Leap Year Frolics and Local Notes from Defiance
The Defiance County Express column highlights Leap Year gaieties including sleigh rides and social events, mentions visitors like Miss Emma Harter and Miss Vic Bevington, and notes local business moves, new officers, and marriage licenses issued in December 1883, with brief city happenings and editor’s anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Green
Jacob Kases
Mary Fraker
Chubb Warner
Francis Gingery
L. J. Christy
Mollie Carey
Lafayette Thompson
Mary O'Neil
James E. Bovee
Susie Berde
Lincoln E. Cole
Sarah B. Leever
Sebastian Aratng
Julia Grass
Warren C. Zimmerer
Clara May Squire
Wesley Neinan
Mary A‘ Fiesselman
Wm. F. Partee
Fannie Garber
Alpheus L. McBride
Mary Wagner
David A. Boiles
Corintha Blair
Christian B. Andres
Ann Batter
Chas B. Headrey
Nettie Elliott
Wilber J. Johnson
Eva F. Shoe
Joseph Bender
Caroline Butch
C.F. W
Susie Hahn
Warren A. Partee
Jennie Snider
David Deardorf
Emma A. Vote
Edward H. Olis
Adelia L. Farlow
Olive H. Hanville
Hattie Henning
James I. Mansfield
Emma A. Sheets
New Year Reception Tour for Defiance Ladies
Ladies visiting New Year calls in Defiance were greeted at multiple homes including F G Browns J L Scotts and T R Carrolls. Gentlemen hosted and served meals and music, with varied menus and original menu cards. Nearly one hundred ladies attended and the event was judged a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Brown
G. W. Bechel
W.S. Powell
Ed. Squire
E. N. Lewis
B. L. Abell
Mr. Brown
T. R. Carroll
Frank Barstow
Frank Pickett
C. W. Prettyman
C. J. Daoust
Alva Flickinger
S.S. Ashbaugh
Karl Flickinger
F. C. Culley
Gessner
Russell House
Walt
Hunter
Hilton
H. S. Bassett
Chas. Sutton
Guy Tippin
P.S. Carr
C. H. Rowland
C. L. Deatrick
Frank Ensign
S. F. Shelly
Johnson Miller active in railroad boom for Sherwood
Our correspondent notes Miller drives the new railroad venture with optimism as Sherwood becomes a key object point. Rev Yalbert and the Dunkards hold church meetings at M E and U B respectively while the band plays on New Year’s Day. Nellie Miller, twelve, daughter of Emanuel and Elizabeth Miller, dies. Katrena of the Express thanks locals for funeral lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Miller
Sherwood
Rev. Yalbert
M. E. Church
Dunkards
U. B
M. H. Robertson
Georgetown
Katrena
The
Express
Nellie Miller
Nellie
Emanuel
Elizabeth Miller
Powell’s Creek Powders Then a Christmas Supper Tale
From Our Own Correspondent W C Ernsberger will teach a school four miles west of Defiance near the B and O BR R this winter Bill Melona is the boss blacksmith on Powell s Creek George Hahn proprietor of the Dupont hall gave the young folks a party on Christmas eve and his rules kept any gentleman from supper without a partner Two young gentlemen without partners had one dressed in female garments to attend supper but the tale ends with George becoming completely shy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Ernsberger
Defiance
BR. R
George Hahn
Dupont Hall
George
Local Gossip and Surprises From a Holiday Evening
The piece notes a social mix up when a guest revealed she was a boy and the host felt sold. It also mentions N. J. Killpatrick as head lawyer at J. W. Myers' sawmill and Wm. A. Spencer of Putnam county receiving a girl as a Christmas gift, leaving him happy and joking he need not work for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hahn
N. J. Killpatrick
J. W. Myers
Wm. A. Spencer
Putnam County
Mr. Spencer
Florida Flashes and Local Happenings Recap
Our Florida correspondent notes Mrs. Carr visiting Ligoner Indiana, sawmill activity at Weaver & Barr, rumors of a forthcoming wedding, and brisk winter trade at local mills. Other items mention Old Army veterans visiting, a dance at Keimer’s hall, and a fatal accident near Edgeerton from a pile of poles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr
Florida
Ligoner
Ind
Weaver & Barr
Hicksville Items from Our Own Correspondent 1884
Local column notes include Ava Gingery committed to an asylum and Mrs. J F Haller visiting from Cicero. Various town happenings: a fire at lawyer Ryan’s new house, Chas Hollinger working for a photographer, repairs on West Milford, church meetings and discourses, visits from Defiance and Sherwood residents, and a public sale planned by C J Bevington before moving to Labett Co Kan. Local concerns mention unsafe graveled streets, a noted visit by Hon W D Hill, and a dispute between the Delta Avalanche and Defiance Co Express over damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Milford
Hicksville News
U. B
Millersburg
H. Linville Esq
Canton
John Hollmyer
J. H. Bond
W. H. Doring
Antwerp
I. Donafin
Hicksville
Bethel Notes From Bethel Blubs Yearly Holiday Spars
Community snippets from Bethel describe holiday visits and local chatter. Pendleton visitors Eugene Anderson and Mrs S E Linsly are noted, while Warner and Vogle operate a saw mill under John E Morris. Obituary for William Wible and a local sermon by Rev S E Smith are mentioned with several other small town details.
