing local impact.
Three smallpox cases identified in Holgate Lou Young Milton Houston and Amanda Hill are reported in light condition with no new illnesses. Quarantine remains strict at city edges and outlets guarded. one individual Nicely reportedly breached quarantine and may be in Defiance. New Bavaria also reports no new cases and continued strict quarantine.
Licenses issued to Jas. M Bucker and Blanch McCauley of Hicksville. Bryan official Martin Stouble, ex Defiance county commissioner, visits with Bronson agency. Community notes include smallpox health rules and a local fire sale mob scene at Craven & Ruegel. Local lodge farewell for E E Root and a parade of movers amid city bustle.
A Defiance reader repeats strong support for Dean's Kidney Pills, citing backache and kidney weakness cured, and urges others to obtain the remedy from Woodward druggist. The passage also includes public health notices on smallpox reporting and board authority amended in 1899.
A new preparation called Grain-O, made from pure grains, is sold in grocery stores as a coffee substitute. It is described as easy on delicate stomachs and nearly indistinguishable from coffee, costing about 15 to 25 cents per package, with children able to drink it safely.
Circuit court judges affirm lower court ruling in Frank Zuber case. Zuber receives life imprisonment with no parole, to be executed after related Johnson case. Other rulings upheld In Defiance, including Alonzo Wood and Defiance Bicycle Co. Cornelia Ralein vs City of Defiance, City of Defiance vs Schweitzer. McCarty and Corwin named bailiffs for current term.
An advertisement promises a permanent cure for constipation using Cascarettlé by Danny Cathartic. The copy claims druggists will refund money if not satisfied and asserts significant relief from the product.
Community notes report many schools closing while residents share visits and events. Hugh Endsley returns to Coshoc ton from Defiance township and Rev. Metzner travels to Mt Calvary. Local social updates include guests at Defiance College and Al rich residence moves, with election talk and March weather musings.
Mrs. Joan Hall died at her home five miles south of the city Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The funeral will be private Tuesday at 9 30 from the house with Rev. B W Slagle of the Presbyterian church officiating. She leaves a husband and children.
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