Community Notes From Milford Township and Nearby Areas
Ed Jennings returns home from Kenosha for the holidays. Clel Hoover and family welcome a new girl. L Daousts announce a new daughter on Kintner Street. Marie Gleason visits Stephen Hall family in Chicago. Albert L Youse named administrator of W H Munster estate. W T Holly of Union Pacific travels through the city. A child sustains burns when Johnny Heenan Royer’s boiling water scalds him. Margaret Hill visits relatives in Spokane Falls and Kalispel. Amberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised by Woodward’s drug store. Defiance county farmers boast long sausage makers. two Tiffin men display 48 ft 4 in belt. Cemetery trustees election results list M J Walz, John A Bechel, Chas Behringer. secretary salary set at 350. Marion dispatch mentions Marvin Kubas and Della Bird marriage license attempt. Bird linked to past local case. G W Hitchcock removed as Wabash paymaster for account shortage. R T Harrison succeeds. Wabash delays employee pay until Dec 28. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised by Whitfield & Co. for grippe cases. sale through N. G. Woodward. Dee Roeeae Ten
James Maxwell Pioneer of Defiance County Dies at 83
James Maxwell died at his Hicksville home at 7 30 am Friday aged 83 years 2 months and 117 days born in Wayne county he moved to Defiance county in 1846 on 160 acres in Hicksville township He married Elizabeth Miller and later Julia A Rockwood Their children six in total Samuel A Isaac M Robert B Sarah M Mary A and Charlotte E survive all except Robert Funeral at the Presbyterian church in Hicksville at 2 pm Sunday.
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James Maxwell
Hicksville
Wayne County
Defiance County
Hicksville Township
Elizabeth
Isaac and
Dorotha (Akins) Miller
Holmes County
Ohio
Samuel A
Isaac M
Robert B
Sarah M
Mary A
Charlotte E
Robert
Julia A Rockwood
Maxwell
Presbyterian Church
Will of John R Wilhelm Filed for Probate
The will of John R Wilhelm, deceased, has been probated naming his wife as executrix. The document dated July 28, 1894 was witnessed by R H Harrison and O D Loveridge. A local newspaper note mentions a tradition about a ghost walking when money is in the till.
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John R Wilhelm
Sherm Yeagley
Farmer
R H Harrison
O D Loveridge
L C Linebrink
Daily Express
What Shall We Have For Dessert Jell O Ad
A brisk recipe pitch for Jell O dessert. It promises a quick two minute prep with no baking by just adding hot water and cooling. Flavors include lemon orange raspberry and strawberry offered at 10 cents at grocers.
Sudden Death of N G Johnston At His Home
Prominent Defiance resident N G Johnston died at his suburban home on Independence Road at 6 30 am of organic heart trouble. A longtime lawyer and former city solicitor, he was born July 15 1836 in Logan County Ohio and educated at Hiram College and Delaware University. He served in Defiance since 1877 and was married twice with three children surviving.
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N G Johnson
Col. B. Enos
Mr. Johnston
Independence Road
Johnston
Titus
Drs. Powell
Slocum
Chapman
Nathan Gillian Johnston
West Liberty
Logan County
Ohio
Hiram College
James A Garfield
United States
Garfield
Delaware University
Bellefountaine
Cincinnati Law School
Advertised Letters at Defiance Post Office 1900
Uncalled letters for week ending December 18 1900 at Defiance Ohio include Mrs Joseph Ball Miss Mabel Bell Miss Ester Bell Miss Daisy Morse Miss Catherine Pitting and others. Postmaster C J Thompson notes letters uncalled within 14 days will go to the Dead Letter Office.
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Defiance
Ohio
Joseph Ball
T Coon
Mabel Bell Bart Guy
Ester Bell
Hugh K Harris
Daisy Morse
Hastings
Catherine Pitting
M Murphy
Will Swarden
C. J. Thompson
North Baltimore guest Parker Tracy visits Mc Knight family
Wood county will build a new jail costing 50000 dollars after a special election held Tuesday. Official returns show 945 votes for and 776 against, a 170 vote majority in favor.
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Wood County
Death of August Spring Prominent City Resident
August Spring of Holgate avenue died at his home at 8 am after a long illness. Born in Prussia on January 3, 1825, he came to the United States about fifty years ago and to this city 27 years ago to work as head miller at Wilhelm flouring mills on Perry street. He leaves four daughters Mrs Conrad and Misses Anna Tillie Ida Spring and Lou and Frank Spring. Funeral will be held Sunday at 2 pm from St. John's Lutheran church.
