Defiance County notices and social scenes bustle in Defiance
Local items record Dr. Aldrich disputes in a county board case, political tensions, and social events. Tomes note sleighing, auctions, theater, and church socials across Defiance and neighboring towns with multiple names and places such as Napoleon Napoleon and Wabash depot.
Aylesville area notes and community life
From Our Own Correspondent items record local happenings across Tiffin township and nearby areas. Events include religious meetings at M E Chapel Rural Chapel and Mt Calvary, baptisms and church accessions, marriages and births, farms and trades, school activities, and visits among residents such as Edwards, Goddard, Sollenbarger, and Todd. The column notes roads, ice thickness, bees, and social gatherings, with repeated references to Olive Branch Church and other local institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Todd
Michigan
Delaware Township
Aaron Yarlot
Frank Ury
Frank X. Pfeiffer
Brooksville
Olive Branch Church
William Jolly
S. P. Alwood
Bryan
Henry Hammersmith
Alice Decker
Joseph Kibble
Ezra Clemmons
Brunersburg
Samuel Kochel
Literary Society
Spangler School
David Sollenbarger
Hicksville
Hagart and Co Auction Sale Clears Defiance Dry Goods Stock
A W Hagart and Co Dry Goods men of Defiance push to close out their large stock of dry goods notions boots shoes and carpets before spring trade. Immense crowds attend the sale as bundles and boxes are carried away, urging shoppers to call and examine before buying elsewhere.
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A. W. Haggart &Co
A. W Hagart & Co
Local Notes Highlight Residents and Events
Charlie LaCost attends Oberlin College while Irving Richardson travels to Ada for schooling. Hiram Weldon and family from Hicksville visit town. Will Richardson runs a writing school eleven miles north. Hosack and Dick Everitt discuss starting a handle factory. Mrs Lamira Gibbons of Williams Centre visits friends. Rev S S Hyde preaches funeral in Hicksville.
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Hiram Weldon
Hicksville
Will Richardson
One Hosack
Dick Everitt
Lamira Gibbons
Williams Centre
S. S. Hyde
Publication Request Letter From Defiance in 1883
A letter from Mrs. John Greenler dated December 20 1883 in Defiance urges a woman to challenge her late father’s will claiming she and her sister were left out. It accuses a brother John of benefiting and advises hiring a good attorney to break the will promptly.
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Brunersburg
America
T. Hilton
George
Gilbert Mallett
George Switzer
Will Tuttle
Jerome Slough
Frank Roberts
M. E. Church
John C. Coonrod
Melvina E. Wilt
John Rock
Sherwood
Convention City
Ewers
Amos C. Garver
Orphin B. Miser
Sellenbarger
Silas Figley
John Greenler
John
Jan
The Best Salve For All Skin Ailments Sold Here
An advertises a universal salve claiming to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers and related skin issues including piles. The product is sold by Colby and Scott with a 25 cent box price and a money back satisfaction guarantee.
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Colby & Scott
Wheat and grain prices at Wilhelm & Son weekly rates
In Defiance Ohio on January 17 1884 Wilhelm and Son publish weekly grain prices for wheat oats and corn Wheat sells at 9g per unit oats 35c rye 50c per unit corn 55c per bushel Flour prices at Defiance Mills Queen 1.40 and 1.50 per sack Shopped grain prices include Corn and Oats Chop 1.40 per cwt Mixed Chop 100 per cwt Corn Meal 140 Wheat Bran 90c per cwt Small Wheat 75c per bu Buckwheat 65c per sack.
