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Newspaper

Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1887

Page

1

Local notices and community updates in Farmer Center area

A stream of short items reports on residents and farms in the district. Notes include roofing by B B Crary, tiling by Dennis Boyles, family illnesses, new residents, weather improving wheat, clergy visits, a Sunday school start, a switch collision near Hicksville, local weddings and deaths, farming tasks, and upcoming meetings and repairs around Georgetown and Pleasant Lake.

Hicksville notes in April with trains, travel, and local life

Hicksville community news reports visits from Albert Randolph in Kansas and Rev. Lily from Waterloo. It notes farmers sowing oats, a Kansas fever, a hotel hire, a cable from Hicksville to France, a wall paper sale, a death in Milford township, council fights, train wrecks, school tensions, and local elections with names of residents and officials.

Lafayette Keener Roscoe Dakota G. W. Richie Joseph Dowell Solid South J. R. Welton Edgerton Laddie Crowell Colby Kansas Hicksville Evangelical Church EK. M. Pettit Brookston Ind J.N. Blair Mark Township E. Gengrich Harvey Maxwell Gallion Columbus Ohio Amy Scott Colorado Howard Bruce E. D. Otis Aldine France Nathan Wyatt Auburn I. M. Potter Spencerville St Belle Dickerson Indianapolis Gingery’s Behne Dalrymple’s David Hootman Milford Township Hicksvisle The Evangelical Association Hare Canal House United Brethren

Local Notes and Social Happenings Report

Mrs Wm Shupp is ailing this week. Frank Kleinhen closed his school. Farmers in the area are installing tile this spring. Rev Orth attends conference and Mt Calvary expects a new minister soon. A birthday party honored Master Lewis, sixteen, at Sherman Blanchard’s Friday night. Sale of carpenter contract for the new Free Will Baptist church advertised. Call at J R Myers for specifications.

Wm Shupp Frank Kleinhen Orth Mt. Calvary Sherman Blanchard Master Lewis New Free Will Baptist Church J. R. Myers Ses

Mrs Winston’s Soorsine Syrup Teething Remedy

The text touts Mrs Winston’s Soorsine Syrup as the teething prescription of top female nurses and doctors in the United States. It claims forty years of use by millions of mothers with never-failing success, relieving pain, curing dysentery and diarrhea, reducing griping, and easing wind colic, priced 25 cents per bottle.

Mt Calvary notes and H C Literary updates

The column records local notes from Mt Calvary: a week behind schedule, the old pioneer away east, a rumor about G B, the oldest Sterns daughter moving to Wm Shupp’s, and H C Literary receiving a Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. It also covers Lady Henry’s class earning certificates, the H C Literary season ending April 9 with strong attendance, and officers elected including W C Blanchard, W L Hill, Addie Adams. It ends with political jests about Democrats and candidates and a jibe about Highland township education and Republicans.

Mt. Calvary Fanny Sterns Wm. Shupp’s H. C. Literary Lady Henry W. C. Blanchard W. L. Hill Addie Adams Highland Township

The Mental Me I Eer Promises Healing Patent Remedy

An advertisement extols a patent remedy claiming to relieve erysipelas gangrene and proud flesh by cleansing and purifying the body. It also touts English Spavin Liniment for horses addressing surgical conditions and blemishes. Colby & Scott of Defiance sell the product with a $50 savings claim.

Colby & Scott

Mark Township活es with farming growth and local notices

Items note scarce goods and multiple illness including Ross Croyl and Mrs. Partee. Mentions: Saylers child sick. Charles Curtis improving. Fred Post from Hicksville. Irvin Hartshorn from Sherwood. C S Elder on North Baltimore trip. Barn raised by Frank Willett. Elder Bros. stock filled with farm machinery. Sabbath school organized. election picks Henry Miser trustee Paul Hagan clerk L Klein treasurer Phil Eisabeth assessor Joseph Stoy Charles Shull constables. Mark Center activity and oats plowing noted.

Ross Croyl Henry Saylers Charles Curtis Fred Post Hicksville Mark Center Irvin Hartshorn Sherwood Berg C. S. Elder North Baltimore Daniel Partee Frank Willett Mark Township Elder Bros E. V. Smith Henry Miser Paul Hagan L. Klein Phil Eisabeth Joseph Stoy Charles Shull

Green's August Flower Promises Relief From Dyspepsia

Sufferers urged to try Green's August Flower with claims it cures liver complaints and related symptoms in three doses. Sample bottles offered at 10 cents. Also touts Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for Itch and Scratches, sold by Colby & Scott Druggists. Defiance weather noted as unusually dry.

