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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
8
Defiance daily and weekly edition lists prices and delivery details. Local notes report a farmer fined $5 for raffling a heifer and the death of Thomas Bailey Avericn in Boston aged 71, a Shiloh battlefield reunion set for April 6 and 7, and a missing boy led astray by older youths after a bank errand near Tiffin and Toledo.
West Milford residents report Rev Monroe Hood preaching at the Christian church last Sabbath evening. Miss Nora Beerbower is confined to bed with typhoid fever. Charles Molford and wife welcome a baby girl born March 11. Doe Snyder has been ill for a month, staying with his daughter Mrs Ora Beerbower. L H Moore of Fort Wayne and Mr Jos of Wabash County, with Mr Ridgeway, paid a brief visit Monday seeking a farm opportunity.
By unanimous vote the city council suspended three members of the board of public improvements for 76 days pending hearings on charges of bribery and malfeasance. Charles Burr, a fugitive, faces an additional charge of gross neglect for not being at his office a week.
The Ohio Farmer promises practical agricultural matter and sound advice for farmers. A trial is urged with a one year subscription priced at 75 cents. A combo with Weekly Express costs one year $1.50, and Express plus Ohio Farmer by mail $3.50.
The city council debated carrying the water case to the U S Supreme Court. Harris outlined certiorari process and estimated costs up to 5500 dollars plus 3000 in possible attorney fees. if won, 10 percent contingency to lawyers. A contract with Harris and Davie was approved on first reading.
George Jones public sale drew a large crowd last Tuesday as he rents his farm. John Weber remains ill with slim recovery chances. Dr. Lehman attends. Dr. Long of Bryan advised. no improvement yet. Township supervisors plan road work. Fieldner introduces a new corn grinder. Easter class of 15 to be confirmed at Lutheran church on Bryan road. Rev. Hinkleman of Bryan teaches biweekly. Lintz to remodel barn this spring. Weber and Warner drove to Sherwood Monday. Welker and Scritefield named as canvass committee for cows for the condensed milk factory to be built in Bryan this season.
Jobe O'Neill, a wealthy oil operator, had his wife Cora C. O'Neill’s body brought from Texas to Ohio to spare relatives the trip. Washouts cut Logan off, so relatives drove across country to Columbus for the funeral held Monday. The body was later sent back to Houston for placement in a marble mausoleum.
A Parisian concierges system is depicted as coercive and invasive. The article describes how concierges act as landlord agents, control mail and access, demand fees such as the denier a Dieu, and use blackmail and social pressure to enforce compliance. It notes Madame la concierge’s greed, manipulation of servants, and the lodge as a hub of gossip and obligation.
A London Punch note mocks thefts at the Louvre Paris while reporting on the value of land and grass in France. It cites large imports of sheep, with Algiers supplying over a million annually, to explain grazing patterns and meat consumption.
A Kansas City Star report describes Bud Ledbetter, a long time Indian Territory officer, burning spilled liquor near the southwest corner of the Muskogee Federal Court building. He confiscates and destroys bootlegging liquor, drawing crowds while tarrying to prevent fires from ignition.
A natural history note explores sharks as vital scavengers found worldwide, detailing man eater legends, notable captures in Monterey and Soquel, and Hawaii shore worship. It covers shark uses from flesh to fins, and describes Norse and Hawaiian beliefs, with warnings of danger to swimmers.
In Sandusky on March 19 Charles Hacker aged 35 died at Castalia becoming the epidemics seventh victim. He fell ill Saturday and gradually deteriorated. Town trustees and village health authorities voted for a thorough cleanup and schools will remain closed until the scare passes. Dr Hoover of Cleveland urged sunlight as a remedy while Dr Chapman of the State health board advised quarantine, which is impracticable. About half the population has already left town.
Market notes list Toledo prices for wheat and rye with cash futures. hogs and medium cattle show varied bids. Steers range near 4.00 to 6.00, cows 3.00 to 4.20, veals up to about 5.25. sheep and lambs feature mixed prices. receipts describe slow to steady demand with regional variations.
The Cleveland Trust Company as assignee offers for sale at public auction in Delavess Dellat County Ohio the uncollected accounts and judgments of the Defiance Branch of the Produce Exchange Banking Company. The sale includes overdrafts notes and secured interests with security notes and various signatories, with parcels to be offered first and then in bulk if bids exceed parcel sums, per Insolvency Court order dated February 71. The assignee provides no warranties and will offer further parcel details upon bid requests.
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