Southern Items Chronicle Quiet Local Notes
Alden Mansfield visits, long illness keeps him from work. Elmer Hall travels to Seneca county to visit relatives. Andrew Boggs reports his horse bitten by a rattlesnake last week. Dan Hall to raise a new barn this week. Lawrence Smith had a runaway last week with minor damage. Huckster wagon wheel broken, a few eggs spoiled. Daub and Lewis in tile business. John Hall dined with Nick Schoonover and wife. George Spencer bought two calves from Noah Spencer. Alla Daub and wife visited her parents Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Mansfield
Elmer Hall
Seneca County
Andrew Boggs
John Hall
Nick Schoonover
George Spencer
Noah Spencer
Alla Daub
Local residents stop by for visits this week
George Fout called last week while Bennie Snider made a pleasant call recently. Andrew Hattery with wife and Dora visited, as did J B Dickenhoff with Alice of Hicksville. Goddards from Oklahoma Territory and Brunersburg called. Edward Brown and C Elliott visited Saturday and J A Sheffield made a business call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fout
Bennie Snider
Andrew Hattery
Dora
J B Dickenhoff
Alice
Hicksville
LB Goddard
Miss Goddard
Oklahoma Territory
F A Goddard
Destie
Earl
Brunersburg
Edward Brown
C Elliott
J A Sheffield
Cold wave hits Washington Township with frost
Sunday morning frost grips Washington Township as residents report illness and business pauses. Wm Loose returns from Toledo. the Ney stave factory begins operations Friday. Local visits include Irvin and Kinzer families with Speith relatives. OB Lichty back home after visit. health of Mrs. Smith remains critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Loose
Toledo
Ney
Irvin Gordon
Cecil
Joseph Lichty
Jacob Kinzer
Paulding
Mueller
Sherman Huginus
Mark Center
IOOF
Jacob Warner
South Bend
Ind
George Smith
OB Lichty
Local Notes and Society From Ney and Nearby Towns
Evening workers and residents are listed with movements and visits. Taxing details include wool prices at 22 cents per pound and the Defiance trip by B D Lintz. School board assigns teachers for 1900 01 and updates on local buildings, deaths, and community events.
Sunday Guests and Local Church Service
Ezra Rethmel and wife and John Peter and wife were guests of S Stock's Sunday. Rev. Dobrick of Defiance preached at the ME church Sunday morning. Wes Linebrink and family visited Solomon Ingle Sunday. Maud Peter was the guest of Mary Stock last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Rethmel
John Peter
S Stock
Rev. Dobrick
Defiance
Wes. Linebrink
Solomon Ingle
Maud Peter
Mary Stock
Defiance Show Draws Crowd and Local Notes
A sizable crowd attended the Defiance show on Monday. John Peter begins tailor lessons. St John ME church plans Children’s Day exercises with a date set for next week. Mrs Stock and J B Stock drove to Napoleon Tuesday. Chas Kellermeier owns a new baggy. Ollie Deeps birthday surprise party on Monday. John Peter heads west Monday evening toward the show. Ollie Despe and Ollie Peter visit Mra McComb’s Monday. Ott Hall paints for Amos Hall. F W Gates and his companion attended the show Monday. St John M E church holds quarterly meeting next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peter
St. John’s ME
8 Stock
J B Stock
Napoleon
Chas. Kellermeier
Ollie Deeps
Ollie Despe
Ollie Peter
Mra. McComb
Money
Ott
Hall
Amos Hall
F W Gates
St. John M E Church
Children’s Home Visitors and Guests Reported
Defiance and surrounding areas sent or visited the Children’s Home on Thursday the 10th including Miss Louisa Werner from Defiance and JB Niechwitz of Florida. Local residents such as JC Garber of Evansport and Albert Burkmire and wife from The Bend toured the Home plus several calls and Sunday visits by Chas Rasor and family from South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Techmen
Paulding County
Louisa Werner
Defiance
Miss Greitman
JB Niechwitz
Florida
JC Garber
Evansport
Myrtle Knabe
Mary Keezer
Albert Haines
Albert Burkmire
The
Bend
E A Hall
W M Hall
Hamlet
Chas. Rasor
South Africa
D Raser
L B Goddard
Columbia
Oklahoma
Terry
F A Goddard
Deetle
Earl Goddard
Branersburg
Henry Neaderhauser
American Lice Destroyer War on Vermin in Poultry
The advertisement promotes American Lice Destroyer as a powerful poultry vermin killer. It claims it kills mites and lice within 24 hours, protects 250 fowls for a year, and increases profits. The offer guarantees money back if unsatisfied and calls for purchase through druggists or direct mail order from American Mfg. Co. Terre Haute Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercan Mfg. Co
Terre Haute
Ind
America
Smyth
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Inc
Chicago, Ill
Doan's Kidney Pills Claim Kidney Cure Powers
A testimonial from Edward A. Sheiler of 1032 Jefferson Street describes back pain and kidney discomfort relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad touts the pills as a sole remedy for kidney illness with high regard for Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as sole U.S. agents and lists price at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Sheiler
Jefferson Street
Doan
N G Woodward
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U.S
Dodd
Dodds M
National capital reminiscences reveal Hazen town lot haul
