Local notices and travels around Van Wert area
Local business opens for trade A W King & Son. Misses Horl and Billa Kirk visit Toledo relatives. Van Wert fair Sept 10 12 13. George Farrell visiting Mountain Grove Va. Charles Reilly returns from two weeks with relatives. Costello of Chicago visits Adame township parents. Mrs James Tittle and Clara visit Sandusky Findlay. Willeman attend Deshler after Harry Heilshorn accident. Harley Robinson and family visiting from Ashland. Hazel Haverstraw returns to Butler Indiana. Legal notice quiet title filed in Delaaware township. Attorneys HB Harris. Country Blues beat Florida team 15 to 10. South Tiffin notes illness of Rasor widow. State Fair trip for McCauley Partee ties and monuments. Partee monument erected. Silo goods at hand. Neaderhauser couple visit Hillsdale after encampment. Helmicks visit uncle Neaderhauser. Reed and daughter attend Kellermeister reunion Gates Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rasor
Abram Rasors
W. H. McCauley
Glenn Partee
Columbus
William Mann
Garber
Grace Kellermeyer
Stryker
Parmenus Partee
McCauley
Ed Partee
Charley Lehman
S. W. Neaderhauser
Naperville
Hillsdale
Mich
Homer
Claud Helmick
Defiance
H. Neaderhauser
Ron Reed
Mary
Antwerp
Kellermier
Gates Grove
Fred Kellermier
Local Visitors Journal In City From Toledo Pittsburg And Danville
Fred Fritch of Toledo visits his mother in the city while seeing Dr Huffman for eye nose or throat care and glasses. George Hormel and wife of Ft Wayne stay with R Brown. Kenry Shoemaker of Pittsburg visits relatives in Defiance area. Mrs Geo Kirk returns from Toledo relatives and friends. Lawrence Holly, guest of H P Boughton family, returns to Chicago. Will H Carter and Emma Carter of Danville IL stay at Houghton home then depart for Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hormel
Ft. Wayne
R. Brown
Kenry Shoemaker
Pittsburg
Defiance
Geo. Kirk
Toledo
Lawrence Holly
H. P. Boughton and Family
Chicago
Will H. Carter
Emma Carter
Danville, IL
Houghton
Holgate Avenue
Illinois
Local notes on visitors and movers in Defiance
Miss Helen March of Toledo visits Defiance relatives. Misses Fannie and Callie Ley of Grand Rapids visit Defiance. Jesse and Farris Ayers leave for Leadville Colorado for positions. Miss Kate Smith of Toledo visits Mrs. Amanda Dorider. Miss Lucy Cheney returns home from Boston area travels. Mrs. George Griswold and daughter Margaret of Council Bluffs arrive from Toledo to stay with Will C. Kegel on Harrison street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen March
Toledo
Defiance
Fannie and
Callie Ley
Grand Rapids, Mich
Kate Smith
Amanda Dorider
Lucy Cheney
Boston
George Griswold
Margaret
Council Bluffs, Ia
City
Will C. Kegel
Harrison Street
Sunday Schools and the Destiny of America
A sermon emphasizes Sunday Schools as essential to shaping nations and faith. It notes global and U S school counts, growth figures, and fundraising share, with reports from Tiffin Township and a dinner picnic at Gates Grove on Sept 7. Miss Helen March visits Mrs. Clyde Conkle in Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sunday School Association
United States
Ohio
Defiance County
Tiffin Township
Gates Grove
H. L Stock
Helen March
Toledo
Clyde Conkle
Mrs Kelsey Killed In Auto Crash In New York
A New York dispatch reports Mrs E R Kelsey daughter of Mr and Mrs B N Lewis of this city was killed in an automobile accident on Wednesday. The Kellermeier reunion was held in Gates Grove Tiffin township Shoreday Aug 22 with 109 attendees from Fulton Henry and Paulding counties. Rev Jauch led prayers and German songs opened and closed the gathering with meals and a program detailing Kellermeier generations and family officers. The next reunion is set for late August 1908 at Sherwood Grove. Capt Luther Black has purchased Holgate avenue residence now occupied by Daniel Leiberthal and will move in by October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E. R. Kelsey
B. N. Lewis
Kellermeier
Gates Grove Tiffin Township
Shoreday
Defiance
