Defiance City and County Year in Review 1886 Highlights
Local retrospective recounts a year of notable events in Defiance and surrounding county. Includes violent incidents and fires, civic improvements, railroad and bridge developments, business openings and closures, political shifts, and social happenings across months January through November.
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Defiance
the Express
Opera house drops specialty entertainments and band seats on Friday
Opera house management announces no more specialty entertainments as they are stale. Reserve seats open Friday at 7 PM at Bechel's drug store for the band concert with a turn to select seats. Ticket holders may seat themselves or family only and cannot reserve many seats for others while others wait. A New Year note covers local items and a serious arrest case is reported.
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Opera House
Bechel's
Bechel’s
16Th Regiment
Marie Garlic
Huron, C
Flora Phillips
Express
Callie
Annie Kellermyer
Cyrus
George Kellermyer
Sherwood
Moore
Will Dunn
Mabel Caster
Dunn
Court of Common Pleas
County Officials Begin New Terms At Formal Swearing In
Sheriff Wanderley starts a second term with a solid early record. Frank Clemmer is sworn in as county commissioner, succeeding outgoing Struble who ends two terms and one month of service. The Post calls for next meeting Friday Jan 7 at 7 30 P M at the G A R hall under Col Commander Ep Mrz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Aldrich
Carroll & Co
Watkins & Chamberlain
Hicksville
J. E. B. Good
Defiance
E. E. Carter
Higgins
Clinton Street
Roy Webb
Ed Ralston
Bedell
Grace Church
Western Electric Light Co
Will Geiger
Helen Brown
James Cavell
Rev
B. W. Slagle
Pssenger
Deshler
Indiana
Evansport
George D. Backus
Luella Ackerman
Wertheimer
Thomas Birch
C. 8. Bentley
Bryan
Hancock Post
Sherwood
John Earnhart
Wesley Durham
Okolona
Old Gas Well Company
East Defiance
Dreath
Bruce Myers
Fostria
A. D. F. Randolph
Hicksvile
Munson Whitney
F. H. Rohn
Wertherler Bros
David
L. Harry
R. H. Gleason
J. Karst
Third Street
John Smith
Smith Bridge Company
Salvation Army
Auglaize River
Lance
M. E
Schwinn
Wheeling
Fred Stephens
Fitchville
Slagle
Jim Wells
Bill Hill
W. J. Henry
I. Donafin
Melvin Durham
Jewell
Henry Carpenter
Wilhelm's Mill
Brice Hilton
Brunersburg
Catherine Thien
A. Viers
Opera House
Commissioner Strable
Geo. J. Hickey
Bishop Post
G. A
Wayne Street Crossing
Feam
New Maumee Bridge
Defiance County Agricultural Society
J. F. Deatrick
M. E. Heller
A. Sauer
Wanderley
Frank Clemmer
Struble
G. A. R. Hall
Ep. Mrrz
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W.H. Ralston
J.A Ketchel
F. W. Knapp
John Hepler
F. W. LeScuer
W. A. Kehnant
John Cantlon
Geo. Miller
G. F. Bobn
John Thien
A. J. Otto
Charles E. Bronson
Office
Jeferson Street
Ottawa Pike
Charles E, Bronson
Defiance,ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emedy
Philadelphia
Lynn
Mass
Miller
Wilmington
Del
Elshore
Kittner
Kittner’s
Sutphen
Paulding
Chinchilla
Kittner's
W. L. Adams
Cleveland
Nellie Orcutt
Baptist Church
Ezra Hilton
Nicholas Steinbergh
Jacob Koutsch
J. H. Brigham
Fulton Co
State Grange
Mt. Vernon
Rogers & Bic H
George
Columbus
Paulding Gazette
France
Ohio
Withrow
London
The
Home Journal
Buffalo
N. Y
Ehrhart
Paulding Democrat
Charles J. Eckels
Reg’t
KR. A. Minkwitz
D. F. Krotz
A. S. Morse
Old Place
U. B
G. H. Claflin
Presbyterian S. 8
Defiance Cornet
T. Merrill
Turnbull Wagon Company
Karl Flickinger
Mark Center
B. L. Abell
Merchants’ National Bank
Leopold Holmes
Holsten
W. D. Hill
Congress
Amos J. Walter
J. O. Plank
Russell House
Bachman
J. R. Rowles
Harrison Slreet
F. W. LeSever
County Agricultural Society