In Wichita in the 1880s General Hazen won about 50 town lots in a bluffing poker style game played with deeds and fictitious values. The tale ties to Admiral Dewey and Senate Beveridge reports while noting later social life in Washington and Hitchcock’s long nights after embassy events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
General Hazen
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Harvey Fleming
Kansas City Journal
Charles A. Edwards
Houston Post
Fleming
New York World
Washington
Dave Payne
Oklahoma
Harry Hill
Captain Crouch
Dave Bancroft
Payne
Hill
Crouch
Bancroft
Hazen
Texas
Terry McGovern Wins Six Round Spar at Penn Art Club
Philadelphia on May 22 at the Penn Art Athletic club Terry McGovern and Ellwood McCloskey fought six hard rounds. McGovern failed to score a knockout but likely earned the decision from the friendly setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Philadelphia
Penn Art Athletic Club
Terry McGovern
Ellwood McCloskey
McGovern
Mormon Expedition Sets Out for 15 Month Exploration
A group of about 20 Brigham Young Academy students led by President Benjamin Cluff sails from Provo for a 15 month trek through Mexico Central and South America. The mission aims to prove Mormon scripture by discovering ruins and collecting specimens while photographing sites and studying archaeology and anthropology. The route follows Nephite legends to Ecuador and Peru, seeking corroborating names and histories from indigenous peoples before returning to Utah via Valparaiso and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provo
Utah
Mexico
Central
South America
Salt Lake City
New York Post
Brigham Young Academy
Benjamin Cluff
Walter M. Wolfe
John B. Fairbanks
Joseph Smith
America
Confusion of Babel
Manasseh
Jerusalem
Zarahomla
Magdalena
Sonora
Batepito
Central America
Panama
Moroni
Ecuador
Peru
Amazon
Marona
Maranon
Angel Maroni
Valparaiso
San Francisco
Burglars Loot Amesville Post Office and Steal Horses
In Amesville Ohio burglars blew the post office safe wrecking the building and escaping with about 250 dollars in stamps. They also took two horses and buggies. In Cincinnati fire destroyed John Sauer and Company tobacco warehouse contents causing an estimated fifty thousand dollar loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Amesville
Cincinnati
John Sauer & Company
Famine Relief and Fires Among Global and Local News
Chicago plans to raise 50000 for Indian famine victims while Forest Mississippi reports a 200000 loss from a business district fire. Point Claire Quebec is wiped out by a fire. Nathaniel P. Hill former Colorado senator is dead. Akron pottery workers strike. Gage calls for 5 million redeposit. Chattanooga fatal shooting. Chinese steamer loss of 140 lives. Boer envoys seek U S stance on Transvaal War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
India
Forest
Miss
Point Claire
Quebec
Nathaniel P. Hill
United States
Colorado
John Sherman
Mansfield
Akron
Gage
Treasury
Charles Henry
C. R. Dolby
Chattanooga
Tenn
Celestial
McKinley
Hay
Transvaal
Flour and Mill Feed Price List Note
A historical price list lists various flour, meal and livestock feed items with prices and corrections by A Growey & Son and H P Miller. Items include Graham flour 12 lb sack Rye flour 49 lb, bolted meal 10 lb sacks middlings oil meal and various sold by cwt or bushel with hay and straw noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Growey & Son
Best
Graham
Notice to Contractors for Adams Township School Building
Sealed proposals for building a school house in Adams Township District No 2 must be received by June 18 1800 at 12 o clock at the clerk of the board of education. Bids must list all interested persons and include a bid guarantee. Separate labor and material pricing required and lowest responsible bid may be accepted or bids rejected. J H Metz Clerk of the Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otice
Board of Education
Adams_ township
J. H. Metz
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Defiance, Ohio
Defiance County Infirmary
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W W Huff
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John Welker
Bryan
D Lintz
Clara Whitcomb
F Hagerman
John Pahl
W H Mueller
R Brown
Simon Walker
Butler
John Robinson
Buttolo Bill
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Edward B Dond
Ollie Herriman
Jesse Kaiser
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Fannie Motter
Wm Walker Jr
W W Heater
V Stailey
Della Yarlet
Spitler
W F Pollock
L Bryan
I E Spitler
Glenburg
van Wert
Tiffin Township
Dutton
Emery Walker
Donley & Kibble
Germany
Dean
National Capital
Admiral
General Hasen
Four Kings
Jack Full
Beveridye
Hitchcock
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
David R. Francis
William H
Beveridge
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
House
Senate
Philippines
A. H. Bogardus
Elkhart
Dodds Medicine Co
Pigeng
Britt
Hobbs
NCE
Produce Exchange Banking Co
Cleveland, Ohio
W. H. Gabriel
H. Kimberly
V. Pt
C. Q. Evarts
Treas
Bentley
Asst
Treas., of
Cleveland
John W. Winn
F. L. Hay
J. B. Tennyson
John W. Lynde
Chas. J. Daoust
Geeral
Foreign Exchange
Hal
J Daoust
Winn & Hay Attorneys
Market Report
M. B. Gorman
J. H. Baker
BOOTS
H. P. Miller
Ver
A. Groney & Son
New York
Lump Rock
Dominion Company
Dept. 3
Defiance County
Ohio
Said County
State of
Mark Township
James A. Price
Simon P. Moon
T. Sutphen
Henry Hardy
Cheresee Hhe
Burdick
Peal Medicine CO
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