Davy Crockett At Krotz Opera House January 30
Defiance notes recount winter hardships and social events from the week. Charley Hoffman left for New Orleans Tuesday. Frank Mayo stars in Davy Crockett at Krotz Opera House Tuesday evening. Weather records show 14 below zero and frequent sleighing parties among locals.
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Charley Hoffman
New Orleans
Defiance Society
S. F. Shelly
Napoleon
A. Viers
Hicksville
Frank Mayo
Davy Crockett
Surprised Two Society Favorites Announce Their Marriage
Defiance society buzzed with news of the marriage of Mr. John Tenzer and Miss Nellie Osborn on Oct 8 1882 in Ottawa Lake Michigan. The couple confirmed the union and friends offered congratulations and best wishes for happiness.
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Defiance
John Tenzer
Nellie Osborn
Express
Ottawa
Lake Mich
Real Estate Transfers in Defiance District January 1882
Weekly list records transfers from Defiance Recorder's Office ending January 25 1882. Edgertons Otis parcels 68 in Hicksville to Otis. Partee buys multiple 40 acre tracts from McCauleys Spangler Potters and others. various sums from 40 acre lots in Tiffin Highland Noble and Nobie townships to O B Partee, Eagle, and others. Listed buyers include Edgerton Cameron Hawk Turnbull and Luker with payments ranging from 25 to 2300 dollars.
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Recorders
Defiance
A.P
O. B. Partee
A. J. McCauley
C. D. McCauley
Rudolph Spangler
Phillip McCauley
Samuel Potters
Amos Snider
Nathan M. McCauley
Tiffin Township
John G. McCauley
Orlando B. Partee
Isaac Eagle
Alfred van Vierah
W. V. Mansfield
Highland Township
John S.cameron
Isabella Cameron
A. P. Edgerton
O. J. Beeman
Hicksville
Bell C. Cameron
Andrew Sullinger
M. Hawk
Henry F. Emmet
Nobie Township
F. Emmet
Noble Township
A Jimmie Hudson
Johanna Schultz
D.B
F. A. Turnbull
Susan Palmer
East Defiance
A. Fryers
Martin
Anna Schiel
Brunersburg
Peter Kuhn
John B. Luker
Holgate’s Add
North Defiance
Geo. Ridenour
Board of Education
Georgetown
Tax Collection Closure Notice by County Treasurer
The county treasurer warns that unpaid taxes will be closed on Wednesday January 30 and no taxes will be accepted after that date. W. Lawster is cited as the County Treasurer.
Ohio G A R Encampment in Youngstown Impresses Veterans
The seventeenth annual Ohio G A R encampment opened in Youngstown with about one thousand veterans in attendance. A grand banquet hosted by local ladies delighted guests, followed by a musical reception and recitations at the Diamond Opera House. Officials for the ensuing year were elected, and delegates praised Youngstown for unmatched hospitality.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Diamond Opera House
Opera House
Elizabeth Mansfield Irving
Toledo
Kate M. B. Sherwood
J.D. Timmerman
Leipsic
A. G. Byers
Columbus
Peters
Council of Administration
H. A. Axsline
Roger Alcott
H. Hurst
J. B. Allen
T. D. McGillicuddy
John O. McGowan
Gen. Slocum
Ashland
L. D. Griswold
Elyria
C. H. Grosvenor
Athens
C. A. Santmyer
Carthage
William Horne
Salem
R. Alcott
Fostoria
W. O. Myers
Canton
R. B. Brown
Zanesville
R. Austin
G. W. Chase
Newark
W. G. Beatty
Cardington
T. M. Sechler
Cincinati
D. C. Putnam
Springfield
Kingston
William Brigham
A F. Mitchell
Urbana
W. Orcutt
Austinsburg
J.S. Rhodes
Fort Recovery
W.S. Meek
Martin’s Ferry
Sherwood Items From Our Own Correspondent
Dr Denman attends medical lectures in Columbus. Miss Mary Sunderland of Fort Wayne visits Mrs Lovejoy. Mr Hoffman of Evansport and a Stryker man bought F C Switzer’s building and plan a large hardware stack. The great J N lectured at the hall and humorously claimed pressure is easing. Rail passes shown. fourteens lines. School attendance runs about 90 percent. Mr Boughton to Cecil for harvest. Sons of Temperance form a fifty member lodge with officers listed. Sherwood shifts toward temperance life and Ripley’s blessing.
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Denman
Columbus
Mary Sunderland
Ft. Wayne
Lovejoy
Hoffman
Evansport
Stryker
F. C. Switzer
Defiance
J. N
Doud
Huff
Township
Boughton
Bryan
the Express
Sherwood
Rip
Stubb
Marriage of Miss Blanche Tomlinson and W H Gardner
Blanche Tomlinson and W H Gardner were married January 16 1883 at Williams Center by Rev W W Lance. Both are residents of Williams county. A large turnout of friends and relatives attended and many valuable gifts were given to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Center
W. W. Lance
Blanche Tomlinson
William H. Gardner
Williams County
Unclaimed Fees List Posted by Clerk Cameron
Clerk J. P. Cameron posts a list of unclaimed fees found in his office. The notice records names and amounts due, displayed on the courtroom door for public viewing.
