1-5-1899 DH
Frank
Altenberger has moved his family to Delphos from Ottoville. He is clerking at
S. F. Shenk & Co.’s dry goods store.
1-10-1899 DH
Martin Wrocklage
Former Residant of This
Section Died in Michigan
Alex Shenk received a telegram Monday evening from
Cheasaning, Michigan, announcing the death of Martin Wrocklage a brother of
Mrs. Shenk and also of the late Theodore Wrocklage. The funeral will be held
Thursday. Deceased formerly lived near Ottoville and was a farmer. While a
resident of Putnam County he held the office of Justice of the Peace for
twenty-five years. He will be remembered by a large number of the older
residents.
1-11-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., Jan. 11, 1899
Miss
Barbara Welter is visiting friends at Toledo.
Philip Kirsh, of Coldwater, Ohio,
is staying with friends here.
Henry
F. Langhals and Miss Theresia Horstman were united in marriage Tuesday morning,
at St. Mary’s church, by Rev. M. Mueller. The attendants were Joseph Langhals
and Miss Katie Dulling, of Glandorf.
1-19-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., Jan. 19, 1899
Misses
Lizzie and Mary Miller visited their brother, Alex, at Ottawa.
Bernard Goettemoller, of St.
Rosa, Ohio, was a guest at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. Heckman.
A
party successfully surprised Peter Kieffer Sr., last Wednesday, the occasion of
his birthday.
A Pedro party
was given at the home of Andy Kehres, and Miss Mamie Schlagbaum and Charles J.
Wannemacher received the first prizes and Miss Cecelia Kehres and Peter Ockule
received the booby prize.
2-3-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., Feb. 1, 1899
The
Democratic candidates for county nomination are looking for friends.
Frank Kromer is visiting friends
at New Washington.
A
small child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brickner died last week.
A number of
friends surprised Miss Anna Gillen on the occasion of her birthday anniversary.
Matt
Freiburger returned from Missouri. He bought a farm there and will moved there
next spring.
2-8-1899 DH
An
oil well will be drilled in Mersman’s mille yard at Ottoville.
2-21-1899 DH
I
overheard a conversation last evening – that is, a part of it – that struck me
as being on a very important subject. Two representative business men were
talking regarding the limited manufacturing interests in Delphos, and one of
them suggested that an effort be put forth to induce J. B. Mersman to move his
furniture factory from Ottoville to Delphos, A capital idea; secure it if
possible.
3-3-1899 DH
Death
Mrs.
Catherine Rekart, mother of Mrs. H. W. Beckman, of this place died at her home
in Ottoville, Thursday afternoon, from stomach trouble, aged about 70 years.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
3-9-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., March 8, 1899
Mrs. Katherine Rekart (Nierman) died at her home
after a long illness. Mrs. Rekart was 73 years of age at the time of her death.
She was born in Germany and came to this country in 1840. In 1854 she was
married to Joseph Rekart. Deceased was a resident of Ottoville for 50 years.
She leaves a son and three daughters. The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon and
was largely attended. Those who attended from abroad were H. W. Beckman and
family, of Delphos, Mrs. Beckman, of Ottawa, Mr. and Mrs. M. Wiesenburg and
Mrs. Jacob Singer, of Defiance.
The
Democratic caucus will be held Saturday.
Anton Becker,
Anton Bendle, Louis Perrin Sr., Nick Schiska, and William Wurst have gone to
Verona, Mo.
A
mass meeting was held last night and plans were adopted for the sinking of the
first oil well at Ottoville.
3-17-1899 DH
Enterprise
Talk about enterprise! Ottoville citizens are full of
it. August Kehres, W. J. Rekart, J. B. Mersman and J. J. Miller collected
$1,500 in three days, to drill an oil well there. Shares were taken at $5 each,
and even the schoolteachers are interested in the venture. Three wells will be
drilled.
3-31-1899 DH
Ed. Young left for
Dayton.
Miss Mamie Ockule,
of Van Wert, is visiting her parents.
Andy Wurst, of
Michigan is home again.
Born, to Mr. and
Mrs. Matt. Wannemacher, a boy.
Anton Holdheide
and Jacob Pitzen, of St. Rosa, Mercer county, O., visited friends here Sunday.
Simon Gremling
left for Verona, Mo., where he has purchased a farm.
B. P. Heckmann, a
student of the N. I. N. S., Valparaiso, Ind., is spending a week with friends
here.
Over $2,200 has
been subscribed for three test wells. The subscription is not taken to make
money out of, but to find out if there is oil below us or not. If the three
holes prove to be dry the subscribers will lose from $5 to $50 each, but if
they prove to be good wells, (50 barrels each) then the shareholders will make
a little The drilling will begin in four or five weeks.
4-4-1899 DH
Vote At Ottoville
Corporation and Monterey Township Result
The following
Democratic corporation ticket was elected at Ottoville: Mayor, Walter Mersman ;
Clerk, J. P. Wannemacher; Sealer of Weights and Measures, Wm. G. Remlinger;
Councilmen, F. F. Vincke, John J. Zahm, Geo. Wanamacher.
In Monterey
township the result was the election of the Democratic ticket as follows:
Trustee, Wm. Schlagbaum; Justice of the Peace, Gus. Kehres; Assessor, Frank
Gmeiner; Supervisor Dist. No. 1, Frank Paul; Supervisor Dist. No. 2, H. H.
Dietering.
4-6-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., April 6, 1899
Alex Miller and George Brandehoff, of Ottawa, spent a
week at home.
Mrs. L. N.
Wagner was called to Ft. Recovery, Ohio, on account of the illness of her brother.
We
now have a post office money order office here.
H. Otte, of
Casella, Ohio, is visiting friends here.
Joseph
Frey is in Continental on business.
