Davison Wood Bridal Party Dinner Held at Davison Home
Mr and Mrs John H Davison hosted a dinner for the Davison Wood bridal party at 606 Francis Street Tuesday evening. Eight guests were served six courses with music and a trolley ride along the streetline. Mr and Mrs J F Deatrick host dinner at 5 30 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H Davison
Davison-Wood
Francis Street
Misses Powell
Loveridge
Fred T Wood
J H Davison, Jr
Maud Fonst
Bruce Reynolds
JH Davison
J F Deatrick
Local Notices from Brunerebure and Area
Gravel is taken from the creek at Brunerebure for Evan sport road work. Charles Speaker’s cane mill has started. August Joehlin makes improvements on the old Hilton property. SE Sanford builds a chicken house. L Hilton returns home from Paulding to visit family. Wm Leaders moves to Harmon’s residence. George Font leaves for Kentucky for several months. Mary Mnntz works for Albert Speaker. Miss Hazel Hilton visits with Albert Ingle. Emma Myers of Toledo visits her parents. Anna Helfrich sews for Mrs Potters and Mrs Engel in Oak Grove. Mrs E Gilbert and son Jimmy visit country. Conrad Fullmer’s pony ran away with furniture. Anna Lero does housework for Mrs Henry Ashbacher.
Local Levee of Visitors Spotted in Napoleon Area
James P Ragen and family of Napoleon travel with Peter Weigerding and kin from the city. Miss Emma Otto and S H Shoemaker of Napoleon visit E T Shoemaker in Tiffin township. Emma Helmick of New Haven Indiana visits H Neaderhauger. Juling Heilman and W H Lippold visit Prof S W Neaderhamuser. group on bicycle trip toward Naperville Illinois after Pennsylvania vacation. Geo Wilhelm hosts surprise party for thirtieth birthday planned by Mrs Wilhelm with many friends and relatives.
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James P Ragen
Napoleon
Peter Weigerding
Emma Otto
S H
E T
Tiffin Township
Emma Helmick
New Haven
Ind
H Neaderhauger
Juling Heilman
W H Lippold
S W Neaderhamuser
Naperville, Ill
Pennsylvania
Geo. Wilhelm
Mrs. Wilhelm
Advertised Letters in Defiance Post Office
Uncalled letters for the week ending Sept 5 1809 in Defiance Ohio include Mrs Elia Thompson Miss Mary C Hughes and Fred Stephens. If not claimed within 14 days they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office per law. Postmaster C J Thompson notes to say Advertised and provide list date.
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Defiance
Ohio
Thompson
Elia Allen
WC Fister
Mary C Hughes
Fred Stephens
C, J. Thompson
Local Market Notes and Farm Updates From Defiance and Lafayette
Peter Leithauser bought bay mares at a Defiance horse sale last Saturday. John Lehman cut four acres of corn for Albert Gardner with a new corn cutter. the machine works splendidly and Lehman charges 15 cents per acre. J M Correseel is hospitalized in Lafayette after an operation last Friday and is slowly recovering. Foreman would have attended the Defiance horse sale and bought several promising colts priced at eight dollars and fifty cents each.
Labor Day Socials And Local Travel In Hicksville Area
Wm Hoover liveryman from Hicksville visited Tuesday morning. J Hive and son John spent Sunday in Shelby. Della and Grace Lacy visited Fostoria. Labor Day observed locally with limited post office hours and barber shop closure. Moore family in Defiance for the holiday. Sunday School chose to attend the September 16 Sherwood picnic. Wilson Hill and wife traveled to Cincinnati and returned. George Bellows family joined Wm Theekes Sunday. An ice cream supper Saturday raised over $5 for ministers.