Williams
Fulton
Henry
Paulding
Jauch
God
H. L. Stock
Fred Kellermeier
Benbart Kellermeier
George Kellersmeier
Mies Emma Kellermeier
Elvara Eding
Velma Thomas
Marie Gates
Grace Kellermeier
Sherwood Grove
Luther Black
Holgate Avenue
Daniel Leiberthal
Dr. I. G. Thacker
Chicago
J B Bracken
Kansas City
P M Crago
Toledo
Doc Hartshorn
Josie Hartshorn
Ney
Mra Gillmore
Bryan
A J Yarlets
Wm Stripe
Geo Campbell
Hattie Kuhn
Grace Yarlet
E Hagg
Michigan
Hartshorn
H Rangeler
New Bethel
H G Taylor
John Erlaten
California
Wm Stailey
Moog & Churchman
Sherwood
Angie (Ury) Gurwell
Naperville, Ill
Irvin Chappins
Neaderheauser
Lehman
Welker
Elias Hanna
Charles Freese
Mettie Lewis
Justice Lamb
Lichty
Goller
Wm Walker
Roy Struble
W. H. Strable
W. P. Miser
C. E. Doud
Theodore Schwarzbek, Jr
Hartman’s
Washington Township
Wauseon
Lewis Motter
Olive Branch
Mud Creek
Clinker
F. J. Mains
Board of Control
Maine
Shaw
William Walker
Walker
Doe Hartshorn
Bank
Gladys
Jay Benner
Christian Engle
Social Gatherings Highlight Baker Home and Local Weddings
A page ofDefiance social life details weekend entertainments at the Baker country home with friends from near and far. It notes a Columbus wedding of Robert Carnes and Laura Deatrick and multiple small gatherings featuring Miss Nan Hubbard and Miss Minnie Houghton, plus a W.R.C. picnic party to Jewell with forty attendees and a luncheon for Miss Nan Hubbard and friends, concluding with a six o’clock dinner hosted by Miss Maude Conkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Baker
Will Harps
Henry Baker
Charles
Mary Marten
Defiance
Hudson
Toledo
Columbus
Robert Scott Carnes
Tampa
Fla
Laura Deatrick
Claude Layton Deatrick
Florida
Clinton Street
Nan Hubbard
Ashtabula
Minnie Houghton
Alva Wolsifer
Cunningham
Peggy Noris
Jackson, Mich
Winnie Cunningham
Local notes from Ney and surrounding towns in Defiance County
A long list of town and county happenings includes farm work, family visits, and social events. Names from Ney Defiance Bryan and Sherman areas appear with remarks on travels, housing, and shop improvements. German Day in Okolona is noted as a forthcoming community celebration with Defiance and Henry counties represented.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woodwards Drug Store
A. W. King & Son
Horl
Billa Kirk
van Wert
George Farrell
Mountain Grove
Charles Reilly
Youngstown
William Costello
Michael Costello
Adame Township
James Tittle
Clara
Sandusky and Findlay
H. F. Willeman
Deshler
Harry Heilshorn
Harley Robinson
Ashland
Wis
Col. Robinson
Hazel Haverstraw
Common Pleas Court
Elizabeth A. Kintner
Samuel Motherspaugh
John M
Wm. W
Joseph Sewell
Gilbert
Dela
Aware
HB. Harris
Country Blues
Blas
South Tiffin
Joe Schuttdore
Fred Fritch
Dr. Huffman
Lee
P.weisenburge & Bro
Jesse and
Farris Ayers
Leadville
Col
THE
State Bank
Snking
WM. Geiger
Elbert F. Carter
Mro Koro KE
Oceaneal
Harley & Whitaker's
Merrick
John J. Clark
Harley & Whitaker’s
Kelsey
the People’s Store
A. Wessern0ween & Oh
S. A. Craven
Allilllillid
Sogiety
Elizabeth Carter
Danville
Astors
Hydrangia
Fannie Gray
Titus Johnston
Winnie
Bonnie Cunningham
W.R
Alsina Beardsley
Anna Ort
Nellie Babbitt
Rose Mowery
Libbie Simcox
Hannah Beard
Hester Minsel
Triphena Butler
Kate Ragle—mier
Sarah Kubo
Eliza Mallett
Avna Dicus
Caroline Wagner
Lyda Palmer
Zylphia Betts
Eflie Young
Araneil Hofford
Hattie Deamer
Mary Cantlon
Defiance City Bank
Total
Lecrenaa
J. Thompson
Geo. Streicher
Max A. Horn
C. J. Daoust
J. W. Lynde
J. H. Best
Dayton
J. E Defebaugh
J. A. Aisthorp
Cairo, Ill
Jacob Tharp
Mark Center
C. H. Weaver
KH. Rasbaum
North
Dean
Jas. Goller
Lake Hamilton
Ind
Joe Burk
Hamilton
John Burk
Albert Anderson
Burt Lake
Frank Eiglinger
John Hanna
Auburn
E Freese
Son
Christ Freese
Mary Hanna
Millie Tomlinson
Geo Garber
Clyde Reynolds
Mearl Goller
Central
Harold Dreber
Washington
Defiance Home Saving @ Loan Association
W. G. Lehman
Okolona
Henry Counties
Big Harvest Sale
Ife
Salada
Bell
Japan
Rose
Tomson
French’s Bazaar
Jerghants
Resources
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