Mrs. Joseph
Sutter is visiting in New Reigel, Ohio.
Alois.
Sutter is at Attica, Ohio.
J. B. Mersman,
George Kieffer and William Kromer have returned from Texas, They enjoyed their
trip very much.
A
3-year-old child of Nick Bedink died last Sunday. The funeral took place
Tuesday morning.
A crowd of about
25 people agreeably surprised Miss Anna Rekart at her home on the occasion of
her birthday anniversary.
4-13-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., April 12, 1899
Mrs. Charles Kalt, of Coldwater, Ohio, is visiting
her parents here.
Misses Katie and
Christina Smyer and Mrs. J. Smyer, of Defiance, are visiting here with friends.
Married,
Tuesday morning by Rev. M. Mueller, Miss Clara Perrin and Mr. George
Wannemacher, attended by Miss Josephine Kehres and Charles Sellet. A wedding
breakfast, attended by many friends, was given at Mr. Wannemacher’s home.
Mrs.
Ed and Walter Mersman attended the Bazaar at Delphos last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Mersman very pleasantly entertained some of their young friends last Friday
evening. The evening was spent with instrumental and vocal music and card
playing. Miss Anna Wise, of Huntington, Ind., and Miss Lizzie Stallkamp, of
Delphos, played some very fine piano solos. Several duets by Miss Clara and
Fannie Wannemacher were a pleasing number. The Mandolin Orchestra rendered some
fine selections; after the music card playing was indulged in until a late hour
when a lunch was served. All report a good time. Those present were: Misses
Josephine Doepker, Katie Kortokrax, Lizzie and Mary Miller, Clara, Fannie and
Rosa Wannemacher. Messrs. Walter and Albert Mersman, Peter Ockule, Alex
Wannemacher, Frank Wannemacher, Louis Sellet, Joseph Vincke, Charles B.
Wannemacher. Those from abroad were, Miss Anna Wise, of Huntington, Ind.,
cousin of Mrs. Mersman, Ida May, of Van Wert, Anna and Emma Owens, Anna
Grothouse, Albert Owens, and Lizzie Stallkamp, of Delphos.
4-20-1899 DH
Fine Furniture
J. B. Mersman, the Ottoville furniture manufacturer,
was in Delphos Wednesday. It was our pleasure to see a selection of photographs
of the different lines of furniture that he is putting on the market. The
camera defines clearly that their workmanship is indeed excellent. Mr. Mersman
has but three salesmen on the road and is very sanguine in his views as to the
prospects for the sale of the production of his factory.
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., April 20, 1899
Frank and Mrs. Schulien are in Ottoville.
Our Assessor,
Frank Gmeiner, is going around asking people how rich they are.
Prof.
Frank Gase, of Ft. Jennings, was seen in Ottoville, yesterday.
George Ockule,
of Bismark, Ohio, and John Ockule of the University of Cincinnati are staying
with their parents, this summer.
Mrs.
August Heckman is visiting friends in Maria Stein, Mercer County, Ohio.
Dr. and Mrs.
Binder were in Cincinnati over Sunday.
Church
Street of our town is being improved. The grading is begun, and when finished
it will be the nicest street.
4-21-1899 DH
Henry
Mondray, night watchman at the brewery, has moved his family here from
Ottoville, and is living in the Metzger property, on south Clay Street.
4-22-1899 DH
J.
B. Mersman and other Ottoville gentleman witnessed the shooting of the
Grothouse well this morning. Several wells will be drilled near their town in a
short time.
4-25-1899 DH
Death
notice of Joseph Flick, former resident of Ottoville.
4-27-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., April 27, 1899
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Honningford, a boy.
Rev. Henry Wickmann spent this
week in Cincinnati.
Mrs.
Andrew Kehres is ill. Dr. Stoker, of Nevada, is the attending physician.
Mr. John
Vondran, of Ottoville and Miss Anna Wettler, of Ft. Jennings, were married
Wednesday, at Ft. Jennings, by Rev. Charles Braschler. The young couple was
attended by Misses Tillie Wittler, of Ft. Jennings and Caroline Perrin, of
Ottoville, and Messrs. Matt. Vondran and Bernard Wittler.
4-28-1899 DH
Another Break
There
is another break in the canal somewhere between Ottoville and Defiance, just
where has not been learned. There is no water in the levels at Defiance and the
collector there telephoned here this morning to learn what was the trouble. The
state boat crew is working below Ottoville and Capt. Spencer had been notified.
It is understood considerable damage resulted.
5-4-1899 DH
Was Exonerated
Fry Thought Kollsmith Stole His Watch
Jos. A. Kollsmith,
a former Delphos boy, who has lately been at North Baltimore, had a very
unpleasant experience at Ottoville, Tuesday and Wednesday. He and his brother
Fred were in Nick Gillen's place, and a young man named Fry missed his watch
from a pocket in his vest, which was hanging in a passageway leading to the
rear of the building.
Fry accused Jos.
Kollsmith, but the watch was found Wednesday morning in the yard adjoining the
building, where Fry had been tussling with other young men the evening before.
However, he had Mr. Kollsmith arrested, charged with taking the watch and
placing it in the yard, the case was tried and Joe. had no difficulty in
proving his innocence.
Joe and Fred, had
passed the vest hanging in the passageway, and shortly afterward young Fry
missed the watch. He at once jumped to the conclusion that Joe had taken it.
5-6-1899 DH
L. E. Odenweller Purchases The
Ottoville Grist Mill
L E. Odenweller,
who for the past 20 years has been head miller at the Lang Mill, has retired,
and is succeeded by his brother, Barney. Louie is now in business for himself,
having purchased the Ottoville gristmill from Schulien & Wannemacher, the
deal being closed Friday afternoon.
