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Newspaper

Defiance Weekly Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1904

Page

5

Town Notes and Neighborhood Gossip in Defiance

Mrs S E Boyer visited Lake side Tuesday. Numerous locals and visitors from Antwerp Hicksville Toledo Paulding and Wayne streets are listed among calls and travels. Carnival week sales at Wertheimer s headline the local shop scene as townsfolk plan outings and church events plus river gauge plans by a government meteorologist and civic effort to attract a factory to Defiance.

Carnival Week Men's Suit Prices

Men’s suits priced at 2.95 3.95 5 and 7.50 during carnival week invites shoppers to come and see the selections.

Carnival Week Pants Priced At 75e At Wertheimer's

Carnival week sale item notes mens pants priced at 75e with display emphasis and no trouble shown. Wertheimer's advertises the offer during the event.

Wertheimer

Capital Increase at American Steel Package Co

The capital stock is raised to 150000 dollars. C M Willock of Pittsburg bought 80000 dollars worth of stock and new buildings will be erected in the fall. Officers of the company remain the same as before.

American Steel Package Co C. M. Willock Pittsburg

Notice to Teachers: Examinations on July 2 and August 6

The board announces two examinations to be held at the college building on Saturday July 2 and Saturday August 6. It recommends Hinsdale's Art of Study Clarke's How to Teach Reading and Friske's Critical Period of American History as sources for questions. Q P Bevinton, Clerk.

Hinsdale Clarke Friske America Q. P. Bevineton

Property transfers in Defiance and surrounding townships

Public record list shows multiple deeds and transfers in Defiance city and Mark township with entries for parties including Sarah Gettle, Noah H Burkhol der, M A Callander, J F McCoony, Henricksa Vandenbroek, J P Clemons, John McCarty sheriff, Marion F Deatrick, RG Holgate, Catherine Thunemann, N H Burkholder, Allie Wort, Sarah E Rath, Kerr Bros Mfg Co, D W Coombs, Ida M Wolford, C Ww and Mary L Marron, Sophia Scott, Perry Helpman, J E Bixby, Elizabeth Fetzer, L Hay, Della Henderson, and Mary Keffer. parcel descriptions include lots, additions, and acres with monetary amounts noted for several transfers.

Sarah Gettle Noah H. Burkholder City of Defiance M A Callander R Callendar Mark Township James Lynn J F McCoony Henricksa Vandenbroek J P Clemons John McCarty Marion F Deatrick RG Holgate Milford Sophia Scott Et al Perry Helpman J E Bixby Elizabeth Fetzer East Defiance Hay Della Henderson Ccc Cece Cence Mary Keffer

Postmaster Visits Ill Town Highlights Champaign Urbana

Postmaster Thompson and family return from Champaign, Illinois, recounting charm of Urbana and Champaign as a single city divided by a political boundary. Notes include post office receipts, rural routes, and two second class offices. Mentions university in Illinois and local resident Wm. B. McKinley’s Republican nomination for congress.

Thompson Champaign Defiance Ozias Riley City of Republican County Central Urbana Congress State of Illinois University

Local Residents and Visitors Make the Rounds

Hicksville resident Mc Crary of Toledo visits family here and leaves Friday evening. Many guests arrive for weeks of illness, travel and hospital stays. Local workers shift roles as plans for electric railway from Fort Wayne face discouragement. Several residents head to Kansas and Colorado for work while others visit family and attend events. Construction and paving progress continue amid a busy summer with notable building improvements.

Local Visits and Social News From Defiance Area

JC Garber attended Defiance on Wednesday. Bryan resident MR Replogle visited his parents here. Amos and Sam Snider attended the funeral of Jas Porter’s child in Metz Indiana last week. Russal Hall and Mr Heyman were here Thursday. M Rath was at Defiance last week. Cameron and Mrs Ella Yeager visited their aunt Mrs Bowere ox at Blakeslee Saturday. Mr and Mrs A B Mapes visited E B Mapes Sunday. Miller of Toledo was here this week. Bernice Frazenberg of Bryan visited her aunt Mrs Wm Replogle. J P Cameron and wife of Defiance visited here Saturday and Sunday. Epworth League will host a social at the home of Mrs Ella M Yeager Saturday evening. C R Betts and wife of Stryker visited Amos Snider Sunday. Cameron of Jewell visited relatives Tuesday. W S Cameron was at Defiance Saturday and his daughter Lou returned with him for Sunday. A picked up nine went to Domerville to play ball Sunday. score 16 to 20 in favor of Domerville. Libbie Kufahi returned from Chicago Tuesday. Mrs W P Cameron is visiting Toledo this week. Mabel Pexton visited Stryker Thursday. CC Spangler and W K Orahood were at Ridgeville Monday. Mrs Ella M Yeager and daughter Alice visited T A Koeppe at Bryan Wednesday. The baseball team will play the Bryan team Saturday. CO Calkins and wife were in Bryan Friday. C R Shuter was in Defiance Thursday. E B Willit and Chas Cummins of Bryan passed through here Tuesday. DC Snider is visiting Ney this week. Lewis Thompson and Arthur Baker of Defiance were here Saturday on business.

