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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
4
An advertisement announces press Wednesday evenings and a yearly offer with cash price. It lists Northwestern Telephone No. 16 and No. 4 as contact numbers for the service.
Defiance county celebrates Tuesday election results with praise for the Republican effort and denouncement of the Island Park Democratic ticket as corrupt. Independent Democrats like Michael Warner and W. L. Bill shifted the balance, ending longtime leaders John A. Deindoerfer and H. P. Miller’s influence. The Express notes cross-party reactions, with celebrations across Hicksville and North Richland, and calls for renewed civic engagement.
Special to Express Columbus Nov 5 Republicans claim a 114 000 plurality for governor and a 93 seat majority on the Senate joint ballot. Herrick carries 62 counties to Johnson 26 with statewide totals predicting a 114 706 Herrick edge. House at 89 Republicans 21 Democrats. Democrats win four fewer counties than governor. Ohio Anti-Saloon League urges local option law with search and seizure.
A rooster tribute praises Michael Warner of Hicksville township for courage in denouncing the Island Park convention. The tribute hails him as an old school Jeffersonian Democrat in the local political scene.
Local notes report Highland township clerk J Crarr voting Republican at age 89 and various Island Park convention incidents. The piece mentions political toggling between Lincoln Republicans and Jeffersonian Democrats, corn husking milestones, and a missing pair named Ed Phelps and Geo May.
Henry Special to Express reports in Napoleon Michael Donnelly wins common pleas judge by 2000 as Democratic county ticket is elected. Findlay notes Republicans sweep the county with Col Herrick ahead by 700. Wauseon confirms a Fulton county Republican sweep with Herrick about 1400 ahead and Senator Godfrey leading his ticket by 1450.
New York analysts estimate the state legislature will include 46 Republicans and 51 Democrats after recent elections. The tally reflects early counts with potential changes as votes are finalized.
John Boyd 91 a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and a forty-niner walked two miles to Bar tow to vote Tuesday He collapsed within 20 rods of the voting booth heart failure listed as the cause of death next of kin listed but not named
Van Wert county went Republican on the head of the ticket by a plurality of 350. J. S. Stuckey, Republican, was elected representative. County ticket is Republican, excepting sheriff, commissioner, prosecuting attorney and coroner.
Williams County voters chose the Republican ticket by large majorities. Named winners include representative O. H. Nihart sheriff Cert W. Ames commissioner Jeremiah Clay treasurer Willard Bradhurst surveyor B. B. Doughten infirmary director Jos W Douglass. R C Cameron won over Singer's grocery.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. promotes immediate well paid jobs for graduates praising telegraphy as superior to teaching for women and a strong path for ambitious men. The Defiance school sits over the First National Bank with extensive wiring and a veteran manager teaching commercial and railroad work. fall scholarship costs fifty dollars in advance.
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