Rural Free Delivery impact on Defiance Ohio post offices
The article argues that rural free delivery raises post office revenues by about 11 percent and leads to closing small offices and star routes. It cites Washington rulings to abandon duplicate services and notes Defiance could gain seven rural routes, with Dayton Chillicothe Mansfield Wilmington having eight such routes.
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Postoffice Department
Defiance
Post Office Department
Washington
Department
Arthur
Junction
Ohio
Dayton
Chillicothe
Mansfield
Wilmington
Springfield
Zanesville
Democratic caucus fever drives city into fierce delegate fight
A lively talk predicts the Democratic party machinery will be busier than any traveling show as candidates scramble for delegates. With caucuses looming the field remains fractured and contenders brace for a brutal, high stake contest where alliances may shift and reputations ride on every vote.
Maumee Fertilizer Wks PRED ANTENER
An industrial notice states that Pred Antener of Maumee Fertilizer Works is in need of his services. The fragment mentions telephone contact details 534 and an old phone number 1181 for arranging work or repair.
Local social notes from Highland township and Defiance area
Miss Kate Yarlott of Highland visits here the past week. Ruth Rout of Defiance is guest of Ithel Robinson. Ruth and wife drove to Evansport Tuesday. Harvesting oats is the day’s task. Dana Partee and wife drove to Defiance Tuesday. Mel Hall and wife of Evansport spent Tuesday evening with her parents Mr and Mrs Beato. Abe Gorrell and wife of Glenberg passed through en route to Defiance. Wm Figley and Frank Patten traded horses Tuesday. Katherine Dunbar drove to Defiance Wednesday. Garlinger and family visited here Friday. Chas Brum drove to Defiance Friday.
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Kate Yarlott
Highland Township
Ruth
Defiance
Ithel Robinson
Evansport
Dana Partee
Mel Hall
Beato
Abe Gorrell
Glenberg
Wm Figley
Frank Patten
Katherine Dunbar
Garlinger
Chas Brum
Local notes on visits and health from area towns
F Gherken returned from Germany Thursday after a three months visit. Hattie Elliott went to Battle Creek Michigan for treatment at the sanatorium. John Flory and John Hornish attended the district meeting at Fostoria. Palmer of Swanton visited relatives here. Robert Seiple, whose leg was broken, is improving nicely. Ollie Goodenough of Montpelier spent a week here with relatives. John Cameron visits this week with his brother at Delta. Mrs Dell Spurgeon and Lon Seiple are on the sick list. Wabash Agent Jr. Colligman is relieved by Yewill of Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Gherken
Germany
Hattie Elliott
Battle Creek
Mich
John Flory
John Hornish
Fostoria
Palmer
Swanton
Robert Seiple
Hi Coleman
Jewell
Harriett
Gaylord
Frank Kusian
Samuel Smith
Ithaca
F G Kleinhein
Henry Wolf
C H Smith
Frand Kusian
Ed Fullmer
Mitchell
Fullmer
Fred Geiger
Brown
Gruner
Defiance
Paulding County
Marion Curless
Indiana
Josh Jones
Belmore
Ashton
Harris
Levi Behringer
Geo Behringer
Jacob Adams
Saint’s Rest
MFE
J K Myers
B E Mossholder
West Cairo
John W Myers
NS Blue
J M Kleinhein
Grant Ashton
Silas Clark
J W Tracy
Clark
Michigan
Claudie Kasbaum
Culp
W J Miller
B D Mossholder
T C Ashton
Island Park
Otto Mossholder
Stark County
Ed Scott
Hillsdale
Epworth League
W S Culp
Ray D. Kleinhein
Mansfield
Lewis Benner
Hall
Local Families Visit and Social Calls Across Town
Skunktown John Seigman and family were in Continental Sunday. Gottleib Wahl and family were in Paud ing Sunday. Hobart Myers and wife called at Gottleib Wahl's Sunday. John Seigman cut oats for Henry Marshouse last week. Miss Emma Wahl and Miss Flo Scott were in Defiance Wednesday. August Baden Charley Marshouse, Ray and Earl Peck called on Henry Mars house Sunday. Mr and Mrs A Peck called on Sam Hues Sunday Miss Blanche Van Vlerah is spending a week with with Mrs Marshouse.
