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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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Aarkin & C
Tolley Soap
McCullinge
2D Street
Wayne
Defiance, Ohio
Home News
Wabash, St. Louis and
Pacific
Local Express
Atlantic Express
N.Y
St. Louis
Pacific Express
Morgan & Miller
E. L. May
Turnbull & Shelly's
Henry Weisenberger
Paul Finger
John Rowe
Rowe
Fifth Street
Flager
Col. Sellers
Opera House
White Comedy Company
Mark Twain
Colonel Sellers
Defiance Co. Express
Defiance County
Judge Greene
John W. Peterson
Sarah Linebrinx
James Romine
Alice Clutter
John Worthington
Sarah Freedline
Michael Lero
Mary Graiser
Chas, Hoagling
Drusilla A. Shimplin
John F. Ramsey
Barbara C. Knull
Geage Rohrs
Dora Behrns
Charles F. Thomas
Ada Nolen
Christian Winkler
Barbara Wagner
M- Litner
Malinda Wires
J. G. Shatts
C. W- M. Wirth
W. A. Shrimplin
Lavina M. Davison
Nicholas Steinbach
Anna Rants
Lucina H. Long
Sue M. Coox
Alonzo B. Binkley
Mary E. French
Henry Huston
Anna Sprow
Nicksville
Desfiance
Board of Public Works
Ottawa Pike
Clinton Street
Fremont
City Hall
Jefferson Street
Catharine Dusabery
Charles Dusabery
A. Berchield
M. B. Stevens
Northwest
Great Northwest
Old Settler’s Association
A P. Edgerton
Hicks Land Company
Edgerton
City of New York
Maine
High Streets
D. Stull & Co
Dr. Rakestraw
Episcopal Church
Dr. Bracy
B. Davis
Als
Milford
Farmer
High Street
D. Stall & Co
Stall
William Dillworth
Albert Maxwell
C. T. Neil
Mr. Neil
I. A. Gingery
W. S. Richards & Co
Gooden & Batchelor
Frank Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Co. C. Lehman
John Koch
Brewster & Webber
Frank Fribley
Evansport
Wilderson & Fribley
Fridley
Main Streets
Bank OF Exchange
E.D. Otis
A. P. Edgerton
J. A. Miller
I. S. Miller
John Clay
D. J. Crowl
T. H. B. Correl
J. W. Babbage
Mr. Babbage
B.elson
Hero
Elson
Lewis & Pettit
Mr. Pettit
M. B. Rakestraw
Hicksville News
Thos. A. Starr
N. B
Starr
Miller
George K. Otis
Otis
A.J. Babb
Mr. Babb
N. J. Love
Love
Carrie Huber
Murphy
David Rex
Main Street
W. C. Hamilton
Shamo & Wiant
I. A. Bliss’ Lumber Yard
West High Street
Charles 8. Bliss
Charley
Clay & Crowl’s
Britton, Kerr & CO
Kerr Brothers & CO
G. Fish & Co’s
Randolphs
Ainsworth & CO
I. P. Blakeslee
Miller Bros
Hicksville Schools
Eppress
Defiance Union Schools
Defiance Lecture Association
W. V. Tuomas
Sec’y
W. F. Coughanour
Jackson Street
Post Office
Baltimore
Bechel
Thomas
G. W. Bechel
Wayne Street
John Demann
E. A. Young
New York City
H. H. Warren, & Co
Genttlemen
Warner
Bright
Rupert B. Fitzgerald
Board of Education
Ohio
Central School
J. H. Bevington
Health and Happiness
Guysett
Yellow Dock
J.P. Buffington & Co
Wistar
Wone
Sanford & Park
jGeneral
T. H. Wess
Russell House
Cary & Carroll’s
Palamo
Zeller & Bruner
Cary & Carroll
Zeller & Bruner’s
Harley Bro’s
Harley Bro
France
L. Trowbridge
Defance
Clinton and
Front
Defiance,ohio
Mannufactory
Perry Street
Hoffman & Geiger
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Toledo
Staite Ottumwa
Gmait
Otumwa R
Louis & Parisi
Oy Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific B’y
J. C. Gault
H. C. Townsend
Pass
J. H. Whitaker
Holgate Avenue
Third Street
Price
Queensware & Glassware
G. A. Mariner
Lawrence & Martin
United States
Canadas
Madison Street
Good Farm
Ayersville
Aversville
Cash Grocers
Krotz & Morse
5Th Streets
Deniel Plank
Brookfield
Tioga County
Rufus Robinson
Nunda
N. Y
Irs
J. Mallory
Wyoming
Foster, Milburn
Buffalo
G. W Bechel