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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
2
Defiance High School overwhelmed Van Wert with superior stick work and steady pitching. Blue led the Defiance battery with a solid performance while Ferguson struggled for Van Wert as Defiance built a decisive lead early and coasted to victory.
The famous Masonic trowel visited Toledo with a 250 member Detroit escort arriving Saturday night. Toledo Masons welcomed it with a 7 pm lodge opening and a 7:15 reception for Michigan and Ohio grand lodge representatives. A living trowel, speeches, music, and a banquet followed. The trowel will stay thirty days before moving to the next lodge.
A sequence of social events across Defiance township features Mr. and Mrs. John Schatz hosting guests, the Lady Maccabees hosting a Thursday gathering, and Mrs. C. R. White's Friday tea for about twenty four ladies. Contests award Mrs. A. X. Weisenburger and Mrs. George Weisenburger for high and second scores respectively, with toasts and poems recited by attendees. Other items include a marriage license issued to Henry A. Miller and Sophia Kammeyer, a funeral visit by A. B. Kusian, a thumb injury of W. V. Hutchins, Odd Fellows initiations, and school census enumerator appointments for local wards.
Defiance pitcher Jones blanked Toledo as nine men circled the bases on Toledo errors. Defiance outhit and drew walks while Toledo could only muster a single safe hit. Next Sunday Pope Toledo plays Island Park.
Defiance marked the close of twenty five years of Prosperity for the National Union with Anthony Wayne Council hosting a large anniversary observance. Leaders C G Bentley Senator George Kirby J W Myers Del Helpman spoke. membership now 63000 with $101000 in benefits paid to date.
The Mutual Improvement Circle held its annual dinner at the Holgate Avenue home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Perry Harley with about fifty guests. Red and yellow tulips adorned tables while Miss Amy Whitaker greeted guests. hearty toasts followed including "History of the M. I. C." by Mrs. C W Butler and playful readings.
Junk buyer Joe Freecorn offers prices per hundred pounds for rags 75c rubber 41c dry bones 40c per hundred pounds and iron 40c per 100 pounds plus paper 2i per hundred pounds. Call before selling elsewhere and he will pick up at 215 N Clinton St.
At the executive board meeting in Columbus the Ohio Teachers Reading Circle adopted Pedagogy King's Rational Living literature Vincent American Literary Masters Life of Johnson McAuley's Life of Johnson and Practical Nature Study for teachers and pupils for 1906 and 1907.
The Epworth League announces its elected officers for the coming year: Lilian Lind as President, Bessie Bette as 1st Vice President, Ernest Behne as 2nd Vice President, Helen Harley as 3rd Vice President, Gertrude Behne as 4th Vice President, Port Hockman as Secretary, and Ray Krotz as Treasurer.
Special to Express Ft. Wayne reports Loyal Cornwall aged 4 and his nephew Teddy Scott aged 3 died Sunday after swallowing strychnine tablets found at play. Both boys come from well-known local families.
Arthur Schupp, a former Defiance boy and California Theater property man, writes from Seattle recounting his escape from the San Francisco catastrophe. He describes waking under debris when the theater collapsed, the California Hotel next door ruined, and the fire chief killed while freeing workers. He notes support from the Actors International Protective Association and Modern Woodmen of America for Frisco victims.
Hanley R. Miley of Defiance filed a bankruptcy petition in the Toledo district court last week. He lists debts including a cigar bill of 329.38, meat 832.80, bread 70.05, milk 65.20, and gas 63.50. He cites 57 open accounts owed to him totaling 335.45 and says the B and O railway owes 192 for his labor. Assets are 1,150.45 against debts of 2,288.01.
The Defiance Light and Power Company former manager Walter R. Fabin faced an embezzlement indictment. Judge Killitts presided as the March term of common pleas held a session on Monday. Attorney Frazer of Marshall & Frazer Toledo argued for Fabin as the trial has been continued across several terms.
Sam Blue and Joe Snider, accused of multiple break ins at the Martin camp up the Maumee river, confessed and were bound over to common pleas court. Blue admitted wholesale theft of furniture and utensils. Snider is believed at large. Both pled not guilty at preliminary hearing and face possible penitentiary terms.
Williams Kidney Pills claim to cure kidney and bladder troubles caused by nervous strain. The ad cites pains in the loins and back, facial puffiness under the eyes, and frequent urination, offering free samples and sales by The Owl Drug Store in Cleveland Ohio.
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