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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1904
Page
4
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Early returns showed Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks routing the opposition with a landslide. The piece frames Roosevelt stepping into the presidency as a personal triumph and endorses his policies as a repudiation of Democratic platform calls.
Advertisement asserts deafness arises from catarrh in the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 refund offer for uncured cases, claims success in nine of ten cases, and markets Hall's Family Pills through F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo.
Napoléon resident Hon W W Campbell is declared the next representative in Congress for the Fifth district. Early forecasts favored a close result, but by noon Campbell led as Democratic managers surrendered. The latest returns show Campbell’s plurality growing with Defiance county adding 169 to his margin. Also noted are a fatal train incident in St Louis for Patrick O Nem and a farm boy bitten by a mad dog near Van Wert, with farmers killing the animal.
Roosevelt carries Defiance by a majority. Dohoney defeats Young for councilman at large by 32. Geiger beats Deatrick in the First ward by 24. Tittle defeats Spangler in the Third ward by 1. Robinson elected assessor in the Third ward over Bauer by 30. Wolf defeats Ayers for assessor in the Fourth ward by 25. Willeman elected assessor in the First ward over Young.
Hollister offers Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets described as medicine for digestion and various ailments. The tablet form is sold at 35 cents a box, labeled Genuine by Hollister Drug Company Madison Wisconsin, promising vigor and health.
President Roosevelt issued a statement after election returns saying he will not run again. He notes his three and a half years as his first term and respects the two term tradition, promising not to seek or accept another nomination.
The brief quotation shows a courtroom scene with Casey unable to confirm an alibi and Patsy offered as the capable inventor of the proof. The language reflects dialect humor and a legal setting typical of a Cincinnati newspaper in historical style.
A dialogue shows a woman seeking divorce guidance from a lawyer. The lawyer promises free guidance and notes a filed bill for the husband, suggesting a pending court action and imminent legal move toward separation.
Tess-Maud said she would bleach her hair prompting Fred to remark prudishly. The comic panel from Illustrated Bits captures the exchange with sharp humor about appearance.
The Academy of Bran was a renowned Italian literary society derived from Perugia's Accademia degli Scossi. It aimed to purify the Italian language by reviving obsolete words, produced the 1613 Vocabolario della Crusca, and held the 14th century as a model for all time before merging with the Apatici and the Florentine academy.
The Wife contemplates economizing and cannot decide when to begin. The Husband asks what to start with while urging practical choices. Town Topics presents a domestic vignette on budgeting and timing.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote, a young author asks if training has occurred. The rising writer responds no, claiming currently no need for advertising.
A list of states and placements including Roosevelt Ohio Utah Iowa Maine Idaho Illinois Oregon Nevada Kansas Ludiana Colorado Delaware Montana Nebraska New York Vermont Michigan Woring Wisconsin Calfornia Minnesota New Jersey Connecticut Washington Rride Island South Dakota West Virginia North Dakota Parker.
A raconteur recalls a fatal Apache ambush from the 1880s in Arizona. Simmons frames a lone gunsman aiding a white family during a firefight, saving the wife and children before the Apaches retreat. The crowd debates whether this is a love story or a battle yarn, as the tale ends with the survivor’s quiet resolve.
A storyteller recalls a frontier raid where four attackers fall, two escape wounded, and the family flees at 260 yards. The love angle is joked about as unfeasible, with the narrator admitting no time for courtship or gratitude as Apaches pursue pursuit.
The text explains horse descendants from plains dwellers react to sudden movements or strange objects due to predator avoidance. It contrasts donkeys from hill habitats with sureFootedness and slower starts. It notes donkeys eat thistles from dry localities, adapting to prickly plants when food is scarce.
A fragmentary reflection contrasts a man seeking justice with a fugitive, a saver planning a home with a seller undercutting costs, and a lover courting with flowers while a rival seeks divorce. It notes a disease survivor killed on a railroad and another wandering unharmed until a fatal end, sketching life’s comic misfortunes.
Dr R R Parcher physician and surgeon lists office and residence at 617 Wayne Street with hours 7 to 9 am and 7 to 9 pm and Sunday 8 to 10 am. New phone 415. Specializes in children's diseases.
North Richland Bud Osborn and family attended the funeral of Kart Weaver in Florida on Friday. Several local residents and family members, including Mrs W H Dils and Mrs Abe Young, were noted in the day’s visit and illness notices.
Notice of appointment and qualification as administrator for the estate of Mary Greene deceased of Defiance County Ohio dated November 3 104. Jacob C Donaldson signed the notice.
Public notice of the estate of Mary J Schultz deceased in Defiance County Ohio dated October 19, 1004. Charles B Squire appears as the affiant or executor and requests compliance with probate procedures.
Legal notice of a court action in Defiance County Ohio where Elmer E Bosler and others seek to invalidate the 1904 probate will of Aaron Bosler. Hattie Parker of Battle Creek is named as a defendant. petition argues the paper writing was signed under duress and by an incapacitated decedent. Respondent Hattie Parker must answer by December 24, 1904.
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