Publication Express Subscriptions For 1884 Prices
Arrangements provide Express subscribers with options from Peterson's Magazine Youth's Companion Harper's Weekly and others at listed annual rates. Also offers club rates on additional publications. remedies include Acker's English Remedy for Consumption sold by N. G. Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Peterson’s Magazine
Harper’s Magazine
Ohio Farmer
Frank Leslie
the Express
Acker
N. G. Woodward
Ladies Should Remember Ackers Blood Elixir Sold
An 19th century ad touts Ackers Blood Elixir as the path to a beautiful complexion. Sold by N. G. Woodward for $1 per bottle, with a note that it yields results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. Woodward
Grain prices in Defiance markets weekly report
Defiance Ohio January 3 1884 Wilhelm Son published weekly grain prices for wheat oats rye corn and products. Wheat 1.00 per bushel oats 0.35 rye 0.50 corn 0.55 per bushel flour Defiance Mills 1.50 Queen 1.45 per sack corn and oats chop 1.40 per cwt mixed chop 1.00 per cwt corn meal 1.40 wheat bran 0.90 per cwt chess 0.40 per bushel small wheat 0.75 per bushel buckwheat 0.65 per sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Wilhelm & Son
Weekly market prices for livestock produce and staples
Corrected weekly prices list items from Morgan and Miller. Chickens six cents, ducks seven, turkeys eight, butter ten, eggs five cents a dozen, salt sixteen cents per pack, green hides five to seven cents, potatoes forty cents a bushel, flaxseed one dollar fifteen, clover seed four twenty five to four seventy five, timothy one dollar twenty five to one fifty, bacon side fifteen cents, hams twelve, beans two fifty, onions sixty cents a bushel, salt one dollar twenty, tallow six cents, shoulders ten cents, dressed hogs six dollars, lard ten cents, apples dried seven cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan & Miller
Sale Ad for Universal Salve with Money-Back Guarantee
An early 20th century style advertisement touts The Best Salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It promises guaranteed satisfaction or a refund and sells for 1s 25c per box through Colby & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby & Cott
Grigg
Griggs
G. W. Bechel —Ly
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Defiance County Express
Ollie M. Culley
Ass’t. Editress
Walt. Hunter
Utica
N. Y
W. F. Dolke
Springfield
Mary Tittle
Ada
Emma Harter
Tiffin
Alice Conrad
Wooster
Frank Fribley
Tuttle & Geiger
Toledo
Wabash Railway
Vic Bevington
Chatanooga
Tenn
Mrs.d. Cromley of
I. Cadwallader
Fostoria Review
Eaton Rapids Times
Clinton Street
A Farnsworth
Milford Township
W. P. Sanford
Jersey
H. Pavenmire
Fremont
Russell
Ft. Wayne
John Norway
Norway
Journal
Culley
Wabash Crossing
Holgate Pike
van Wert House
Fort Wayne
Bishop Post
Dr. Ilolbrook
Chicago
Elmer White
W. D. Hill
Bessie Kingsbury
Akron
Ollie Garver
Emma Parish
Columbus Grove
Perry Helpman
Aaron Deihl
Edgerton
Miss May Wilson
Napoleon
Defiance County Agricultural Society
Weisenburger
A. W. Mavis
Success
Mazie Carney
Indiana Avenue
Toledo Telegram
Dr. Havens
Champaign County
Ohio
C. F. Moll
St. Joe Rowing Club
Andy Roedel
Frank Roedel
Frank Shead
J. F. Tenzer
Our City
Paulding County
the Times
Kinsey
First Street
Squire Hunter
Walsifier
Powells Creek
Bill Melona
Powell’s Creek
Poland
David Brubaker
H. F. Willeman
F. Hammon
Robert Wheeler
68Th O. V. V. I
Elk Falls
Kansas
Mr. Wheeler
F. Co
E. W. Brubaker
North Richland
Hillsdale
Florida Mills
Klingenhoffer & Sigg
L. F. Richholt
United States
British America
Mollie Brubaker
Joe Seifford
Wm. Barr
Geo. Stout
John Sherman
Holgate
O. Messrs. Goon & Brubaker
Keimer’s Hall
Democrat
Jewell
W. H. Kelley
Western Division
D. Stull
D. Deardorf
Cicero
Lilley
J. W. Blair
Stoy
Genltzenlither
Edgeerton
Ava Gingery
Insame Asylum
J. F. Haller
New York State
Santa Clause
Ryan
Chas, Hollinger
This Place
Mr. Slater
Charley
C. J. Bevington
Labett Co
Kan
Delta Avalanche
Defiance Co., Express
Blymyer
Defiance Times
Bethel
Eugene Anderson
Pendleton
Warren & Vogle
Noble Township
S. E. Linsly
Eaton,Ind
C. B. Anderson
William Wible
Oakwood
J. W. Hance
Joseph Richlin
Fremont, O
S. E. Smith
Garman School House
Uncle Roty
Sharon, O
J. W. Hickman
Francis M. Sanford
Susie Hawn
Defianee County
M. E. Parsonage
W. J. Hodges
Evansport
Amos Snyder
Warren A. Par- Tee
Colby & Scotts
Acker’s
Hood
Buckingham
Ayer
George Franklin
Sarah O
Jacob Widmer
Defiance Markets
Warren
Winona
Minn
Warner
F. Krotz
Mammoth Double
Provision Market
Woodward’s
Woodward’s Drug Store
Bucklen
Old
Baltimore
Messrs. Hood & Co
Carroll & Co's
Carroll & Co’s
Akron Graham
Carroll & Co
White Star
Herdegen & Co
Hall
D. Warner
Reading
Mich
Smith & Strayer
Bryan
Gherkey
Express Printing Office
Dusvaer
James Ross
O. McCaraney
Iowa
Keystone Watch Case
Philadelphi
Hazzeton
Bowman
Sylvester Engle
Jension
Keystone Watch
Philadelphia
Jana James
Keystone
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