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Ottoville Items
The Ottoville Creamery has
shut down on account of the bad roads. It will again be in operation as soon as
the roads will permit.
The Ottoville Mills shipped a
boatload of grain to Toledo last week. Such a thing was never heard before in
the middle of January.
Old man Plesher died at the residence of Wm. Gasser, on last Tuesday, aged nearly
62 years. He resided on Dog Creek in Van Wert County for the past six years and
was a progressive farmer. Some three months ago he went to Crawford County on a
visit to one of his brothers but returned on New Year’s Day and walked several
miles through a heavy rain. On arriving here he layed down at the home of Wm.
Gasser, from which he never raised again. He suffered from heart disease for a
long time and such was his last trouble. He leaves a wife and a large family of
grown children to mourn his rather untimely death.
Mr. J. B. Mersman was at LaGrange, Ind., his late home, last week.
The dwelling house of Frank
Schumacher, near Muntanna, was entirely
destroyed by fire on last Friday morning about 4 o’clock, and fifteen of its
occupants narrowly escaped with their lives. Mr. Schumacher had several
workingmen boarding with him. His loss on property is very heavy. Four hundred
dollars in cash, eight fresh butchered hogs, all his household goods, bedding
and clothing, together with grain for a year’s bread, all was consumed without
insurance.
Theodore Holocher, a young lad, had his left
hand badly mangled from a pistol shot on New Year’s night.
Mr. Joseph Dition and Maria Niedling were married last Tuesday at the Catholic Church here.
A large number of new buildings are
to be erected here the coming season if material can be obtained, but the open
winter is causing considerable uneasiness.
Jan. 12, 1889 ARGUS
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While in a simple state of
affairs we have more agitation for pike roads, railroads and ice than ever.
Mr. Henry Ernst has sold about 400,000 of brick to Defiance parties, and is
shipping them during the open winter.
Charles Marbach has bought a canal boat and is now sailing with a load of brick to
Defiance.
Reports have it that our old teacher,
Mr. J. B. Gard, has left his position at
Landeck and gone to Napoleon, Riply County, Indiana.
Mr. D. J. Hale went to Buffalo last week with 400 sheep to market them. He bought
them last fall at Chicago to feed through the winter.
Mr. Max Winkelman has bought 40 acres of land off the Plumer farm, and J. Miller and F. Dietering each 40 acres of the Rekart heirs in section 13.
The steam furnace in the Catholic
Church was finished last week by Shaw, Kendall & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Married at the Catholic Church here
Mr. Gerhard Brinkman and Miss Mary Heitmeyer, both of this place.
Feb. 23, 1890 ARGUS
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Mr. Wm. Fryburger has bought the Julian Daust property and moved in the
house.
Mrs. Daust and daughters moved to Defiance.
Mr. Frank Distle bought the Albert Riger property, near the schoolhouse, and Mr. George Wannemacher bought the property where his blacksmith shop stands, and will
build a dwelling on it in the near future.
Mr. A. Weaver has had a public sale and will erect a dwelling on his lots in
town.
Mr. Alex Lauer raised his new barn last Saturday; it is of large size. Wm.
Fishbach is the builder.
Old mother Krebs is lying in a critical condition with dropsy.
Max Winkelman is building a large dwelling on their farm, one mile west of here.
Mr. Geb. Geminer has bought the sawmill at Continental from his brother, and is now
running it.
Mr. Henry Ernst will take the place in the creamery formerly filled by G. Geminer.
Mr. Mersman has worked his logs into lumber, which he will ship to other
points as demand justifies.
March 23, 1890 ARGUS
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The Ottoville creamery
started up again this week. Mr. Henry Ernst has taken charge as buttermaker
for the company.
Both of our tile factories have
commenced operations for the season, although they sustained much damage from
the frosts of last week.
C. Wannemacher & Son have laid in a large stock of farming implements,
wagons, buggies, self-binders and other hardware for the season’s trade.
