Defiance area social notes and local updates
Local residents return from visits in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Graduates and speakers noted at Sherwood high school exercises with Defiance College President P W McReynolds delivering the class address. Marriage licenses issued to couples in Adams township and nearby towns. a childhood streetcar accident in Defiance with minor injuries reported. Several residents listed visiting relatives or residing in nearby towns as well as local business updates and parish notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. McReynolds
Defiance College
Sherwood High School
Belle Reyff
Audra Hoover
Lyrle Etchie
Mildred Rock
Messrs
Ray Whitman
Don Miller
Roscoe Henderson
Reverend Thomas to Leave for Bryan Pastorate
The city mourns the departure of Rev W W Thomas who has accepted the Baptist church pastorate in Bryan. Beginning next Sunday he will preach both morning and evening and relocate with his family as he seeks a home. Known to Bryan as an able pulpit orator, he has served here since April and will depart after securing housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tis
Thomas
Bryan
Baptist Church
Democrat
W. W. Thomas
Baptist Church of
J T E Club Fun At Nettie Smith Home
A pleasant Tuesday evening at Miss Nettie Smith’s Summit street home hosted by the J T E Club. Members shared needle work and lively discussions on the week’s events while a delicious luncheon was served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Smith
Summit Street
J.T. E. Club
Local Notes From Archbold Area Socials and Marriages
Domerville Charles Lindau of Archbold and Maynard Seibert visit with parents. George Shindler and Celia Hopkins wed in St John Catholic church. An elaborate wedding dinner followed at U V A hall with 150 guests. Dancing, music by Thompson orchestra, and a country barn dance marked the celebration. Mrs Wesley King of Champaign visits her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Pedro
Lyman Hilton
G. D. Edgar
Hazel Hilton
Thompson Orchestra
George Shindler
North Ridge
Celia Hopkins
George Hopkins
St. John’s Catholic Church
J.P. Gloden
Mr. Shindler
John Sherer
Miss Willis
Lizzie Krutch
W. A. Kettenring
U. V. A. Hall
Adams Township
Local Gossip and Happenings in Defiance County
G D Zimmerman sold a team of horses Saturday and bought a team of mules Monday. Ira Donaldson and family visited Tom Berryhill and family near Defiance Sunday. Chas Zimmerman and family visited John Fickle and family near Continental Sunday. Several residents listed sickness this week. A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Bob Matson of Rice. Lawrence Markeley was seen on these streets Thursday. Chas Ham and Mr Howard canvassed for the Empire cream separator. H H Hill of Oakwood plans moving into the house vacated by Henry Friend. Literary event scheduled for May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Zimmerman
Ira Donaldson
Tom Berryhill
Defiance
Chas, Zimmerman
John Fickle
Continental
Berryinger
Roy Smith
Harry Grant
R. Alkire
Wm. Searle
Bob Matson
Rice
Lawrence Markeley
Chas. Ham
Mr. Howard
Empire
H. H. Hill
Oakwood
Henry Friend
Local residents and visitors noted in Defiance area
Mrs. Lower and family spent Sunday in Brunersburg. Goller of Ney dined with Goddard. Martha Folk closed Webb district school. Arnholt reroofing and kitchen remodeling. Sloppy closed Defiance township school. Mack sister visit to Putnam. T. B. Goddard visiting Colgan in Paulding. Folk convalescent. Hilton and wife Sunday at Brunersburg. Clemmons plastering Figler’s Will Figler’s barn remodeling. Fout family in Brunersburg. Dan Roehrig tiling. Stitsel remodeling east of Brunersburg.
