Local notices and society happenings fill Defiance page
Shippers send car loads of stock and flour via Wabash to Buffalo and Sidney. Weather storms bring lightning damage and a hunter’s telegraph shocks at Blue's grocery. Local births, marriages, illnesses, and social visits appear with police and school notes and a sermon stir in Hicksville.
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Mike Schultz
Bill Krotz
Wabash
Buffalo
Maumee Valley Milling Co
Sidney
Wooster
FINE OLD MAN Lyman Langdon Rebounds At 90 Plus
Friends report Lyman Langdon of Route A is improving though frail. At over 90 he still keeps sharp wit and vibrant memory. He came to Defiance county at 26 to claim government land and built a thriving farm now lived by his daughter Lucia with occasional visits from grandchildren. He enjoys daily country drives and eyes the hundred year milestone.
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Lyman Langdon
Route
Langdon
Defiance County
Mr. Langdon
Lucia
For Sale Good Ten Horse Power Engine
Public notice of sale offers a Nichols and Shepherd ten horsepower engine in good condition. Sold cheap by G W Fuller of Defiance Ohio. Interested buyers are invited to inquire locally.
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Nichols & Shepherd
G W Fuller
Defiance
Detective Streisling Faces Perjury Charges in Defiance County
Defense figure Benj F Streisling of Ft Wayne was bound over to common pleas court in 3400 after a Monday perjury case heard by Justice Hunter. A warrant from Harry Waltz of Farmers Township led Streisling to be charged again. bonds were set at 300 and he released on own recognizance.
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Benj. F Streisling
Ft. Wayne
LE Griffin
Hicksville
J W Winn
W D Hill
Defiance
Justice Hunter
Common Pleas Court
Col. B. Enos
Defiance County
Squire Maxwell
Harry Waltz
Farmer Township
Streisling
Mr. Waltz
Waltz
Obituary for Mrs. Anna Whirlege of Garrett Indiana
Mrs. Anna Whirlege died Monday evening at her Garrett home of consumption aged 82 years 9 months and 20 days. She leaves her husband James Whirlege three children Mabel Marguerite and Alva two brothers Frank and Andy Ardner a sister in Ottawa her mother Mrs Ardner and sister Mary Ardner of this city The remains arrive Wednesday on the B and O at 12 18 and will be taken to Riverside cemetery for services by a Garrett minister.
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Katherine Daub
Goshen
B& O
Ind
Riverside Cemetery
J P Gloden
Adam Daub
Mies Francis
Adam
John Daub
Anna Whirlege
Garrett
James Whirlege
Mabel
Marguerite
Alva
Frank
Andy Ardner
Chicago
Ottawa
Ardner
Mary Ardner
Dr Scheib to stay at Defiance Hotel until Monday evening
Dr Scheib, former chief consulting physician to the Dr Rucker Korak Medicine Co, is at the Defiance Hotel and will remain until Monday evening July 16 at 8 pm. He will return every Monday. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show schedules stops in Bryan Ohio July 26 Adrian Mich July 27 and Ypsilanti Mich July 28. Roosevelt Rough Riders with the show draw attention. Howard Hughes, 14, son of Jos Hughes of North Defiance, injures shoulder in a scuffle and is treated by Dr Stevens.
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Mills
Rucker Remedy Co
Hotel Defiance
Artisaw
Korak Wonders
Rucker
Scheib
Defiance
Korak Wonder Co
Dr. Rucker Korak Medicine Co
Defiance Hotel
Seead
Buffalo Bill
Bryan
Ohio
Adrian
Mich
Ypsilanti
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Howard Hughes
Jos. Hughes
North Defiance
Death of John R. Fank In Defiance After Lingering Illness
John R. Fank, formerly of Toledo and since February a Defiance resident, died Monday at 4 45 am after a lingering illness. He lived with his son in law Karl Groney on Francis Street. Funeral Wednesday at 10 am at the house with IOOF in charge. Rev Bethards will officiate. Interment Riverside cemetery.
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John R . Fank
Toledo
Defiance
Karl Groney
Francis Street
Funk
Rev. Bethards
Riverside Cemetery
Disappearance Of Miss Hengstler Shocks Local Family
Miss Anna Hengstler 23, daughter of Mr and Mrs J N Hengstler of Fifth and Wayne streets, vanished after her parents left for a St Johns hall event. She packed a trunk and took 8 18 Wabash eastbound by hack, with no clear reason. Rumor of a Cleveland telegram precedes her disappearance.
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Anna Hengstler
J N Hengstler
Fifth and
Wayne Streets
St. John’s Hall
a _ hackman
Wabash
Miss Hengstler
Cleveland
Hicksville Fourth of July Festivities and Local News
Hicksville hosts a lively Fourth with parades music and races. A boy, Blaine Hughes, dies after peanuts and water incident. Dr. Porter and Dr. Lilly officiate at Forrest Home cemetery. Wright Luce open billiard room. lightning strikes Albert Wentworth’s Antwerp Pike house. Speers accuses saloonkeepers and city leaders of lax enforcement.