5-9-1899 DH
Deal is Off
Louis Odenweller will not assume control of the
Ottoville gristmill as its owner, as was announced a few days ago. The deal was
consummated but has been declared off, and Mr. Odenweller is back in the old
position at the G. F. Lang mill.
5-18-1899 DH
Ottoville Items
Nick. Gillen took
charge of the saloon in his building, which was under the management of J. J.
Frey for the past year.
J. W. Kramer, of
Maria Stein, O., was here on business.
Adolf Spieldenner,
of Fremont, O., visited friends here.
Adolf Birkmeier,
teacher of Douglass school, will close his school for this term on Friday.
Miss Rosa Wickman
of Cincinnati, is visiting friends here.
The grist mill is
getting an overhauling and many improvements. Consequently it is shut
down for business until July.
Henry Friemoth,
whose death was announced in Saturday's HERALD, was born in Washington township,
Van Wert county, Feb. 27, 1862. He was married to Elizabeth Kortokrax, Feb. 7,
1882. Five children were born to them. The funeral services took place Monday
morning at the St. Mary’s church. Many friends attended the funeral.
5-29-1899 DH
Temporary Organization
Mrs. H. J.
Wulfhorst president, Mrs. John Wrocklage vice president, and Miss Rose Lindeman
secretary, of the local branch of the Catholic Ladies of Ohio, went to
Ottoville, Sunday, and took the initial steps towards organizing a branch
there. A temporary organization was effected, with Mrs. Ed. Miller president,
Mrs. Ed. Mersman vice president, Miss Clara Wannemacher secretary, and Miss
Amelia Eickholt treasurer.
5-30-1899 DH
The
Ottoville Oil Company will erect a derrick on the William Rekard farm just west
of that town, next week, for the first of a bunch of three test wells. Mr.
Geyer, of Landeck, will erect the rig and do the drilling.
6-7-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., June 7, 1899
Bishop
Horstman, of Cleveland, confirmed a class of 180 boys and girls here last week.
Mrs. Ferdinand Brinkman, of
Frankfort, Ind., is a guest at the home of Ed Mersman.
Oil
drilling has been postponed for a week.
Married, by Rev. M. Mueller, at the
St. Mary’s Church, Tuesday morning, J. J. Frey and Miss Maria Laurs
Schineberger, of Continental. The couple were attended by, Chas. Sellet and
Miss Caroline Perrin.
6-13-1899 LDN
On the north of
town the Ottoville Oil company has commenced on the first one of three wells
which it intends to put down at once. This is entirely new territory and much
anxiety is felt for the result.
6-22-1899 PCS
Ottoville Items
Mr. Frank Flatz, of Sandusky, Ohio, is visiting
relatives in this vicinity. The gentleman is now 84 years old.
The
young people of this burg have organized a society for the purpose of mutual
entertainment. They call it Y. F. S. C. The first entertainment was held at
Gillen’s Hall, Thursday. Gentle tripping “of the light fantastic coe”
constituted a part of the programme.
At
a recent meeting of the Ottoville branch of the order, of C. K. of O., the
following officers were elected: Spiritual Director: Rev. Michael Mueller;
President, J. J. Miller; Vice-President, H. Wurst; Rec. Sec., L. N. Wagner;
Financial Sec., N. Bedink; Trustee, H. Van Oss; Treasurer, William Schlagbaum.
Delegate to the state convention to be held at Delaware, O., next August, L. N.
Wagner: Alternate, William Schlagbaum.
The boys say that Mr. Andrew Kehres is a
“crakerjack.” Last week he passed the cigars on the 10th consecutive
girl in his family, 8 of whom are living. If the girls are all right, the boys
will come of their own accord.
Quite
a load of Glandorf’s elites visited Ottoville Sunday. They took dinner with B.
Giesken. There were 7 boys and 6 girls. Come again when you can stay longer.
Many
new barns have been built in this neighborhood this spring.
When you get
ready to paddle your own canoe take lessons of Louis Sellet and G. Otte. They
are experts.
Our
gristmill is being remodeled. Some of the new machinery has already arrived.
June
20, 1899 Cora Gale
6-28-1899 DH
Tuesday, while a number of boys were playing at
Mersman’s lumberyard in Ottoville, John Brabant’s son, aged 6, had a leg broken
by a plank falling on it.
Foot Cut Off
Small Boy Jumped In Front Of Reaper
Robert Dunlap, a
farmer living near Ottoville, was cutting grass with a reaper, Tuesday, when
his little son saw a quail nest containing some eggs, and fearing that the
machine would break them the boy jumped over the sickle bar. The keen edged implement
struck him and completely severed one of his feet.
6-29-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O., June 28, 1899
Mrs. Kate Bohnholzer and children, of Burlington,
Dakota, were here to visit their friends and relatives. They left for Coldwater
where they will visit it for a few days.
George
Bohnholzer, of Cleveland, has been here to visit friends and relatives.
The oil well
derrick is completed and ready for the drillers who will begin work in a day or
so.
Millwrights
from Columbus are here to remodel the Ottoville Mill, which will soon be in
operation, and will be one of the most complete mills in the country.
C.
Scherger & Son, of Delphos, are here fixing up Church Street, which will
make a great improvement to the town.
Miss
Owens, of Delphos, and Miss Milten, of Huntington, Ind., were here visiting
friends.
Mr. and Mrs.
Bogenschutz, of Cincinnati, were here visiting the forepart of the week. They
made it a very enjoyable trip.
August
Heckman, formerly a teacher in the Ottoville School, where he was located for
four years, goes to New Cleveland, Putnam County, to have charge of the school
there. The school opens in September.
7-10-1899 DH
The first of the Ottoville citizens' test wells is
expected in about Tuesday of next week. The drill is down 200 feet on the Wm.
