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Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1880

Page

4

Local notes and notices from the county bulletin

Valentine day approaches on the 14th with delivery wagons replacing carts. May August and October have five Sundays this year. Hautchinson & Son grocers add a delivery wagon. A false fire alarm sent the department out. Mr E L May plans a Hicks ville jewelry store. The commissioner's report on Van Wert county spans nearly ten columns. Music school recital announced for Saturday at 4 o'clock. Oh the wood chuck is a bully. Bids for Central school improvements due February 26 at 5. A critic cites vague hints as a warning. Carelessness nearly injures a man in Dr Lewis’s cellar. Mr John Wilhelm travels to Hot Springs. wife and daughter visit Michigan. Draymen endure mud. past years worse. Helen Potter entertainment praised as finest. Democrats debate tan-bark paving versus mud. Grand Jury report notes no indictments amid many loons. Change of ownership: Paul Finger buys Rowe’s groceries near Fifth street. Flager revamps store to welcome old friends.

Hautchinson & Son Fire Department van Wert Wood-Chuck Tice E. N. Lewis John Wilhelm Arkansas Michigan Helen Potter Democrat U. B. Church Cleland Wm. Richards Chicago Dr. Babbit Spencerville Road S. Stevensons Cause

Real Estate Transfers and Court Doings of Defiance Week

Real estate transfers show numerous parcel changes in Defiance and Hicksville towns with prices from 100 to 11 000 dollars. Court notes discuss the Dice will case adjournment due to a juror's derangement and a new trial for the Baltimore Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway Co case, valued over ten thousand dollars.

Recorder's W.S. Hufford Eli C. Wilson South Defiance John F. Bener Henry Bruner Defiance Auditor's Benjamin Davis Susan Bruner Hicksville Eli Galetine Daniel Bruner Charles W. Krotz Joseph I. Levy Philip D. Matson Adam Wilhelm W. Holgate Juliet H. Bouton Hufford Jacob Kisabet Adam Kisabet Mark Township Richland Township Mary Braucher Philip Young I. Braucher M. Schultz L. A. Bliss Frank Marcellus Andrew H. Eiser Defence John Myers Louis Degginger Phillip Noble Township Jacob W. Myers John Doenges Highland Township Sarah Dice Jonas Miller Baltimore, Pittsburg & Chicago Railway Co Edwin Phelps Bar Atj Baltimore Co The Express

Hicksville Thrives As Defiance County Village Grows

The article recalls Hicksville’s rise from a 1837 settlement with few structures to a bustling town of about 1,500 residents. It highlights fifty business houses on High and Maine streets, six churches, a two story brick school, and notable firms including Ainsworth Boon Bevington, Dalrymple, Lehman, and Wilder son Fribley.

Ainsworth, Boon & Bevington J. M. Ainsworth I. M. Boon J. L. Bevington Ainsworth

Hicksville Industry and Education Rise in a Growing Village

The ExPre ss outlines Hicksville as a thriving hub with wood products from John Lehman & Son and Cory Brothers Mill driving regional trade, plus Hoorman Scott Bruce flour mill and Blakeslee and Miller furniture works. It details a two-story Main Street school, crowded primary rooms, two ward schools planned, and a bustling town with doctors, lawyers, and a forthcoming Hicksville Republican newspaper. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad buttresses shipments east and west, while rapid new construction signals a prosperous future.

John Lehman & Son Defiance Cory Brother Hootman, Scott & Bruce Hicksville Main Smith Streets T R. Millison M M. Farnsworth S. L. Otis Jessie Shepard High Bryan Streets E. O. Strong Millison Farnsworth H.G. Bowker Union Hotel John Swilley Swilley Baltimore & Ohio Railroad S. J. Moore D.S. Babbit B. M. Rakestraw G. Wonsetler W. H. Richards T. C. Kinsmont J.S. Brookens W. H. Hicksey J.M Combs J.C. Ryan F. M. Thompson J. E. Coulter A. Summers Express

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