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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
8
One third more heat and one third less fuel claimed for Jewel Base Burners due to improved construction. Ad emphasizes fuel economy and heating strength, urges investigation and visiting stores, warnings about imitations, and notes Genuine Jewels bear the trademark.
Wm R Hearst filed a statement showing expenses of 256 370 22 for his governor campaign. He paid 198 870 22 to Independence League treasurer and 57 000 to the Democratic state committee plus 500 for travel. Hughes lists 618 55 with 489 for secretaries and stenographers and 108 travel.
FollowInc the fur robbery case led detectives to round up suspicious characters. By Sunday night Toledo police held 46 prisoners at the station as the investigation continued.
John O'Brien of Lima general manager of Buckeye Pipe Line Co. died of heart disease in Nowats Indian Territory Saturday night while there on business.
Federal grand jury in St. Louis indicted D. P. Dyer Jr. a receiving teller and son of U S Attorney D P Dyer for embezzlement involving a $61500 shortage in the St. Louis sub treasury.
Albert Sutermeister, a Kenton insurance figure, was arrested on a $465 embezzlement claim by Sheriff Lucas of Topeka after requisition papers. Sutermeister denies the charges as unfounded.
Thirty five Center township farmers in Williams county sign and publish an agreement prohibiting hunting on their premises. The notice arrives at the opening of hunting season and disrupts the plans of many nimrods in the area.
Postal authorities halt mail of the European Excursion Co operating in northern Ohio amid an investigation. Based in New York, the firm offered a six week European tour for 120 dollars with 20 dollar deposits. Low price and advance payments drew official suspicions of a potential scam.
Bourke Cochran, the congressman, married Miss Anna Ide daughter of Henry Clay Ide on Thursday at the Hotel Regis in New York City.
A lamp exploded in the Whitley home near Woodland Indiana on Thursday causing a blaze that killed two young children and a farm laborer who were inside. Neighbors assisted in attempts to rescue others but the victims were declared dead at the scene.
A pat of smoke settled over St Louis Thursday morning turning day to night. All stores, street lamps and street cars were lit as at night and a number of schools were dismissed.
Paul Miller aged 25 suffered a severe injury when his right arm was drawn into a hay press at Marion on the 14th before the engine could be stopped. The incident left his arm twisted off.
Senator Tuos. C. Peark and his wife, formerly Mrs. Lillian T Janeway, have filed articles of separation citing unhappy differences. Mrs. Peark will receive a $10,000 annual allowance and custody of the home she currently occupies.
Mrs Dowrr wins the MacDahl property at White Lake Michigan and relinquishes all claims to Zion City property. She turns over stock in the race factories to Overseer Voliva, leader of the Zion church.
The Paulding Republican reports Frank Joszman will quit the Cecil saloon today the 15th making the second business to close since the tax rose to 1000 dollars leaving the town dry.
Attorney John W. Zuber swore out two warrants against Geo M Eaton editor of the Paulding County Times alleging two articles were libelous. Eaton waived examination and the case will be heard in common plea court in Paulding.
Walter and other boys at the Mansfield reform school were marched to chapel when John Doyle of Cuyahoga County and Frank Cooper of Toledo escaped. They slipped from the line, hid, sawed off window bars, and slid to ground to flee during the service.
The American Refining Co. was brought to trial in New York on a rebating charge under the Elkins law. It is accused of taking rebates totaling 26000 dollars from the New York Central railway in 1903. The New York Central railroad faced conviction in the same court for the same offense.
The Toledo and Indiana reports positive prospects for a Delta to Defiance branch via Napoleon with good local support. Bryan to Waterloo extension depends on civic aid along the route while Delta Defiance line gains hearty backing and promising returns. J M Longnecker of Delts supports the project alongside President Schenck. surveys were led by General Manager Darrow with Riggs & Sherman field party.
Myron T. Herrick has been elected president of a $22,500,000 corporation incorporated in Denver California. The firm aims to harness the state water power for electric power purposes.
Wa. Taylor, an employee at a Mitchell Indiana cement plant, attempted to pry open a dynamite box with an ax on Friday. He was blown apart, another worker died, and several were injured in the blast.
Rev. Arthur Barber who has terminated his pastorate of the First Presbyterian church in this city left Friday for St. Marys where he preached Sunday. He will go to Lawrence Mass where he has accepted the pastorate of a large Congregational church and will visit St. Marys and Celina before moving. His successor has not been chosen and the pulpit will be filled by visiting ministers for several weeks.
Lyman Carpenter awarded 200 dollars in a case against the county commissioners for damages after his son drowned when crossing a partially submerged road to Inglish bridge in Defiance township two years ago in March. The original demand was 5,000 dollars and both sides anticipate an appeal.
John Van Horn, a former resident of this city, died November 14 at Toledo Hospital for the Insane where he had been committed several years ago. He was about 55 years old.
