Local and Personal items from Defiance area
Busy times at Wilhelm's mill are noted along with local social items. Lima reports a 1000 barrel oil well, and residents like W Zimmerman and E F Partee are mentioned visiting the Express. A horse disease in Toledo, decorative work in Bryan, and a gate scam are also described with incidental city notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelm’s Mill
Lima
W. Zimmerman
South Richland
Express
E. F. Partee
Tiffin Township
J. N
C. A. Flickinger
Republican State Committee
Clark
Preble
Miami
Thomas Dalrymple
Minneapolis
Minn
M. E. Heller
General Sherwood
American Horse Owners’ Protective Insurance Association
Toledo
Colby & Scott
Ohio
New Odd Fellows Temple
Bryan
Cleveland
Inventor Ed Woodward Patents Versatile Hay Turntable
Edwin Woodward of Stryker receives letters patent for a hay carrier turntable that unloads hay into a barn mow from either side without changing pulleys or climbing to reverse the carrier. The design allows efficient unloading on both sides of the barn floor.
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Edwin Woodward
Stryker
Preservation of Mr Phelps reminiscences and corrections
Reader urges continuing numbering and dating of Edwin Phelps reminiscences to aid future historians. He provides corrections to Oct 7 1886 article, recounting details of Orville Greer, Dr John Evans, Mrs Hilton, Jonathan Holgate, George Hickox, and early Williams and Defiance county offices, noting Potter's 1839 Defiance court and future jurists Hosmer and Waite. DEFIANCE, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epitor
the Express
Edwin Phelps
Phelps
Mr. Phelps
Orville Greer
Augusta
Kansas
California
Chicago
Holgate
George T. Hickox
Williams County
Defiance County
Wm. C. Holgate
Court of Common Pleas
Defiance
Emery D. Potter
Congress
Toledo
Potter
Hezekiah L. Hosmer
Montana Territory
Morrison R. Waite
United States
Ohio
Soured Cloak of Defiance and Aesthetic Nights
Sing Lee, a Defiance laundry operator, is arrested after stealing a $17.50 alarm clock from Deatrick's jewelry store. the clock is found in Hicksville, prompting his transfer back to Defiance. The piece notes a first Aesthetic Nights program led by Miss Laura Keller with music by Mrs. Doenitz and Etta Myers, and reports on local bridge work, the Democrat stock sale, and H. H. Hart taking an embalmer job in Austin Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Lee
Hicksville
Deatrick
Sing
S. Lee
Normal College
Laura Keller
Maumee Bridge
Loeb & Son
Cty
North
Defiance
H. H. Hart
Undertaker
North Defiance
Austin
Texas
Lone Star State
Gala day at The Children's Home marked by donations
The Home welcomed Mrs Geo Holton Mrs Baldwin Herzer Mrs Jas Clapper and Mrs John Hire from Mark Center bringing baskets of cold chicken ham doughnuts pound cake candies and popcorn. Matron invites visitors to see the Home's workings and improvement and to visit Thursdays 1 to 5 PM to meet the children and learn the Home's purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Holton
Baldwin Herzer
Jas. Clapper
John Hire
Mark Center
Jarvis's Creamery Adopts Fairlamb Milk Can
Jarvis's Creamery will use the celebrated Fairlamb milk can widely used in the West. praised for cream raising it is considered unmatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis
West
Lima oil wells surge with richer yields and expansion
The Defiance Oil, Gas and Mineral company quietly expands oil territory as a new 1000 barrel per day well opens. Citizens' Oil and Gas contracts Nolan and Kendall of Lima to bore a well at one dollar per foot, supplying engine and tools. Work starts in East Defiance on the Greenler property near the brick yard with urging progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Defiance Oil, Gas and Mineral Company
Great
Standard Oil Company
Citizens’ Oil and Gas Company
Nolan & Kendall
East Defiance
Greenler
De fiance Creamery Proprietor Men at Woolen Mills
W G Jarvis owner of De fiance Creamery will be at the Woolen mills to answer questions about the business and its products. He will greet visitors and provide information on offerings and operations.