JC Garber Defiance Replogle Bryan Amos Sam Snider Jas Porter Metz Ind Russal Hall Heyman M Rath C Cameron Ella Yeager Bowere@ox Blakeslee A B Mapes Mapes Miller Toledo Bernice Frazenberg Wm Replogle J P Cameron Epworth League Ella M Yeager R Betts Stryker Amos Snider Cameron Jewell S Cameron Lou Domerville Libbie Kufahi R Shuter B Willit Chas Cummins DC Snider Ney Lewis Thompson Arthur Baker

Noble township school closes with picnic and program

Leorah Dreher ends Noble township district 3 school year with July 15 picnic. Students perform songs recitations and dialogues led by Addie Lehman and Claud Moninger. Farewell includes valedictory by Fern Moninger and readings by Edith Fritz and Mary Johnson. Family visitors from Liberty Center Pioneer and nearby towns join daytime grove celebration.

John Olliman Shineberger Liberty Center EF E Welker H E Dreher Leorah Dreher Robert Renz Ed Bergman Ber Edna Strusaker John Hanna Pioneer Blanche Walker Hanna Robert Bessie Irene House Mary Johnson Wee Mousie Guy Babbinger Harry Sell Ruby Johnson Alfred Shilling Clarence Scott Edith Fritz Dana Ream Fern Moninger Art Doud Fam Milat John Grove Edith Stotler Clare Moninger Carrie Johnson Dorris Stottler

Local Notices and Visits in Monroe Township

Southerton Dr Rigrish and Dr Stevens made professional calls Thursday. Mrs T H Mansfield and Mrs Francis Stecker on sick list, also Mrs Georgia Mansfield. Curly Thompson drilling a well for Dan Stuckey. Jerome Bottani paints James Huffman dwelling at Hartsburg. Funeral of Andrew Troyer Sunday by Rev ES Weaver in Monroe cemetery, largest in the township.

Rigrish Stevens T H Mansfield Hiram Myers Francis Mansfield Georgia Mansfield Levi Crawford Wm Watson Fred Mentley Fil Krotz Jerome Bottani James Huffman Hartsburg E L Slough Boyd Curly Thompson Dan Stuckey Lawrence Gilts Marion Ind James Jones Continental Ellis Ford Brunersburg M Skiver Ira Donaldson Rice Geo Hale Francis Stecker Wm Searle Alfred Wolf Smith Andrew Troyer ES Weaver Monroe Cemetery Monroe Township Putnam County

Local residents travel to nearby towns and notes on health

Sherm Yeagley, wife and daughter drove to Bryan Tuesday. V G Lord and mother drove to Bryan Wednesday. John Norway and Levi Wilder drove to Defiance Saturday. Frank Walden and daughter Meda drove to Defiance Monday. PN Richardson drove to New Monday. Lucile Yeagley worked the reaper all day Monday cutting wheat for her father. Richard Richardson Jr appears in East Farmer evenings. Frederick Richardson of Cleveland vacationing in Farmer with the Norway family hosts. Madge Donelly ill for several days. Slaters busy roofing Paul Richardson's house this week. Stackhouse is quite ill.

Sherm Yeagley Bryan G Lord John Norway Levi Wilder Defiance Frank Walden Meda PN Richardson New Lucile Yeagley Reaper Richard Richardson, Jr East Farmer Frederick Richardson Cleveland Farmer Richardson Madge Donelly Slaters Paul Richardson Stackhouse

Rural letters and farming notes from Delphos

Miss Emma Genison of Delphos visits here with relatives. Davenport Iowa visitors Mr and Mrs Walter A Kleinhenny and sons Rex and Garwood stay with friends. Farmers busy with wheat hay corn looks well oats nearly ready. New well drilled by Dan Stucky proves good. Several local visits to G S Morris and D Stuckey family. Rural mail carrier praised for kind deeds as he prepares for a week at the world’s fair.

Emma Genison Delphos Walter A Kleinhenny and Sons Rex and Garwood Davenport Iowa Will Wright Dan Stucky Chas Andrews G S Morris Henry J Kleinhein Ed Stuckey D Stuckey

Local Census of Short News and Notable Moves

Wheat fields suffer rust while farmers harvest. Fanny Sheffield ill. Miss Dreher closes Ney Lehman district school for a Friday picnic. Maude Chaney spends vacation at home. Mrs Lehman visits Tiffin with Partee. Florence Dowe at infirmary. Chaney grandsons return to Fostoria with Mrs Leaders from Defiance. Mr Repp assists J Dowe this week.

