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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1905
Page
8
Hicksville, now dry after a recent election, faces a renewed push from WC Ware, a saloon keeper, who circulated a petition for another election. The town’s fate hangs on whether forty percent of last voters sign, prompting possible renewed agitation and legal disputes over past enforcement.
John Dunkel of Edgerton was murdered for his belongings while touring the west and Memphis. His body, found near a swamp with a crushed skull, was brought back for interment on November 14. He leaves a wife and seven children.
Mrs George Schwartz an aged invalid and blind woman in Forest heard a door open and a heavy object fall. She found her husband dead on the floor. Schwartz aged 86 died of heart failure in his home.
The Library Board votes to catalog all books under the card system. Miss Jewel Fouke remains the chief cataloger while Miss Heerdegan serves at the discharge desk. A Dr Slocum reference collection will gain a separate card case and remain closed until cataloging completes to avoid public disruption.
The board of managers granted pardons to inmates Prince Covington Lawrence county five years for lar ceny William Stevenson Williams county arson James P Winn Cuyahoga county manslaughter William Farthenmore Union county forgery Albert B Montrose Union county arson and John Barbel Mahoning county larceny in Columbus on November 17.
A Colum bus dispatch reports hungry Democrats worry Pattison may not concede party favors on taking office in January. Some fear his reformist stance during the campaign suggests governing by his own principles rather than for the party, displeasing longstanding supporters after sixteen years of defeat.
The Norwegian Parliament on Saturday unanimously elected Prince Charles of Denmark to serve as Norway's king. The decision marks a historic royal succession and expands Nordic royal ties.
The Republican emblem loses ground while a Democratic majority in Ohio puts the party on top of the ticket for next year. For the first time since the ballot law, the Democratic slate appears first on the ticket.
Sparks from a passing locomotive on the Cincinnati Northern railroad set fire to the large hay barn of the McMillen Grain Co at Scott ten miles south of Palding. The barn and contents were entirely destroyed.
The record lists loans and discounts including secured and unsecured U. S. bonds for circulation. It details premiums on U. S. bonds, banking house, furniture and fixtures, and related values with a totals line and notes Directors.
An Arkansas land survey in Mississippi County describes cut over timber land along the Frisco line from Oceola to the state line and to Big Lake. It details soil rich alluvium, drainage plans, and levee maintenance, plus crops including cotton corn and alfalfa, with rental and profit estimates and notes on settlements, schools, and northern settlers from Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
Cons W Burien touts Ohio readers on offers of fertile land in a new county with over 200 miles of railroad including Frisco and Cotton Belt. He claims easy cultivation, rising population, and potential double land value in five years. Urges abstracts and title checks before purchase, invites inspections of corn cotton and soil at his office.
The body of a man found in woods near Urbana last week is identified as Simon Bean of Leesburg. He previously was sent to the insane asylum in 15888.
First Patterson examination at Defiance and second at Hicksville are listed with locations Defiance High School room and Hicksville High School room. Ib M Whestone, Clerk, notes schedule for the first Saturdays of September October November December May June July August and January February March April.
The notice gives physician and surgeon Dr. R R Parcher’s office at 617 Wayne Street with hours 7 to 9 am 1 to 3 pm and 7 to 9 pm. Sunday hours 8 to 10 am and new phone 415.
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