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Lower
David
Georgia
Defiance
Brunersburg
KE. D. Goller
Ney
F. A. Goddard
Martha Folk
Webb
Arnholt
Alvord Sloppy
Defiance Township
M. Mack
Putnam County
T. B. Goddard
J. Colgan
Paulding County
H. H. Folk
Lyman Hilton
B. H. Clemmons
Will Figler
Tiffin Township
Chas, Fout
Local Examinations and Weekend Games Highlight Defiance Area
Misses Alice Cameron Lou Cameron Minnie Coy Roensa Partee and Gladys Partee attended teachers examination at Defiance Saturday. Willie Coy and Amos Heer took the examination at Bryan. The Stryker ball team played the kids at this place Saturday and locals suffered a heavy defeat. T. E. Snider and wife were Bryan callers Sunday. Fred Haase and family and Winn Kimberly and family of ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Cameron
Lou Cameron
Minnie Coy
Roensa Partee
Gladys Partee
Defiance
Willie Coy
Amos Heer
Bryan
Stryker
T. E. Snider
Fred Haase
Winn Kimberly
Local Residents and Visitors Share Weekend in Williams Center
Nery and Ray Rethmel and wife spent Sunday at Wm Kimberly's. Myrul Goller of Ney called on Sunday. Ermine Peterson of Angola visited parents and friends. Edyson and Celia Snider attended Ney commencement Friday. Dr. D W Iferd of Toledo spent Sunday with his mother. Winter Partee of Angela stayed with Grace's parents last week. J H Iferd and wife visited Holgate. T E Snider was a Defiance caller Monday. Grist mill closed for two weeks for repairs. Alma Fridley of Continental visiting this week. Elwood of Lima attended G H Tomlinson golden wedding on April 28. Decoration day to be observed as usual in Williams Center. Mr and Mrs George Flightner visited relatives over Sunday. Fleet Keller spent Sunday with his parents. Miss Billa Fisher of Bryan spent a few days in town. Mrs Jackson of Peoria, Ill was guest of aunt Mrs George Hemenway last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lindau
Archbold
August Baden
Fred Brant
John Lauber
Maynard Seibert
George Chase
Clem Hall
Nery
Ray Rethmel
Kimberly’e. Myrul Goller
Ney
Ermine Peterson
Angola
Edyson
Celia Snider
D. W. Iferd
Toledo
Winter Partee
Angela
J. H. Iferd
Holgate
Elwood
Lima
G. H. Tomlinson
Williams Center
George Flightner
Fleet Keller
Frank Keller
U. B
Giles Tomlison
Emma Reeder
Elsie Towney
Orlando Benner
Lenore Ruff
West Unity
Florence Lyndon
Ivan Perkins
Prattsville
Mich
Fred Mavis
Edgerton
Mavis
Emeline Hemenway
James Phillips
Carl Braadon
Harry
Attica
Chicago
Roy C. Sauer
Anne Arbor
Edgar Conkey
L. W. Wilder
Farmer Center
Our City
Bryan
Ft. Wayne
A. F. Bechtel
Mr. Haverstock
Garrett
Amos Fee
Hicksville
Ray Davis
Indiana
Edward M. Babb
D. F. Helms
Columbus Grove
C. C. Rodecker
Rodecker
Addie Jamey
Poorman
M. E. Church
Helms
Forest Home
J. H. Vans
L. O. Farnsworth
Rockford
Ohio
R. T. Cruikshank
Mrs. Parsons
Muskegon
Sherwood
F. H. Clark
Eva
Hudson
Grover Cole
Defiance
Mrs. Cole
Buel Jaquee
M. F. Daub
F. A. Patterson
Mr. Daub
Kate Yarlot
Bryan Moday
Martha Pahl
Albert Pahl
A. J. Yarlots
Mable Wisda
A. J. Neiswender
Merl
Neal Doud
Bessie Beam
Ora
Mable Stripe
L. M. Sniff
Ora Stripe
Grace Yarlot
Clara Garver
Theodore Schwarzbek
Horace Doud
Edward Goller
Bethel
John Doud
France
Yarlot
Mr. Zeigler
Vernon Haller
W. G. Lord
Moats
William Price
Farmer
Rev. Kelly
Ray Spangler
Williams Center notes and community life report
Williams Center weekly notices recounts social events births deaths and visits. Highlights include Mr Giles Tomlinson’s 97th birthday celebration, multiple travels and family visits, school activities, church sermons, a fatality and several local business and infrastructure updates.