Trouble from a quarrel over a ditch adjoining both properties has escalated to a common pleas case. Arthur Dunbar sues Henry Egler for $2000 claiming injuries. Egler previously pled guilty to assault and battery. Residents of North Richland Township, with over thirty witnesses expected.
A nine year old named Vaughn Miller was struck and killed by a passenger train while attempting to cross railroad tracks in front of a freight train near Van Wert on a Saturday. The incident involved a west bound Pennsylvania train.
Arthur Tangeman aged 30 suffered a severe injury when his right arm was crushed in a corn shredder at Wapakoneta. Co worker freed him after removing the machine parts. condition not specified.
Geo Gambel recently from Colorado, owner of a grist mill at Zanesfield, was arrested Saturday by Fire Marshal Creamer on an indictment charging him with burning the mill to defraud insurers.
Henry Brickner, a well known farmer six miles from the city, was shot in the neck and leg while hunting with two nephews yesterday. One nephew fired at a covey as it rose, not realizing Brickner was the target. The bullet entered the neck above the jugular vein.
In Ottawa on November 16 the jury acquitted Commissioners Owens and Stechsulte of misconduct in office. seven other indictments charged mis conduct in awarding bridge contracts. The remaining cases are set for December 5. Rampant 1908 election talk tied Hearst to New York politics.
Columbus reports the Leland-Hall Co contract for the Sultana monument may be declared invalid. Attorney General Ellis asks for bribery probe of commission members and urges competitive bidding. Governor Harris orders investigation and withholds contract payments pending judicial action.
David Mc Kelvey aged 26 a grading boss was instantly killed when the buggy he occupied was struck by a Toledo and Indiana electric car at Peugeot's crossing early Sunday morning. He had been in Bryan the night before and was driving home about two miles north of Melborp when the accident occurred. Railroad officials say Mc Kelvey was asleep in the buggy and made no effort to avoid the car.
In an isolated county area the home of Jacob Retterer burned Sunday night. Mrs. Nancy Berger, 70, was rescued unconscious and badly burned. William Retterer reentered the blaze to recover 500 dollars in gold and currency but was overcome. he died not, but was carried out unconscious as the roof fell. The money was lost in the fire.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports a lighthearted quip about a man failing to sharpen a pencil with a new safety razor. George claims the razor is ineffective, while his spouse questions its usefulness, prompting a humorous exchange.
The Ohio Farmer is praised as a practical agricultural paper with conservative progression sound advice and farmer focus. Trial claim offered. One year subscriptions priced at 75 cents for Ohio Farmer alone 150 dollars for Weekly Express and Ohio Farmer together and 3.50 dollars for Daily Express by mail with Ohio Farmer.
A vanilla bean in sugar sweetens the sugar. a ruffle on a starched apron guards skirts. Skewers sweep fridge corners clean. An olive in bullion cups flavors the pour. Coarse salt and vinegar brighten enameled wares. The game cleans brass copper. Hot water should be avoided for fine linens and embroidered doilies. cold water white soap and borax are advised.
The Montreal Herald notes Canada surpasses the United States in area by 250000 square miles and stretches across twenty degrees of latitude from Rome to the North Pole. It claims Canada is as large as thirty United Kingdoms and twice the size of British India with a 3000 mile boundary to the U S. It also mentions a sea coast equaling half the earth circumference and a population around six million. The piece closes with a moral tale about an errand of mercy and a minister’s pledge to burn cigars.
The article explains how taints imparted to milk during and after milking affect cheese flavor and market value. It distinguishes two main taint sources: cow feed such as leeks cabbage onions and turnips and poor handling practices that allow gas and odors to develop before processing.
The text explains that calves should not be fed starch with milk because starch must be saliva-treated to become sugar before digestion. If calves gulp grain with milk, saliva has little time to act and acidic gastric juice delays starch breakdown, hindering digestion in their short intestines, unlike hogs with longer intestines and different digestion.
The article argues that dairy and beef cattle improvement should focus on practical value rather than color or fancy traits. Emphasis is on developing beef qualities that increase profit through better fattening and higher value steers.
An American missionary milked a cow and drank milk in a southern Chinese village, a sensational moment likened to the roast pig by Charles Lamb. The episode sparks a growing, though early, dairy trade as cows are improved and more widely used as milk sources.
A Windsor cheese form introduces square 4 by 12 inch blocks packed in ten pound cakes and twenty pound tops marked for easy cutting. Danish milk production is described with Red Danish cows yielding 8700 pounds of milk and 246 pounds of butter per herd of thirty. A Baltimore Sun anecdote questions refrigeration of milk. An old joke contrasts bookkeeper fraud with expenses. A Philadelphia Ledger quip recalls funeral sermon length and the nervous undertaker.
The article argues that shipping poultry undrawn prevents mold and germ entry through the incision. A drawn bird’s cavity is dark and damp, inviting spoilage, while undrawn birds stay safer and incur less weight loss during transit.
Unslaked lime absorbs moisture to prevent rust. Workmen keep a piece of lime in their tool boxes to absorb moisture that could corrode tools.
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