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J. P. Cameron
Banquet by Defiance Masons and Knight Templars Impresses City
The Masons and Knight Templars of Defiance hosted a Friday banquet for about four hundred citizens. Renovations on the third floor of a brick block from First to Court streets created grand assembly rooms, elegant parlors, two banqueting halls, and armory space praised for taste and finish. Charles Seymour and G. W. Bechel designed and decorated the interiors, earning praise for their work as guests enjoyed a formal reception and dancing into the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
Knight Templars
First Street
Court Street
Charles Seymour
G. W. Bechel
Seymour
Powell Creek Powders Tale from Our Own Correspondent
Sam Moyer has returned home. John Parret prepares spring materials for a fine residence. Augustus Schubert plans a spring barn 35 by 70. J W Pool returns from three weeks in Illinois and Nebraska where his son Osellus stays. A Democratic Times reporter claims Mansfield Center is near Powells Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Moyer
John Parret
Augustus Schubert
J. W Pool
Illinois
Nebraska
Osellus
Democratic Times
Mansfield Center
the Express
Powells Creek
West End items and local notes from Hicksville
Mr Flint moves to Hicksville and Miss Rosa Hammond visits from Millersburg. Snow benefits wheat. Prof F W Irish writes an Orthography text for Ada Normal school. Hicksville youths seek fine clothes and street display. John Bays buys into the Nickels livery stable. vehicles praised. Hicksville G A R Post praised for strength. Antwerp G A R officers installed by W J Henry. Forgery case around Orville Hopkins noted as a downward career end. Pleasant Ridge debating society to discuss punishment versus reward. Six Corners correspondent supports reunion of Company F 111th O V I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Hicksville
Rosa Hammond
Millersburg
F. W. Irish
Ada Normal School
John Bays
G. T. Nickels
G. A. R. Post
Ohio
Antwerp
W. J. Henry
Orville Hopkins
Reunion at Hicksville and Patton’s Cleveland speech criticized
The writer urges restricting reunions to Hicksville and condemns Judge Patton's remarks at the Cleveland Jackson celebration calling Hayes’s election fraudulent. The piece questions Democratic party actions of the era and contrasts them with Republican claims, urging balance in historical judgment.
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Hicksville
Patton
Jackson
Cleveland
Hayes
Nora Bene
Local notes and changes in township activities
The community reports illness and dances with several social events at Langdon and W H McQueene's. Scarlet fever spreads on Prairie Creek amid deaths, visits from John Ackerman and wife, and dissolution of Yeager and Cameron with Alonzo Cameron taking the partnership. Professor Hancock plans a traveling show in spring.
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Mother McCauley
Langdon School
W. H. McQueene
Otto Schick
Prairie Creek
John Ackerman
Morence, Mich
Literary Society
Pleasant Point
Yeager & Cameron
Alonzo C. Cameron
Yeager & Son
Hancock
Matt
Put
Phil
Chickasaw Notes and Local Incidents
Rosa Geller is on the sick list and C Bauman plans to build a barn. Isaac Stuckman prepares a spring barn, Martha Jones excelled in spelling at Chickasaw school, and J Gafferty suffered a serious timber accident. Fire Fly Katrina and Christmas oyster supper misstatements are blithely noted in local verse and gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Geller
C. Bauman
Isaac Stuckman
Martha Jones
Chickasaw
J. Gafferty
Katrina
Pleasant Point
James Reynoild’s
Farmer Notes From Farmland Township and Nearby Towns
Subpoena in Defiance next week brings Farmer township residents to court. Abe Biglow led a spelling school at upper Chickasaw schoolhouse. John W. Winn of Defiance, attorney, was here on legal business. "Blatherskite" from Hicksville News visited locals. Charles Biglow, Brunersburg principal, toured Farmer. Abner Kinsley sold 26 cattle to Orley Welker recently. Frankie Barrows of St. Lawrence, N Y, began return home Monday the 15th. Mrs Lotta Winn of Defiance visited. A local woman has eaten 365 eggs in the year and still lives. Aunt TAB.
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Farmer Township
Defiance
Abe Biglow
Chickasaw
John W. Winn
Blatherskite
Hicksville
Charles Biglow
Brunersburg
Farmer
Abner Kinsley
Orley Welker
Frankie Barrows
St. Lawrence
N. Y
Lotta Winn
Tab
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Sense of Smell Return
Ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy for loss of smell and hearing. Priced at 75 cents per bottle and sold by druggists. Also advertises L. E. Myers for fine dried peaches.
