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Newspaper

Defiance Weekly Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1904

Page

5

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Also Mentioned on This Page

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
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