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W. G. Jarvis
Defiance Creamery
Russell House restaurant and bakery advertisements
An advertisement page promoting the Russell House as a first class hotel and dining venue. It touts oysters in many styles, late night service, French German English cooks, and flexible lunch options. Also features Baltimore Bakery offerings including quarter gallon ice cream and fruit syrups, plus a notice to farmers about high market prices for Wheat Corn Oats Rye at Erie Mills.
Marriages Reported amid Mild News and Winter Hopes
Several new marriages are noted with no danger reported. On Wednesday the 20th at the U B parsonage in East Defiance Benj L Bafford and Miss Ida A Brubaker united in matrimony. A lighthearted remark links recent wedding waves to predictions of a severe winter.
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U. B
East Defiance
Benj L. Bafford
Ida A. Brubaker
Republican county committee schedules multiple meetings
The committee plans gatherings at Jewell Evansport Defiance township Mark Center Hicksville and Sherwood. Speakers include J P Cameron F L Hay Hon M M Boothman Judge C A Kee and Col Brigham with sessions set for Saturday Monday Thursday and Friday evenings and Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican County Committee
Jewell
J. P. Cameron
Evansport
Col. Brigham
Sherwood
Creamery Pays Top Cash for All Cream in Section
Jarvis's Creamery seeks to purchase the entire cream supply in this section offering the highest cash price. Sellers urged to contact the creamery for terms and immediate bidding.
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Jarvis’s Creamery
Local Ticket Office Sells Union Passes at Merchants National Bank
Advertises tickets to all points in the Union. Passes available at the bank’s office with brief medical cure claims for Iron, Prairie Mange, and skin scratches by Woodford's Sanitary Lotion. Sold by Colby & Scott, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants National Bank
Woodford
Colby & Scott
B. and O. Excursion to Chicago From November 8
The B of O R R announces an annual excursion to Chicago. On Monday November 8 tickets go on sale at low round trip rates good on all regular trains that day and valid for ten days from sale. Three through fast trains daily with sleeping and dining cars. For schedules and space contact local agents.
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Chicago
the &Tk
Quality clothing by T. C. & Co. advertisement
The notice urges buyers to choose well fitting, well made garments from T. C. & Co. It claims superior finish and sturdy construction with strong seams and secure buttons. It states the price is comparable to other brands and notes a trademark on every item.
Mrs Winston's Sooraine Syrup for Teething
An old advertise claim touts Mrs Winston's Sooraine Syrup as a trusted teething remedy from a top nurse and physician. It asserts forty years of use by millions of mothers, promising relief from teething pain and related ailments, with a price of 25 cents per bottle.
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Hooker Nurseries
Hooker CO
Rochester
S. A. McOmber & CO
N. Y
F. Little
FORAT
S.A
McOmber & Co., Nurserymen
New York
Glen Brothers
N. XY
Seagrave Brother Loan
Ene
Einig & Yingling’s
Ladies’ West Chains & Charms
Clinton Street
Bates
Waterloo Duke
Waterloo
Duke
Roan Duke
Plymouth Rock
J. B. Foot
Curtis Holgate & CO
Defiance, Ohio
J. L. Scott
ATA
Boston Traveller
Harper’s Weekly
Harper's Pictorial History
Turkey
Morocco
Beoeks
Harper's
McDonnell Bros
Dearborn St
Bostondvertiser
Rogers x Booth
Wabash, St. Louis and
Pacific
Mail & Express
Pacific Express
St. Louis Express
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Washington and Baltimore
Baltimore
Eee
Sasserseececesenns
CORO
E. B Kirk
Paulding
Krohn Farm
van Wert Pike
Mr. K
A. Krotz
Clinton and
Fifth Sts
Democrat
J. W. Slough
John Deindorfer
F. J. Mains
Judge Green
The
Cepall Paper
Bechel’s
Oil and Gas Notes
Harley
Board of Commissioners
Fort Wayne Road
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
City of
Baltimore & Ohio
Defiance Township
Russell House
Baggage Linz
Amos J. Walter
Peter Dickman
Burgland & Shead
France
Owen Fe Ices
Baltimore Bakery
Erie Ills
Peter Schlosser
Perry Street
Defiance, O
M. E. Heller & Co's
M. BE. Heller & Co
Patace Store
Steward & Smith
J. P. Buffington
Court House
City Ticket Office
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