Woolford Colby & Scott Druggists Defiance. Ly

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Colby & Scott's Lost Creek Dee B. B. Crary Dennis Boyles Ben Crary Cliffie Hilas Hulbert Mr. Close Kent Farm Minnie Copeland Montpelier Mary J. Waltz Susan Copeland Rev. Wood Delta Lost Creek Presbyterian Church Nota Bene James Kitridge Farmer Center Lewis Husted Fred Antwerp William Fred. Poole W. C. Cleveland John Gingerich Wmn. Gingery Logan Benjamin B. Crary Mr. Crary Literary Society Chapman School House A. H. Sager Michigan Frank Young Hyde Farmer Cemetery Geo. Hughes Hughes Presbyterian Church Elmer Richardson Walter Battershall Ella Ensign Kate Hosack Laura Richardson Lulu Richardson Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Washington Township John Drears Silas Welker Georgetown Jacob Warner Miss Custard Eaton A. Lewis B.D. Lintz Milford Kile Grand Army Post George Harmon Roy Mary Kintner M. E S.A. Kintner Rev. A. Robinson Lintz Adams Township Charley Parker Lawrence Ramos California Albert Frank Alice Tubbs Pleasant Lake Indiana Christ Schultz Dr. Powell John Donner, Jr Bryan A. L. Parker Lehman Dist Mt. Carmel U. B Alweed Morencie Pessefall Anthony Business Directory D. Surpoen Bevington M. B. Camron W. Winn Henrvey John Dowe Wight Levi Colby Martia ‘ Trubie Michael Gorman Abram Razor Albert Gerry B. W. Slagle Schoonovers M Thompson de F Infirmary W.H. Ralston J. A. Ketchel F. W. Knapp John Hepler F. W. LeSeuer W. A. Kehnast Ist M. E. Heller John Cantlon Geo. Miller, G. F. Bohn John Thien A. J. Otto Kate Hoover Hedema Block S.D. Potterf D. D Post Office Defiance, O Sarris Ohn P. Camerum Barris & Cameron Atorneys Stone Front Court House Defiance J. F. Deatrickr Uilding Clinton and Third Streets Nance W.D. Hill W.H Hubbar Hill & Rubbard A. Will Keystone Block Eflance H. G. Baker LAW Merchants National Henry Hardy Wolwsif Milton Wukuut Ttorney Ralston’s Block Art House Defiance Charles E. Bronson LAW Real Estate Harley Bro’s Defaties Ohio Frank W. Knapp Ad- Soiniss J.I. Halh Defiance, Ohio Karl Tenzer Perry Street Abish C. H. Lindenberger Fancy Steam Dye Works Op Perry Street May Sly New Gallery L. E. Beardsley Clinton Third Sts Deatrick & Sumners J.C. Scot Willams Undertaking Rooms American Union Sewing Machine G, H, Williams Delancs Farmers of Defiance Co Chas. P. Tittle Mr. Tittle N. W. Cor. Clinton and 2D Sts Normal College S. F. Hogue Edifying Express Albert Randolph J. L. Bevington Darwin Farnham J. W. Bruce Frank L. Farlow Toledo Harry W.S. Hammille Portland Oregon F. M. Thompson George Sheperd Correll Lily Waterloo J. D. Hall Chicago Pleasant Ridge Debating Society Bert Roach Bert Revy. J. Hoffman Rev. Hoffman J. M. Stafford Kerr Bros. & Co Turner John G. K. Otis Missouri Mr. Otis John Hollinger Bethlehem Stark Co. C J. Hoffman Six Corners Corporation J. Burger Randy Simmons Henry Bricker Daniel Weller Frank Roberts A. J; Henley Amos Miller George Taylor James Stafford Jack Wort John Hull Lutz Corwin & Kiser Eureka Baltimore R. Brown, Baker Deflorin Gornee Defianceh Humphreys Hox Oumar Fulton Bt G. W Bechel Tach Jerome P. Slough P. O J. P. Slough
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