J. Rekart farm, near the corporation line. J. J. Gayer, of Spencerville, is
doing the drilling. The outcome is being watched with unusual interest.
7-13-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville,
O., July 13, 1899
The oil drillers are still at work. They have reached
nearly 500 feet by this time, and people are going back and forth every day to
find out the results of it.
The
Y. F. S. C. Club, of Ottoville, gave a ball Wednesday evening, which was a very
enjoyable one. Music was furnished by Louth Bros.
Mrs.
Katie Grenlish, of Bellevue, O., is here visiting parents and relatives. She is
the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sellet.
Peter
Ernst, of Ft. Wayne, was here Tuesday.
Threshing is
going full blast through this part of the country.
Competition
Mr. Schwartz, of Shreeve, O., a representative of the
Bell Telephone Co., assisted by Evan Williams, has completed taking up the
right-of-way for a telephone toll lines between Delphos, Ft. Jennings and
Ottoville. Stations will be established at those places and the Bell will
compete with the Ohio Telephone Co., and will run line through to Defiance,
Grand Rapids, and other points. Cheaper rates will probably result.
7-14-1899 DH
The Rekart farm oil well in the Ottoville field was
cased at about 450 feet. This gives a pretty good idea as to the depth the well
will require drilling. The sand is generally found in this section about 800
feet below the shale on which the casing rests. Hence the Rekart farm well will
be about 1250 feet deep.
7-15-1899 DH
The Ottoville oil well will not be in before next
Saturday, owing to an accident that delayed the work several days. The drill
stem was broken.
7-17-1899 DH
Safe Cracked
Robbers Get a Slim Haul at
Ottoville Grist Mill
Safe Wrecked with Nitro-Glycerine
Sunday Morning, Fellows Scared Away
The safe in the office of the Ottoville Grist Mill,
owned by Benedict Wannemacher was blown open Sunday morning and robbed of part
of its contents.
At
2 a.m. Charles Wannemacher was awakened by a terrific explosion, and it was
soon ascertained that the noise came from the grist mill. An investigation was
made and it was found that the safe in the office of the plant had been
cracked.
The
robbers used nitroglycerine. They stopped up the crack around the door and
poured the explosive in. the safe was badly wrecked but the robbers were
frightened away before they had time to thoroughly ransack the safe. Sixty
cents worth of revenue stamps and less than a dollars worth of pennies is all
that is missing. There was quite a sum of money in the small strong box inside
the safe but the fellows didn’t have time to get at it.
Close
watch was kept for the robbers and an extensive search was made but they were
not located. It was reported here that the fellows were followed to a point
near Kalida, where they took to the fields and the trial was lost. The affair
created considerable excitement for a time.
Mr.
Wannemacher’s loss in the damage to the safe will be considerable, and it would
have been cheaper had he known of the intended visit of the robbers and left
the door open.
Eva Harpster
Miss Eva Harpster aged about 16 years, second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harpster, living two miles north of Ottoville,
died Sunday morning. The funeral will be held Tuesday st the Christian Church
near her home at 11 a.m. Deceased had been ill only since Friday and her
parents did not think her condition was dangerous.
She
was a granddaughter of William Lochhead and a niece, of Mrs. Thomas Rice, of
this place. The announcement of her death was a shock to her relatives and
friends here. Prior to her last illness Miss Harpster was an exceptionally
healthy girl.
The
Ottoville well was cased at 436 feet. Will be in Wednesday.
7-20-1899 PCS
Ottoville Items
Oilmen throughout the state, and even everywhere, are
now eagerly watching the results of our three test wells to be drilled here.
The first one is being drilled on the William Rekart farm and is now about 1050
feet deep. They expect to reach Trenton Limestone tomorrow. Limestone was
reached at 8 feet, a stone very much like the Bedford Lime was reached at 275,
Clinton Lime, or grit, at 350, slate or probably Hudson River shale at 437,
Utica shale, in which they are now working, at about 850. The indications are
fair but not flattering.
Burglars
entered the gristmill on Sunday morning, at about 1:30, and bursted the outer
doors off the large safe with nitro-glycerine which they in some manner infused
between the doors, having first sealed the bottom and to a certain extent along
the sides with soap, to prevent the glycerine from running out. There were 5 in
all and they were seen at work, but before the citizens could be aroused the
work was done and they escaped, although with empty pockets. The so called
burglar chest, containing $61 in silver, the entire contents of the safe, was
unharmed. The only renumeration they received for their labor and skill was 64
coppers, which had been left in the desk. The damage done to the safe amounts
to about $200.
On
Monday night one of the carpenters, Parker by name, who are putting the new
machinery into Mr. Wannemacher’s gristmill, took laudanum with alleged suicidal
intent. Dr. Binder was called, but found that the dose he had taken was
insufficient to cause any trouble and gave no antidote. Parker hails from
Columbus. He has not been feeling well for a few days and was somewhat
despondent on account of a lack of attention on the part of some of his
co-workers, and no doubt wanted to test their affection. He went to work again
today. The fun cost him a doctor bill.
The
dreaded kissing bug has not as yet made its appearance in Ottoville, although
Hobsonism has been very popular of late.
The
Y. F. S. C. gave a social hop at Gillen’s Hall last Thursday.
Quite a number of our citizens
took advantage of the low rates on the Clover Leaf last Tuesday, and visited
Toledo, Put-In-Bay and Detroit.
Whooping
cough is raging among the little ones.
July
19, 1899 Cora
Gale
7-20-1899 DH
Elegant Prospects
Ottoville Well Had 300 Feet of
Oil Before Shot
This afternoon the HERALD telephoned to Ottoville at
3 o’clock, and made inquiries regarding the oil well.
