Defiance Ohio Growth Promise From a Thriving City
A northern Ohio city profile highlights Defiance as a thriving manufacturing hub with water and rail access, low rents and taxes, modern utilities, and strong education. It notes many mills, machine shops, brick blocks, and several churches, schools, and business facilities, claiming living costs are low and industrial prospects strong.
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Ohio
Defiance
Auglaize
Maumee
Toledo
Columbus
Lima
Frank Farnsworth
Ormiston
Milford Township
J. W. Miller
M. E
U. B
M. G. Bowin
H. R. Bloomfield
Sandusky
K. P. Lodge
Grand Lodge
C. A. Weaver
John Blosser
Hicksville
Maria Wilson
Theodore Bradshaw
Wolford
Defiance Promises Growth With Rail Links and Real Estate Deals
The Defiance area promotes low land prices and growing housing options from $75 to $15,000 per parcel. It touts two major railroads, the B and O with fast palace cars and the Wabash and St. Louis system, offering connections to Chicago, New York, Detroit, and beyond. The city invites manufacturers and investors, pledging help in land acquisition and support for new enterprises.
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Chicago
Columbus
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Wabash
Defiance Town Mail Service Described as Prompt
The article extols Defiance for its superior mail facilities noting trains and letters move continually. It claims no town of its size matches Defiance's efficiency with mail arriving and departing nearly every hour and few letters lingering in the post office.
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Defiance
Telegraph and telephone facilities in Defiance described
The article outlines Defiance advantages in telegraph and telephone services with Western Union Wabash Postal Cable and Baltimore & Ohio lines. Central Union Telephone Exchange operates over a hundred phones with toll connections to surrounding towns. Rail freight and express facilities include twelve to fourteen daily trains and free city delivery, ensuring strong business advantages.
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Toledo
Western Union
Wabash
Postal & Cable
Baltimore & Ohio
Central Union Telephone Exchange
Defiance
Hicksville Sees Growth With Bridges Parks and Streets
Local notes describe abundant cement gravel and timber near the city, well macadamized streets, first-class bridges, and a debt-light town. Reports cover council meetings, schools closing, local commerce, social events, and plans for gas drilling nearby.
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Altes
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Business Directory
T. Sutphen
J. H. Bevington
M. B. Cameron
John W. Winn
Henry Wonderly
Bill
John Dowe
T.S. Wizht
F. J. Clemmer David Miller
Michael Gorman
Abram Kager
Job English
Albert Gerry
B.W. Slagie
W. F. Coughanour Co
E. Bercaw
Amon Pleas
Jude
Sheriedtar
City Offichers
W. H. Ralston
Ketchel
Knapp
John Hepler
JAS, Tennyson John Cantlon
GEO. Miller
G.F. Boun
A.J
P. Zigler
Kate Hoover
Tiedeman Block
Mays
S. D. Potters
D.D.S
H. B. Harris
J. P. Cameron
Harris & Cameron
Shopnars
LAW
Stone Front
Defiance National Bank
W. D. Hill
W. H. Hubbard
Hill & Hubbard
Mr. Hill
Keystone Block
Defiance, O
H. G. Baker
Alan
Preisendorfer
Henry Hardy
Ttorney
Councellor
Ofice
Wolseffer
Milton BE Orcutt
Ralston’s Block
Court House
W. C. Travis
LAW and General Collection
Morse’s
Cor. Clinton and
First Streets
Charles E. Bronson
Fice Over Kittners
Deflance
Frank W. Knapp
Wertheimer
J.I. Hale
Word
Aret & Tenzen
Perry Street
Wabash Depot
Fancy Steam Dye Works
F. Heitzwable
New Gallery
L. E. Beardsley
Clinton
Third Sts
Deatrick & Sumners
Lee
J. L. Scott
Howards Burch
Elreie
Superior &T
Cleveland
Board of
Ed- Sitios
Sud-District
Highend
Pynee County
T. A. Boyd
The
Farmers of Defiance Co
Pose
Defiance County
Chas. P. Tittle
N. W. Cor. Clinton
2D. Sts
Defiance, Ohio
Wabash & Erie Canal
Wabash & Pacific and
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lutheran
Normal and Business College
Presbyterian, Baptist
St. Paul
Simmons
Asnnesota
Dakota
Chicago Lawn Northwestern Railway
Lota
Charles E Simmons
Land Com
C. & N. W. Railway
Chicaco
Ill
Keystone
Lovell Mfg. Co. Ltd
Erie, Pa
Corwin & Kiser
Eureka
Paltimore
Rariry
R. Brown
Baker and
Corner Forth
Clinton S&t
Humphreys
V. O. Hox
N.Y
Evers
Ryan ‘Colle
Jarrhen
Omeopathic
Pulton S. &.T
G. W. Bechel
Colby & Scott
Jo. A. F. White
17Th Judicial Circuit
Indiana
Rockville, Inc
Wirt
GEO
Macbeth E CO
Samantita
Saratoga
Josiah Allen
Mylas Honry
Raratoga
Opper
Puck
Beaggtnsé Field
Superioy St
Acker
N. G. Woodward
N.G. Woodward
White
Hellebore
Paris
Colby
Scott
Line Beery
Lena Stone
Frank Maxwell
A. L. Hattery
Buffalo
N. Y
Council
W. Ainsworth
Fairview Chapel
J.N. Blair
G. K Otis
Opera House
Aca
L. V. Keener
Jacob Gingrich
Wood Co
Chapman School House
R. Scott
David Switzer
F. M. Thompson
Mabel Umbenhauer
Angola College
Angie Wright
M. Overholt
R. C
Rum Power
Express
Maa
Fath, Hicksville, Maysoth, A . E
Adams Township
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