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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
8
Community church paper invites news from Sunday schools across counties. Notable items include reports from The Bend Defiance and Farmer areas, convention prep in Farmer and Tiffin townships, and a tale of a Scottish nobleman freeing an eagle. Send news to H L Stock.
Mary Meyer visited Mrs. Alice Hall on Wednesday. Numerous farmers attended the Roehing public sale on Langdon farm near Brunersburg. Families and residents from Defiance, Evansport, Glenburg, Holgate, Ayersville, and nearby towns are recorded visiting, hosting, or traveling throughout the week. A Halloween night bicycle accident near New Bavaria ended with a fright but no serious injuries.
Isaac Gorrell moved his saw mill on Aaron Leroah's farm to saw barn lumber. A Kintner had his barn raised Friday. Frank Smith and wife are in Michigan looking for a farm. Will Figley and family visited B D Lintz Sunday. Emery Welker took possession of the meat market at New Monday. Henry Elliott received a severe cut on the forehead by a falling brick from Mr Cuppies peercase. The German Baptist Brethren held their love feast Saturday at Maumee Valley baptisms. Clarkson Ewers and wife visited their daughter in Hicksville Sunday. Oct 25 August Hassey of Brights disease. He was an old soldier. Aaron Neiswender received a car load of potatoes from Michigan lese Mrs Cass. Crago and Mrs Bird of Fulton county visited D L Warner Monday. Frembling arrived Saturday from California to visit her parents, Mr and Mrs August Hassey, and since that her father departed this life.
Family births and visits fill a Defiance area column with names such as W F Mansfield and wife welcoming a baby boy, along with trips by Slough and siblings to local homes. Community members attend socials, weddings, and church events while residents move, vote, and prepare for winter, with updates on farming, storefronts, and local roads.
An advertisement for Maumee Fertilizer Works features proprietor Fred Antener urging customers to call him for services. It lists a new telephone number 2 on 534 and an old number 1181.
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