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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
5
Classified notice lists mail matter of the second class for the Daily-Evening Edition at 10 cents weekly, with outside city and multiple prepaid annual and multi month rates. Includes long distance and Northwestern telephone numbers.
The Central Committee of Defiance County Republican party in session August 18 appoints delegates at one for every ten votes for Governor Herrick and one for every fraction of five votes or more. J J Craine chairs with Clay Woodward as secretary.
The Republicans of Tiffin Township plan a Friday evening meeting at the Townhouse at 8 o clock to select delegates to the county convention and elect a member of the central committee. J J Craine Com
Dr N Garand a longtime Toledo physician and one of the citys oldest medical men died Monday evening. He was sixty six years old.
Williams county farmer Franklin Elder died suddenly in Bryan on the th hour. He was 63 years old and a respected member of the local agricultural community.
General Amos, longtime editor of the Sidney Democrat, and his wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Monday.
Patrick 8. McCann a Fostoria meat dealer suffered a skull fracture in a Chicago street car crash on Sunday and his condition is reported as critical and possibly fatal.
A blaze Sunday night in a gasoline powered launch at Detroit Amusement Co destroyed 25 launches along with the theater and roller toboggan. The estimated loss is $60,000.
Wm. J. Figley will hold a farm sale near the Children's home on Thursday September 20 offering horses shoats farm machinery surrey and harness among other articles.
George W. Richmond, Milton Center postmaster for eight years, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of embezzling 157.35 from money order funds. The sum was repaid by friends when found, but the government pressed charges. Richmond cited his wife's illness and death as the cause.
Special to Express Fort Wayne Sept 10. Alexander McDowell known as Red Shirt Alex the Cattle Buyer died Sunday from starvation after forty days without solid food and long without liquids. He was 81 and had made and lost several fortunes.
The Express invites boys to write in to receive a free watch. Several winners will be chosen and notified through the newspaper.
Dayton Sept. 12 The Republican state convention opened with Rev. Miller invited blessing and Ex. Gov. Herrick as temporary chair. Gov. Herrick praised Roosevelt and endorsed progressives, while speakers urged tariff revision and primary reforms. Harris named permanent chairman as delegates set committees and contested leadership, with Dunlap and Jones receiving key nominations.
Robert Edson of Van Wert for the Sheeps Syndicate seeks city consent to extend the C and L M line from its terminus near Clipper Plow to Second Street via Greenler Street. Engineers favor a direct route to Second Street. electrification of the Lima to Defiance line progresses with over 60 000 ties laid and no streetcar purchase planned.
Evansport A C Cameron transacted business at Toledo Thursday. Defiance visitors included C M Paxton T E Shuter 8 Meister N King and D E Partee. Several Defiance calls and visits recur through Friday with trips to Napoleon Bridgeville Montpelier Stryker and Rural Chapel locations.
Claude Hill lies ill with typhoid fever while a well attended ice cream supper marks community life at Mt Zion. Residents and visitors from Monroe Colum bus and Bolivar move through Continental with schooling, visits, and local improvements noted.
An old advertisement asks if kidneys are overworked and distressed, claiming Williams Kidney Pills can help. The copy markets nerve fatigue and urinary concerns with a bold pitch and lists the Cleveland proprietor’s name and price.
Obituaries report Josiah Keller of Napoleon dies at home after a long membership in Defiance Commandry Knights Templar Funeral will be in Napoleon then Tiffin burial Annie Vetter of Highland township dies age 36 at home Two brothers and a sister survive funeral at home and burial in Riverside Harriet Hunter dies age 87 at daughter Charlotte Ryan's home after long county residence born Harriet Hover married David Hunter in 1842 three children Charles H James Hunter and Charlotte Ryan survive funeral at Ryan home East Defiance Presbyterian officiant burial Ayersville cemetery
Andrew P. McConkey born in Harrison county Ohio on October 28 1838 died September 7 1906 aged 67 years ten months and fourteen days He served in Co KH 21st O V from 1861 to 1865 was captured at Chicamauga and held at Andersonville for a year and a half He married Mary Sk Brown September 17 1865 and had four children two sons survive Orley of Edgerton and Emory of farmer Also surviving are his widow and other family members The notice expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends during sickness and burial
F. W. Bickman and family spent Sunday in Paulding county at the home of William Marckel. Mrs. Frank Ort visited her parents Wm Zachrich at week’s end. The South Richland and our boys played ball Sunday locally. Mrs. M. A. Demland is listed as sick. District No. 4 school opened Monday with Miss Clara Hoff man of Florida as teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Demland spent Sunday at Defiance with Mrs. Demland’s grandparents. Lilly Frank spent part of last week with uncle and aunt Fred Frank at New Bavaria after moving goods there.
Practice has begun as the high school squad reports after school each day. Will Engel is captain and Bert Davis is manager. Glen Rath oversees training with Prof. Darner and R H Sutphen assisting. Most players are green but promise improvements with steady practice. No schedule yet. targets include Fostoria, Findlay, Toledo, Ft Wayne, Auburn, Van Wert, Paulding, and Bryan.
Rev. L. Roberts spoke to Epworth League at St Johns M E. Defiance county convention dates moved to Oct 3 and 4 at Defiance M E church. Flora Craine Blanche Craine Emma Stock and others visited, relatives welcomed and social at S. Stock's with receipts totaling 18.50.
A gang of about thirty Italians works to replace old rails with new on the Baltimore and Ohio main line in East Defiance. They will stay in the city for a period to repair the track through the town.
An electric car from Toledo to Detroit crashed into seven stone cars on a side track near Oakwood after an open switch. Seventeen people were injured including several from Toledo, Columbus, and Detroit. the car carried about sixty passengers with five children unharmed.
Reported casualty totals show 46 180 killed in action 10 970 died of wounds and 15 300 died of disease for Japanese forces in the近 war. The Pittsburg Gazette notes remarkably low disease deaths due to camp and hospital sanitation under strong commissariat oversight. It contrasts with the Spanish war where fever and improper food caused higher mortality.
The New York Globe praises Robert C. Ogden as uniquely qualified to advise the colored people. He has thirty years of experience studying their social and economic conditions and argues that uplift comes from hard work and practical education, combining industrial training with leadership development for the race.
A writer notes that game dogs avoid eating game due to inherited training passed from master to dog. The article compares moral training in dogs to human bias, saying dogs’ abhorrence is a physical reaction shaped by generations. It ends with a jab about Norway requiring brides to prove cooking ability and a dyspeptic being a curiosity.
A quack concern in New York loses mail privileges, while the editor notes the broader issue of widespread quack operations in towns across the country. He argues for uniform restrictions on quack activities nationwide.
A Chicago News editorial notes that doors of opportunity are widening for Black individuals. It cites a messenger boy who obtained a loan of two or three million for a life insurance company as an example, highlighting progress in minority advancement.
The Toledo market sheet lists cash and futures for wheat corn oats rye and clover seed, plus hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs with price ranges and receipts. East Buffalo and city markets show cattle hogs veals and sheep with receipts and price bands, including top veals and various animal classes.
Township Clerk of Farmer Township issues a notice for proposals related to municipal projects. Details on bidding requirements, submission deadlines, and contract scope are listed in the official notice for prospective bidders.
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