Heidelberg Was Easy Proposition Defiance Triumphs In Gridiron Battle
The Defiance Company G team defeated Heidelberg 22 to 0 in a decisive season closer. Harry Miller and Ashbacher led scoring with multiple runs and a strong defense anchored by Millers and Winn. Referee R. H. Sutphen supervised as timekeeper Weisen eanburger and Clement assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Rath
Ashbacher
Gorman
Schmaltz
Feller
Millers
Winn
Fagel
Heidelberg
Co. @ progress
R. H. Sutphen
F. Brundage
Frank Weiseneanburger
Geo. Clement
A. M. Kruse
Decisive Defeat by Defiance College Basketball Team
Defiance College defeated Bowling Green Y M C A 35 to 12 in an indoor game on Friday evening. Defiance scored ten field goals led by Morris four Dixon two Thomas three and Godley one Dixon added fifteen successful free throws. Bowling Green managed only one field goal, with the rest from fouls. The first game featured strong play and high spectator enthusiasm despite the lopsided score. The preceding game between the college’s first and second girl’s teams ended 21 to 7 in favor of the first team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Heidelberg
Company & Boys
Harry Miller
Patterson
Ashbacher
Company G
Miller
Gorman
Notre Dame
Bowling Green
Defiance College
Bowling Green Boys
Morris
Dixon
Thomas
Godley
Narrow Escape Near English Bridge Spurs Safety Call
Three Baum sisters escaped serious harm when their horse balked on the embankment leading to the English bridge two miles south of town. The horse fell, saving the carriage from going over the edge. neighbors helped and the girls continued uninjured. A prior accident near the same spot killed Leroy Carpenter, and damages were awarded to his father. County action to install protection is urged. The miss(es) Baum range in age from sixteen to younger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Carpenter
Lyman Carpenter
Misses Baum
Marriage Licenses Granted To Several Couples
Marriage licenses have been granted to John Kreig age 21 of Mark Denter and Mary Dail age 20 of Hicksville. Guy Fiddler age 24 and Grace Partee age 24 both of Defiance. William Langdon age 30 of Ada Michigan and Esther A. Denter age 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kreig
Mark Denter
Mary Dail
Hicksville
Guy Fiddler
Grace Partee
Defiance
William Langdon
Ada, Mich
Esther A. Denter
Fire destroys Miller City business block in Putnam county
A major blaze Thursday afternoon consumed the principal block in Miller City. The brick structure housed dry goods, groceries, hardware owned by Peter Leis and a W. H. Jervers saloon. Origin likely a defective flue. only partial wall remained. Building value $20,000, stock $16,000, insured $13,000. Professor Hathorn lost library and household goods while away for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller City
Putnam County
Peter Leis
W. H. Jervers
Professor Hathorn
Foca social highlights and local marriages at city events
The National Union Thursday dance drew a good crowd as Guy Vidder married Grace Partee at St Marys Church. The Turnbull Aid Society held an lively Thanksgiving Eve ball and Mr and Mrs R W Wortman hosted a six course dinner for friends. A surprise birthday party for Luella Smith occurred on Holgate Avenue. Kathryn Braucher wed Joseph Welever in Windsor Canada, and Kappa Phi hosted a grand student dance with elaborate programs and a moonlit finale. Additional notes cover a Toledo wedding of Nicolas Both and Louise Palmer, plus other social gatherings and guest lists from local residents.
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Guy Vidder
Grace Partee
J.O Partee
St. Mary’s Church
Collins
R. W. Wortman
Park Avenue
Wortman
Mirs. M. Orcutt
R. W. Webb
A. Rigrieh
Constance
W. M. Nickle
Claire Nickle
Luella Smith
Holgate Avenue
Miss Smith
Kathryn Braucher
Isaac Braucher
Joseph Welever
Detroit
Brewer Street Baptist Parsonage
Windsor
Canada
L. Hughson
Welever
Defiance
Electric Light Co
Nicholas Roth
Louise Palmer
Toledo
Both
Escapee Groom Foiled Thanksgiving Wedding in Hancock County
Police halted the planned marriage of Miss Anna Baker and Harry Bowsher after noticing the groom was an escaped Mansfield reformatory convict. Bowsher posed as a timber buyer, earned the Hines family trust, and was arrested when Officer Brinkman delivered bracelets to the home. The bride was distressed as the escapee was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield Reformatory
Sylvester Hine
Blanchard Township
Hancock County
Anna Baker
Geo. Baker
Harry Bowsher
Bowsher
Hines
Hine
Miss Baker
Fire Bug Arrested In Advancing Extradition Fight
Ira N. Bryant a 64 year old Hudson Michigan stock farmer was arrested in Adrian and jailed on $1,000 bond awaiting a January hearing before Gov. in Lansing. He faces extradition to Ohio for conspiracy with George K. Letcher Homer Morrison and Jack Page to burn Letcher’s Pettisville grist mill March 31 1878 and claim $10,000 from insurers. Letcher Morrison are in prison. Fulton county indictment issued two years ago by a grand jury.