The
well contained 300 feet of oil, and preparations were being made to shot it as
this paper went to press. A crowd was on hand to see the shooting, and nearly
all business houses in Ottoville were locked up, the proprietors and clerks
joining the crowd.
Took LaudanumColumbus Man Working at Ottoville Became Dispondent
One
of the men who is assisting in placing the new machinery in the Wannemacher
grist mill at Ottoville, by the name of Parker, was the author of considerable
excitement there Monday night.
Parker
hails from Columbus, and it is alleged that he took laudanum with suicidal
intent. Dr. Binder was called in, but found that the dose taken was not of
sufficient quantity to cause serious trouble.
It
is said that Parker had not been feeling well for a few days and was somewhat
despondent on account of lack of attention on the part of some of his
coworkers, and probably wanted to test their affection. He has resumed work.
7-21-1899 DH
In DoubtMerits of the Ottoville Oil Well UndecidedTwo Hundred and Fifty Feet of Oil Came in after the Shot, Thursday Afternoon The first of the Ottoville oil wells was shot Thursday evening at about 5 o’clock, with 140 quarts of nitroglycerin. It was a splendid one so far as the shot was concerned, and was witnessed by a large crowd of people, among whom were many Delphosonians.
The well is
located on the William Rekart farm just west of Ottoville, and as to whether it
will be a paying producer cannot be stated until it has been pumped for a few
days. Steam was raised after the shot and the tools were lowered. They show
that there was about 250 feet of oil and salt water in the well. Arrangements
are now being made to pump it, and it is expected that the pump will be started
by this evening.
Gus Kehres
dropped the go-devil and waited anxiously for the dull thud and jar of the
earth that indicated that the glycerine had been exploded. The oil and salt
water arose slowly, reminding one of a natural geyser, until the contents of
the well had become nearly exhausted, when pieces of stone, etc., followed.
Considerable gas preceded the oil and water.
The second
well was located Thursday evening, on the William Burgie farm, one mile north
of the Rekart well, and work on the rig will probably be commenced at once. J.
J. Gayer will drill the well. Delphos people are as much interested in these
ventures, as are the people of Ottoville. The opening of an oil territory there
means much for this town.
Photographer
Groty secured several snap shots of the Ottoville oil derrick when the well was
shot Thursday.
7-22-1899 DH
The
Rekart farm Ottoville well was pumping water all day up to late this afternoon.
When the pump was started Friday evening sixteen barrels of oil was deposited
in the tank. Its real worth cannot yet be determined.
7-24-1899 DH
Will Go Deeper
Ottoville Oil Well is Getting
an Experiment
To Be Drilled 42 to 60 Feet
Deeper
The Rekart farm oil well at Ottoville, completed and
shot last week, has been producing about five barrels of the amber fluid each
day. The first day’s production was 15 barrels. The HERALD was informed this
morning that pumping has been discontinued and the drilling apparatus was again
put in shape to dance the drill. It is the purpose of the company to have the
well drilled from 42 to 60 feet deeper. The depth is now about 1296 feet. They
wish to make a thorough investigation of the territory below in the first well,
before going ahead with others. It is confidently expected that the production
can be increased by going further into the oil sand.
Barn Fire
A large barn on the farm of John Fryburger, 1½ miles
southeast of Ottoville, was burned Friday evening at 5 o’clock. Mr. Fryburger lives
in Missouri, and his brother, Matt Fryburger, was living on this place. Matt
and his family had also prepared to leave for Missouri, after having a sale,
and had part of their household goods stored in the barn. They were burned
together with a quantity of hay and a spring wagon. The origin of the fire is
unknown. Mr. Fryburger and family left Sunday night for Missouri.
Bell People at WorkForces of Men Constructing Line to Ottoville and Ft. Jennings
Ed Mann, of Cleveland, of the Bell Telephone Co., is
here with a force of twelve men, and this morning commenced the construction of
an extension of the Bell’s toll line to Ottoville and Ft. Jennings. The men are
erecting poles in the alley east of Main Street from Third to Thirteenth
Street. The toll office will be at Frankenberg’s
From
Thirteenth Street the line will run to Main Street, thence to the Kleinhans
road, thence to Ottoville road, and north to the old Louis Peters road, 1½
miles this side of Ft. Jennings, from where a line will be run to Ottoville,
and another over the Peters road to Ft. Jennings. The improvement will require
about two weeks work.
All
large poles, 35 and 40 feet in height, are to be used, and steel wire will be
strung. A reduction in toll line rates to Ottoville and Ft. Jennings will
probably follow the completion of the new line.
7-26-1899 LN
Will Drill Deeper
Delphos
Herald: The Rekart farm oil well at Ottoville, completed and shot last
week, has been producing about five barrels of the amber fluid each day. The
first day’s production was about 15 barrels. It is the purpose of the oil
company the have the well drilled from 42 to 60 feet deeper.
7-27-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville, O.,
July 27, 1899
Frank Ulrich, the tailor from Akron, O., is here
visiting friends and his uncle.
Mrs. Theodore J. Helmkamp, of
Delphos, is visiting here with Mrs. Ed Mersman.
The
town people here in Ottoville do not smell the oil sand so much since they
think it is going to be a salt water well. The drillers are not making very
much headway since the well was shot, as it always caves in.
Two
of the millrights have been discharged. They had a women here and the got mixed
up and then they did not seem to know which one the women belonged to, and so
the boss sent all three home.
7-29-1899 DH
The
Rekart farm well at Ottoville has been pulled and the rig moved to the location
for No. 2.
8-3-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville,
O., August 1, 1899
J.
L. Ansbaugh & Co. has been entertaining the people in town for the past few
days with a merry-go-round.
Dr.