Wendt Family Travels and Local Social Notes
Mr and Mrs Wendt depart for Defiance to visit Mrs Wendt’s sister Mrs Craven while he proceeds to Toledo and Detroit. Mrs Oscar Hover and her daughter Andrie return from a brief Dupont visit. Mrs Curtis Woods of Ottawa visits the Woodses. Frank Smith ill with typhoid fever. Chas Openlander recovering from fever. Mrs M E McCaskey to attend the WCTU convention at Bryan. Mrs Geo Rentz and daughter visit Rentz senior. Miss Jennie Mackelvain of Butler Pa visiting the McKee household. Harry Boyer assists at Hover’s store during Henry Wendt’s absence. John Duerk, recently ill, is around again.
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Mrs. Wendt
Defiance
Mrs. Craven
Toledo
Detroit
Jennie Mackelvain
Butler, Pa
Mrs. McKee
Maumee Scriblings and Local Incidents
Local notes report Earl Bishop back from River Michigan and Henry Sprou building a large farm home. Grandma Oakes aged ninety is ill. Chas Donegan hosts this week as his mother travels to Sandusky. Lightning kills two cows for Joe Steward near Cecil bridge and knocks down PC Baker the gravel hauler. A barn fire near an old colored man named Jackson is noted. Chas Donegan sells hogs at four dollars and twenty cents per hundred. Bailey says a theft of thirty five dollars occurred in his room with clothing taken to the yard.
Grove's Tasteless Onill Tonic for Malaria and Fever
This ad notes Grove's Tasteless Onill Tonic is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. It claims effectiveness for malaria chills and fever, appealing to both children and adults and noting a price of 560 cents.
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Grove
Local Banking Notice and Officers Listing
OFFICERS. W. H. GABRIEL Pref. D. H. KIMBERLY V. Pt. C. Q. EVARTS Treas. E B S. BENTLEY Asst. Treas. of Cleveland O LOCAL DIRECTORS SAPSTY DEPOSIT VAULTS BOXES FOR RENT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED Your Account is Solicited Interest Paid on Deposits Foreign exchange Bought and Sold CHAS J DAOUST Cashier WINN HAY Attorneys.
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W. H. Gabriel
D. H. Kimberly
V. Pt
C. Q. Evarts
Treas
Bentley
Asst
Cleveland
Sapsty
Foreign Exchange
Chas. J Daoust
Sunday School Picnic Delights Tiffin Township Churches
In Tiffin the Sunday school picnic on Saturday drew seven Sunday schools each presenting two songs and a report. Attendees from St. John's and Evansport U B among others heard speeches by Rev. Wilson Stryker Rev. Metzner Rev. Schoonover and Rev. Roberts West Unity. Officers elected include D E Partee president John Ferris vice president H L Stock secretary and J N Reprogle treasurer.
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St. John’s
Tiffin River
Salem
Rural Chapel
Evansport
Trinity Chapel
Wilson
Stryker
Metzner
Schoonover
Roberts
West Unity
Doan's Kidney Pills touted by a local Defiance user
A Defiance citizen from 517 Perry street testifies after severe kidney trouble. Backache, discolored secretions, and dizziness vanished after two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. The advertisement urges purchase at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as U S sale agents, with the reminder to remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfram
Perry Street
Wilson’s
Woodward’s
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
U.S
Coliseum collapse deaths blamed on bridge firm and superintendent
A coroner's jury held the Pittsburg Bridge company and Charles M. Peasley, superintendent, responsible for the Aug. 28 Coliseum building arches collapse in Chicago that killed 11 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pittsburg Bridge Company
Charles M. Peasley
Coliseum
Two loggers killed as train sections come together
West Superior Wisconsin September 6 logging camp workers Tom Jordan and Lawrence Gavin lost their lives when a logging train broke apart and sections rejoined throwing them from the cars. The accident occurred at the camp where both men were employed.
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West Superior
Wis
Tom Jordan
Lawrence Gavin
Five Drown After Yacht Capsize in Sheepscot Bay
In Bath Maine on September 6 five people drowned when the yacht Ahadia capsized in a squall. Victims include Dr John H Steadman William Nason Harry Higgins Frank Avery all from Georgetown and James A Martin of Boston. The tragedy followed rough seas near Sheepscot bay.