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Adrian
Mich
Ira N. Bryant
Hudson
Lansing
Jan. S
Ohio
Bryant
Homer Morrison
Jack Page
Letcher
Pettisville
Fulton County
Morrison
Heidelberg Fullback Suffers Collarbone Fracture
George Kreiger full back of the Heidelberg eleven suffered a fracture of the left collarbone in an early Thursday scrimmage in this city. He was carried from the field and placed under care of Dr. Davis and Dr. Ury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kreiger
Heidelberg
Dre. Davis
Ury
Michael Mitchell
Wayne
Blue Coats
Mitchell
Shea and
Ansberry
National Union Hall Hosts Kappa Phi Dance in Defiance
A large crowd attended a Friday night dance at National Union hall in Defiance in honor of Kappa Phi. Miss Karene Evans and Miss Jeanette Wertheimer directed entrances while Miss Maybelle Daoust and Miss Wortman distributed carnations. Mr and Mrs Timothy T Ansberry and Mr and Mrs Holgate served as chaperones for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Union Hall
Kappa Phi
Karene Evans
Jeanette Wertheimer
Maybelle Daoust
Averse Wortman
Alisir
Timothy T. *Ansberry
Holgate
Obituary Highlights Defiance County Losses
James A Partee a long time Defiance County resident dies at his Sherwood home aged eighty five leaving five children nineteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren J W Himmelright a Turnbull Wagon Works former employee dies of jaundice aged seventy in Wyandotte Michigan funeral held in Delphos Lesta Welch dies in Paulding county following a lung hemorrhage Mrs George Cromley and Mrs L N Newton die in Defiance with funeral in Paulding and burial at Live Oak cemetery
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James A. Partee
Defiance County
Sherwood
Ohio
Fle
Abraham Partee
G. N. Lehman
Defiance
J. W. Hare
Garrett
W. F. Bloom
Toledo
D. M. Lovejoy
Newcastle
J. W. Himmelright
Wyandotte
Mich
N. Bidelleavenue
Turnbull Wagon Works
Thos Co_p
Ida Cline
Margaret
Samuel Himmelright
Delphos
Himmelright
Turnbull Wagon Co
Lesta Welch
Layman
Paulding
Welch
California
George Cromley
L. N. Newton
M. E
Live Oak Cemetery
Teachers Institute Visitors and Local Happenings
A parade of visitors greeting Garrett Toledo Sandusky Napoleon and other cities fills local society pages. Names include G W Herickson Andrew Kunz Alice Davis Adelina Duden Mae Hart Abraham Finch and many more. Events note a bank robbery attempt at Mendon a Thanksgiving service at the Presbyterian church and a county teachers institute December 8 at Defiance county high school.
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Boys In Blue
Moleskin Knights
Co. G
Sport
Joe Freecorn
J. Freecor
Clinton St
Defiance, Ohio
The
National Union
Turnbull Aid Society
Kappa Pai
Edward M. Hubbard
Holgate Harley
Timothy T. Ansberry
O’nelle Wilhelm
Ruth Hoffman
Fern Smith
Marguerite Kegel
Katherine Daoust
D’nelle Wilhelm
Helen Lamb
Josephine Woodward
Aazeal Hilton
Selah Coy
Ruth Rout
Amy Whitaker
Edna Geiger
Lydia Coy
Carrie Watkins
Lucy Cheney
Isabelle Houghton
Out of Town
Misses Rosemond Bequillard
Adolphine Haynes
van Wert
Messrs
Harley Burtch
Band Rapids
Harold Campbell
Napoleon
Kappa Phe Dance
Frank T. Donley
Parmer & Decker
Jones’ College of Auctioneering and Oratory
A. W. Thomas Section Co
Chicago
G. W. Herickson
City
Andrew Kunz
Mrs. R. T. Petts
Sandusky
Alice Davis
Fern Hillman
Adelina Duden
Mae Hartman
Abraham Finch
Rev
Alfred Inch
Jobo Finn
Frank Hohenberger
Zanesville
William Bohannon
Mrs
W. B Bohannon
Julia Thoman
Ruth Batten
Dondera
Ft. Wayne
F. Nellis
Albert
Cleveland
A. W. King
Frank Wendt
Barbara Wendt
Leo Cantion
Lorain
T. P Cantion
M. Wilsberg
Lafayette Keenan
N. Morenci, Mich
L. Wilsberg
Mendon
Presbyterian Church
Schupp
1. B
America
Teachers’ Institute
Defiance County Teachers Association
Hi. Hl. Helter
Wapokaneta
Trof
A.B Graham
Ohio State University
Chaney
Helter
Graham
Lyceum Theatre
Wayne Hotel
Paulding County Infirmary
Walter Cave
Cave
Adrew Anderson Et al
Brown Anderson
County Commissioners
Gordon
Mill Creeks
Hicksville Township
Circuit Court
Harris and Cameron
Cameron
Common Pleas Bench
Harris
United States Treasury
United States Courts
Defiance City
Balt & Ohio Railroad
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