02 Dec 1886
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1886
Page
1
A compact list of train services appears: Fast Line No 2.0 Mail Express No 6 Limited Express No 4 Accommodation Fast Mail No 1 Mail Express Pacific Express No 5 and St Louis Express. The OCR reads like timetable fragments.
Edwin Phelps recounts corrections to his records of Defiance 1822 era settlers. He notes mill disputes between Isaiah Hughes and Samuel Holton, details families of Shirley and Hudson near the Auglaize and Maumee rivers, and recalls Judge Robert Shirley, Nathan and Elias Shirley, James Hudson, Shadrack Hudson and kin. He closes with brief local notices and a Kansas migration note.
The text lists train names and times including Washington Baltimore Express and Baltimore New York Express with assorted local and fast line references. Mentions Chicago services and a cryptic LOCB code fragment.
The Baltimore Bakery showcases Christmas candy nuts and cakes and is a hub for tree trimmings and candles. W H Devore of Sherwood visits the Express Friday for his annual call.
For four Saturdays the Kittner Bros business drew crowds and they plan extra help for Saturdays. They claim the largest and finest fall stock and closing out prices lower than any Ohio house, explaining strong sales.
The State Board of Health notes the week ending November 27 shows increases in bronchitis related illnesses including acute bronchial troubles, bronchitis, pneumonia, erysipelas and diarrheal diseases. Malaria, typhoid and scarlet fever decline slightly while consumption, pleurisy, croup and whooping cough remain about the same.
Property transfers in Defiance and surrounding townships include W C Holgate to Reuben Potters for 99 lot portion, 4000. Margaret Kerins to Viola Denings quarter acre in Mark township, 75. Louisa Owings to John Dearder quit claim 80 acres Milford township, 10. Wendt and Vogel 399 100 acres in Adams township, 1800. Randall to Joseph Berger lots 129 130 old Defiance plat, 6000. Samuel Lee to Isaac Watson lot 12 Krotz addition East Defiance, 200. Slack to Overholt quit claim 160 acres Mark township, 1. W H Miller to Jacob Hildebrand lot 81 Holgate addition North Defiance, 300. Henrietta Andrews to A M Strager half of lot 16 Corwin addition Defiance, 650. Henry Wonderly to Juliette Randall sheriff s deed lots 129 130 old plot Defiance, 3600. Henry H Benica to Frederick Reineke lots 24 25 Crosson's add Defiance, 385. Wm F Shultz et al to Frederick Reineke Defiance transfer incomplete in text.
In Toledo Ohio several shops advertise Fresh Bulk Oysters at Morse and Library Lamps at Headquarters C I Morse plus Teas Coffee Canned Goods and Groceries. Philipp Hager promotes furniture at 212 214 Ummat Street. An ad urges better fitting clothing from T C Co highlighting finishing touches.
Short ad offering money to loan on real estate security. Agent F. L Hay listed with office in the courthouse.
An office in Merchants National Bank offers tickets to all points in the Union, advertised as the cheapest place in the city to buy them.
A striped mule wandered onto the premises on Saturday November 27. The owner may recover by calling and proving ownership to Joseph Hughes.
E Woodward of Stryker patents a hay carrier. Protracted M E meeting ongoing in Bryan. Esterline of Pioneer loses a horse to a falling tree. Mrs Charles Riggs dies of pneumonia in St Paul. Samuel Brooks dies while harvesting corn near Eden. George Webber builds a substantial farm house in Jefferson township. Arthur Williams bruised by a cow in Metz. his father intervenes. E M Ogle leaves Bryan for Nebraska to farm. takes an eighty acre preemption claim. Geo Maxkin, famed Bryan circus figure, reportedly dies in Butler. Harry Aungst breaks a wrist at Bryan school after a fall during a hand spring. Ogle family moves to Atkasoz Nebraska for future home. Porter v Sloan trial ends with $101.35 verdict for plaintiff. jury costs approach $200. Moore’s Bryan flouring mills nearing completion with slate roof and machinery being installed. slated to rank among top hundred-barrel mills.
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