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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
2
Express Historian previews Defiance characters Rollo H. Gleason and Behringer, detailing careers, quirks, and eccentric claims. Chronicles wealth, real estate ventures, public roles, and political views with comic, portrait-like precision.
Wesley's Royal Salve advertised as a cure for skin eruptions eczema and old sores with a 25 cent large box. The ad claims it is superior to other salves and is sold at Minsell's Drug Store. Also notes a local marriage: Matthew Keeser and Mrs Mary J Kraft wed in East Defiance with Justice C H Hunter officiating. Emma Brown Shead visiting relatives after sixteen years.
The remains of J. F. Reid killed at Ft. Wayne Ind were brought home by train on Saturday. The funeral at Rural Chapel was held at 10 am and drew a large crowd.
The Crescent News accuses several figures of unpaid taxes citing city tax duplicates and delinquent personal books from 1901. It demands public verification at the courthouse and warns readers that these men owe years of back taxes.
J F Reed a former city resident and son of Thomas Reed East Defiance was killed in Fort Wayne Indiana railway shops on Wednesday at age 37. He was second foreman in the car shops and died when ground gave way as he supervised a car blocking. Survived by his wife he was brought home to Rural Chapel Tiffin township for burial. Reed was born and raised in Tiffin township.
Fragmented classified style notice mentions a bold request for a wife who is strong and never looks back. It references Dr Rankin and a group nicknamed Kidney Taddlers who promise to stop pain and cart or carry relief. The readable text is garbled and cryptic with unclear details.
An article outlines the Peoples' Rapid Transit Electric Railway Co planned Ohio line from Toledo through Napoleon Defiance Paulding Van Wert Celina to Greenville linking with Dayton and Northern for through service. It compares profitability of multiple interurban lines and argues why large capitalization with outside investment fuels major transit projects.
A Crescent News squib prompts an amendment proposing to replace postmaster with judge of the common pleas court in a tax question. The discussion notes the postmaster’s tax payment status and contrasts it with the judge, citing political perceptions and Barnum’s quip about the public.
The Crescent News notes Defiance County voters see that five of eight Democratic nominees come from the first ward and worry some candidates lack standing locally or abroad. The paper predicts campaign scrutiny will reveal that the governing trust behind the lane business will learn voters are acquainted with Republican rivals and avoid the “big green D disease.”
The phrase appears as a brand tagline likely advertising a product. No clear event or person details are readable to form a complete news item with entities or a concrete outcome.
A Defiance county group reports on the Ohio conference in Springfield with tours to Odd Fellows K of P and Masonic homes. They note state care for epileptics and insane and cite rising Ohio insanity rates while praising charity work and state leadership.
In a brutal political pattern the First Ward Democratic bosses killed Flannigan and then eliminated his followers. The violence highlights factional control and intimidation within local party operations.
The postmaster says a special agent will soon review cutting rural route No. 2 from Defiance and establishing a rural route from Jewell as requested in spring petitions.
The Express exposed a scramble among Democratic candidates to settle delinquent taxes. It notes it was not creditable and argues men in office should pay taxes without being forced, criticizing those who settled only after public attention.
A writer observes that Democratic farmers come to town as delegates and after deliberation elect county officers who either own no property or fail to pay taxes, noting the recurring pattern as oddly striking.
The Maumee Valley Record concentrates coverage on candidates Chas. A. Berninger and Ed E. Hall amid questions about possible efforts to curb powerful trust papers.
The document notes that while the Express has paid its taxes, several Democratic candidates have not. It highlights Thomas L. Johnson as backing "home rule" and "just taxation" and accuses him of dodging back taxes totaling $500,000, urging leadership to respond.
G A Armbruster came home from Blakeslee after news of his father’s death on October 15 1902. Funeral held Friday at Eden Ohio with six eldest sons serving as pallbearers. Also note a local ad for Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets at N G Woodward’s drug store. William Kirtley Jr reports Ohio Republican campaign optimism and predicts a statewide majority of 60 000 to 75 000 for the party.
Advertisement offering a free sample at N G Woodward's drug store. Promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as easier to take and gentler in effect than pills. Claims the product avoids constipation typically caused by pills. Regular size five cents per box.
A 19th century style advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F. J. Cheney of Toledo Ohio and endorses Hall's Family Pills as the best. The text claims the product acts on blood and mucous surfaces and promises testimonials free with a price of 75 cents per bottle.
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