E. B. Mix
Pomona Grange
Adams Township
P. Kettenring
Defiance Machine Works
Sanford Hulbert
Milford Township
Tennessee
E. Squires
Library Association
Fred Kittner
Emma Loeb
Attica
Ind
P. Rose
E. P. Hooker
F. W. LeSeuer
City of Defiance
H.W. Myers
Claflin
J. F. Kinteigh
Joseph Rath
G. A. R. Post
August Boelmer
Wabash
George Stradley
R. H. Lambert
F. A. Porch
Logan
Charles Shuh
Greenville
South Ridge
James Rowles
Harrison Street
U. B. Church
Delaware Bend
Henry Windisor
Flickinger
Ayersville
John van Immons
Big Rapids
Mich
John Crowe
Presbyterian Church
Jason D. Lesch
Mary Ellen Elkins
South America
George W. Deatrick
John M. Hengstler
Frank Brown
Wabash Road
John Partee
Noble Township
Andrew Bostater
Washington Township
W. A. Kehnast
G. F. Bohn
Loeb & Son
Toledo
Maumee Bridge
Judge Latty
Paulding County
Levi Figley
Edwin Phelps
Granville
F. O. Graper
Fargo
D. T
Herald
White & Mains
John Deindorfer
E. B. Smith
Katie Travis
California
Mat Crosby
Bill Haley
G. W. Scott
Peoria
Lamott Harrington
Salamanca
Georgia Boutelle
W. H. McCauley
J. E. Coulter
Edward Squire
Cornelius Flanagan
J. H. Bevington
Defiance Board of Education
Adam Smith
John Thein
J. A. Ketchel
George Shultz
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles J. Daoust
Mamie Hooker
Carthage
Ill
John W. Miller
A. W. Hagert & Co
Harmon, Swalley & Hagert
Maumee
George Miller
Julia Donafin
J. H. Morris
Bethel Hamiet
R. J. Battershall
Cicero
Hilman
Defiance Normal College
F. Hogue
P. D. Shoemaker
Heller & Co
Kansas
J. L. Philips
Penfield
the Baptist Church of
Kate Hoover
Rev. J. Hoffman
J. H. Moehlenbeck
North Ridge
Archibald
W. V. Thomas
the Baptist Church
David Hines
Emma Lehman
Ella Amo
Auglaize
Augustus Dolke
W. F. Dolke
H. Miller
W. C. Holgate
J. Chenevert
Will Dixon
Thomas Blair
Williame Center
Gerald Herchfold
Switzerland
Lima
W. H. Henne
M. M. Boothman
George Ferguson
Christian Mueller
Martin Wauseka
Paulding Court House
Rudy Ehrhart
Old State Bridge
Adam Wilhelm
C. L. Luce
F. Clemmons
Rinaldo Evans
R. Pumphrey
Tiffin Township
F. B. Aldrich
Jerome P. Slough
Kuho Bros
G. McCord
U. B.S
Adama
Clinton
Flint
Adelbert Osburn
Oakwood
Rev. J. Wesner
Huckaville
Gen. Gibson
Potters
Praeser & Swinehart
Wm. Higgins
Kitchen Blatt
Waverly
Iowa
Douglass Bergman
Cora Estella Brubaker
J. P. Ottley
Texas
T. M. Blair
Chesapeake & Ohio
R. R
Frank Morris
Mansfield
Clase of
Defiance High School
John Motter
Gov. Foster
Mra. J. A
T. Knight
Barnum
G. W. Beche
Alonzo Lockwood
Frank Gingery
D. A. Brechbiil
Insane Asylum
Charles Miller
Tippin & Foust
C. A. Flickinger
Ste
Mathias Koch
W. Slagle
C.P. Tittle
Dakota
A. R. Steelamith
Vrocer
I. M. J Potter
T. H. Sabin
Arizona
Elias Bruner
Jacob Paitee
John Spangler
Richland Jp
Will Jarvis
Charles Johnson
Breno Bros
James Fay
Chris Miller
Geiger & Son
Southworth
Rev. Evans
Leroy Wygant
Hartzburg
2D Street
Auglaize Bridge
Deatrick
Citizens’ Company
Ayersyville
Thos. McGuffire
Defiance Democrat
Citizens’ Oil and Gas Company
Nolan & Kendall
Greenler
Washington
Hiram Robinson
F. A. B. Lowe
Kansas City
Defiance County
St. John's Church
Fourth and
Jackson Streets
Louise Bohn
High Street
Henry Newbegin
Europe
Universalist Church
Defiance Manf’g. Co
Rev. Phillips
Riverside Cemetery
Bishop Gilmore
Antwerp
Paul Hootman
Joseph Lowery
Florida
Jes Corwin
Williams Center
J. M. Hutt
John Kiser
Jacob Ackman
Little Abstracts
Wesley Frye
Engleman
C. E. Bronson
Fred LeSeuer
Tippin Bros. & Foust
Jacob Smith
Marshall's
Frank Townsend
Thomas's
Tony Burnings
Eddy’s Mill
H. 8. C. Lappell
Indianapolis
Mattie Squire
Reta Med Church
Frank Myers
Julia A. Ferguson
Charles B. Squire
Republican County Committee
Henry Bohlman
Santa Claus
FE. N. Lewis
Potters & Tittle Building
First and
Clinton Streets