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John Seigman
Gottleib Wahl
Paulding
Hobart Myers
Henry Marshouse
Emma Wahl
Flo Scott
Defiance
Baden Charley Marshouse
Ray
Earl Peck
A Peck
Sam Hues
Blanche van Vlerah
Marshouse
Deceiver Deceived and Chatauqua Scenes at Ayersville
Dr C J Jones lectured on The Deceiver Deceived at Ayersville Chautauqua while ministers and Defiance lawyers played a ball game, 12 to 7 in favor of the ministers. Wireless telegraphy demonstrations and a packed pavilion followed with talks by S W Wilson C A Freer and Geo Doolittle.
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C. J. Jones
Jacob
Ball Park
Winn
Solons
Weisenburger
Chatauqua
Defiance
Davis
Toledo
Will
McAllister
Prize Contest Promises Cash for Festival Guesses
The Cincinnati Fall Festival association offers a prize contest with 500 dollars top prize or fifty three other prizes. Readers pay 25 cents to guess the total paid admissions for the Festival, using 1900 and 1901 totals as a basis. Tickets are transferable and act as admission, ensuring value even if not winning the top prize.
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Cincinnati Fall Festival Association
Cincinnati
Midni
George Puchta
Business Men’s Club
W. W. Grander
Chamber of Commerce
H. C. Yeiser
Industrial Bureau
Babylon
Theodore Roosevelt
County Line Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Illness
Peter Horning visited Wm Dickman on Sunday. Carl Dickman, Wm Dickman’s young son, is sick. Thieves visited County Line Friday night, checking cellars granaries and corncribs. Mr and Mrs Henry Frank and their daughter visited Henry Miller’s Saturday evening. Emma Dirr has been ill for two weeks. Will Bauman is visiting his brother Wes. Orville Young visited his grandparents in Liberty Center Sunday. Lettie Young visited Emma Dirr on Sunday.
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Peter Horning
Wm Dickman
Carlie Dickman
Wm _ Dickman
County Line
Henry Frank
Henry Miller
Emma Dirr
Will Bauman
Wesley
Orville Young
Liberty’ Center
Lettie Young
Visitors at the Defiance Children’s Home
Defiance residents Miss Tracy Fink Miss Anna Minsel Inez Helmick Mary Neaderhauser Ruth Neaderhauser Nora Kellermeir and Laura Quale Florence Wilson and Laura Martin were shown through or visited the Children’s Home on recent weekdays. Supt A Hall and Trustees F W Smith and W Brown made related trips to Paulding Bryan.
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Tracy Fink
Anna Minsel
Defiance
J H McCauley
Toledo
Inez Helmick
New Haven
Ind
Mary Neaderhauser
J H Neaderhauser
Ruth
Nora Kellermeir
Supi
F W Smith
Paulding
Fred, Laura
Anna Martin
Sherwood
Arthur Cotrell
Lewis C Brown
Hall
W Brown
Bryan
Laura Quale
Florence and Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Defiance Express
Chee
J. Thompson
Democratic Newspaper Trust
Maumee Fertilizer
Brookville
Skunktown
Postoffice
Ayersville
Rev. Lahr
Sheriff McCarty
D. D
Covington
Dempster
Napoleon
Wireless
S. W. Wilson
God
C. A. Freer
Ohio State C. E. Society
Christian Endeavor
Geo. Doolittle
Syria
Doolittle
W. J. Dempster
Presbyterian Church
Spillman Riggs
Burdock
Lyia
Defiance Home Saving & Loa Asso
Crosby House
Buckeye
ORT & Gloom New Hardware Store
Hoeftel
Harness Shop
First National Bank
Children’s Home
Defiance County
Highland
Delaware ‘I P
Noble
Charles Fe, Bronson’s
Mortgage Loan and Real Estate Exchange
Defiance, Ohio
Citizens Opera House Bldg
Flose
Post Office
P. O. Box
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