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Bath
Ahadia
Sheepscot Bay
John H. Steadman
William Nason
Harry Higgins
Frank Avery
Georgetown
James A. Martin
Boston
Kearsarge Breaks Speed Record On Trial Run
Newport News Sept 6 The Kearsarge during its trial trip logged 1714 knots, maintaining the speed for nearly thirty minutes. Spectators note the feat remarkable especially since the course ran in shallow water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Kearsarge
Galveston City Railroad Property Sold in Foreclosure
In Galveston on Sept 6 the railroad company’s property, foreclosed by U.S. court to satisfy $1.25 million bonded debt, was sold. Julius Runge, president of the company, bought it for $905,000.
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Galveston
Galveston City Railroad Company
United States
Julius Runge
Bankers Begin 25th National Convention in Cleveland
About 600 bankers from across the United States attend the opening session of the American Bankers Association annual convention in Cleveland. The day’s focus centers on routine business and organizational matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
The
American Bankers’ Association
Danish Steamer Cathay Arrives With Smashed Stem
The Danish steamer Cathay docked at Cadiz after a collision off Cape St Vincent with the British steamer Clan McGregor. The Cathay reports the Clan McGregor sank but its crew were saved.
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Cadiz
Cape St. Vincent
Portugal
Admiral Dewey Foresees End to Philippine War
At Gibraltar Admiral Dewey voiced optimism that the Philippine insurrection would be quelled by the next dry season. He did not expect further sea service unless war demanded it and anticipated retirement under regulations.
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Gibraltar
Dewey
Philippines
Buckeye Veterans Hold 25th Mexican War Reunion
The Ohio State Association of Mexican War Veterans met in Columbus for its twenty-fifth annual reunion with Governor Bushnell and Adjutant General Axline attending. The governor delivered a welcome address.
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Columbus
Ohio State Association of
Buckeye Boys
Mexico
Bushnell
Axline
Boers Aim For War as Peace Haunts South Africa
London dispatches report Kruger withdrawing the five year franchise and opposing suzerainty. Volksraad reportedly rejects conditions and vows to stand by independence, with Johannesburg noting a probable 48 hour war declaration and raids into Natal before British troops arrive. Smuts named key war inciter as tens of thousands mobilize.
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London
South Africa
Transvaal
Kruger
Great Britain
Standard and Diggers News
Volksraad
Cape Town
England
Raads
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Natal
Orange Free State
Cape Colony
Smuts
Sinking near Halifax harbor claims seven lives
A sailboat with 11 aboard sank after a squall at the mouth of Halifax harbor. Four were saved, including Poole an officer on H. M. S. Talbot who helped two women stay afloat. The victims all hailed from Halifax. drowned are Robert Davidson, W Hamilton, John E Hancock and three unnamed sisters. Only one body has been recovered.
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Halifax
N. S
Halifax Harbor
Robert Davidson
W. Hamilton
National Letter Carriers Convention Opens in Scranton
Scranton Pennsylvania September 5 The national convention of the Letter Carriers association was opened with a parade in which nearly 5000 men from branches nationwide took part. Over 1000 delegates are present for the convention’s business sessions this week.
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SSS
Metropolitan National Bank
Corn Exchange Nat. Bank
Chicago
German Exchange Bank
New York
Sears, Roebuck & Co
SEARS
Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Ulion, Desplaines and
Wayman Sts
Scranton
The
Letter Carriers’ Association
Colonel Shaw Leads in Fierce Grand Army Commander race
Philadelphia reports a heated campaign for Grand Army of the Republic commander in chief with three candidates W C Johnson Leo Basseur and Colonel Albert D Shaw. Shaw claims clear victory while others express confidence as Illinois fights to host next year’s convention in Chicago amid Dreyfus court martial discussions in New York.
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Grand Army
Philadelphia
Grand Army of the Republic
W. C. Johnson
Cincinnati
Leo Basseur
St. Louis
Albert D. Shaw
Watertown
N. Y
Shaw
Johnson
Basseur
Ohio
Missouri
New York
Illinois
Chicago
Veranda Burglary Tale Ends in Tragedy
In a down east town a man cut a hole in a door and a woman seized his wrist during a struggle outside a grocery store. The burglar later killed himself, but the woman kept hold all night not realizing the death, while a skeptic questioned the scene.