Stoker, of Wyandotte, was here on business a few days ago.
Joseph Vincke has returned to the
store, after about four months experiencing farming with his uncle.
Mrs.
Charles Hamilton died Friday evening, July 28, leaving seven children. The
family lived 5 miles northwest of here.
Peter
Altenburger died Tuesday morning, August 1st. Deceased was born in
France in June of 1818, he leaves a widow and seven children, all married save
one.
8-4-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville,
O., August 3, 1899
Miss Rosa Helmkamp is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ed
Mersman.
Mrs. Runkle, of Kalida, is
spending the may at Ed Mersman’s.
Mr.
and Mrs. Jauman and Mrs. Kern, of Delphos, and Mrs. Goetz, of Cincinnati,
visited with friends here Wednesday.
Frank
Schulien has bought a farm of Henry Henke, about 2 miles south of here, where
he intends to make his future home.
Mr.
Altenburger, who died Tuesday, was buried this morning.
Miss Millie Altenburger and
brother came here from Wapakoneta for a visit, and when they arrived here they
found their grandfather dead.
8-7-1899 DH
Small Strike
Telephone Lineman Refused to
Dig Post Holes
Ed Mann, foreman of the gang of men putting in the
telephone lines from Delphos to Ottoville and Ft. Jennings for the Bell people,
had trouble, Friday, with his men.
Two
men were sent here from Columbus to put wires up, but on Friday the roads were
to muddy for them to put up the guy wires, and Foreman Mann set them to digging
post holes until the ground dried up a little.
They
rebels and concluded they would quit before they would dig holes. They left off
work, and the gang of sixteen men who had been doing the work, struck with
them. Mann has taken back some of the strikers and is employing new men.
8-10-1899 DH
The
second Ottoville oil well on the William Burgei farm, one mile north of that
town, has reached a depth of 250 feet. Considerable trouble was experienced in
pulling the casing from the first well, but it was finally successfully
accomplished. Even is well No. 2 does not make a better showing than No. 1 it
will not be abandoned so quickly.
8-14-1899 DH
The Ottoville oil well is expected to drill Friday. A
depth of 550 feet has been reached.
8-18-1899 DH
The second Ottoville oil well on the Burgei farm,
north of that town, is expected to drill in today and will be shot tomorrow.
8-19-1899 DH
The Bell telephone line workman, who have been
working between Delphos and Ottoville and Ft. Jennings, have gone to Fostoria.
The
Ottoville oil well, on the William Burgei farm, finished this morning, is
reported a rank failure, with 900 feet of salt water and only a very light
showing of oil. It was not shot. The next well will be put down on the Ed
Miller farm, one mile south of Ottoville, between the Ottoville road and the
canal.
Gebhard
Gasser sustained painful bruises at Ottoville Friday by falling while running
after his team.
Charles Sellet
had the palm of his right hand mangled while working at a machine in the
Ottoville Planing Mill, this morning.
8-21-1899 LN
The Ottoville oil well, on the William Burger farm,
finished this morning is reported a rank failure, with 900 feet of salt water
and only a very light showing of oil. It was not shot. The next well will be
put down on the Ed Miller farm, one mile south of Ottoville, between the
Ottoville road and the canal.
8-24-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville,
O., August 23, 1899
The Ottoville Grist Mill is now in operation and
ready for business. Mr. Williams, who refitted the mill, and C. Neal, an expert
miller, who started the mill, left this morning.
Miss
Louis Huber and sister Johanna, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., are visiting friends here.
Miss Oberhauser, of Fremont, is
the guest of friends here.
J.
B. Hubbard, of Union City, is now employed at J. B. Mersman’s furniture
factory.
H. L. Leilich,
of Delphos, was here on business Tuesday evening.
The
rig for Ottoville well No. 3 is going up.
9-2-1899 DH
Beginning with Sept. 1st the telephone
toll rate for conversation between Delphos and Ottoville or Delphos and Ft.
Jennings, over the Ohio Telephone Co.’s lines, is now only 15 cents. The toll
station is located at King Bros.’s drug store.
9-5-1899 DH
A crowd of young men went to Ottoville, Sunday night,
in Burger’s steam launch, and enjoyed themselves hugely save that they had to
walk and pull the boat about two miles in coming back. The propeller struck an
obstruction in the water and was broken, rendering it useless.
9-6-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville,
O., September 6, 1899
The marriage banns of the following named couples
were published at St. Mary’s Church Sunday: Joseph Utrup who lives two miles
south of here and Anna Blamer, of Ft. Jennings, and Joseph F. Hotz, of Delphos
and Anna Wannemacher, of Ottoville, the wedding of the second couple will occur
in Ottoville.
Mrs.
Stablter, of Ft. Wayne, is here visiting with Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wannemacher
A Crowd of young
people spent Sunday evening, at the home of F. W. Helmkamp. Refreshments were
served and the evening was an exeptionaly pleasant one.
Mr.
Frank Frederick was neatly surprised Tuesday evening by friends, it was the
occasion of his 26th birthday.
Come
and visit C. B. Wannemacher and get prices on first class jewelry, he will give
you a fair offer, satisfaction guaranteed.
Mr. and Mrs. F.
F. Vincke left Tuesday morning for the State Fair, at Columbus, O.
Mrs. J. F.
Singer, of Defiance, is visiting her parents here.
9-12-1899 DH
Hotz – Wannemacher
Joseph F. Hotz,
of the firm Hotz and Bros., of this city, was married at the Cathoilic Church
in Ottoville, this morning, to Miss Anna Wannemacher, of that place. Mr. and
Mrs. Hotz will visit Toledo and Fremont before returning to Delphos to their
home. The HERALD extends congratulations.
