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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
5
Defiance Ohio area notices list publishment terms for the Defiance Daily and Weekly papers with rates for mail and city delivery. Rev Ed Verraca, pastor of Grace Reformed Church Toledo, has accepted a call from St Pauls Reformed Pleasant Grove church.
Prof Charues C Miller longtime superintendent of Lima schools for 11 years has been selected as Lima College president with a salary of 3000 dollars per year.
Rost Shaw a Black man in Waits Man Kentucky, believed insane, shot and killed a deputy sheriff and wounded seven others who tried to arrest him.
Charles G Owen, prominent wool buyer from Seneca county, died Monday from paralysis at age 77. He once partnered in the wool trade with Henry M Flagler of Standard Oil fame.
A street sweeper in New York discarded a lighted match beneath Mrs. Howard Goulds touring car. Gasoline leaking from the tank ignited, causing an explosion that wrecked the automobile.
A 4-year-old boy, son of James Smith, Ridgeway, was killed in a barn when he handed a pitchfork to a playmate and the fork slipped. The tines pierced his eyes and skull, causing fatal injuries.
Fevix Carpenter and a 13-year-old accomplice seized a revolver and fired at a mark in a prominent residence district on Tuesday. A young boy selling lunch was coerced into surrendering 2 cents, then forced to pay back the pennies under threat of being shot. The lad was arrested.
Mary A Livermore a noted writer reformer died at her Melrose Massachusetts home. Born December 19 1820 in Boston she became a leading figure in suffrage anti slavery and temperance movements and led and edited multiple journals.
Prof. W S Ropryson resigns as Fostoria schools superintendent and will assume a new role with a Chicago textbook house. The move ends his tenure in Fostoria and links him to publishing in Chicago.
A hint of a chain linking the Fourth Ward caucus to the editorial room of the Democratic organ suggests political influence shaping newspaper coverage. The remark implies a mechanism of bias or information flow behind the scenes.
Mrs Florence Stowe, wife of Bernard A Stowe of Jandus Electric Co Cleveland, died from a dose of carbolic acid taken by mistake for cough medicine.
John Bryan announces a worldwide tour to study municipal ownership and railroad issues. His daughter is in poor health and will join him along with other family members.
Former Bowling Green resident Paul J Brown died at his Altamont Kansas home on Friday. He had moved to Altamont about five years ago. Brown's body was transported to Bowling Green on Sunday and buried there.
While spading in her Jerome garden on Saturday Mrs Benjamin Neil uncovered an iron object that proved to be a pot of money containing several hundred dollars in gold and silver. She has not disclosed the exact amount.
The Eau Claire Wisconsin pastor Reverend P W Lonere has been called to lead the First Baptist Church of Urbana. He declined immediate acceptance and cited Romans 15 19 as his guiding verse to preach the gospel to Rome as well.
Miss Margaret Wood was instantly killed Sunday when a brake beam on a freight car dropped. Thirteen cars were derailed and crushed another car into the gas and electric plant as she walked beside the Big Four railway track on her way to work. She was struck by an overturning car.
A H Fulton of near Kenton, a prominent farmer, was grinding a plowshare on an emery wheel when the wheel burst at high speed. It flew in three pieces. one piece broke the plowshare, another shot through a roof, and the third tore his right arm from the shoulder.
The Democratic papers criticize the Saturday convention while delegates were chosen by unanimous vote. Mr Kirkley instructed to submit a model delegation for ratification, with five of six delegates from the country region. Republicans named the state delegates.
Henry County gains ten new rural mail routes to total 33 and ends post offices at Greston and Gerald. Six new routes start from Napoleon, with star route service between Napoleon and Ridgeville to be abolished. Mail will be carried by rural carriers for lower costs and improved local service.
W P Engel returns from Detroit with two 300 hp water tube boilers and a 60 by 6 foot stack. The plant will gain 1200 hp steam capacity and 1000 hp engine capacity after replacing smaller boilers and installing the large engine without shutting down. The replaced engine is sold to Florida buyers who plan shipping to Missouri for land development.
Albert E. Tenny and Price and OK Price? and Hutchins and Cornwell of Ohio Northern University Ada were arrested in Lima on orders from university officials. They allegedly stole a large quantity of gymnasium paraphernalia and tried to flee west. They deny the charge but are in bad odor with faculty and will be returned to Ada.
Skunktown Grabland family attended Henry Doterer’s funeral at Junction Saturday. Vance visited old friends nearby Friday. George Farley of McArthur in Vinton county visits Oren Scott for a few days. Mrs. John Bates of Holgate died Wednesday morning.
V G Lord and family drove to Logan Sunday. Peter Burns drove to New Tuesday Brose Spangler and son Ray drove to Bryan Wednesday. Quite a number of the neighbors worked on the road Thursday. Wm Yeagley and daughter Madge and L E Conkey rode to Defiance Saturday in L E Conkey's auto. Quite a number of our Sunday school workers attended the convention at Dry Creek Saturday. Louis Lord and Charles Thoure drove to Melbourn Saturday with a load of hogs. Mrs. Squires and Mrs. Partee of Bryan drove to Farmen Sunday. Mrs. Vernon Headley of Bryan is visiting Wilson Headley and wife in Farmer. Wm Knight of Stryker is visiting relatives near Farmer. Arthur Snyder and Roy are building wire fences for Paul Richardson. Mrs. John Winn and daughter of Defiance are visiting relatives here.