Dr. C. E. Beardsley was here last Wednesday, assisting Dr. Binder in performing a surgical operation.
Last Friday morning death took away
one of our most esteemed and respected pioneer citizens, Mr. Leonard Curtis, at the age of 78 years,
after a lingering sickness of several months duration. Mr. Curtis was born in
Massachusetts, came to Ohio when a young man, and settled on his farm at the
Van Wert county line about 36 years ago. He leaves a wife without children. His
remains were interred in the Middlepoint cemetery last Sunday and was largely
attended.
The Ottoville dramatic company,
under the management of Ed. Mersman, gave an entertainment last
week at Beckman’s Hall, which was well attended. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, was well
rendered, each actor performing his part well, and were much applauded by the
audience. They will give another performance on the evening of the 30th
of this month.
April 20, 1890 ARGUS
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Mr. Philip Dietlin of Rogers City, Michigan, was
here visiting friends.
Max Winkelman is happy over a newborn girl baby, and L. Rieger on account of another boy.
Geminer & Gasser have filled an order for building material for parties in Dakota.
Died in this place on Wednesday May
7th, 1890, at the residence of her son Joseph, great-grandmother
Theresia Wannemacher, in the 87th year
of her age. She was the widow of the deceased John Wannemacher and mother of Peter, Joseph, Timothy, Charles, Ferdinand and Benedict Wannemacher, who are nearly all grandfathers.
She was born in Germany and Emigrated with her family to this country while yet
in the prime of life and settled in the then unbroken wilderness near canal
section 16, now Ottoville. In the year 1875 they celebrated the rare feast of
their golden wedding. The funeral services were held on Friday morning at the
Catholic Church, attended by numerous relatives and friends and her remains
interred in the cemetery at this place.
May 13, 1890 ARGUS
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Ottoville will celebrate the 4th
of July in an appropriate manner. A good program has been selected; good
speakers will be present, and a grand display of fireworks will be had in the
evening. A large gathering is anticipated.
Mr. Conrad Studer is laid up with a very sore hand and suffers severe pain. Drs.
Binder, Beardsley and Williams are attending him. He is now beginning to improve.
Mr. J. B. Mersman is now pushing the sawmill business for all it is worth. He keeps
a number of teams employed hauling logs; one day the hauling amounted to 30,000
feet of lumber.
Mr. Anton Weber has moved to town into the house that he bought from H. W. Beckman.
Mr. Jos. Suter has bought a lot near the M. Shulien property and will move his barbershop thereon.
On the 25th inst. Rev.
Father Mueller will celebrate his silver jubilee as priest. Arrangements have
been made to make it a grand festival in this congregation.
Mr. J. P. Etchen and Wm. Schlagbaum are each building fine new dwellings on their farms.
Mr. Justice of Delphos has been employed by Geminer & Gasser to work in their planing mill. They are crowded with orders and
are running their mill to its full capacity. They have just received several
carloads of stock from Chicago.
June 23, 1890 ARGUS
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One of the grandest festivals was
held here on last Tuesday and Wednesday in honor of Rev. Father. Mueller’s
silver jubilee as ordained priest. On Tuesday evening the school children, led
by teacher Finckh, marched to the pastorate and
presented him with a fine merschaum pipe. At 9 o’clock the congregation formed
a torchlight procession, with General Otte as marshal. The Ft. Jennings music band was also present. After
marching through the principle streets to the residence of the pastor the
procession halted, and some fine vocal music given by the choir. Teacher Finckh delivered a speech of congratulation, whereupon a number of
valuable and splendid presents were handed to Father Mueller, consisting mostly
of church ornates, as tokens of respect of the members of the congregation, for
which he thanked them in an appropriate speech.
The next day imposing church
services were held. Rev. Hoeffel of Delphos, Rev. Brasher of Ft. Jennings, Rev. Heiland of Landeck, and Rev. Nigsch of Glandorf were present. Rev. Hoeffel preached the sermon. It was
a day that will long be remembered by all who participated.