Fanny Sheffield Fostoria Repp J F Dowe

Preaching at German M E Church Sunday Evening

A brief notice states preaching is planned at the German M E church on Sunday evening July 24. Mrs Chubb, with her daughter and son, have been mentioned in relation to the event.

Chubb

Low summer fares to Colorado from Chicago area lines

Travel promoters announce $30 to Colorado and return via Chicago with Union Pacific and North-Western lines. Service runs Chicago to Denver and Colorado Springs daily through the summer, with two fast trains daily and only one night possible in Denver. Contact A. F. Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio for details.

Colorado Chicago Union Pacific & North- Western Line Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo A. F Cleveland Superior Street Ohio

Also Mentioned on This Page

Woodwards Cloges Yingling S. E. Boyer Lakeside Frank Lacy Antwerp City Dey Ayers L. Bevington Hicksville V. Nofisinger Lorain Olive Ashton Paulding Wertheimer’s Misses Mae Sadie Blanchard West Unity Mrs. Brown Montpelier Mary Rummel Mae Lacey Bess Andrew Tampa, Fla Clarence Howard Webb Isaac Deveaux Emily Caton Lydia Mettler Sophia Zeigler Detroit Dora Tittle Tiffin and Minnie Lannon Laura Fitzpatrick Ed Ansberry Julius Spangler South Bend Tribune A. E. Kunderd Prudential Life Insurance Co Kendallville F. E. Partee James Stoner E. W. Ury L. T. Stoner 8S. IE. Partee Gibson Street North Defiance Broadway U Christian Church Clayton Davis Auglaize Dr. Emery St. Louis M. Horn Harry Mrs John Shannon J. R. Cunningham Helen Miller T. Riley Ayersville W. A. Kerns Narnest NeGraf Cora M. Holdsworth Thos. Cox Williams County Martha Siler Washington Township Sandusky Methodist Church Callon A. W. King & Son Clothiers Defiance. O Black Suttles Cromley St. John’s Reformed Church Fourth and Washington Streets F. EK. Lahr Inglish Zion Reformed Church Sherwood Business Men’s Association Indiana Hubbard Dan Shea Harrison Street George Beard Clinton Street S.S. C. Club of Little Girls Laura Ferguson Ferguson Farm A. X. Weisenburger Christian Endeavor Society Helen Herdegen Knights and Ladies of Columbia Henry Fuss Wayne Street Fuss M. H. Steinfedt Government Weather Bureau Hopkins Street Woodward Steinfeldt Grand Rapids Mich Harley & Whitaker’s Weisenberger & Emery Moulded Records Mollencup’s Jennings Miss Lehman’s Illinois University, Springfield Green W. E. King McKinley Street Wm. B. McKinley Mc Crary Leslie Wilder Mont Tom Mass Chas Steel Boon & Bevington Co Lucile Moody Chicago Junction Waterman J W Wright Esther Otis Bertha Wright Luther Nelson Ft. Wayne Benjamin Clemmer Mesdames Boon Bevington Kleckner Mr Schell Antwerp Argus Wesley Batchelor Will Smith Western Union Telegraph Office Carl Brandon Laird Hoff King Patterson Ada Hoff Samuel Jordan Bertha Brinker Cincinnati Graves Hamilton Lake Bertha Dalrymple Hoboken New Jersey D E Conards Auburn Ida Smucker Fremont Geo Lilley James Casebeer Chas Wetzel Butler Willis Owen Warner Jackson Co. E Newark Harmon Gier Kansas Albion Eiuck Bert Lavey Geo Shepard Vandenbroek Oxford Mno Evansport E M Beard Lynchburg Frank Mains, Jr Florence Dowe Will Wilson Ed Roems Helen Roehlers Matthews Christian Otto W. Zellers Theresa Cunningham Cheney Lumber GO Cumber Cheney Lumber Co French’s Bazaar Arthur Nolan Bros Nolon Bros Ed Roth Hatten Fred Schanika C Demland W Dickman Moore Laura Gertie Demland Lydia Alma Minnie Foss Baumann Brooksville Laura Keoppe Alice Boyd Delia Keoppe Glenburg Jas Figley Anna Donley Kate Figley Chas Brown George Fair Poe John Hancock Dan Partee Issler G. W. and G. M Watkins Ohio Defiance Henry, Putnam, Paulding Defiance Counties Delaware Township Paulding County Black Elm Land Alo City M. Watkins Defiance, Ohio
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