9-13-1899 DH
A Good OneThey are Leasing Land – Oil Market Up – Lause Farm Well Shot This Afternoon
Driller Think the Ottoville
Well Will Be.
THE LAUSE WELL—The Jameson well on the Lause farm was
to have been shot this morning, but up to noon the shooter had not arrived from
Spencerville, and up to the hour of going to press no one has returned with
information concerning the result of the 180 quart shot.
At
62 feet in the sand the well showed over 800 feet of oil, when drilling was
suspended and arrangements made to shoot it. Tankage was provided, in case the
well made a flow.
OTTOVILLE
WELL – The third Ottoville oil well, on the Miller farm, about 1 mile south of
that town, will drill in about Saturday. A fishing job delayed the drilling
three days and the casing not being put in tight caused another delay of a day
and a half. The limestone was found to be from 18 to 20 feet thinner in this
well than in either of the other two, which is accepted by oilmen as a good
indication. An Ottoville gentleman informs the HERALD that the drillers
employed by J. J. Gayer have sufficient confidence in their belief that the
well will be a good one that they are endeavoring to lease land in the
vicinity, and that he understood that they had succeeded in leasing a piece of
land from Otto Kortokrax. If this is true some encouraging news may be expected
from Ottoville before the week is over. Since writing the above it was learned
that the drill was lost in the hole, the rope breaking off just above the drill
stem, at 6 o’clock this morning.
9-18-1899 DH
The
Ottoville oil well is about completed. It is expected that the oil producing
rock will be reached this evening. Several accidents have caused vexatious
delays.
9-21-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville,
O., September 19, 1899
A crowd of young folks spent Sunday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Byrne who lives 2½ miles from town. The evening was
spent with much pleasure.
Mr.
C. Allemeyer and Miss Carlin Perrin were married Tuesday morning at Ft.
Jennings. Mrs. Perrin is a widow and lives about 2 miles north of here, and
Carlin is the last of her daughters married.
Mr.
Jacob Krebs and Miss Martin, of Cloverdale, were married here Tuesday morning.
Mr. Straman, of Ottawa, was here
on business Tuesday.
Mr.
Charles Sellet and Leo Otte enjoyed a trip driving to Defiance where they spent
a few days last week.
9-28-1899 PCS
Ottoville Items
The citizens of this burg and especially the
directors of the “oil syndicate” do not feel quite so jubilant as they did last
Tuesday when the Ed Miller well came in and promised to be a gusher. After the
shot it proved to far less than a gusher, in fact scarcely paying. There is a
heavy flow of gas however, which will probably be utilized. It has nevertheless
proven that this is an oil field and the probabilities that several more wells
will be sunk before long.
Our
dear Republican friends must be very vociferous taxationers. Not satisfied with
custom tax, trusts, state tax and war tax, they even try to dictate the
Democratic Primary for land appraiser. Such was the case here last Saturday.
Mr. G. H. Otte, Sr., was nominated for land appraiser receiving 154 votes
against 72 cast for Mr. Peter Wannemacher.
Rev.
Weichman was at Delphos last Friday and Saturday, assisting at the forty hours
devotion.
Many of our
citizens are attending lecture given by Rev. Kress, at Sheeter Opera House,
every evening of this week except Saturday.
The
probabilities are that geese will be very dear this year. The ladies need the
quills for their hats you know.
J.
B. Mersman is busy building a new parsonage at Ft. Jennings.
September
26, 1899 Dora
Gale
9-30-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville,
O., September 28, 1899
Last Friday
some unknown person poisoned two dogs owned by Charles Bildstien.
Born, Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bonifas, a pair of twins, a boy and a girl.
G. Otte was
nominated Land Appraiser Saturday, of Monroe Township.
Lewis Otte who formerly was
employed by A. Kehres is now employed by Charles Bildstein.
Mr. J. B.
Mersman and Jacob Wannemacher drove to Ottawa Sunday morning.
Mr. George Halter, a well-known
farmer who lives about 7 miles from town went to Canton about a month ago and
Wednesday the report came that he had died. The corpse will be brought to
Ottoville where interment will be made. Mr. Halter had been ill for some time
and was about 65 years old.
10-21-1899 DH
Sudden DeathWhile Conversing, Mrs. Joseph Meyer Fell
Dead
Putnam County Lady Succumbed to Paralysis of the Heart at
the Home of H. H. Shabbing.
Joyful anticipation over a visit to the home of her
daughter was cut short by death this morning for Mrs. Bernadina Meyer, wife of
Joseph Meyer, and a gloom was suddenly cast over the hearts of husband and
children, which only a few moments before were filled with happiness and
contentment.
Mr.
and Mrs. Meyer drove to Delphos this morning from their home just east of
Douglas and stopped at the home of their daughter, Mrs. B. H. Shabbing, on
Franklin Street. They were going to the home of another daughter, Mrs. Edward
Zink, wife of an oil well pumper, living on the Wilson farm, seven miles south
of Delphos. Mrs. Shabbing and children took the early train to Spencerville, to
go to the home of Mr. Zink and await the coming of her parents, intending to
visit there together.
Mr.
and Mrs. Meyer arrived here a few minutes before the train departed and were at
the home of Mr. Shabbing, about 20 minutes after 6 o’clock, awaiting his return
from the train. Mrs. Meyer was standing at the partition fence, conversing with
Mrs. John Stegeman. Mr. Meyer was on the sidewalk and was soon joined by Mr.
Shabbing, his son-in-law. While they were talking, Mrs. Stegeman suddenly
called to them that something was wrong. They turned and saw Mrs. Meyer lying
on the ground. They rushed to her side, and after gasping a few times she died.
She
was carried into the house and it was ascertained beyond all doubt that life
had fled. Deceased was 55 years old and was Mr. Meyer’s second wife. She leaves
behind a husband and six children.
