Funeral of Dr Ludwell G. Thacker Draws Wide Attention
A large crowd gathered at the Thacker home on Holgate avenue to honor Dr Ludwell G. Thacker. Services led by Defiance Commandery No 30 K T and the Grand Army of the Republic were followed by a Riverside vault interment and a moving sermon by Rev E D Whitlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thacker
Holgate Avenue
Ludwell G. Thacker
Defiance Commandery No. 30
K. T
Phelps
Grand Army of the Republic
E. D. Whitlock
St. Paul’s
M. E
G. S. May
Grace Episcopal Church
Dr. Thacker
Messrs. Whitlock
Commandery
G. A
Riverside
Commandry
Dr. Ludwell G. Thacker Dies in Defiance at 7:07 A.M.
Dr. Ludwell G. Thacker a long time Defiance physician died at his Holgate avenue home after a lingering illness. Born in 1843 in Ohio he enlisted in 1862 served as a sergeant and later worked as B and O local surgeon and pension examiner. He married Ann Noble and leaves wife Myrtle and daughter Eugenie Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Thacker
Holgate Avenue
Thacker
Co. D. 100
Bishop Post G. A. R
Board of Pension Examiners
M. E. Church
Ludwell G. Thacker
Rochester
Clermont County
Ohio
Defiance
Ann E. Noble
Calvin L Noble
Junction
Eugenie Schultz
Geo. A. Schultz
Chicago
Myrtle Thacker
Holgate Ave
Ann Arbor University
Bellevue College of Medicine
New York
Pension board to meet at Chenevert building
The board of pension examiners has secured the Chenevert building on Third street as a meeting place and is fixing it up. It was formerly Dr. L. G. Thacker’s office. The board is expected to be reorganized at next Wednesday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Pension Examiners
Chenevert
Third Street
L. G. Thacker
Dr R B Cameron Seeks Pension Board Post
Dr R B Cameron has filed his application for appointment to the county pension examiners board and expects his commission before next week. He was strongly endorsed by the old soldiers in this section of the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Cameron
Board of Pension Examiners
Cameron
Rural Idyl At Highland Chapel
A couple rests in a buggy near Highland chapel when a carriage approaches startling them. They recover and ride away, the scene recalled by a breeze that whispers they have passed this way before and more times to come.
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Highland Chapel
Chapel
Funeral for Miss Virginia Daoust Led by Rev Doherty
The service at Our Lady of Perpetual Help opened with a 9 30 a m mass officiated by Rev Doherty. He spoke at length praising the deceaseds life and character before the pall bearers carried the casket to Riverside Cemetery for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Daoust
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
Doherty
Riverside Cemetery
J. I. Hoeffel
G. D. Edgar
A. R. Preisendorfer
A. M. Minsell
F. P. Weisenberger
C. P. Harley
W. H. Hooker
W. C. Burke
F. X. Groselle
H. H. Mollencup
John W. Winn
W. H. McClintock
Sunday school notes recall grand Ohio convention plans
Notes praise the Chillicothe Sun day school convention as the state’s best and urge Fourth of July rallies. Washington Township reports a sleepy session due to weather and lack of leadership but highlights Mrs Estella Fullmer’s strong address Feed my Lambs. New officers named and next meeting set at Prairie Creek. Edward Goller explains letter distribution costs and postage limits for 4000 letters. Expense budget for 1900 01 outlines county convention needs and emphasizes careful planning under divine guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Ohio
North Richland and Adams Association
W. L. Hosack
Farmer
Estella Fullmer
Dry Creek
Edward Goller
Monstrous strawberries from Defiance County farmer
The Napoleon reports Jacob Stamm raised on his new Defiance county farm especially large strawberries. If he can grow other crops to match the berries in size and quality farming may prove a good investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Stamm
Defiance County
Special Train To Antwerp For St Marys Corner Stone
Special train to Antwerp over the Wabash Sunday June 30 for laying the corner stone of St Marys Catholic church. Train leaves Defiance at 1 30 p m. One fare for round trip.
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Antwerp
St. Mary’s Catholic
Defiance
Deaths and local notices fill Defiance city pages
Mrs. Geiger dies at 59 after months of illness as Geiger family details emerge. Local updates include visits, business moves, and court actions. A fight on Lower Wayne Street ends with Burton and Wirebaugh facing assault charges and family ties noted.
Oil, gold fever, and fruit boom from Mena correspondent
Special correspondent F. H. Daniels reports oil leases and upcoming drilling near his farm in Mena Arkansas, while gold prospects attract old miners. He notes a 40 acre lease, a thriving fruit season with peaches, blackberries, strawberries, and eight acres of cantaloupes ripening by July. His foreman L R Young stands in the photo with 43 strawberry pickers at work.
