Defiance area notes include holidays arrivals and civic items
Shas Smith sick list in Mark Center Hinty Houck ill. King improving. Fil Krotz back from Buffalo. Carl Wolsiffer visiting Columbus home for holidays. John Nolan helps in J F Singer’s grocery. Lem Sapp in Van denbroek’s during holidays. Chauncey Sapp home from South Bend for holidays. Teachers Bibles sold at Woodward’s. Chas B Frement travels to Washington DC and New York for Christmas. Géo Gecowits missing since Sunday. Pacific Express opens three branches in Defiance area. County commissioners discuss People’s Rapid Transit Ry franchise. Public library mill levy debated. Ed Finn assisting at King’s. Asa Toberan in city. Ford Spangler home for holidays. Ingersol $1 watches at Woodward’s. Miss Helen Rank guest of Mrs Wag ner. Julius Weber to Weston for belongings. Wabash offers short haul round trips from Dec 24 to Jan 1. Daugherty gets mistletoe from Pacific Express, sold at Buffington’s.
Milk wagon driver faces quick sleds on Clinton Street
Harry Hudson and his team pulled up Clinton Street this morning with fifteen or twenty sleds trailing behind the milk wagon. The fast team could cause a disturbance if the boys join in, risking a run for their money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hudson
Clinton Street
Harry
Sprinting Ponies Runaway Delivers Food Chaos in Town
The Young Bros grocery team of ponies bolted from a delivery sled Monday at 5 30 pm in the Second ward. Spotty Wiebach and his brother Bun rode the rig causing a patch of groceries to spill. No injuries were reported and damage totals about $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. & C. Young
Spotty Wiebach
Bun
J. B. Tennyson
Jackson Street
Third
Harrison Street
Warren Street
Harrison
Fifth Street
Sdward Marion
Ridgeville
Young Bros
Big team sold to C E Chenevert for 350 dollars
James Hopple sold his large team to C E Chenevert for 350 dollars. Chenevert plans to send the team to timber camps in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hopple
C. E. Chenevert
Mr. Chenevert
Virginia
Local farm and labor notes from Jewell and Defiance
Fred Gire bought four head of cattle from John Nagel on Friday. August Geiger hauled a fine flock of sheep to Jewell Wednesday. Homer Whitney has returned home for the holidays after a year in Oklahoma and Kansas. Peter Kern and C Pessefal baled hay for Jacob Westrick. CM Seibert buzzed wood one day last week. Abe Baker of Jewell now runs the Domerville school due to the ill teacher Ray Shoup. W M Brant sold a team of horses to Luke Speaker. A number of farmers hauled grain and hay to Defiance last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gire
John Nagel
Geiger
Jewell
Homer Whitney
Oklahoma
Kansas
Peter Kern
C Pessefal
Jacob Westrick
Seibert
Abe Baker
Domerville
Ray Shoup
W M Brant
Luke Speaker
Gerenaia
Defiance
Local Social Notes Highlight Day of Visits and Travel
A. Scott aided A. Peck butch er Monday. Mrs Gotleib Wahl and her children plan to spend holidays in Fostoria with sister Mrs. Hubert Myers. Flo Scott visits Dayton for two to three weeks with relatives. Pete and Susie March visit the Wahl family. The Marshouse family drove to Pleasant Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Scott
A. Peck
Henry Ward
Henry Marshouse
Gotleib Wahl
Fostoria
Hubert Myers
Ray
Ethel Peck
Flo Scott
Emma Wahl
Henry Sauer
Dayton
Pete
Susie March
Marshouse
Pleasant Bend
Rural Disturbances and Community Visits Highlight Local Notices
Neighbors report measles at John Brinkman residence as W A Demland spends Sunday with F W Dickman and Seeus the Miss Minnie Schanika. A Continental rural route No 2 carrier began first trip Tuesday. Henry Steinmeyer’s funeral held Friday at the German Reformed church with large attendance. Chas Young and family visited Defiance, as did Ed Rath and kin at Mrs Rath's parents. Peter Horning plans to build a cellar. Frank and family shared Sunday with Henry Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Demland
F. W. Dickman
Seeus
