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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1900
Page
5
The subscription price of the express will be $1 a year if paid in advance and $1.50 if not in advance. The new price will be adhered to inflexibly.
The document enumerates the state ticket and congressional slate for various county and district offices. Names include COL MYRON T. HERRICK, GEN W P ORR, JOHN B WHITE, LEWIS C LAYLIN, JOHN A SHAUCK, CHALES A GODDARD, L D BONEBRAKE, J E BLACKBURN, FREDERICK L HAY, JAMES L PRICE, ISAAC C OSBORN, A P YEAGLEY, and VALENTINE LYBARGER across roles in executive, judicial, and local offices.
The Cincinnati Times-Star quotes William Jennings Bryan in Knoxville warning against the gold standard. It notes the paper’s estimate of Cincinnati registration showing Hamilton County favoring McKinley and Roosevelt by about 20,000, while Senator Foraker insists Ohio will deliver a 100,000 plurality for McKinley.
Mark township readers are urged to note an article questioning the methods of Dom Peter Caressell. The writer directs sharp questions at the elderly Adams resident and ends with a political plea to vote for A P Yeaxley to rid the county of such evil.
According to Crescent News Valentine Lybarger led the Hicksville township board and made a fine record as trustee. He argues electing Lybarger ensures he will not divert funds for annual pleasure trips at taxpayers’ expense.
The Crescent News claims a vote for Hay mirrors voting for McKinley and Hanna, labeling Hay an imperialist ally of the trust system. It accuses the paper of being owned by a trust and urges voters to strike at the trusts by backing Hay.
A historic advertisement touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a remedy for sore throat and pulmonary distress, urging readers to try the product during Memarch period.
General Charles Dick, chairman of the Republican executive committee, returns from northern Ohio saying Republicans will gain a larger majority. He credits Colonel Bryan’s Ohio tour for stirring GOP strength and expects McKinley to win with gains in rural districts and in Cleveland and Toledo.
The piece argues Mark Hanna will concede the eleven original slave states to Bryan and predicts Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky as Republican. It forecasts McKinley carrying Nebraska and notes Crescent News hostility to Bryan. It praises Yeagley and urges voting for Hor F L Hay.
The message argues that electing F L Hay to Congress will preserve laws that have brought good times and benefit workers merchants and manufacturers, urging workingmen to vote for Hay.
Isaac C Osborn, Republican candidate for sheriff and local resident, is described as a hardworking young contractor fit to discharge sheriff duties and urged to be elected.
This passage urges the reader to compare present street beggars and mendicants with four years ago, asking how many tramps come to one's door to illustrate economic decline.
A Democrat correspondent claims A P Yeagley said his conscience would not let him vote Democratic. The source who started the story is elusive, likened to milk sickness. Yeagley’s strong home vote and 70 vote margin for assessor in Washington township, a typically Democratic area, challenge the report.
The cloudy gentleman who arrived Saturday aims to rally support for a Negro ticket. Democrats circulated petitions years ago to back it and welcomed the visitor with hospitality before sending him on his way. No hard actions were taken.
An advert notes that loss of appetite and dullness after meals may signal a need for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets priced 25 cents. Free samples available at Woodward's drug store. Oct.
The piece argues for Yeagley as a reform candidate and endorses Lybarger for infirmary director and Osborn for sheriff. It supports McKinley and Hay for national and local offices, attacks Bryan and Caressel, and urges turnout to secure a Republican victory in the upcoming election.
The Centennial Enjoyment Festival will be held at Kies Building opposite the post office in Holgate November 9 and 10. It starts at 5 p m both days. An oyster supper is 15c on November 9 and a full supper, 15c, on November 10 from 5 to 10 p m. Menu includes roasted chicken ham potatoes salad pickles bread butter cake tea coffee. Proceeds benefit the church as festival contests conclude. Pastor J A Tennissen notes. Sorosis members met at Miss Helen Phelps’s home Monday afternoon.
The piece discusses nationwide interest in food adulteration and lists baking powders found to contain alum. It cites Davis' O K, Calamut, Crown, French Process, Kenton, Be, and Egg Baking Powder Co. as examples and notes manufacturers' denials of alum content. A card of thanks follows for Mrs. Miller’s family.
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