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Newspaper

Defiance Weekly Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1899

Page

5

City News Budget highlights from Defiance area

R W Wortman visited Hudson Michigan Monday evening. A newborn was welcomed by Mr and Mrs George Smith of East Defiance. Philip Hahn suffered paralysis Saturday in critical condition. M V Coons and Dr WS Powell are ill. Emmett Slough moves to Jefferson street. Turnbull Aid society hosts Fourteenth Annual ball on Thanksgiving eve November 29. Mrs Al Bennett surprised by White Swan council. Ney M E church ladies plan supper in Crago's hall Saturday evening. Commissioner Geo W Fuller improving, may return soon. National Union ladies host social Thursday evening. Daughters of Veterans Halloween party enjoyed by guests. Charles Seymour and Charles Kettring to South Bend for Defiance Machine Works business. C L Miller hosts 18th wedding anniversary at Wabash avenue. George Lenninger and Minnie Brant marry in Adams township. big wedding. Putnam Fadeless Dye refund offer from Monroe Drug Co. Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society met at Mrs H B Harris's on Jefferson. Commissioner Fuller seen out and about. plans to resume duties. Travelers' club met at Miss Mary Hardy's on Wayne street with fifteen members and two honorary. A Bayliss house in Delaware township burned. family away. $500 insurance partial. School board members tested heating at central school. pleased with system and ventilation. Halloween supper at St Pauls M E church a success. Mrs Henry Seither new Helping Hand president. tables, menu praised.

Brass Thieves Nabbed After Brass Heist at Sherwood

Last Thursday Tom Cleary Isaac Daoust and John Maloney known local figures broke into the B and O and Mackinac railroads tool house at Sherwood and stole about 150 pounds of brass. Deputies tracked them to Fostoria where they were held before being brought back to this city for a hearing before Justice Ed Phelps and bound over to common pleas court in 500 dollars bail.

Tom Cleary Isaac Daoust John Maloney Mackinac Sherwood Fostoria Marshall Cupp Carlysle Ed. Phelps Common Pleas Court

Political crisis as party bosses push Behringer ticket

Democratic leaders press Behringer amid accusations of tax dodging while trying to replace him with Hill or Corressel. The column accuses the party of bossism, corruption, and schemes to force Behringer’s nomination and discredit opponents, urging voters to elect John O. Fisher as a check.

Behringer Democratic Committee W. L. Hill Highland Township Hill Tax Inquisitor Bill Hill Peter Corressel Corressel Paul Court House Pete Corressel Om Paul Corressel John O. Fisher

Sugar beet plant eyed by Cleveland capitalists in Defiance

Bill Boom reports E H Dyer E H Weaterhead and C E Colling of Cleveland, sugar beet capitalists, toured South Richland and Highland townships with K V Haymaker. They seek 40 to 80 acres near a waterway and low freight areas, aim to secure 4000 surrounding acres for beet cultivation, and may establish a large plant in Defiance or Fremont, with land values rising if successful.

E. H. Dyer E. H. Weaterhead C. E. Colling Cleveland K. V. Haymaker South Richland Highland Townships Fremont Dyer Los Angeles Cal

Stolen Bird Dog Traced by Officers Returns By Express

A fine valued bird dog worth 50 dollars was stolen from John Bechel’s kennel. Suspect Dan Franke of Chicago Junction prompted officers to track him. The thief sent the dog back by express this morning, but investigators will continue the pursuit. Also noted are rebukes of Democratic bosses over heating bids and a death in Highland township. William Hahn died October 27, 1899, in Highland township after paralysis. funeral held October 29 at Sharon Methodist, burial Mt. Zion cemetery.

John Bechel The Express Court House William Hahn Geo. Hahn Highland Township Seneca County Sharon M. E Colgan Neissinger Christian Church Mt. Zion

Stone for sale at quarry south of town

We offer a range of building stone at our quarry located four miles south of town. Price is five dollars per cord.

Kidney cure pill claim from old ad

A vintage advertisement touts Dr Hobbs asparagus pills as a universal kidney cure. It promises free samples and promotes Sterling Remedy from Chicago while making broad health claims without modern medical support.

Hobbs Sterling Remedy Chics

Secret of health through strong digestive organs

A brief promotional note extols vigor through a sturdy bowel, stomach, liver, and kidneys and credits Burdock Blood Bitters with delivering this health. It emphasizes natural tonics as the secret to lasting vitality.

Local Social Notes From Milford and Nearby

Mr and Mrs Will Glawe visited relatives near Waterloo on Sunday. Miss Blanche Green recently working for Countryman visited home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Thes Green visited their daughter Mrs Poorman Sunday. Reuben Fitzcharles will repair the Clarksville bridge floor, long in need of repair. George Elliott Republican nominee for county treasurer was seen riding through Milford. Miss Celia Williams, student at Angola, visited her parents Sunday and will return Monday to resume studies.

Will Glawe Waterloo Blanche Green Countryman’s Thes Green Poorman Reuben Fitzcharles Clarksville George Elliott Milford Celia Williams Angola

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Oodward’s Drug Store City News Budget R W Wortman Hudson, Michb Mrs. Davie Cincinnati GW Fuller Philip Hahn M V Coons Crosby House WS Powell Emmett Slough Washington Street W. A. Slough Jefferson Street Turnbull Aid Society al Bennett White Swan Council M. E Ney Crago’s Hall Geo. W Fuller National Union Charles Seymour Charles Kettenring South Bend Ind Defiance Machine Works Mrs. C. L. Miller Wabash Avenue Geo. Lenninger Minnie Wm. Brant Adams Township Putnam Monroe Drug Co Unionville J. P. Buffington Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church H. B. Harris G. W. Fuller Travelers’ Club Mary Hardy Wayne Street Mesdames Harris and Schrack St. Paul's M. E. Church Helping Hand Society Henry Seither Oborce K. Nash Lee Burke Lewis Bayliss Biglow Recorder John A Sarvis M. E. Wilson John O Fisher William G Brorein John K. McLean Union Reform Ticket Seth H. Ellis William J. Seelye Auilitar of Bente Montgomery Williseb, Good Jowan A Caldwell Por Walter D Guilbert Supreme Court Dewitt Badger Cleris John Hiferd, JR Abraham W. Patrick George W Sigafoos Lieutenantva Arthur Caton Walter 8. Lister Ellis Bart Venor, Govew Samuel M. Jones C W Kerns John H Hockman W A Schmaltz Elas Por Recorder J H Metz J H Robertson Taylor Blosser Harley T Tansberry A Overly Andrew Ridenour Charles W. Brown Lewis Hagy Tressyger Charles E Bexey Willis A. Snider John Mainsworth Prohibition Socialist Labor Ticket Attorney-Chener John Cooper Knines Yingling Paarmagy Weisenbergers& Emery Mollencup’s Bill Dean Thomas Tbemsielves King Bagkus woLe Mary Ratu Ayersville Dr.g.d.edgar Goa Milford Township Angelus Wellman Clinton St Defiance, Ohio
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