Sherwood resident Washington Chas. A Kintner hosted by OC Hageman with Rev D G Berk bile and Rev Edward Kintner visiting. Dunker Brethren at Lick Creek church held communion services. many from North and South Poplar Ridge and nearby townships attended.
Mrs Mohr of Van Wert and Mrs Speer of Ney called. John J Henry and Andrew Schifferty with wives of Paulding County visited Monday. A Rasor and wife of Defiance visited Sunday. Miss Dot Brechbill and Mrs A W Fuller called Tuesday. Weber of Ney visited on the 23rd. Miss Elsie Sauber of Defiance closed a successful school term on the 19th.
Evansport visitors Mr and Mrs John Peter. John Linebrink bought a horse. St Johns M E Sunday school to hold lawn fete at Chas Peters home this Saturday. Several residents attended Stock's. Gares family visited near West Unity. James stock adds addition with F W Stock as builder. Roy Rankins visited Stringtown. St Johns M E Sunday school plans children day entertainment on Sunday evening June 1th. About 20 youths gathered at EJ Stock’s home for a 21st birthday party with ice cream and cake. St Johns Epworth League officers elected including Shultz, Stever, Gates, Flora Craine, Wissler, Rethmel, Stock, Lehman, Peterson, Dunn visiting from Michigan.
A W King and Son advertise the Boston Derby as the nearest stiff hat in the market, listing A W King & Son as agents.
An editorial urges Americans to explore home shores first, praising the United States as a vast travel field with unparalleled landscapes. It compares domestic wonders from Pike’s Peak to Niagara and Yosemite with faraway locales, advocating patriotic exploration before abroad travel.
The passage features a dialogue about the afterlife and a curiosity about Sarah Wilson's age, attributed to Deacon Jones and Mrs. Prye in a Boston Transcript excerpt.
Gossip column notes Jenny and another engagement ended by mutual consent. Kate teases about the broken match and asserts she will uncover who ended the engagement. In the Smart Set tone, intrigue centers on social rivalries and private romances.
Mr Subbubs quips about gowns and attention as Mrs Subbubs argues about wardrobe in a Liverpool Mercury snippet.
The Tiffin township Sunday School convention meets at Tiffin River U B church Sunday at 1 39 pm with a song service devotional Rev N E Dennis and talks on Sunday school conditions and normal classes. Delegates from Defiance county must submit names for credentialing ahead of the 46th state convention in Canton June 6 7 1905.
Summer school at Defiance College will run for eight weeks starting soon. The faculty will be drawn from the regular college staff, and the college has earned a strong reputation attracting many students to admissions.
A boy and girl on a speeding express are left stranded without funds after a pocketbook theft. Passengers donate money to pay their fare and celebrate with a wedding ceremony when they reveal they consented to an improvised marriage. ALICE CHEEVER.
A Philadelphia dump boss boasts of earning money from discarded items. Tin cans become tin soldiers, corks fetch money, old shoes yield leather, eggshells aid glove making, and barrels hold diverse marketable dumpage. he claims twenty seven varieties from his dumps.
A Adirondack camp story recalls Canadian porcupines gnawing an old salt brine tub left from a previous visit. The porcupines returned to feast all winter, attracted by the salty remnants, prompting campers to kill them to protect property. The piece asks whether the salt taste is natural or learned.
In 1293 Florence passed the Magna Charta of Florence to curb nobles who flogged dependents. It disfranchised nobles from the signory unless they renounced nobility. A later clause allowed the government to grant nobility to democrats deemed guilty of treason, elevating them socially while stripping political power.
The London Lancet declares the chestnut the most digestible nut and a near substitute for potatoes. It notes chestnuts contain more proteid fat and starch but less mineral matter and water, with digestion improved when baked or roasted.
A Viennese naturalist reports that most reptiles dying of natural causes end their lives between nightfall and midnight with few dying between midnight and morning and even fewer in daylight. He notes reptiles seem aware of death, choosing specific spots to await their end, while underground dwellers surface before death.
A witty exchange contrasts Miss Passay once called an old maid with her status after marriage and widowhood. The Catholic Standard and Times notes the transformation as a humorous observation on social labels.
The B&O announces June 5 to 8 excursion tickets from all Ohio points to Canton at one fare plus 25 cents round trip for the Sunday School Association annual convention. Return validity until June 9. For info contact nearest B & O ticket office or A N Austin, general passenger agent, Chicago.
From now until Sept 30 Wa bash sells round trip tickets to Winona Lake with a final return limit of 15 days for 275 dollars. Also season tickets with a final return limit to Oct 31 for 65 dollars.
Beginning Sunday May 14 and each Sunday thereafter the Wabash offers round trip tickets from Defiance to Toledo for 100 dollars. Tickets are valid only on the special train departing Defiance at 9 02 am and returning from Toledo at 7 35 pm.
The B and O announces excursion tickets from all Ohio points to Columbus on May 23 and 24 at one fare plus 25 cents round trip. Return validity extends to May 27. Tickets available for the Republican State convention in Columbus.
Wheat and corn prices advance with May futures noted in Toledo reports while hogs cattle and calves move variedly. East Buffalo and market crews show steady to active trading with primes and heifers priced from about 1.25 to 6.50, calves from 2.50 to 6.50, and hogs around 5.80 to 6.00 for various classes.
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