Dr. Jones of Gomer was here last Monday on consultation with Drs. Binder and Beardsley in the case of Nicholas Krebs. There are no hopes for his
recovery.
A little infant of Mr. Turnwald died last night.
Albert Muhls and Jos. Otte were at Ft., Wayne last Monday and bought stock for their store.
Everybody seems to prepare for the
Fourth and aiming to make the celebration a fine one.
June 30, 1890 ARGUS
7-10-1890 Sandusky Daily Register
A High Old Time
Ottoville is a
small village of perhaps two hundred souls and is situated north of Delphos
over the line in Putnam County. The only thing of note about the hamlet is a
Catholic church, one of the moat imposing structures in Northwestern Ohio. Last
week the membership of this church celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the pastorate of their priest. A gentleman from Van Wert happened in to town on
business and declares it was a sight such us he never saw before. Across the
principal street was stretched a banner bearing this inscription: "To the
Glory of God and the Welfare of the Church." After the services at the
church the membership, headed by a brass band, repaired to the home of the
priest. After some music had been rendered great trays of foaming beer were
brought from the cellar and passed through the crowd. After this there was more
music and then more beer. In the meantime the three saloons of the village were
doing a rushing business and it did not require a long time to fill the streets
with men under the influence of intoxicants, while over the saloons and over
the drunken men continued to wave the motto: "To the Glory of God and the
Welfare of the Church." Could George Hoadly have witnessed that scene the
belt for the model town would have been taken from Glandorf and bestowed upon
Ottoville.
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Some sneak thieves broke in the
house of Andrew Gramer on the 4th of July and stole a razor and scissors, also
entered the house of Henry Wannemacher, broke open a bureau and a
trunk belonging to the hire man and took two razors; the house of August Kehres was also entered where they only took some cakes. The thieves were
seen by some of the neighbors; they were of the colored class, probably from
Paulding County.
Lightening struck the house of Jos.
Fierstoss Sunday of last week, but little damage was done to the roof and
ceiling.
Mrs. Mary Harris, formerly Mrs. Allmeyer, died Saturday at
Spencerville of cancer and was buried at Delphos today, Monday. She was a
daughter of the well known Huysman family. Her age was 50 years.
Mr. J. B. Mersman was in Cleveland last week on business.
Mr. J. G. Otte is commencing to build a new dwelling house near the old swing
bridge.
The ice-house of the Ottoville
creamery was burnt to the ground last Saturday; it caught fire from the engine;
through efforts of our citizens the main building was saved; loss about $100.
July 13, 1890 ARGUS
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Our village has suffered some
severe loss by death within a short time: First was that of Nicholas Krebs; next the twelve year old son
of G. H. Otte, who was bitten in the arm by
a mad dog some nine weeks previous to his death, which occurred on the 25th
ult.; then followed, on the 29th ult., the death of Mrs. Stephania
Wannemacher, wife of Chas. Wannemacher, of which you have kindly
made note in your valuable paper. You will please allow me to add the following
short sketch of her life.
Mrs. Stephania Wannemacher was born in Wallefersingen, Lorraine, France,
on the 15th of July, 1840; was the only daughter of the late Dr. J.
C. Fournier and Maria Fournier; came to America with her
parents when 8 years of age. Her parents settled in Senaca county in 1851; they
came to this place on the 9th of July, 1860. She was married to Chas.
Wannemacher, whom she leaves with six
sons and one daughter in deep sorrow over her untimely demise. Her age was 50
years and 44 days. She was an ardent, kind mother, a faithful wife, a sincere
Christian and a highly respected in the community. Her funeral took place on
Sunday, the last day of August, and was attended by her numerous friends from
far and near. It was the largest funeral that ever took place here. May she
rest in peace.
