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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1906
Page
5
A collection of short items reports visits and arrivals including Mrs Boyer displaying hats Mrs W L Harwig visiting from Greenville guests in the city and notices seeking a good printer’s assistant. Several local families travel return from trips and farm sales are announced with auctions and material goods on offer.
Mr and Mrs August Krauger returned to St Wayne on Wednesday after visiting in the city.
Mrs J J Raglemier visits Adrian Michigan. Dey Ayers offers loans at 4 percent. Mrs A Stoll and Otillia travel to Lima for a visit. Albert J Baden leaves for Denver Colorado seeking health relief. Miss Corrigan announces fall and winter hats ready to wear at 418 Clinton Street Elk Block with reasonable prices.
The Defiance Commandery and many knights with wives traveled to Toledo for the Grand Commandery of Ohio conclave. A large coach party plus a boy drum corps attended the parade with many local attendees returning Thursday. Notables from Defiance included F L Hay R H Gleason John Lynde R W Wortman and others listed.
A baby girl arrived Monday Light to Mrs. Harry Kinnane who is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo Hickey on Perry street. Mr. Kinnane works in Birmingham Alabama and formerly lived here.
Amos Roehrig and Miss Hattie Burton wed in Monroe on Tuesday. A dime social at Central school campus benefited Company G football. J T I C celebrated its second anniversary at Miss Jennie Schlegel’s home with 20 guests, games, and a five course lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Ed King celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary on Seneca street with a granite ware gift. Miss Maude Harley’s bridal party was honored at a six o'clock dinner hosted by Miss Jennie Leiberthal on Holgate avenue. A dinner for the bridal party by Miss Bess Powell followed on Monday night.
Northwestern electric line promotors Col F E Bell and Mr Weddock plan a Montpelier to Coldwater Michigan extension, with eventual Battle Creek. Route selection to follow field surveys, and construction from Defiance to Montpelier starts October first, aiming completion within a year.
Mrs Connie Baker of East Smith street died Monday evening after a lingering illness. She was about 20, leaves a husband and a young child, and is survived by her father and mother. J G Lower from Vicksburg returned home after a week here following his father John W Lower’s death. E D Ackerman sold the rest of his shoe stock to I C Duguid of Fremont who shipped it to that place. R F Kerr of Toledo spent time here.
A blaze at 11:30 last night nearly wrecked the Peninsular Engraving Co. plant in Toledo. The Newton Rotherick Supply Co. stock was ruined by water and smoke. Damage ranges from 30000 to 40000 dollars and is insured. The blaze is thought incendiary due to a coal oil odor.
The 19th annual Sunday School convention will be held at the Defiance M. E. church on October 3 and 4 with sessions led by Rev. F Champion Dr. Joseph Clark Phoebe Curtiss and I N Halliday. Delegates from Defiance County schools to be listed by Sept. 29 with program including addresses devotional services and teacher training and an offering for the society.
The one year and one month old child of Mr. and Mrs. George Hoshock of Jewell died Monday. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon with burial in North Ridge Catholic Cemetery.
If you need a new suit over coat underwear hat cap or shoes it will pay you to shop at Vandenbroek's and guess the forty five prizes displayed in the window.
Dr H B Myers was arrested on a warrant for assault with intent to kill after an incident with Mrs Nelson Norman in Myers yard Saturday evening. He was arraigned before Justice Costello and released on a 500 dollar bond Tuesday morning. The altercation arose from a years long family estrangement and left Mrs Norman with a scalp wound from a falling axe during the struggle.
Lafe Warner his wife and daughter along with Wm Snyder and his wife and Grace Yarlot attended the Fulton county fair last week. W C Kerns and daughter Leota were at the Ft Wayne fair. Olive Yarlot of Bryan with sister Mrs Rachel Markle of Illinois visit Ney relatives. The wedding bells rang again for Nora Mottes and Clyde Keller both of Ney.
Will Hammer was severely cut in the wrist Tuesday at Defiance Machine Works while he was setting the machine and a knife fell. The accident occurred during routine operation and injuries were reported to be serious but not life threatening.
A rear end crash between a passenger train and a switch engine in the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway yards at Prague Minnesota leaves five dead and fifteen seriously injured.
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