Recorder's 1906 deed and mortgage totals reported
County Recorder J H Metz reports 1906 deeds totaling 997 with 28 437 acres valued at 1 314 374 02 and leases and mortgages adding 20 111 00 and 648 339 81. For comparison 1905 shows 961 deeds 24 012 acres 1 356 493 95. mortgages 592 acres 19 412 655 813 47. Mr and Mrs Stanhope and Mr and Mrs Davidson visited Mrs White in Cleveland after a long auto trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Metz
Sacrer
J. R. Stanhope
Ashtabula
F.S. Davidson
Cleveland
C. R. White
Social notices fill Holgate avenue with clubs and birthdays
Mrs. A. H. Kemper hosts Euchre club and husbands on Holgate avenue. Baptist Sunday School picnic at Island Park with thirty attendees. Pauline Caulton honored guests at Independence dam launch party for Miss Fribley party of young ladies. St Johns Lutheran Church forms Young Ladies Society led by Laura Bohl man Rose Antener Emma Ludwig Hattie Deark. Bridge club honors and refreshment served for Mrs. Brett guest of honor. Harmon Kopp’s twenty first birthday celebrated at August Waudt home Highland township with many friends. Participants include Katie Hetz Theresa Hetz Lillie Renolet Callie Weichman Verona Reineke Sophia Kopp Edith Kopp Rosa Wandt Minnie Wandt Earl Renolet Rudolph Hoelrich George Hetz Henry Retcher Willis Retcher Edward Yeutter Karl Bauman W. Kopp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Kopp
August Waudt
Highland Township
Katie Hetz
Theresa Hetz
Lillie Renolet
Callie Weichman
Verona Reineke
Sophia Kopp
Edith Kopp
Rosa Wandt
Minnie Wandt
Louisa Wandt
Earl Renolet
Rudolph Hoelrich
George Hetz
Henry Retcher
Willis Retcher
Edward Yeutter
Karl Bauman
W. Kopp
Travelers and visitors head to Fond du Lac and Cedar Point
J. F. Singer departed yesterday for a week long visit in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. Misses Helen and Nettie Steinberger and Eva Feigenbaum spent Sunday at Cedar Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Singer
Fond du Lac
Vie
Helen
Nettie Steinberger
Eva Feigenbaum
Cedar Point
A. Smith
Don and Byron Beatty
Wilbur McGushin
Mat Elliott
Helen Garver
Gertrude Elliott
Bowling Green
William Ebright
Mabel Lewis
Edith Ashton
A. J. Bruner
Williams Kidney Pills Promised Kidney Relief
Advertisement for Williama kidney pills from Williams to Co. Cleveland Ohio. Claims cure for kidney and bladder troubles linked to nervous system strain. Priced at 50 cents. promotes sales through a Cleveland company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raedana
Northwest Ohio Free Methodists Hold Annual Camp Meeting
About 125 Free Methodists including one bishop and eleven ministers gathered in Defiance near Sulphur Hollow for a six day camp meeting. Activities ran daily from sunrise devotional services to evening preaching with a Sunday like rhythm and a children’s service. Bishop B. R. Jones of Jackson Michigan attended and Rev. N E Tingley oversaw the camp. The denomination, founded around 1860, has about 30 000 members and 1000 ministers nationwide with Michigan and Pennsylvania showing stronger presence than Ohio.
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Grove
Sulphur Hollow
North Defiance
Ohio
Indiana and
Michigan
Chicago Junction
Mansfield
Defiance
B. R. Jones
Jackson
Mich
Jones
N. E. Tingley
F. L. Hall
Spring Arbor
L. G. Lewis
K. D. Crane
Delta
R. B. Niles
Galion
EK. S. Jennings
Edgerton
F.C. Calkins
Toledo
O. L. Stricker
Lima
J. A. Haden
Holland
Ida L. Gage
Creetersville
M. E. Hall
North Baltimore
B. J. Vincent
Free Methodist Church
New York
Free Methodists
Pennsylvania
Marriage vs Divorces in Defiance County 1906
Defiance County probate court records show 244 marriage licenses and 27 divorces issued in the year ending July 1 1906, with 252 marriages where the wife resided in the county. Of 35 suits disposed of 30 were by wives, 15 by husbands, and the divorce-to-marriage ratio about 1 to 9. Other items note travels, deaths, and local incidents including wool sales by R W Wortman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance County
Shaw
Emma Try
New science teacher elected at high school
Reynolds recommends Ralph Darner of Springfield for science teacher at the high school with a $65 monthly salary. He is 23, trained at Wittenberg College and Ohio State University, and has served as a chemistry assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Ralph Darner
Springfield
Darner
Wittenburg College
Ohio State University
Gorman
Treasury
Lind
Kingsbury
Craven
Snider
Wortman
Winn
Thomas Doheney
Board of Education
R W. Wortman
F. E. Jones
Charles Houck
Farmers Grain Co
Norman
German Day planned in Defiance to draw five thousand visitors