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Buffalo Commercial
Cossacks Form Volunteer Cavalry Troops in Russia
Cossacks organize as volunteer cavalry in southern Russia. They supply horses uniforms and weapons and act as highway guards and perform other duties on request of the district governor. In return they receive tax relief to a degree. Their costumes are picturesque and they are famed for their exceptional horsemanship.
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Russia
Can't a Wagon Have Two Horses
A child named Charlie answers questions about being both papa's and mamma's boy. When asked how he can be both, he replies that a wagon can have two horses, showing playful innocence in a simple dialogue.
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Charlie
Papa
Mamma
Proposals Sought for Defiance Electric Lighting Plant
Trustees of Defiance Electric Light Works invite sealed bids by Sept 2 1899 for building boilers engines dynamos and all wiring for a complete electric lighting plant. Seven divisions cover station building boilers engines piping dynamos pole line and arc lamps. Bids require certified check five percent and bonds. mayor and city council approve contracts and wages.
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Electric Light Works
Defiance
Ohio
State of
Trustees of the Electric Light Works
Rae & Monroe
Monroe Street
Chicago
Illinois
The
W.C. Burke
MM. B Gorman
A. D
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Brunerebure
Charles Speaker
August Joehlin
Hilton
SE Sanford
L Hilton
Paulding
Harmon
George Font
Kentucky
Mary Mnntz
Albert Speaker
Hazel Hilton
Albert Ingle
Emma Myers
Mrs
John Myers
Anna Helfrich
Potters
Engel
Oak Grove
E Gilbert
Jimmy
Conrad Fullmer
Anna Lero
Henry Ashbacher
Mark Center
Wm. Hoover
Hicksville
J . Hive
John
Shelby
Della and
Grace Lacy
Fostoria
H Moore
Labor Day
Sherwood
Wilson Hill
CN R’y
George Bellows
Wm. Theekes
Oscar Hover
Andrie
Dupont
Mrs. Curtis Woods
Ottawa
Mrs. Woods
Frank Smith
Chas
M E McCaskey
WCTU
Bryan
Harry Boyer
Hover'’s
Henry Wendt
John Duerk
Maumee
Earl Bishop
River, Mich
Henry Sprou
Oakes
Chas. Donegan
Sandusky
Joe Steward
Cecil Bridge
PC Baker
O Jackson
Bailey
Cremona
Defiance Branch
the Produce Exchange Banking Co. OF
Cleveland, Ohio
John W. Winn
F. L. Hay
J. B. Tennyson
John W. Lynde
Chas. J. Daoust
Winn & Hay, Attorneys
Darien
Havana
Hair Emporium
Ighest Bank
Combination Investment Company
Board of Trade Btation
Security
Bronson
Mortgage Loan and Real Estate Exchange
Efiance
Letter Carriers’ Convention
Chichester
Draaggist
Chichester Chemical Cow
Philada
Colonel Shaw
Esterhazy
Dreyfus
Clever Charlie
Holgate Avenue
Deatrick Street
Third Street
J.J. Malley
C.O.D
Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Ill
Acme Bird
Dr. Webb
William Thompson
Broadway
City
Webb
Bas
L. E. Brayman
H. C. Mackres
M. D
Br. G. F. Webb
N.M. Platt
H. C. Brainard
Alexander W. Wheeler
C. H. Fos
Lawndale Ave
Henry Raymond
Euclid Ave
G. F. Webb
Benj. F. Dimmick
D. D
W J. Watterson
Youmans
Peter Astrup
Ommce
A.m. Tos P.m
G. F. Webb & CO
Reade
Cleveland, O
Municipal Electric
the Trustees of the Electric Light Works
Defiance County
OTRC
Putnam Manual of
Curtis
Davis
Heater
Dr. Peal
Paat Mepicing Co
A. Minsel
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