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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1905
Page
8
The Hicksville News reports a petition by saloon keeper W O Ware to revive a wet election after a recent dry result. Voter turnout and signatures will decide if another vote is held, amid past conflicts between saloon men and a citizens committee over enforcement and prosecutions.
The vested choir of Grace Episcopal church entertained at the Houghton home on Holgate avenue Thursday evening. A lively gathering included Miss Clara Smith celebrating her thirteenth birthday with games and lunch. Eva Palm won first prize in a peanut contest and Eva Werthmiller took the booby prize among attending girls Alma Kiess Eva Werthmiller Gertrude Deurk Helen Tuess Lena Palm and Flossie Whetsone present.
The Library Board votes to catalog all volumes under the card system. Miss Jewel Fouke will devote most time to cataloging while Miss Heerdegan handles desk duties. Dr Slocum's donated reference collection will be shelved in a separate room with a dedicated card case and opened to the public only after cataloging completes.
A Colum bus dispatch reports Democrats fear Pattison will not immediately open offices to all. The Norwegian Parliament elects Prince Charles of Denmark king of Norway. In Ohio a Democratic majority signals a party surge and the ticket leads. a locomotive spark destroys the McMillen Grain Co. hay barn at Scott near Balding.
Officials filed the bank's November 9 1905 financials showing Resources totaling 361 946 75 with Loans and discounts at 417 823 24 and U S bonds 208 099 25. Liabilities include capital stock retained earnings and deposits 241 864 02 and 25 000 00 United States deposits. Notary public Robert Newbegin witnessed the sworn statement by cashier Virgil Squire on November 5 1905.
A traveler reports on Arkansas land in the St Francis River Valley, describing timbered cut over lands, rich alluvial soil, levee protection, and rental economics from five to seven dollars per acre. He notes corn and alfalfa yields, drainage prospects, and that titles are solid with abstracts. The piece compares Arkansas to Ohio and highlights rail connections,settlement by Midwesterners, and home-making prospects.
Mrs. George Schwartz, an aged blind woman of Forest, heard a door open and something heavy fall. She found her husband, 66, dead on the floor with heart failure listed as the cause.
Columbus November 17 The board of managers last evening granted pardons to inmates Prince Covington Lawrence county five years for larceny William Stevenson Williams county arson James Pri on Cuyahoga county manslaughter William Barth emore Union county forgery Albert B Montrose Union county arson and John Barbel Mahoning county larceny.
The notice lists examination dates and locations for 1906 at Defiance High School and Hicksville High School. First Patterson examination held at Defiance, second at Hicks ville. Clerical note: M. Whetstone, Clerk.
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