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Excerpts from newspapers. TOPIC: 100 YEARS AGO. Compiled by Doris Dilbone in Feb.,
2000
100 Years Ago - February 1900
High Water At Houston
One day last week E. L. Hoskins was going to Houston in a buggy. When he reached the
bridge over the Loramie creek between Dawson and Houston, workmen were repairing the
bridge and he had to drive through the creek. The water came up into the bottom of the
buggy and he placed his feet on the dash board. Finally the water came up on the seat and
to keep the buggy from floating he had to take his feet from the dash board and put them
on the bottom. In this condition he reached shallow water and finally reached the shore.
When he reached Houston he bought a pair of dry socks, but all the pants in the Houston
stores were too short so he had to stand up before the stove and dry his pants out.
Shelby County Democrat, Feb. 2, 1900
Early Mail Carrier
T. T. Mitchell and wife, well known in this city, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage at their home in Lima Monday evening. At fourteen years of age Mr. Mitchell
began to carry the mail on horseback from Sidney to Defiance, having many a hard ride in
doing it. He was married January 29, 1850, to Nancy Stevens at St. Paris. Shelby County
Democrat, Feb. 2, 1900
Foreign Aid from Sidney
A phonograph social was held at the home of Mrs. Viola Cargill on Wednesday evening. The
social was held for the benefit of the famine stricken district of India. The Masonic Lodge members
came in and presented the ladies with five dollars for the supper.
Shelby County Democrat, Feb. 16, 1900
Aid to Sidney
The United Presbyterian church received a donation of a car load of coal from M. F.
Scholl, of West Newton, Pennsylvania, last week. Shelby County Democrat, Feb. 23, 1900
Fun in Port
A masked social was given by the Daughters of Rebecca I.O.O.F. Tuesday evening of last
week in Port Jefferson. All sorts of costumes were worn and it was a lively time for the
hundred and more present. During the evening a cake walk was indulged in which was won by
Charles Ogden and Ed Miller. A gramophone entertainment and supper followed which was
enjoyed by all.
Shelby County Democrat, Feb. 23, 1900
A Switch is a Hairpiece,
We Think
A woman, residing near Napoleon, Ohio, in her petition for divorce, charges her husband
among other things, with having thrown her false teeth into the fire and hiding her switch
under the pig sty, to prevent her going to parties and other social functions. Shelby
County Democrat, Feb. 9, 1900
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