Last Saturday Mr. Gebhart
Flatz died at his home, one mile west of here, at the age of 75 years
and 6 months, leaving but one son who is married, to mourn his death.
The Beckman Hotel has been thoroughly
renovated and painted gaily and otherwise improved, with a new stone sidewalk,
at a cost of $251. The stable and smokehouse have been moved back on the lot,
and on the whole makes a better appearance and is more convenient.
The property of Peter Krebs, the butcher here, has also been painted and improved by the addition
of a new porch.
The abutments for a bridge
across the Little Auglaize, near C. Stuter’s farm, are about completed.
The canal bridge near the
widow Eickholt’s, broke down last Sunday with three head of cattle thereon.
Mr. A. Decurtin of Carthagena, the contractor
and builder of the church here, was here last week on a short visit.
Mr. Thome, of the Toledo Wheel-barrow Co., is here with Mr. Mersman, to contract for lumber for his works.
Sept. 14, 1890 ARGUS
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Seth Swank, the owner of the blind Belgian stallion, held an exhibition of a
large number of the best colts sired by his horse and gave a premium. Peter
Keefer, Jacob Adams and John Dunlap were the judges and awarded the
premium to Nicholas Lauer as the owner of the best colt
on exhibition.
Mr. Joseph Pittner has moved here from Michigan
and will open a wagon shop.
Mr. John Hilbert of Cincinnati is here visiting
Frank Diestle.
Mr. James Adams of Van Wert County has moved on
the farm of George Gutekunst.
Mr. C. Morbach has sold his canal boat to
parties living at Melrose.
Frank Mueller has returned home from
Michigan.
Mr. J. Burgis has left for Dearborn County,
Indiana, his former home.
Miss Katy Schulien has been sojourning in Chicago.
A dispatch has been received
announcing the death, at Payne, Ohio, of Henry Papenbrock, a son of Joseph Papenbrock, a former resident of Putnam County.
Sept. 29, 1890 ARGUS
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The following items were
received too late for our paper of last week.
The creamery here has lost
nearly all their stock of hogs through cholera.
Mr. Jos. G. Otte will move into his new dwelling
this week.
Mr. Len Geminer made a trip to Tracy,
Minnesota, and returned last Monday.
Mr. Wm. Fryburger has gone to Chicago to work in
a car shop.
Mr. Henry Wurst also made a visit to Chicago
last week, but has returned and is now taking up his trade as a carpenter.
The Krebs brothers are rafting a large
number of sawlogs to defiance.
The widow of Nicholas Krebs has again bought a packet,
which is run between here and Delphos on Wednesday and Saturdays to carry
passengers and freight.
Dr. Binder was at Cincinnati his former
home last week.
Miss Maria Zahm now at Defiance was at home
here last Sunday, accompanied by Mr. Singer.
The steam heating apparatus
of the church here is undergoing some changes at present, by the firm Shaw, Kendall & Co., of Toledo.
Mr. Ben. Muehls and Math. Gergen are each having windpumps
erected on their farms, supplied by our hardware firm C. Wannemacher & Con.
Mrs. Squire Wannemacher and
Mrs. John Rekart have gone to Bucyrus on a visit
to relatives.
Jacob Wannemacher has engaged with Dirwort & Reul of Delphos to learn the tinner
trade.
Oct. 28, 1890 ARGUS
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Considerable business
changes are about to take place in our village. Mr. Frank Maechles has sold his share in the tile
factory to Len. Geminer. The Beckman Hotel property was sold last
week to J. J. Mueller, who will take charge of the house next month. H. W. Beckman has bought the Herrick building, of the new block of
Henry Trame and Herrick, in the central
part of Delphos and intends to go into business at that place.
Mr. Frank Mersman has engaged as traveling agent
for the hardware firm of Charles Wannemacher & Son.
Last Thursday the Hon. S. S.
