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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1884
Page
3
A packed column traces city life from bridge painting bids to opera hopes, street macadam debates, and local honors. Mentions include the Wertheimer block sale, firemen’s convention badges, and plans for a First Ward building foundation with Garfield avenue rising as a promenade.
The B and O Railroad offers delegates travel to Washington D C for the American Medical Association meeting on May 6 1884 at full regular fare with return at one fourth of the lowest unlimited rate on certifi cates from principal Trans Ohio Division points.
The Postal Telegraph Company will open in this city Monday 28 offering night service at 15 cents for 20 words to any point and day messages to Chicago and St Louis at 25 cents for 20 words. W H Mulligan is manager. office is over Bechel's drug store.
The death of 59 year old C Krenkel in Defiance followed a fall in Brooklyn during a visit to his sisters. After a fractured wrist was reset, the operation caused lockjaw leading to his passing on the 25th. Funeral services were held at the M E church with many attending.
The Toledo Bee reports a Wabash express wreck yesterday after a broken rail near Lake Shore crossing. The engine and four cars cleared the track. a first class coach plunged down an embankment at a 30 degree angle. Wagner sleeper Batavia collided with a freight car. several passengers were shaken, including Senator Elmer White and his wife who endured a nervous shock.
Local newspaper calls Defiance area to act on funding Ayersville road repairs. Highland township residents have contributed, a city institution pledges 200 dollars, yet no concrete subscriptions or committee action occur. The editor urges the trade and improvement association to lead and prevent abandonment of the project.
Two weddings reported by local ministers on April 26 1884. Toney Ham wed Elizabeth Seeger and William Livergood married L Haenel. The text notes a newly organized hook and ladder company receiving a new truck.
Arrangements with the B and O Railroad offer excursion rates to Washington for the League of American Wheelmen meeting on May 19 and 20, 1884. Bicycles with wheelmen ride free. For rates and train times, contact B and O agents or W E Reppert Pass Agent, Columbus Ohio.
A sub committee of the House committee on public lands favors Townsend's bill to grant bounty land for Civil War veterans. Eligible soldiers receive 80 to 160 acres based on service length, with patents to survivors or parents if applicable, under specified orders.
Promoters claim a world class menagerie and sea aquarium with wild beasts and star performers. The notice urges readers to attend the Barret Co exhibition arriving by train on Tuesday May 18 1884, promising a once in a lifetime spectacle.
Hicksville community notes edited by Nora Bene report on local Assessor visits roads improving and residents planting trees building fences. Updates mention Rev Hoffmann living with Haddox, Mary O teaching music, Mrs Otis recovering, A W Koons visiting, Mrs Murphy shopping in Cleveland, Holinger delivering machinery, Giorgas visiting Rowsbury, busy streets with tam merchants, Dos Otis losing potatoes to an incendiary act, Blair and Bayer planning a western recup tour, Purdy in poor health, Ainsworth boon bey ington business, farming advice, programme committee questions, and visits from James Bayes fatherly health in Wauseon.
Ox tone notes a backward spring delaying oats sowing and a month-long suspension at the saw mill due to log famine. Local residents and workers are listed by name with moves, hires, and toil including the Partees, Langdons, Partee’s barn project, and other farm and carpentry activity. The Rural Chapel Sunday School organized. Nettie Sanford celebrated 26th birthday with a large, playful gathering at the home of W P Sanford despite poor weather.
Ranson Stone the assessor tours houses as schooling resumes in full. P t Camp moves to Edgerton. Dr. Noble of Sherwood visits town. G D Ensign re paints his house. Frank Ramsey visits his uncle. Charlie Sweet returns home. Manuel Dean and family visit Jacob Fritz. Clara Richardson teaches music to 20 to 30 scholars. A girl joins Andy Bloser's household. Andy to set up cigars. R E Foot improves after a foot injury from fire duty. Farmer boys impress as volunteers. George R Scott and wife stay with C R Ramsey. Charles Dickens visiting. Burglary concerns persist. locals keep revolvers loaded and a dog at home. G T Hughes and Mr. Beerbower recently visited.
Advertisement for Acker's English Remedy from N G Woodward promising to stop nighttime coughing. Includes prices of 10c, 50c, and $1. Product presented as a guaranteed cure with a seller in the locality.
A German emigrant woman in a crowded Baltimore & Ohio train near Defiance was taken off at the station when she began labor. She gave birth at a nearby residence and both mother and child named Youckob will be cared for by authorities.
A series of property transfers recorded including multiple parcels in Defiance Hicksville and nearby towns. Purchasers include Thomas Karr J L Bevington Ian A Squire W Poorman C E Meek Lorena Snyder Henry Neer A J Mavis Sarah Miller N Schneider E Flickinger Daniel Behn G Countryman J F Frost Elida Nichols W D Hill A Wilhelm P J Kunz G Fracht W Phillips S K Phillips and Adella Starr plus others with prices ranging from 100 to 10 000 dollars and parcels of acres and city lots.
Bethel farmers prepare to plant corn. Bethel baseball players played an ae game Saturday. Local grocer reports strong knickenbacker sales for fairs at Paulding and Defiance counties. Eugene Anderson of Columbus Grove visited Miss M. M. over the weekend. Rev C W Hance of Spencerville filled the pulpit for G R Mell. Mrs Ann Curtis of Florida visits. Grand jury found no case in a shooting near Bethel. Some farmers note dry spells. Local youths warned after a drunken crowd incident.
A Winona attorney praises Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption as the best remedy for coughs and colds after three years use. Trial bottles are available free at Colby Scott s Drug Store with large size selling for one dollar.
Interview in Toledo Post details county race prospects in Defiance with Enos denying candidacy and multiple contenders for Clerk Sheriff Surveyor Auditor and Recorder. Names include Lamb Cameron Farlow Hoeffel Ewing Karst Wonderly Wisda Winn Woods Knapp Greene Hootman.
The item lists dry weather concerns in Florida and local agricultural notes. It records obsequies for Michal Rothenberger at the German Reform church, updates on visits by David Harley and Mrs. Harley to Defiance, and social connections with Miss Phebe Taplon. It notes Miss Nettie Jones's music class, the village school opening, and various neighborhood happenings including building work, street work, and local arts.
The home market quotes wheat at 9055 to 39, oats 38¢ to 35c, rye 552, corn good 4c, chickens 7c per lb, ducks 5c, turkeys 9c, butter 8c to 18c per lb, eggs 11c per dozen, potatoes 4c per bushel, and prime clover seed at 35.00.
Miss Berrick of Toledo opens a dressmaking room in C Weaner’s building on Fifth street inviting ladies to call. Granulated sugar 9 cents per pound. Standard A White Extra C 16 pounds for one dollar. Honey Drip Syrup 40e per gallon. Dotal at Q FaAIRBANKS.
Advertisers claim Electric Bitters quickly cure Kidney and Liver complaints Brights disease diabetes and urinary issues. They say the product purifies blood regulates bowels and acts on diseased parts with every bottle guaranteed and sold for 50 cents by Colby and Scott.
The Dr. Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup is promoted as the originator’s remedy for coughs colds consumption and throat and lung ailments. It is sold by Colby and Scott at 50 cents and one dollar per bottle.
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