Weathered notes and town items from Hicksville area
Inclement weather slows farm work and spring tasks. Editor Dowell buys a new writing machine. Local residents return home from Butler and Toledo. Schools hire teachers, prayer meetings held, church activities, and gas and oil prospects spark excitement with multiple wells and reports of profits, labor, and local marriages.
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T. G. Dowell
Isaac Fisher
Butler
Nancy Chilcote
Logan School
Miller & Jefferson
East Side
Hop Plaster Promoted as Quick Back Pain Relief
A local ad touts Hop Plaster as the best remedy for back aches promising fast relief and easy application for daily use. The promotion emphasizes ongoing availability and consumer convenience.
Judge by deeds and medicines by results in old ad
Advertises Dr Bigelow’s Positive Cure for coughs and lung troubles sold by G W Bechel in fifty cent and dollar bottles. N G Woodward touts Acker’s Blood Elixir with a guarantee of cure for rheumatism syphilis and blood disorders and claims it clears the skin and improves complexion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bigelow
G. W. Bechel
N. G. Woodward
Acker
Be Your Own Physician Remedies for Female ills
A woman long afflicted with female complaints finds remedies that cured her after others failed. She claims any reader can use the remedies and cure herself without medical exams. She offers free receipts illustrated treatise and directions sent sealed upon request to Mrs W C Holmes 658 Broadway New York with stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Holmes
Broadway
N.Y
Antwerp Plan For Park And Court House Sparks Local Promises
Antwerp residents push for a new park while Paulding seeks a fresh court house. An Antwerp house owned by Jack Chapman was burned last week. Captain Joseph Ice raised a large frame barn near Paulding furnace. O B Chesbrough opens a new Cecil hotel with ready meals. The Paulding United Brethren buy and convert a frame school into a church on Water street. George Hardesty breaks a colt, injuring his side and leg and needing a crutch.
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Antwerp
Bell & Adams
Hamer
Paulding
Jack Chapman
Joseph Ice
Paulding Furnace
O. B. Chesbrough
Cecil
United Brethren
Water Street
Jackson
George Hardesty
Montpelier Play Ahead As Fair Grounds Survey Completed
Dr. Fulley of Montpelier writes a new play to be staged in the village in two weeks. The Montpelier fair grounds were surveyed and platted by E P Opdycke last week and comprise 3714 acres. The report notes a three and a half week court term with few juries reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
E. P. Opdycke
Red Clover Tonic Advertised for Blood and Digestive Ailments
Crepit9 is claimed to treat blood diseases stomach and liver troubles pimples bad breath and more when combined with other roots. Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic is touted as the best remedy for numerous ailments including indigestion loss of appetite headaches and malaria diseases priced at 50 cents sold by G W Becbel.
Acker's English Remedy Sold as Cure for Lung Ailments
N G Woodward announces a guaranteed sale of Acker's English Remedy claiming it cures asthma coughing whooping cough croup and all lung troubles. He touts it as the standard remedy for consumption and asserts never finding its equal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. Woodward
Acker
Dr Frazier’s Throat and Lung Balsam advertised cure
An advertisement for Dr Frazier’s Throat and Lung Balsam claims it is the only sure cure for colds coughs hoarseness and sore throat and warns not to neglect a cough as it may prove fatal. It touts hundreds of grateful users and states the remedy comes in large family bottles priced at 50 cents from Wittiam Mr’e Co Cleveland Ohio dated 7y-1.
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Andrew Weise
Dodge
Godfrey Weise
Emma Vance
Lida Henry
J. K. Myers
Etta Myers
Aversville
Thomas
Vellance
Harrington
Salamanca
N. Y
Georgia Boutelle
Niagara Falls
Dr. Frazier
Wittiam Mr’e Co
Prop’s
Cleveland
Ohio
Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets Recommended for Ladies
N. G. Woodward recommends Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets to ladies, claiming they act as a superior laxative and guarantee relief from Chronic Constipation and Dyspepsia. The ad promises cure for stomach disorders and asserts Sick Headache becomes impossible with use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. Woodward
Acker
Dr W A France to Visit Defiance for One Day
Renowned New York specialist Dr W A France arrives in Defiance on Wednesday May 5 for consultations at the Rus Sel House. Special focus on diseases of women with return visits every 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortia Fairs
Joel Levergne
Clark
Sherwood
J. Gregg
Elmer Clark
E. A. Shoup
White School House
Ollie Shoup
Wm. Slough
Porath Bros
W.A France
New York
Defiance
Russel House
Dr W A France Promises Special Clinic for Organic Disease
Dr W A France a physician surgeon and gynecologist advertises exclusive focus on chronic diseases and facial disorders. He claims to use modern instruments to diagnose organ location and main symptoms without questions and offers hospital style procedures not common among rural doctors.
Blood Poison and Seminal Disease Cure Offer
Advertisement from Dr. W. A. France of Fostoria Ohio promises rapid cures for sexual and reproductive issues including venereal taint and impotency. Consultation is free and confidential, with reasonable charges and guaranteed absolution of risk. References and questions offered, correspondence answered, medicines mailed discreetly nationwide.
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United States
Dr. W. A
France
Fostoria, O
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