Yoder, M. C., and Hon, Jos. Limback, of the Pension Bureau, of Washington City, and M. G. Lang, of Delphos, were visiting friends at this village.
Mr. J. B. Mersman was away on business to
Defiance the latter half of last week. As he has received a supply of logs by
canal he will run his mill this week.
Last Sunday the widow
Zurcher, late of Paulding County,
was buried in the Catholic cemetery at this place. She died Friday night at the
house of Peter Krebs, where she had been staying the past year while lingering with
consumption. She was a native of Switzerland; her age was 55 years. Her
son-in-law, Adam Kronenberger, of Oakwood, was in attendance at the funeral.
Married at the Catholic
Church here on last Tuesday, Mr. Henry Landwehr to Miss L. Ricker of Ft. Jennings, and on
Thursday, Mr. Jacob Singer of Defiance to Miss Mary Zahm of this village. May happiness
accompany them through life.
Nov. 10, 1890 ARGUS
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Mr. Andy Flick and family moved to Delphos
last Saturday, to commence business in Schiller Hall, the property, which he
lately purchased. Andy was among us for the last eighteen years, engaged in the
dry goods and general merchandize business, in which he was successful. May he
have the same success in the new business.
The new iron bridge across
the Little Auglaize, on the Bohn road, was put up during last
week.
The young folks held a dance
at Beckman’s Hall last Thursday night.
The Hotel stables came near
burning last Thursday night. The hostler went up in the haymow with a lantern,
which was upset and set the hay on fire, but succeeded in tramping it out
before any damage was done.
Married at the Catholic
Church here, on last Wednesday, Mr. Frank Schimmoeller and Miss Lizzie Pohl. May joy accompany them through life.
Mrs. Paul Miller, of New Washington, is here visiting her daughter.
Mr. Wm. Fryburger, Mr. Zimmerman and Mr. Schmick of Defiance, Mr. Remlinger of Kirby, and Mr. Burton of Yorkshire, while attending
the funeral of old Remlinger, paid a short visit to our village on last Sunday.
Nov. 30, 1890 ARGUS
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Your itemizer has been laid
up with sore throat for the past few weeks, which is the cause for not sending
any items; but as he is now convalescent, he will be in the spurrs again.
Mr. Frank Krebs has bought the dry goods and
grocery store of Jos. Wannemacher & Flick, and will thoroughly renovate the interior of the room and run at the
old stand with new vigor.
The Beckman Hotel also changed hands
yesterday; Mr. J. J. Miller taking possession. As they are
both enterprising men and attentive to business we have no doubt they will
receive a good patronage in their new undertaking. We wish them the best
success.
The Ottoville Creamery Co.
has built a new icehouse a short distance north of the main building; their old
one was destroyed by fire last summer.
Mr. J. B. Mersman our townsman was in the wreck
of the trains on the B. & O. railroad a week ago near Defiance, and says
that his life was saved by the engineer revering the engine before jumping off.
Ed. Wannemacher and Geo. Geminer have left this part of the
country and are now in Alabama looking up the fortune of the south.
Geo. Wannemacher, the blacksmith is laid up with a felon on his hand.
Mr. Derwart of Delphos is repairing the
roof of the new church here. The new boiler for the furnace of the church has
been placed in position and put in completed working order, much to the comfort
of the attendants in cold weather.
That there is corn needed
somewhere was indicated last week by a boat, which was sent here by the Eagle
Mills of Delphos to get 500 bushels from our millers, Schulien & Wannemacher. The boat had an icebreaker ahead, and the trip only took eight days.
It was a big job.
Dr. C. E. Beardsley of Ottawa and Dr. Binder of this village have made an
examination in the sufferings of Wenzis Klima, whose stomach is almost in a condition that it cannot receive food.
The diagnosis substantiated the fact that it is no cancer, but a stricture of
the esophagus, and they will further treat him in the hopes of restoring his
health again.
Dec. 21, 1890 ARGUS
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