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Hicksville
Bessie
Velita
Jack Wonderly
Chance Wonderly
Sidney
J F Cable
Albert Wentworth
Antwerp Pike
Mr. Wentworth
Drummond Lightning Remedies Ad Offers $500 Reward
An advertisement promises a $500 reward for any rheumatism case not cured by Drummond's Lightning Remedies. It claims to restore stiff joints drawn cords and hardened muscles and asks readers to send $5 for two large bottles plus full treatment. Agents may apply.
Aged Man Dies Col Richard D Sutphen
Col Richard D Sutphen aged 93 father of Judge S T Sutphen of this city died at his Carey home Monday. Funeral in Wednesday morning with Judge and Mrs Sutphen and Mrs T T Shaw attending. Born near Newark New Jersey in 1807 he moved to Ohio at 15, settling in Fairfield county and served as justice of the peace. He led a well trained militia regiment in Fairfield county. His life was without a blemish and character above reproach.
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Richard D Sutphen
S T Sutphen
Carey
Sutphen
T T Shaw
Col. Sutphen
Newark
Ohio
Fairfield County
Liberty Township
Murderer to serve 20 years in Ohio Penitentiary
Sheriff John Poiser takes Floyd Rumbaugh to Columbus to begin a 20 year term for the murder of Officer Enos Rath of Hicksville. A separate incident describes a bicycle thief nabbed after a pursuit with deliveryman Fred Biker and helpers, including Chas Howe and Syl Hull, near East Defiance.
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John Poiser
Columbus
Floyd Rumbaugh
Ohio Penitentiary
Enos Rath
Hicksville
Handsome Walnut Showcase for Sale at Cheap Price
Auction excerpt notes a small 26 by 31 inch show case on walnut stand with carved legs offered cheaply. Inquiries directed to the office for purchase details and availability.
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C&w
Heartfelt thanks for help during illness and death
The Riley family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance during the sickness and death of their wife and mother. Thomas Riley and children.
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Thomas Riley
Defiance Doctor Nettie Belau Practices Women’s Diseases
Dr Nettie A Belau a physician surgeon based in Defiance Ohio offers special attention to diseases of women. Office at 400 Clinton Street second floor entrance via Myers dental parlors stairway. Phones.
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Defiance
Ohio
Clinton Street
Myers’ Dental
Also Mentioned on This Page
Godward’s Drug Store
City News Budget
Pautnam
J. P. Buffington
Catherine
Libbie Culkins
Louis Motherwell
J F Luty
Peru
Mrs. Luty
Mrs. O A Frick
Ruth McNally
Kenosha, Wis
Mrs. Culkins
Tom Gott
Broadway
Ed Shessler
Willis Fitzpatrick
City
Laura
Minnie
Thomas
Ed. Miller
Charpiot
Henry Sass
Second Street
Eva
John Imber
Anna Fitzgerald
J J Malley
Kansas City
M Boyer
Nettie Weller
Joseph Schlientz
New York
Laura Maranda
St. John’s
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Charlie Moninger
Here
Canfield
National Summer School For Supervisors of Music
Defiance Public
Ayersville
Elizabeth Bannister
S A Maxwell
Hutchinson
Kan
Dean
W. H. McLintock
Republican State Central Committee
Shimmel Switzer
Syracuse Lake
Shimmel
G C Deindoerfer
Waverly
Iowa
Deindoerfer
Ralston Avenue
Hockman
Grant Speer
Christian Church
Speers
Bardoc Blood Bitters
Bbb
Chas. Hutton
Berville, Mich
Defiance Canty Teachers Institute
Ed Mills
Supt
VanCleve
Troy
Anna Logan
Cincinnati
Maumee Valley Milling Company
CM Ryan
J W Ryan
F J Arbuckle
Hattie N Arbuckle
Ruth Arbuckle
Anna M Ryan
Wm. Wagner
Perry Street
F T Betts
J W . Palmer
Volney Palmer
Anna Head
Napoleon
Dunn
Sandusky
Dann
Chicago Junction
Attica
Yingeoling
the Ideal Pharmacy
Weisenberger & Emery
King, Backus & Co., Clothiers
Clinton St
DR. G. D. Edgar
Crosby House
Rochester
Mollencup’s
Optician
the Leader Shoe Store
Root
Lynde
THE
Blaine Hughes
W O Hughes
Dr. Porter
Forrest Home Cemetery
Lilly
Clifford Miller
Ashley
Wright & Luce
J . Fralic
Fremont, Ind
Ed. Ackerman
Jas. Speers
Life
Brown
Baltimore
J. G. Leever
M. D
Ideal Pharmacy
Clinton and
Third Streets
Myrtle
Fred Biker
J B Weisenburger
Minsel’s
Riker
Chas, Howe
L E Simmons
Biker
Syl Hull
Practical Joker
Nettie A. Belau, MD
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