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Express
Mena, Ark
L R. Young
Defiance
Ohio
F. H. Daniels
Glove powder advert claims Foot-Ease ease for hands
A woman endorses Alien's Foot-Ease applied in gloves and on hands. She mentions sending a sample to address in Le Roy New York and cites use in daily grooming.
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Usc
Sampie
Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Catalpa Tree Blooms In Doctor Westrick’s Yard
Nine years after a shrub was planted by Dr. J. D. Westrick’s wife, a catalpa syringifolia now stands 30 to 40 feet tall in North Dafiance. The article describes its two part calyx, bell shaped corolla, five stamens, and long seed pods. It notes the tree’s ornamental use, large heart shaped leaves, white violet tinted flowers, and the wood’s fine texture used in cabinet making.
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J. D. Westrick
North Defiance
Catalpa
Funeral of a devoted churchwoman honored in Detroit
presiding elder of the district and Rev David Dobbrick of the German M FE church will officiate. Remains interred at Riverside cemetery. The Geiger family receives heartfelt sympathy. Her life, tempered and sweetened by ministry, leaves a void in the home circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
David Dobbrick
M. FE
Riverside
Geiger
Stamped Envelopes Available for Rural Route Patrons
Patrons of the rural free mail delivery on routes A B and C served from the Defiance post office may buy 2c stamped envelopes with the stamp embossed. Printed in the upper left corner are the words If not Called for in 10 Days Return to.
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Defiance Post Office
Rural Free Delivery Envelopes Sold by the Postmaster
Rural Free Delivery in Defiance Ohio advertises stamp envelopes with pricing: one for 3 cents, two for 5 cents, five for 11 cents, twenty-five for 53 cents, fifty for $1.06. Patrons are urged to ask carriers for stamped paper envelopes. C. J. Thompson, Postmaster.
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C. J. Thompson
Local Notices And Death Of Michael Roedel
The Misses Mollie Elliott and Carrie Spangler left for the Buffalo Exposition Sunday. Mrs Slager of Paulding was called here by the death of her brother Dr Thacker. Michael Roedel aged 78 of South Richland died this morning after two days illness. Roedel came to the county about 55 years ago and resided here except for a few years in Iowa. Funeral Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the house and 2 p.m. at English Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Newbegin
Lucy T. Cheney
Hadenfield
New Jersey
Cheney
City
Charles Strong
Catherine J. Geiger
Christian Geiger
Perry Street
Germany
David Koerner
America
Koerner
Geiger & Son
Geiger
Catherine Kahlo
Emma Will
Amanda
Bird
Mame
Clara
Esther Geiger
Will Geiger
John F. Koerner
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Got
M. F. Church
Joseph Kerns
Chas. Kopp
Highland Township
Mollie Elliott
Carrie Spangler
Buffalo Exposition
Dr. Slager
Paulding
Dr. Thacker
Michael Roedel
South
Richland
Roedel
Iowa
English Lutheran
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Hicksville
Ed Gaylord
Ladies of the Altar Society
St. Mary’s Church
C. W. Butler
John Rueter
Dr. Westrick
Stephen Bloom
Lorain
Warwick
Ed Finn
Adams Township
D. E. Dozer
David E. Dozer
Pennsylvania
Dr. Chase
Joseph C
J. H. Grant
Josephapman Avenue
Mich
H. A. Nicolai
Division Street
F. S. Rose
Sixteenth Street
N. Y
A. W
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
Woodward’s
Miss Daoust
Washington Township
TION
W. F. Pollock
Harvey Barrack
Anna Fetters
A. €. Garver
Christian Benz
M. D. Huffman
Earnest Vollmar
Geo. Benner, Jr
Prairie Creek
U. B. Church
O Eng Co
Reno
Association
God
Defiance County Sunday School Association
Mrs. R. W. Mitchell
Celina
C. W. Kerns
Bryan
John B. Sarvis
Mark Township
Ed Conkey
Farmer Township
Col
Chas. W. Krotz
W. P. Engel
Holgateave
Jacob Baltes
W. A. Kettenring
Jackson and
Third Streets
Mr. Koerner
Edgerton
Mrs. Geiger
Frank X. Link
Toledo
Mable Putt
Napoleon
Catherine Schlosser
Carl
Brice Bell
Myrtle Bell
Xenia
W. P. Huston
Defiance Light & Railway Company
W. R. Fabin
Fabin
Geiger Home
Watkin Bros
Henry Saur
Henry County
Lavina Schlosser
Brother
Frank Beaver
Dorr Young
L. A. Beilhard
Liberty Center
F. E. Hale
Lillian Wulif Leit
Pleasant Bend
Peter Leithauser
Adams Ridge
P.O. Rhodes
A. B
Cuisa
Heidelberg University
Wayne Street
Dell Wirebaugh
Frank Burton
Burton
Wirebaugh
Squire Hunter
Fred Daniels
Catalpa Tree
Cas
Jeveland
Jeveland's
Route Defiance
Castoria
Bengi
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