The last words she spoke were
addressed to Mrs. Stegeman. She said: “well, I must go and see Ben and go on to
Spencerville.”
She
turned around took one or two steps and fell to the ground and died almost
without a struggle. D. E. Baxter, Jr., Justice of the Peace, was called and
viewed the remains as acting coroner, and will conduct an inquest at his office
Monday. Death was probably due to paralysis of the heart, as Mrs. Meyer had
been complaining of pains in her side for several weeks. However, she seemed to
be feeling well this morning and drank generously of warm coffee from a jug,
just before reaching Delphos. She relished the coffee and so remarked to her
husband.
The
remains of the deceased lady were prepared for burial and taken to her late
home near Douglass this afternoon. The funeral will be held from the Catholic
Church in Ottoville, the time not having been decided upon.
10-23-1899 DH
The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Meyer occurred from the
Ottoville Catholic Church at 8 o’clock this morning. The attendance was usually
large.
11-2-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville,
O., November 1, 1899
One of the children of Joseph Martin, who have been
sick with diptheria, died and was buried Tuesday.
Mrs. H. Grewe,
of Frankfort, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ed Mersman.
Peter
Kramer, of Ft. Jennings, and Mr. Wilhelm, of Defiance, were here on business
today.
Lenhart Rust,
who died from typhoid fever, was buried Monday.
It
is known girls cannot keep a secret. They could not keep it to themselves where
they were going on Halloween night. They went to the residence of Joseph Otte,
and from there went to G. W. Kieffer’s to spend the evening. Those present were
Lizzie Miller, Anna Helmkamp, Clare Wannemacher, Katie Kortokrax, Regina
Kehres, Anna Wurst, Louis Otte, Emillia Eickholt, Josephine Doepker, Francis
Zahner, Fanny Wannemacher, Rosa Wannemacher, Miss Frederick, Miss Berry, from
St. Henry, O., Peter Ockule, Walter Mersman, Lewis Sellet, Alex Wannemacher,
John Kieffer, Henry Krebs, Bert Green, Jim Hubbard, C. B. Wannemacher, Leo
Otte, Alex Miller and Henry Otte.
11-24-1899 DH
The Canal craft of B. Wannemacher, of Ottoville,
brought in a load of Elm timber for the Wheel Factory this morning.
11-30-1899 PCS
Ottoville Items
Since nearly all of the quarterly meetings of the
Putnam Co., Teachers Association are held at such a distance from this place,
that it is almost a physical impossibility for our teachers to attend. The
teachers of Ottoville and vicinity, have last Saturday organized an association
of their own, which promises to become a little more than a mere sideshow,
since the teachers of Ft. Jennings have already signified their intention to
join. The next meeting will take place at the public schoolhouse, on Saturday,
Dec. 16th, 1899. Quite a number of teachers, school directors and
citizens, are expected to be present. Several of the teachers will prepare
papers for that day, and there will be a good musical program.
The
Democrats of Ottoville are getting ready for a fight to the finish next
November. Old Monterey feels like “The Old Posy on the Stem,” on account of the
Democratic gain of 83 at the last election.
November
28, 1899 Cora
Gale
12-21-1899 PCS
Ottoville Items
Last Thursday morning, little Nora, the 10-year-old
daughter of Nicholas Lauer, died of membranous croup. She was a promising
child, beloved by all who knew her. She retained her senses until the last, and
strange she died without a struggle. We extend our sincere sympathy to the
bereaved family.
Last
Saturday, the teachers of southwestern Putnam County, met at the public school
building at this place, and organized a society for the purpose of holding
conference at least once a month. Prof. Bovy, ct Ft. Jennings, was elected
chairman, and Miss Amelia Eickholt, of Ottoville, Secretary. The chair was
instructed to appoint a committee on schoolbooks, to consist of one member from
each district. School Directors were voted exofficio members of the
organization, with a voice in its deliberation. The following teachers took an
active part in the exercises: J. T. Ottke, A. D. Birkmeyer, L. N. Wagner, Miss
Owens and Miss Anna M. Jerwers. It was argued that the exercises in the future
should consist of papers on education, pedagogical, and literary topics, essays
and declamations. The following volunteered to take active part whenever called
upon: J. J. Bovy, J. T. Ottke, Agatha Owens, Nona Hauck, Amelia Eickholt, Ella
Sietz, Regina Alt, A. S. Birkmeyer, John Wannemacher, L. N. Wagner, Anna M.
Jerwers, John Leinenwehr, C. F. Franzer and Clara Wannemacher. The music
rendered by the choir was excellent, but worthy of special mention is the
masterly rendition by Miss Clara Wannemacher, of the classical soprano solo by
Bagliole, entitled “Adoramus Te.” The next meeting will take place at Ft.
Jennings, on Saturday, January 27, 1900. With the following program: Prof. J T.
Ottke, school discipline; L. N. Wagner, abuses in the profession; Amelia
Eickholt, declamation; and Agatha Owens, essay.
Mr.
Geb. Gmeiner, who for several years was a citizen of Raab, Ohio, has returned
to this place and intends to enter into business later on.
A
Merry Christmas to all!
December
19, 1899 L.
12-28-1899 DH
Ottoville Items Ottoville,
O., December 27, 1899
J. F. Ockule, of Cincinnati, is home during the
holidays.
John S. Otte, Al
Berkmeyer, L. N. Wagner and Nick Gillen went to Coldwater to spend the
holidays.
Lewis
Sellet and William Rekart went to Bellevue to spend a week.
Rev. H. Weichman
went to Delphos to celebrate the church day.
Dr.
Stephans from Cincinnat was here yesterday looking for a location.
Leo Otte and
Jacob Studer returned from Chicago.
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