Local notices and incidents from Defiance area
Local items report H B Harris in Hoxie Arkansas with loan offers, alimony case in court, marriage of Peter Clemens and Miss Sophia Josephs in North Creek Putnam County, and J P Cameron appearing before the Supreme Court in Columbus. Also noted are a price cut at A W King & Son in Defiance, candle vigil at the Lion store, a diphtheria death in Florence Diehl, Schumacher leaving J M Skinner Bending for timber business in Toledo, Ground Hog Day weather cautions, a typhoid funeral in Riverside Cemetery, frost depth indicating severe winter, a suicide attempt near East Defiance, police raid on Five Points resort leading to fines, and a Chicago highwayman assault on Frank Shead with ring saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Clemens
Sophia Josephs
North Creek
Putnam County
Clemens
Independence
J. P. Cameron
Columbus
Supreme Court
Wm Stephenson
Williams
A.W. King & Son
Defiance
Ohio
Clinton Street
Sheriff McCarty to Return Home with Indicted Man
Sheriff John McCarty is expected home Thursday from Memphis, Tennessee, with George C. Korn, who faces a bigamy indictment locally. Korn’s marriages include Sylba Oblinger, Sadie Kyle, and Miss Young of Cumberland, Maryland. A probate case mentions a woman owed about $1,000 from the Milleman estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCarty
Memphis
Tenn
Geo. C. Korn
Korn
Sylba Oblinger
Sadie Kyle
Miss Young
Cumberland
Kyle
Milleman
Farm for Sale Winfield near Ayersville Ohio
Farm for sale at Winfield Ayersville with options to buy entire property or in lots. Stores post office long distance phone graded school and church nearby. Conveniences add value. For more information write BE D Winfield Perrysburg Ohio.
Advertised Letters at Defiance Post Office 1904 List
Postmaster notices uncalled letters for week ending February 2 1904 at Defiance Ohio. Gentlemen Joe Mack Chan A Mangas Dr J W Morrison Master Thomas Myers Ladies Mrs Della Kelly. If not claimed within 14 days letters go to the dead letter office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Ohio
Joe Mack
Chan
A. Mangas
J W Morrison
Thomas Myers
Della Kelly
C. J. Thompson
January a Good Tight Old Month
The Toledo meteorological summary shows January as a notably tight winter with a mean temperature of 18 degrees, two colder Januaries in 34 years, and a high 40 on the 19th. It reports 8.51 inches of precipitation the heaviest since 1872, six clear days, and a flood-causing rainfall of 2.50 inches on the 20th–22nd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Weather Bureau
Sipes Boas
New Rules for Rural Carrier Examinations and Duties
Beginning Monday rural free mail carriers will be hired by a local civil service board from Washington. Applicants must be 18 to 55, able to own or obtain a horse and rig, and physically fit with two arms and legs. Pay starts at 600 dollars a year with daily 25 to 30 mile routes in all weather. postmaster general favors raising to 750. Local notices mention various residents and social events.
