Ottoville Items - 1921

2-16-1921 LN

Frank Kromer, 41, clerk of Monterey-tp, died Monday at his home in Ottoville, north of here, from tuberculosis. Deceased was also chief executive of the Ottoville Fire Department and a member of the C. K. of O. Survived by his widow and three children, as well as other near kin-folk.

3-11-1921 LN

            Ambrose Miehls, prominent citizen of Ottoville, Putnam co, who has been at St. Rita’s Hospital, where he was subjected to a serious operation. Has recovered and was able to return to his home Thursday.

7-23-1921 LN

Catholic Priest Death Victim – Body of Former Ottoville Pastor Buried at Cincinnati

            Delphos – (Special) – Rev. Frederick F. Rupert, pastor of St. John’s church here and Rev. Irwin Burkhardt, assistant pastor, with Rev. Father Arnoldi, pastor of the church at Ottoville, officiated at the funeral services for Rev. Fathr Leo Hertzog, former pastor of Ottoville church, at Cincinnati, Friday. Rev. Rupert delivered the sermon.

            Up to four months ago the deceased was in charge of the Ottoville parish. Death occurred while he was on his way to Denver, where he expected to get relief from tuberculosis.

7-26-1921 LN

Delphos Wins

            Delphos – the Delphos baseball club wrecked the hopes of Ottoville and their “Smokey” Wannemacher with a vengeance Sunday, When they won their third straight from the visiting team to the tune of 13 to 3. Brown pitched a wonderful game for the locals, and had he had support would have shut out the visitors, who scored all their runs in the first on errors.

7-26-1921 LN

            George Brandehoff, 37, farmer, the father of four children, a son of John Brandehoff, passed away at his home on a farm near Ottoville Sunday after a 6-day illness and two days after an operation for appendicitis.

10-26-1921 LN

Nonagenarian Dies

            Delphos – Louis Landwehr, 92, one of the oldest citizens of Putnam-co, died at his home in Ottoville. He was a native of Hanover, Germany.

11-16-1921 LN

            Joe Wannemacher, Main-st hardware clerk, visited recently in his old home town of Ottoville and watched a football squad working out.

            The instructor was an elderly man, very dignified. The athletic field was near a pond, small but deep. The coach was demonstrating an end run with the ball.

            “He did not know he was so near the pond,” ---Joe said, “until he plunged into the water. There was nothing doing the remainder of the day in the direction of instruction for the squad.”

12-13-1921 LN

            Four autos, owned by Ed Odenweller of Ottoville, Palmer George, Wm. Wreede and Joe Weisgerber of Delphos were damaged in a mixup on Main-St here, when the George car crashed against the Odenweller auto, throwing it forward and striking two others.