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Hall
J. B. Marchisi
Utica
N. Y
G. W. Bechel
Special Prices On Canned Goods At Krotz and Morse
Special prices in canned goods at Krotz and Morse's cash grocers. Blackberries and other fruits sold by the dozen cans with per dozen prices listed including tomatoes corn peaches and pineapples. A variety of vanned fruits accompany the selections.
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Krotz & Morse
Defiance Markets Grain and Provisions Report
Market roundup from Defrance Ohio dated January 25 1883 lists weekly prices for wheat oats and corn and a broad provisions table. Wheat 98c oats 36c rye 40c per bu old corn 60c per bushel, buckwheat 65c, flour 600 per barrel, chop prices 150 percent, buckwheat flour 90c per barrel and 45c for 116 barrels, corn meal 150, bran 80c per cwt, chess 25c per bu, small wheat 60c per bu buckwheat bran 60c per cwt. Provisions include butter 12 to 17c per lb eggs 22c per doz chickens 7c turkeys 9c ducks 8c geese 5c per lb new potatoes 60c per bushel flaxseed 1.10 per bushel clover seed 7.00 prime and 6.50 No 2 per bushel. timothy 1.25 to 2.00. bacon sides 15c per lb ham 14c per lb beans 3.50 per bushel onions 75c per bushel salt 1.20 per barrel tallow 6c per lb shoulders 12c per lb dressed hogs 7.00 per lb wool 20 35c.
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Defrance
Wilhelm & Son
Morgan & Miller
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Defiance County Express
Ollie M. Culley
Ass’t. Editress
W. E. Henry
E. G. Figley
Krotz Opera House
C. E. Slocum
Eagle Block
Wood County
Jack Frost
Rev. Bartlett
Paulding
Slagle
Elmer White
Gessner
The
W.E. Henry
J. K. Webb
Thompson
Perrysburg
Davy Crocket
Joseph Ralston
Washington
Billy Jackson
Mansfield
Charley Starr
the Times
Samuel Stover
Pioneer
D. W. Cook
M. A. Sumner
S. P. Shelly
Wyandotte, Michigan
George Foust
Florida
Carroll
Maumee
A. Garver
Andy Martin
Charley Allen
Napolen
F. Shelly
Maumee Bridge
A. Schlientz
Franklin Duck
Farragut Boat Club
Myers Opera House
Mangas & Gorman
Blanchard
Western Union Telegraph Office
Vennor
Will Brown
New Mexico
Mr. Times
Fred LeSner
Missouri
Fred
Rosabel
Colby & Scott's
State Department
United States
Hague
Fort Wayne
Russell
Kuhn & Ulrch’s
Perry Street
T. R. Carroll
E. W. Downs
Harley-Tiedeman
Henry Smith
J. P. Buffington & Co
A. Growey
Frank Barstow
E. N. Lewis
Frank
Mr. Barstow
Anna Brown
Low Brown
Delphos
Lena Karst
Lou Brown
Mary Brown
Delphi
Ind
Henry Seither
Second Ward
Bechel’s
Emanual Koch
W. G. Walters
E. H. Snow
Frank Duck
W. S. Hufford
New United Brethren Church
Hicksville Pike
Lillie
Messrs
Burgland & Wilchli
Bay City
Mich
Times
Dickman
J. P. Ottley
Buffington
Ottley
Texas
W. Lawster
Chas
T. Clark
W. Munshower
Ironton
J. C. Hoyt
Cincinnati
Sherwood Items
Krnderwise
J.H. i
CC Tuttle &J
Schultz
Eeeewene
S Hutto
Geo. W. Butler
C. H. Nadie
Samuel Miller
William Carter
James Casebee
H. B. Arris
Eeeeenen
P Riley
John’ A. Foust
Jackson Shasteen
John Erringer
W. E. Carpenter
Job English
John Ww.inn
J. P. Camero
F. J. Jones
A. Wilhelm
T.C. Kinmont
Joseph Haller
James Rechin
C. H. Foster
A. A
Aldrich
John Whitaker
John Deli
John Swiiey
C.J
George Warner
John Marshall
W. Blymyer
William Phillips
Eli Dening
P. Kettenking
W. C. Travis
W.C. Hutchinson
Edwin Phelps
Fred, Behn
A. Miusel
John B. Houtz
Wm Ferguson
Plemmer
J.M. Preisender
Robert Carey
William Hauk
White & Blymyer
Noah Burkholder
Pleasant Ridge Debating Society
Six Corners
Company F
111Th
O. V
Farmer Fathers
L. E. Myers
Itf
Baltimore
Kuhl
T& Best
Krow & Morse’s
Palamo
Baltimore Bakery
Paris
MRS
Valencia
Krotz & Morse’s
Flager & Watkins
Clinton Street
F. C. Culley
Defiance Markets
Mary Stuart
G.W. Bechel
Mother Swan
Buchu-Paiba
Dr. Marohisi
Catholican
F. H. Merrick
Ogdenburg
Job
Dr. King
Colby & Scott’s
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