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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1905
Page
8
Nob le township treasurer reports through 1904 listing receipts from multiple churches and individuals including West Milford Sherwood and Zion Reform with totals and expenses. Semi annual convention at Brunersburg church details officers, reports, and the push to increase Sunday school enrollment. Also notes wartime Andrews Raiders reunion and WCTU annual meeting outcomes with officers.
The Republicans of Tiffin township elected delegates and alternates to the county convention. Delegates include C E Replogle C H Schroeder C Ferld John Paxton R Christy J H Iferd S A Cooley John Scharpf H L Stock J J Craine J P Alshouse J W Hancock J P Wissler Ed Kuhn William Figley. Alternates list includes A C Cameron J O Christo Geo Allison John Weber J J McCord William Cooley M Rath T J Tittle B H Kellermier A G Replogle Chas Mann J W Kuhn J H Neaderhauser August Nell Jas Figley. Committee member J J Craine. Also promoting low rate excursions to summer resorts via the Ohio Central Lines.
Social events across Wesley street and nearby towns feature Mrs John Brown hosting neighbors, the Women’s Foreign Missionary society of St Pauls ME Church closing its year, the Tourists visiting Eugenia Ralston’s home, and a WRC picnic at D Dabney’s in Jewell with a 28 member turnout. Guests included Mrs J Montgomery, Miss Grace Whitney, Miss Mary Jefferson, and Mr Tom Squire among others. Souvenir spoons were given to the Dabneys in appreciation of hospitality.
Mark Center residents Mark Center Mr and Mrs J and Wheeler attended Napoleon fair. George Arnedt and A Krisber attended the state fair at Columbus. The GAR hall social Wednesday evening by the ladies of the MIX church was a success, the proceeds amounting to 10 dollars. Walter Rohn and Miss Besse Woods of Mark Center were married Wednesday evening September 6 by Squire Gecowitz. Mary Critchfield died September 1 1905 aged 52 years 9 months 27 days leaving husband Homer and son Ahams and daughter Della. born in Orangeville Indiana moved to Mark Township before the Civil War. community sorrow.
Thirteen little girls gathered at Miss Jeanette Wertheimer’s Holgate Avenue home on Sept 6 to celebrate her thirteenth birthday with games music dancing and supper at a long green and white flower decorated table Mrs Wertheimer assisted by Mrs Daniel Lieberthal and Miss Margaret Scott highlighted the event and Clovernook near Cincinnati was praised by Miss Scott Names include Emily Reynolds Karene Evans Maud Marian Carter Alice Behne Helen Cunningham Mable Daoust Lucy McClintock Esther Horn Lucile Kruse Mildred Malley Edna Schlosser Elsie Schlosser Lydia Moll Mable Skelly of Toledo attended as an out of town guest.
Uncalled letters at the Defiance Ohio post office for the week ending September 5 1905 include Geo Berkhiser E Frank Dr R C Wolcott Mrs Mary Tambling. If not claimed within 14 days they will be sent to the dead letter office by law. Ad become noted by calling and stating the date of the list. Postmaster C J Thompson.
Dr. E J McCollum aged 84, longtime Tiffin physician and the oldest doctor in Seneca county, died Thursday after more than five decades of medical practice in the area.
Theodore D Giubert, longtime Toledo resident for 16 years, died Friday at age 59. He served in the Eighth Army division, and was a member of the Gaelic Knights and Masonic fraternity.
President Roosevelt removed Frank W Palmer from the office of Public Printer for disobeying orders. Palmer had clashed with two heads of the office, prompting the action.
The Citizens Savings bank of Oberlin formerly tied to Chadwicked returns to operation and will open on September 12 with President Beckwith dead and Cashier Spear jailed as part of the prior crisis.
At Pittsburg Friday Billings Morning Star equalled the world record of 2.044 percent in a pacing race to wagon. Major Delmar broke the trotting mile record in 2 06 and ran a half mile in one minute.
State board of pardons heard applications from Max Lisberger of Toledo, serving life for murder, and Jesse Heisler of Paulding County, jailed five years for burglary.
The Defiance county Republicans plan a Hicksville convention listing nominees for Representative Auditor Treasurer Probate Judge Clerk of Courts Recorder County Commissioner and Infirmary Director. The piece lauds county treasurer J E B Hosler and mayoral candidate J P Cameron, arguing strong ticket unity could secure a Republican sweep and warning against Democratic attacks on Herrick Brannock law and Cox.
Levi Adams aged 82 and longtime Fostoria resident died on the 5th after living in the city for 68 years. Funeral plans are pending with local church and relatives.
Miss Rose Randall of Paulding died in Lima on September 6 following a minor burn from a match. Blood poisoning developed after she was taken to Lima for treatment.
A petition circulates in Leipsic for a Beal law local option election after a previous version was deficient. Wets feel assured of success. In Columbus Grove and Lima, parties talk of opening a saloon near the east corporation line as both towns remain dry.
Wma. Michigan, a retired farmer of Marion County, aged 90, collapsed on an oat stack Thursday. Heart failure was the cause of death.
The Daughters of Veterans at Denver Thursday elected Mrs Bertha Martin of Massillon to succeed Mrs Ada E Warren of Worcester Mass as president.
Prof Wilson of La Thopo lis becomes superintendent of Continental public schools replacing resigned CC Bigelow. A A Dickey from near Continental is named principal of the high schools.
Martin Hartman of Findlay met his brother William of Clear Lake Iowa and Henry of Denver at the G AR Encampment. After the war they drifted apart for forty years before reconnecting.
Andrew Carnegie has donated 25000 toward a 100000 endowment fund for a chair of political economy at Western Reserve University to honor M A Hanna.
A F Botuvs, among Henry county's oldest residents, died in Napoleon on Friday at age 86. He once starred as a ringmaster in Dan Rice and Adam Forepaugh circuses. He was wealthy in youth but died poor.
Alton B Parker, former Democratic presidential candidate, will become chief counsel for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co at an annual salary of $100,000. The firm will be renamed Sheehan & Parker, with Parker replacing Prof Collins who has retired. Sheehan was a strong backer of Parker in the campaign.
W T Havianp, mayor of Belle Fontaine and two term Democrat, resigns effective Oct 1. Vice Mayor Mc Cracken, a young newspaper man and former messenger clerk of the Ohio senate, to succeed him.
J Mears of Columbus spoke in Cleveland defending Gov. Herrick during a Democratic campaign appeal. He praised Herrick as of clean private life with sterling principles and condemned the slanderous attacks while affirming that voters may criticize governors but oppose abusive criticism.
A $1.50 round trip advertises a Sunday special train from Defiance at 7:20 am with a direct boat connection at Toledo to Detroit. Return boat departs Detroit at 5 pm arriving back in Defiance around 11 pm after eight hours on Lake Erie and the Detroit river and four hours in Detroit.
A Sunday excursion by the B and O runs from Defiance to Chicago with a 2 12 p m departure and a return at 8 30 p m. Round trip fare is set at 1.15 dollars.
The B and O railroad will sell excursion tickets from all local stations west of Callery Pennsylvania Bellair? and Marietta to Richmond Virginia at one fare plus 35 cents for the round trip. Tickets are valid for return until September 25th for the Farmers National Congress annual meeting.
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