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Civil Service Board of Examiners
Washington
Postmaster General
Wool two piece suits and fleece lined unions displayed
Catalog entry highlights wool two piece suits and fleece lined union s displayed by Munsing Union and Onieta brands. Includes wool two piece suits priced and described for men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsing Union S
Munsing & Onieta
Union Su
Sui
Men and Boys Shoes Sale at The Excelsior
The listing advertises various discounted shoes from The Hanan & Son and Regent lines. Prices include five to six dollars for patent kid, glazed kid, enamel, and lace or congress styles. Stock numbers show hundreds of pairs at four dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanan & Son
Local notes mix social visits and church life
Hicksville and Defiance area notices report many visits among families including the Sleesman, Fitzcharles, Cary, and Moore households. church activities at Union and New M E church, a Lincoln program, and social events at the U B church plus a sled load of youths at Adam Foss’s home. Henry Meyers funeral at Bethel Church of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Gillet
Paulding
John Sleesman
J T Miller
Defiance
Harry Fuller
Five Corners
R A Fitzcharles
Edgerton
T F Cary
Andrew
Jennie Yarlot
A. Strusaker
Frank Brown
Crago
C. Welker
Sherm Snyder
Bauman
John Dowd
New M. E. Church
Kelly
Henry Meyers
Church of God Bethel
Stryker
Elmer Christ
A. Snider
J. H. Rethmel
Elmer Christy
D. M. Whetstone
Dr. Winn
Tele Ackerman
Holgate
C. R. Betts
Kimberly
Ney
Mapes
Hicksville
Clyde Snider
Partee & Rodgers
Lincoln
M. W. Replogle
Isa
Yea“Poom
T. E.shuter
Statesman
J. Replogle
Mee
Luke Menapter
Evansport and Defiance Visitors Reported In Local Notes
Evansport residents attended Fred Rath's sale on Wednesday. C. B. Shuter visited Defiance on Thursday. Wm. Helmick did business here Thursday. A Snider T B Shuter and E W King were in Bryan on Saturday. W K Orahood returned to Defiance to resume studies at Defiance College. Several new houses planned for next spring. J W Shuter was a Defiance visitor Monday. Last Thursday events incomplete in note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansport
Fred Rath
C. B. Shuter
Defiance
Wm. Helmick
A. Snider
T. B. Shuter
E. W. King
Bryan
W. K. Orahood
Defiance College
J. W. Shuter
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Woodwards
H.B. Harris
Hoxie, Ark
Dry Ayers
John B. Ury
M. D
Third Street
Over Loan Association
Telephone
N. W
T. T. Shaw
Catherine Adams
John Q. Adams
Roy Harley
Walter Hill
Lion Store
Florence
Arthur Diehl
North Defiance
Riverside Cemetery
Toledo Times
Will Schumacher
J. M. Skinner Bending Company
Toledo Yachting Association
Schumacher
May E
John Poetzinger
Doherty
Geo. Wilhelm
Lawrence Gilts
East Defiance
Maplewood Hospital
Five Points
Lower Perry St
Mollie Zipp
Lillian Monahan
Maud Gibson
Myrtle Smith
Zipp
Monahan
Chicago
Frank J. Shead
Harley & Whitaker's
Harley & Whitaker’s
Bockley
Ideal” Pharmacy
Weisenberger & Emery Props
The
Whitney & Currier Co
A. W. Puller
Mgr
Winterich
South
Jefferson Street
Aarons
Ofokokd
Peter Kottenzming
Galger
E. E Cart
BL Evans
Michigan
Elizabeth Lampman
George
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Lodena Richards
Floyd R Clark
Callahan
Albion
Ind
Pascal Tele— Graph Co
Sheriff McCarty
E Simms
Lima
F Albright
Hicksville Social Club
E M Bilderback
W J Kleckner
Amos Farlow
Frank Wattenburger
P F Collier
W W Wilson
W H Getrost
L E Griffin
Sell Metz
Grover Maxwell
Ainsworth
Mattie K Moore
Karl Hill
Deshler
Roy Heisel
Pittsburg
Frank Milliman
St. Joe
W R Halden
Napoleon
Harry Milliman
H T Kiough
J A Loomis
Hicks Mig. Co
Antwerp
West Milford
Moore
U B Church
Sun
A. X. Weisenburger & Co
Vandenbroed
Sectoir
Gil
Vandenbrofh
Cheney
Godfrey
Creney & Goofrey
Francis Dean
Dayton
Mr. Martin
Union
Rev. Clark
Chas. Pond
Chas
Doud
Adam Foss
Adam Marshalls
Mary Hoelrich
Diemer
William Schatz
Mary Walters
Krist Demland
Brunersburg
F. W. Smith
Wesley Crossman
Wisterman
Henry Zackrish
Eddie
Ahas. Freudhoff
John Brinkman
Oxype Swxpee
Ella M. Yeagley
Arthur F M Wade
Wright
J M Morris
Mansfield
F M
Wade
Arthur Weible
Albert Naefie
New Bavaria
Chas Duzenburg
F M Wade
al Warner
F W Mansfield
North
Stucky
Dan
Henry Kleinhein
Will
Martin Morris
Susan
Hollister
Weisenburger& Emery
Union Lock
DE Kalb
Ill
U.S. A
A. J. Mangas