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DeFiance
Wilhelm & Son
Defiance Mills
Weekly market prices for farm produce and livestock
Corrected weekly by Morgan and Miller lists prices for poultry ducks and turkeys eggs butter and salt hides potatoes flaxseed clover seed timothy bacon hams beans onions salt tallow shoulders dressed hogs lard and other items. Prices shown per pound per bushel or per dozen with cents and dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan & Miller
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Ass’t. Editress
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John Backus
Hamilton
Columbus
S. F. Shelly
Defiance National Bank
Paulding Democrat
Fred
Young
Frank Stone
Ayersville
Opera House
Karl
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Washington
Walt
Hilton
Eva
Pittsburg
French
R. V. French
East Defiance
Mitchell
Dakota
Mitchell Capital
M. E
W. P. Sanford
Monumental Association
Joe Dyarman
Wabash
George Holton
Mark Center
van Wert
E. N. Lewis
Philip Kells
G. M.weisenberger
Adrian
Mich
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Myers’ Opera House
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City
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Joe Levy
Detroit
Fred. Kittner
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Wauseon
C. M. Hague
Annie Harris
Napoleon
Harley
Will Kettenring
Perrysburg
Democratic Times
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Granville
Ohio
Henry County
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W. J. Hodges
A. P. Edgerton
C. E. Scott
Cleveland
Carroll & Co
M. W. Hanley
Undine Club
H. E. Cary
Express
Harper's Magazine
Edward Harrigan
Defiance County Farmers’ Institute
Court House
W. G. Blymyer
George W. Killey
Old Fort
A. Coonrad
Fort Buford
D. T
John Tuttle
W. D. Hill
Defiance County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monumental
Blymyer
Hancock County
F. W. Doud
J. O. Foot
B. B. Woodcox
J. E
Toledo
Messers Kittner Bros
Elmer White
Ohio Senate
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G. A.R
Zanesville
W. EK. Carpenter
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William Ice
T. T. Harrington
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C. B. Anderson
Charless. McCollis
Gaylord
Ceres
Alice Bodenbender
Pomona
Jane Morris
Flora
Lucetta Harrington
Dora Vanvylera
Defiance Library Association
L. Degginger
B. L. Abell
C. Lindenberger
Geo. W. Bechel
Edward Squire
T. R. Carroll
E. Bronson
E. P. Hooker
Highland Grange
David Fullmer
Wm. Fulmer
A. T. Brechbill
John Wiler
A. Porter
D. Karsner
E. B. Mix
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Crab Apple
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J. &. Dowe
Bean Creek Church
W. Haller
sMand
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Freddie Dowe
Allen Mix
W. V. Thomas
M. E. Chapel
Mt. Calvary
Nobel Brechbill
Democrat
N. A. Boutell
B. F. Myers
Defiance Township
Richland Township
Oak Grove
Providence
Noble Township
John Edwards
J. A. Sheffield
Langdon’s
F. A.goddard
Adams Township
Laura Spangler
Land Partee
Will W. Enley
Tiffin Township
Frank Romas
E. Sanford
Lizzie Krotz
Nettie
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Stryker
Tiffin Township and Vicinity
Sarah
Dils Jolly
Jonas Mack, Sr
Abraham L. Kibble
Highland Township
John Sollenbarger
Georgia
Jacob Core
J.P
Harry Brown
Lucy Sanders
John Butler
Joseph Gier
Des Moines
Iowa
Rural Chapel
James Romine
John Ryan
William King
M. D. Hancock
Tennessee
Georgetown
Henry Miller
Figley & Co
Switzer and Fox
Warder
Bushnell & Glessner
Springfield
Lucy Todd
Washington Township
Benjamin F. Bostater
Missionary Auxiliary
Isaac Garver
John Kuhn
Evangelical Association
Lucy A. Garver
William Jully
Libbie Bechtel
George Sollenbarger
Hiram Rice
Jim Bayes
Brush College
Josephine Scott
Vernon Hughes
Jennie Foot
Sherman Yeagley
P. Yeagley
Katrina
Samuel Knight
Oregon
Richard and
Ayers Knight
Biglow
Lost Creek
W. P. Richardson
Farmer
John Zimmerman
Salt Lake City
Conrad Zimmerman
Richard Richardson
Wilbur Johnson
Poole
Flora Norway
P. J. Spangler
James Durham
Milford Township
Elias Spangler
Edgerton
Lost Creek M. E
Emily Bowker
Carroll & Co's
W. W. Cockley
Lexington, O
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Messrs. Cockley
Jane
Finashley
Farmer Center
Charlie LaCost
Oberlin
Irving Richardson
Ada
Bucklen
Defiance Markets
Provision Market
Acker
N. G. Woodward
Smith Simmons & Peabody
Baltimmore
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Ayer
Defiance Milis
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Baltimore
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Warren
Winona
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