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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1907
Page
4
Local notes report a variety of happenings. Visitors include Alex Peaslee from Schenectady and Mike Helen Barry from South Chicago. Auctions, estate notices, and marriages are noted along with health board updates and a large Defiance to Paulding event schedule.
John F. Weismantel and Catherine Schlegel both of Defiance received licenses. John Schakow and Lena Scharneka, also of Defiance, obtained marriage licenses. Mrs. R. T. Whitaker and Grace, with Miss Amy Burtch from Grand Rapids, left for a weekend visit in Toledo.
Marriage banns announced in St John Catholic church for Fred Masarz and Clara Mosier. Dessie Moore wed Orville R Weisz in West Unity with events in Evansport and Toledo. golden wedding anniversary celebrated for Amos and Mrs Snider with gifts and family turnout. Art Study Club and K of P social activities noted.
Bernard Limbaugh eighteen son of John Limbaugh of Delaware township suffered a severe left forearm injury when his shotgun discharged after snagging on a twig. The hammer caught, the gun struck his arm in line with the barrel, bones shattered near the elbow, doctors treated without amputation, he walked home eighty rods suffering significant blood loss.
Nearly a thousand Defiance residents jammed the Grand theatre for a mass meeting on "The Kind of Mayor Defiance Needs" hosted by the ministers association. Speakers Haymaker and Patterson urged law enforcement, moral fitness, better sewers and water, and active public participation in primaries for improved city government.
Masonry by B H Clemmons for Grant Clinker and Scott Figley on Brass Bruner farm work by others. John Shaffer builds kitchen in Brunersburg. Frank Acus moved onto Wm Houck farm. C F Trafford poultry man from New York visits F A Goddard. Goddards visit To ledo. S O Decker roofing Titus Johbnegn silo. Miss C Lewis versus Roy Rankin heard before Squire Rath in Busersburg. crowd attends. Republican candidates perform well. Fremont Stotler nearly elected trustee.
Lonnie Cooper son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Cooper of Perry street died Sunday morning at age three years six months. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 pm at the residence with interment in Riverside cemetery.
John Haesselschwartz collapsed dead at work on his farm Monday afternoon at five while hauling corn with his children nearby. He was 48, survived by a widow and three children. Funeral held Wednesday at 9 am at Mud Creek Catholic Church with Rev. M Espep of Bend officiating.
Amanda Wartenbee born 1831 in Zanesville died 1907 in Ogden Utah after a life tied to Defiance county. Her family links include husband W J Henry, children Sarah Beery and W E Henry, seven grandchildren and multiple siblings. The notice recalls early local schooling by Mrs Goodenough and Mrs Cave, and tribute from church and Civil War era associations.
Wauseon voters choose James S. Brailey Sr. as mayor over C S Stotzer by 320 votes. The Republican ticket swept the election with Stotzer initially unwilling to serve if elected.
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and help during our bereavement. Mrs Jaynes and children.
Common Pleas Court Judge Cameron outlines the two week docket for November dates including Moog vs Moog Greenler vs Smith Krotz vs Levis Korhn vs Dupont Kehnast vs Krotz Hyman vs Krotz Klunder vs Trowbridge Ohio ex rel Morris vs Rupp Wilhelm vs Phoenix Mut Life Ames vs Wabash R R Co Trowbridge vs Hichholz following a lunacy hearing for John Buetel who faced assault with intent to kill charges but was found not insane yet to be continued.
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