A committee set August thirty for German Day in Latty Grove Clinton street with German speeches and songs by notable locals and visiting groups. Prizes for long marriages and largest families are planned to boost attendance as German organizations from Defiance and Henry counties organize the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latty Grove
Clinton Street
Defiance
Defiance County
Henry County
Death of Fireman John Klein in Defiance
John Klein 25 7 died after lung illness from exposure while fighting a Oct fire at Spangler elevator. He left six sisters and five brothers, twin brother George, member of National Union. Funeral Sunday at his Hopkins street home, Riverside cemetery. Defiance Fire department, Sixth Regiment band attended. Rev. Snook officiated. Pallbearers named Frank Spring Roger Daoust Frank Myers August Wiebach Lem Sapp Frank Feigenbaum. Hundreds drenched by a second shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Engine House
John Klein
Central Fire Department
Spangler
Henry Klein
East Hopkins Street
Defiance
Kenosha
Wis
Larwell
Ind
George Klein
Klein
National Union
Hopkins Street
Defiance Fire Department
Sixth Regiment Band
The
Snook
U. B. Church
Riverside Cemetery
Fire Department
Frank Spring
Roger Daoust
Frank Myers
August Wiebach
Lem Sapp
Frank Feigenbaum
Local Visits Highlight St Marys Area Social Roundup
Clarence Abele returns from South Bend as Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brewer and their Defiance children visit C. D. Boyd and relatives. Miss Hazel Louys comes back from an extended Youngstown stay accompanied by cousin Ferdinand Leady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Brewer
Defiance
C. D. Boyd
St. Marys
Hazel Louys
Youngstown
Ferdinand Leady
Beet Crop Excellent Across Fremont County
representatives of the Continental Beet Sugar Company from Fremont, joined by William Martin of this city, toured Paulding county to Woodburn Indiana and found the beet crop thriving. The sugar content is high and yields are projected to exceed early estimates, encouraging more local farmers to adopt sugar beet cultivation as a major crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Beet Sugar Company
Fremont
William Martin
Paulding County
Woodburn
Ind
Truth in newspapers and a spring morning meeting
A quotation from Norman Hapgood on truth telling in papers is followed by a humorous vignette about a young man who visits a house with his car to take a morning ride for a country spin. A little girl answers the door and reveals the aunt is upstairs looking over the balustrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srncastic
Norman Hapgood
Post Office Clerk John E Blair Awarded Pension and Raise
John E Blair night clerk at the Defiance post office has word from Congressman W W Campbell that his pension claim is allowed. Blair, a Philippine Islands veteran, also receives a salary raise beginning July 1 as postmaster's aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Blair
Defiance
W. W. Campbell
Congress
Mr. Blair
Blair
Philippine Islands
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Defiance College
Defiance, Ohio
Ideal College
DEPAR
Sments
Academ
Muate
P. W. McReynolds
A. H. Kemper
Euchre Club
Holgate Avenue
Frank Whitney
the Baptist Sunday
Island Park
Pauline Caulton
Pioneer
Audrey
Clara Fribley
Independence Dam
Mable Behringer
Florence Hockman
Jessie Brinkman
Hattie Kuhn
Grace Cromley
Miss Hamner
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Church School
Laura Bohl
Man
Miss Rose
Antener
Emma Ludwig
Hattie Deark
Brett
Peru
C. P. Harley
Bridge Club
E. N. Lewis
Chas
Daoust
Williama
Joe Freecor
J. Freecom
Clinton
Free Methodist
Fred Seabloom
Ft. Wayne
Warsaw
B. F. Enos
Chicago
Earl Enos
S. Bernstein
Urbana
M. Kittner
Indianapolis
J. W. Kirtley
Kansas City
This City
Wm. Kirtley, Jr
Emma Mann
Florence Wilsder
Detroit
Putin Bay
Miss Wilsder
George Schmucker
Rose Slimbaugh
Tom Wisda
Binghamton, N. Y
Bert Slimbaugh
Defiance Water Company
Maumee River
R. W. Wortman
Boston
B. W. Lind
Ceee
F. Blasser
Otto Hale
B. Arning
A. Clemens
W.A. Kehlnast
Hutchins & Son
Diehl Bros
O. Smith
Mable Brady
Hamilton Lake
Mrs
Newton McKinney
Murdock, Inl
Emma McKinney
Hicksville
J. B. Ury
Fred Schlosser
Fred
Mrs. W. B. Palmer
Mrs. M. B. Gorman
Wm. Kirtley
Mt. Clemens, Mich
Mrs. Davidson
Napoleon
Reba Davidson
City
Mary Flanagan
John Robinson
Oren Olger
Mildred Johnson
Hicksville Township
Fred Worthmiller
Eva
J. Brubaker
New York City
J. Wilsnach
Hugh Wallace Co
B. B. Kingsbury
Harold
Charles Gaylord
John Meilink
M. Dell Adams
Rome City
Indiana
F. T. Wolsiffer
Christ. Winterich
T. P. Cantlon
Harry Wrede
August Myers
John McGushie
Peter Smith
Co. K. Beatty
Clarence Abele
South Bend
Nolan Bros
United States Treasury
United States Courts
Defiance City
Balt & Ohio Railroad
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