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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
4
An early 20th century notice seeks a husband for a widow or single woman. Names include E N Lewis and a physician. The fragmentary ad hints at companionship and domestic support. Further details are unreadable.
A lavish Harley residence reception honored Mr and Mrs Holgate Harley with 500 guests from Detroit Toledo Indianapolis Chicago and more. Attendants wore Paris canary gowns, decorated halls featured palms and smilax as music by Heinlein orchestra filled the evening. The couple plan a September homecoming at their Holgate avenue residence.
Holgate C Harley and Miss Frances Wilhelm, soon to be married, return to their Cleveland home with a lavish reception at 512 Holgate Ave. Friends, family, and Detroit Indianapolis and Toledo guests gather. The bride wore Parisian style hair and cream diamonds as the couple’s wedding saga unfolds with ornate flowers and elegant细 détails.
Classified farm notices describe 50 acre Paulding County holdings with black sandy loam soil, 44 acres under plow, new two story brick house, and 80 acre improved Paulding farm near railroad and market. Also 70 acre Mark Township Defiance land with 35 cultivated acres, 20 acre Defiance county farm with river bottom land, and 160 acre Defiance county cultivation. Prices range 3 to 50 dollars per acre with promises of quick secure titles and value growth.
In Delaware township Neal Doud resumes public life three weeks after a bout with typhoid fever, appearing thinner but on the mend. The town reports a dog bite incident injuring Clarkson Ewers, a lightning strike at Charley Fetters blacksmith shop, and a well attended ice cream social raising 21 dollars for the ME church. Abraham Shoe began Eli Clark house foundation work, and the obituary of Dean occurred August 24 1902 with funeral on the 25th at 2 pm. B D Lintz also traveled to Bryan on Monday.
Legal notice of action by The Defiance Home Saving and Loan Association against Cora Shook and others. George W Hutchinson and Etta Hutchinson may be defendants with residence unknown. Proceeding date listed as June 13.
Advertises Dr Fowler s Extract of Wild Strawberry as a safe preventative for cholera infantum dysentery diarrhoea and other summer illnesses. Claims comfort and health protection in the home medicine chest.
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