This is the tombstone of Francis M. Plants, located in row 6 of the Old Section of Duck Creek Cemetery, Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio…
Tag: Chattanooga
Jun 24
Chatt News, 1917 (part 3)
Continuing with more news from Chatt in the early months of 1917, as reported in The Celina Democrat.
Dec 18
Christmas in Chattanooga, 1933
In 1933 Chattanooga, Ohio, was home to a number of businesses and many of them advertised and sent Christmas greetings in The Willshire Herald. There was nearly a full page of Chattanooga ads in the paper and below are some of them. Christmas Greetings from S.S. Egger, grocer, undertaker, and postmaster, whose business was south …
Aug 21
Fisher Hardware 10th Anniversary & Dedicatory Celebration, 1947
Who doesn’t remember one of Chatt’s larger businesses, Fisher Hardware and Implement Store. Bothers Luther and John Fisher owned and operated the hardware store which was also a John Deere sales and service center. The business was established April 1937 and in April 1947 the brothers hosted a 10-year celebration along with the dedication of …
Nov 28
This & That from The Willshire Herald
One of my favorite pastimes is looking through old issues of The Willshire Herald on microfilm at the Van Wert County Library. Below are some interesting articles that I recently found. Sustains Injured Hand John Scaer, farmer residing on route 2, Willshire, had the misfortune of cutting four fingers and the thumb off the left …
Karen Miller Bennett, CG®, Retired 2024
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