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August Spring
Holgate Avenue
Prussia
Germany
Wilhelm Flouring Mills
Perry Street
Spring
Conrad
Anna
Tillie
Ida Spring
Lou
Frank Spring
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Grain-O praised by Nebraska reader in 1901 letter
A reader from David City Nebraska writes to Genesee Pure Food Co Le Roy New York praising Grain-O as healthier than coffee. The letter notes a doctor advised avoiding coffee and credits Grain-O with improving health for the author and her brother.
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David City
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy, N
Local Socials and Legal Notices From Holgate Area
Miss Lena Woodward will spend Christmas at Findlay. Earl Krotz and Terry Cunningham visit from Cincinnati for the holidays. Amos L Root and Alma E Coon of Hicksville township are licensed to wed. Misses Kate Sheridan and Louisa Reineke will travel to Youngstown for Christmas with Mr and Mrs Chas Reiley. Judge W H Hubbard appoints J N Replogle receiver for Buehrer & Heer hardware Evansport. Frisco agent O A Brown visits city delivering cowbell miniatures as Christmas greetings. Holgate suffers a costly fire at 83am burning tin shop A J Roller boot and shoe store Huston & Co clothing Mangoti Bros. insured loss $5,000. Albert Smith’s house on Henry Breckler farm Auglaize township destroyed by fire. neighbors saved part of goods. Jacob Kamm farm 76 acres Defiance township offered for sale by Sheriff John P Eiser. appraised at $1850. no bidders. This is Eiser’s last land sale term.
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Holgate
Huston & Co
Mangoti Bros
Bsi
Albert Smith
Henry Breckler
Auglaize Township
Jacob Kamm
Defiance Township
John P Eiser
Michigan Mutual Insurance Co. O
Eiser
Lawsuits Arise From Defiance County Treaurer Shortage
In Friday’s Court of Common Pleas, two suits involve L W Wilder Henry Wonderly E H Otis John Norway Hiram Rice Thomas F Carey James Decker and Geo C Serrill over a treasury shortage from former treasurer Barney. Plaintiffs seek $800.45 and $454.54 credited against the shortage. Winn & Hay represent the plaintiffs. Henry S Heer seeks a receiver for Buehrer & Heer Evansport. the firm’s junior partner seeks court control to settle affairs. bonds forfeiture cases see B F Streisling bond forfeited $700 total.
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W O Barney
Defiance County
Court of Common Pleas
L W Wilder
Henry Wonderly
E H Otis
John Norway
Hiram Rice
Thos. F Carey
James Decker
Geo
Geo. C Serrill
Barney
Serrill
LW Wilder
H T Rice
EH Otis
W H Fee
Thomas F Carey
J R Wilcox
James E Decker
John T Wilcox
A Wilcox
Geo C Serrill
Winn & Hay
Henry S Heer
Carl Buehrer
Evansport
Buehrer & Heer
B F Streisling
Ft Wayne
Ind
State of Ohio
F Streifling
Ansberry
Haymaker
Z A Graves
J D Higgin
Holidays Bring Visits From Far Off States
Ezra Blanchard returns from Pasco la Mo for the holidays and Frank Kelly travels to Galva Il to visit his parents. Fred Haller and Jesse Benner come home from Ann Arbor for the holidays. John Crow arrives from Ashland Wis to spend Christmas with family and looks well. A Polled Durham bull sold to Fil Krotz by Conrad Miller fetched the same price in Buffalo N Y as the top animal at Chicago livestock show, with both sales in Buffalo stockyards for export. Defiance Box Co increases capital stock from 50000 to 125000, signaling strong local stock values.
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Fil Krotz
Conrad Miller
Buffalo, NY
Chicago
Buffalo
Defiance County
Tanes the cake at home butchered hogs weigh 451 pounds
On Tuesday Supt Hall of the children's home butchered four hogs totaling 1750 pounds with the largest hog weighing 451 pounds net. A sausage was made 73 feet 10 inches long in a process witnessed by seven different persons.
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Hall
the Children's Home
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Rapid Foot Relief
Ancient advertising copy promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful swollen feet and bunions, claiming instant relief for tired feet and making tight new shoes feel comfortable. Sold in druggists and shoe stores, 25 cents, with trial packs and mail orders advertised.
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Allen
Mall
Alon
Lekoy
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W T Holly
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