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Farming and Country Living 1920-1940’s

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 Annette Stewart

As told by Betty Sease to her daughter, Annette Sease Stewart Threshing Days According to my mom, the threshing machine would make its rounds in the farming community threshing the wheat. Neighbors would help each other. The farm wife’s would fix the huge meals consisting of ham or chicken, wilted lettuce from the garden, mashed

Almost a Century Farm

March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 Annette Stewart

Family homestead built by the Condon’s around early 1900’s as original home burnt. The story of the Michael’s, Brumbaugh’s, Sease and Stewart farm families written by Annette Sease Stewart. EVERY FAMILY HAS A STORY….WELCOME TO OURS My Great-Grandpa and Grandma, George and Emma Michael, bought our homestead on Karr Road in 1928. George was the

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Delisle Elevator

March 7, 2025March 9, 2025 Annette Stewart

I967 photo from Vintage Aerial. History by Kent Thompson-2025 In 1956 the original Delisle Elevator wood structured building caught fire due to a lightning strike. It was replaced by cement block structure which exists today. It was owned by the Gettysburg Equity Elevator in Gettysburg, Ohio. The Elevator also consisted of a local country store

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Ag Implements of Southern Darke County

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 Annette Stewart

First New Idea Two-Row Corn Picker in Darke County around 1950’s. Hency’s Farm Service. Implements Alber & Heck Farm Alber Alber & Neff Wallace & Flory Wondle Farm Implements Kelch-Crow Chemical Co. G F Hapner & Son Farm Implements Agricultural Implements-Minnich & Pease Neff Implements Lytle Farm Implements Bailey Farm Service Hency;s Farm Service &

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Southern Darke County Canneries, Greenhouses and Misc Ag Businesses

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 Annette Stewart

Cannery at 303 South Main Arcanum Cannery Shirley Canning Lutz Canning Schmidt Canning Greenhouses Arcanum Greenhouse-Harvey Wogoman (need photo) Arcanum Greenhouse-Beck & Wogoman Beck Arcanum Greenhouse & Green Thumb Ithaca Cromwell’s Greenhouse (need old photo) Misc Rife Dekalf Seed Corn Coblentz & Howell Pork Shippers Valentine Fertilizer Sales Smith Douglas Fertilizer on Alt. Rt. 49

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Elevators…Flour Mills…Farm Services of Southern Darke County

February 17, 2025February 17, 2025 Annette Stewart

Elevator believed to be by Arcanum ball diamonds. The following lists were compiled from the Arcanum Business Book through 1968 by Anita Short with additions from research on Pitsburg from ads and newspapers as well as individuals memories from 1970-present. Please read to the end-looking for updated lists through to present as well as old

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