Minnie Schanika
John Brinkman
No. 2
Continental
Henry Steinmyer
German Reformed Church
Chas. Young, Son
Defiance
Rath
Notable Civil War Veteran A. R. Gill Dies in Wauseon
A. R. Gill, 68, a Civil War survivor held in Andersonville Libby Savannah and Macon prisons, died at his Wauseon home at 1 30 a m. He served in the army in harsh captivity and was a G A R stalwart and Northwestern Ohio Republican. He leaves a wife and four children including Mrs. W F Shultz. Funeral is set for 10 a m Thursday in Wauseon with Mr and Mrs W F Shultz traveling there tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Gill
Wauseon
Andersonville
Libby
Bellaire
Savannah
Macon
Hill
W. F. Shultz
Ohio
Shultz
Catarrh Cure Promoted By Toledo Firm
Miss Etta Pearl Saunders visits Ann Arbor as a local ad claims catarrh is constitutional and that Hall’s Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo treats the blood and mucous surfaces. The firm offers a hundred dollar pledge if it fails to cure and sells accompanying Hall’s Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Pearl Saunders
Ann Arbor, Mich
Geo. P. Wohn
Hall
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Missionary Workers Meeting in Presbyterian Home
A gathering of mission workers will be held at 1:30 p m Wednesday at 222 Jackson street hosted by the Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church. Mrs Pal mer will speak on home missions and all city missionary workers are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Cheyney
Jackson Street
Home and Foreign Missionary Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Palmer
Home Missions
The American Boy December Number With Expanded Content
The December issue of The American Boy arrives in enlarged form with more pages and diverse material for boys. It features first chapters of Kirk Munroe's The Blue Dragon, a study by R L Garner on monkeys, and continues Three Yankee boys in Ireland, plus stories and illustrated departments, puzzles, stamps, reviews, and popular features total with seventy one pictures. Sprague Publishing Co Detroit Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk Munroe
R. L. Garner
Ireland
Shep
Kuko
Teddy
Commander Peary
Marconi College of Wireless Telegraphy
American Boy Lyceum
Sprague Publishing Co
Detroit
Mich
Floating Gardens In Mexico City Markets and Canals
The City of Mexico sits about 8000 feet above sea level amid lakes and marshes drained by the Viga canal. Floating gardens on marsh land produce vegetables and tropical flowers for market, with flat boats and canoes linking garden plots to the canal and city. Streetcars connect city neighborhoods to canal villages, and daily life centers on constant work and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
City
Viga
California
Viga Canal
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Edison
Shas. Smith
Mark Center
Hinty'Houck
Dave King
Fil Krotz
Buffalo, N. Y
Carl Wolsiffer
Columbus
John Nolan
J. F. Singer
Lem Sapp
Vandenbroek
Chauncey Sapp
South Bend
Ind
Woodward’s
Chas. B. Frement
Washington D. C
New York City
Géo
Gecowits
McCarty
Pacific Express Co
Dan W. McKnight
East Defiance
Tuttle’s
North Defiance
Defiance College
W. V. McMahen
E. W.,.ridman
Crosby House
Hicksville
People’s Rapid Transit Ry
Maumee River
Ed Finn
King’s Place
Asa Toberan
Tiffin Township
Ford Spangler
Woodward’s Drug Store
Helen Rank
F. J. Wagner
Perry Street
Julius Weber
Weston
Wabash
Daugherty
Pacific Express Company
Texas
Buffington’s
Louden
J. E. Atha
Ideal Pharmacy
Weisenburger & Emery
Ori
Hon Oho
Cc. Winterich
Jefferson Street
Produce Exchange Bank
Sam Roth
Sesssessesesseseses
Harley & Whitaker's
Harley & Whitaker’s
Skunktown
Mr. Hill
Burt
Our
Manufactur
Wellman’s
Music Store
Clinton ST
W.w
Chicago
New Home
Wheeler
Wilson
Ek. D. Menry
Eeee
Bell Phone
Oakes
Buri’s Bazaar
Paul Labey
North Defiance Hotel
Sparrow Chocolates
Abkfst
Aq & Blargaard
Drug Store
E. N. Lewis
Maxwell
Talisman
Rusha
Mollencup’s
J. Freecorn
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