Community Notes and Markets Spread Across Two Towns
Local social updates list gatherings in Bryan Moday Defiance and nearby towns with names like Kate Yarlot Martha Pahl A. J. Yarlots and Neiswenders. Report includes Sunday dinners school events Ney High commencement and Angola College address plus extensive Toledo and East Buffalo market prices for wheat hogs cattle and veals with regional notes.
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Toledo
East Buffalo
N. Y
Principal Hagg Concludes Successful School Term
Supt. W. E. Hagg closed a very successful term of school Thursday. This being his second year and he is employed for the coming school year.
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W. E. Hagg
Farmers Henry Taylor and Simon Benner head to Pacific coast
Farmer Henry Taylor and Simon Benner plan a horseback trip to the Pacific coast, expecting to finish in 120 days. They passed through Farmer Monday and noted many railroad men in town.
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Henry Taylor
Simon Benner
Farmer
Pacific Coast
Bk. O. Stone
T. A. Fordham
Bryan
Washington Dean Erects Wind Mill Derrick With New Wheel
Washington Dean placed a wind mill derrick and a new wheel on his mill Saturday after the previous structure was torn down three months ago. B F Houck learned of his brother Virgil's death in Toledo and attended the funeral Monday. The baptism by immersion will be conferred at the Fairview church Sunday on several applicants. Elmer Warner and his mother Mrs W P Foster from Bryan visited D L Warner Sunday. David Conley and wife were guests of B D Lintz Sunday.
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Washington
B. F. Houck
Virgil
Toledo
Er. Doud
Fairview Church
Elmer Warner
W. P. Foster
Bryan
D. L. Warner
David Conley and
B. D. Lintz
Trouble with clay in Baltimore schools
An Baltimore instructor recalls parental reaction to introducing clay work in public schools. A mother writes to Miss Jones complaining her son John returned muddy from class and vows he will be sent back to wash his clothes if the issue repeats. Her husband helps with household chores, adding to the wash burden.
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Baltimore
Telephone joke prompts a hotel remark from wife
Mr Brown praises the telephone to Smith and asks him to dine with them that evening. Mrs Brown replies clearly asking if they keep a hotel, revealing a humorous misunderstanding of the device.
The Ever Ready Hen in London Winter
A yearnful London cyclist seeks new laid eggs for breakfast after a winter night in a country cottage. The landlady promises eggs from hens that lay in all weathers, but a comical morning dispute reveals the cottage’s thin walls and rural routines.
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London
Darky converts Christian Science in Mobile anecdote
Representative John Sharp Williams relates a Harper's Weekly story about a Mobile man who converts to Christian Science. The pair discuss an aunt's health, with the convert insisting she has pleurisy which the other denies. Later the convert asks again, and the aunt is said to be dead and buried.
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John Sharp Williams
Mobile
Harper's Weekly
Wanted Hanging
Douglas Jerrold and Henry Compton share a comic moment in a memoir telling how entering a gallery they glimpse long mirrors and Compton quips about art while Jerrold remarks the image “very fine” but “needs hanging” in a witty exchange of friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Jerrod
Henry Compton
Compton
Jer- Told
Jerrold
Woman Asks Husband to Carve 8 by 5 Card
A New York area woman telegraphed her husband in Broadway to inscribe a Sunday school motto. She sent the message Unto Us a Child is Born 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. Harper's Weekly notes the odd commission as a joke.
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New York
John Johnson
Broadway
New York City
Harper’s Weekly
Bird Like Remarks Sparked by Parrot Comparison
A playful domestic exchange unfolds as a fond wife teases her husband about his bird like habit while he remains engrossed in his newspaper. She presses the point with a lighthearted quip about parrots and perception.
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