Maumee bridge work and town notes in defiance
Local items report abutments finished on the Maumee bridge and a flood of brief notices from Defiance county towns. Names include Wood Ward, J A Ketchel, F W Knapp, John Hepler, ward councilmen, and several social and business updates. The column notes auctions, visits, baptisms, sales, travel, and a significant fire on North Defiance land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Ralston
J. A. Ketchel
F. W. Knapp
John Hepler
F. W. LeSeuer
W. A. Kehnast
M. E. Heiler
John Cantlon
Geo. Miller
G. F. Bobn
John Thien
A. J. Otto
New Maumee Bridge
Deatrick
Charles Bechel
Canton
Hicksville
S. F. Shelley
Napoleon
Trains Run Daily Between Major Cities
Sleeping car service operates daily except Sunday on routes between Baltimore and Washington to Chicago Pittsburgh Wheeling Columbus and Cincinnati. Officials C K Lord and W E Reppert oversee the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Washington
Wheeling
Bellaire
Pittsburgh
Cambridge
Zanesville Wrens
Newark
Columbus
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Mansfield
Shelby
Monroeville
Sandusky
Eeeenees
Fostoria
Deshler
Defiance
Amvuer
Nun
Avillia
Eeese
Milford Jc
Walkerton
Eveee
Wellsboro
Chicago
Deshler O
Tinin li
Mansfield A
Mt Vernon
St Louis
Zanesville
Carson
C.K. Lord
W. E. Reppert
Melburn Talk Over Brutal Treatment of Two-Year-Old Colts
Discussion arose in Melburn about the brutal handling of two-year-old colts that were over-loaded. The driver should have been arrested and charged for the abuse.
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Melburn
New Stock of Wall Paper For Sale by N. Lewis
N Lewis announces a fresh supply of wallpaper offered at low prices. Browns range from 7 to 1.0 cents per roll, Whites from 10 to 15 cents per roll, and Gilts from 20 to 37 cents per roll.
Deadwood the Empire City of the Black Hills
A lengthy retrospective of Deadwood Dakota as the hub of mining and commerce in the Black Hills. It lauds its rapid growth, modern amenities, transportation links, and prospects toward 1890, noting floods fires and reconstruction, and predicting a 40,000 population with mining and manufacturing strength.
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Black Hills
Black Hills Empire
Homeward Letter From Mr Bortror Visits Fulton County
Mr Bortror writes after a four day drive with his wife they are home and enjoying the country He calls on old friend E B Loyd and wife in Fulton County and sends well wishes He also meets the renowned Dr Finny who is described as a gentleman and full of business W P Sanford signs the note
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Joseph Ralston
Ilinois
Ralston
Potters
Holgate Avenue
Tippin and Foust
Susie Oakes
Willetta Fisher
LaPorte
Ind
Fannie Wisler
Jefferson St
Will Ralston
Jackson
Mich
Mr. Bortror
E. B. Loyd
Fulton County
Dr. Finny
W. P. Sanford
Harvey's Lion Store Keeps Evening Hours For Shoppers
After a fair trial we find it makes great inconvenience to our customers and hence to our business to close at so early an hour. Consequently we conclude to accommodate the people by keeping our place of business open as usual evenings. Hoping the public will be pleased with our desire to best serve their interests, we are, respect fully, Harvey's Lion STORE.
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Black Hills
Wentworth
Deadwood
Dakota
Wyoming
Longfellow
Montana
Nebraska
Harvey's Lion Store
Endorsed remedies rail at bowel and digestion woes
The General Attorney of Pullman Sleeping Car Co and ex Chief Justice O A Lochrane praise Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial for diarrhea dysentery and teething relief. price 50 cents. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets sold over a million boxes in twelve months. N G Woodward claims relief for dyspepsia constipation sour stomach sick headache heartburn and female troubles with Dyspepsia Tablets.
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Pullman Sleeping Car Company
O. A. Lochrane
Georgia
Dr. Biggers
Acker
N. G. Woodward
City council holds special meeting on street gravel and lighting
At a Friday session with all present except Otto, a petition proposed graveling Wayne Street from Front to Arabella with costs charged to adjacent property. The issue drew debate on regrading and lighting, with several members urging more lights in Cantlon’s ward. An inspection of street lights was set for next week, and a July price cut for post office money orders under five dollars was announced.
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Otto
Wayne Street
Front Street
Arabella
Miller
Thein
Kehnast
City Hall
G. W. Bechel
Cantlon
Second Ward
Thei
Clinton Street
LeSeuer
U B Quarterly Meeting and Frontiers Tensions
The U B church of Defiance plans a basket meeting August 21 and 22 in the grove two miles up the Auglaize, urging members to attend with spirits high and gospel hymns. The text also discusses the killing of Francisca Rasures by Mexican authorities, urging reparations and a formal apology to the U S government, while criticizing Mexico’s handling of the Cutting case and calling on Secretary Bayard to act to defend citizens along the Mexican border.
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U. B. Church of Defiance Mission
Francisca Rasures
Cutting
Mexico
Rasares
Texas
Bayard
United States
Gov. Ireland
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West Unity
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Paulding Democrat
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Nat. Backus
O.D. Loveridge
Arbuckle, Ryan & Co
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Arthur
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Antwerp Argus
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Board of Education
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Alice M. Phelps
Vic Bevington
Alice Deatrick
Toledo
W. C. Holgate
North Defiance
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Hedges
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