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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1887
Page
2
F. Hogue A M M D president notes diplomas are granted to all who finish any course or independently. Students may enroll at any time and begin earning credentials through the program.
Hicksville items reflect a busy community with road work and new construction. F. Roberts and J. Dearstine visited Ft Wayne. debates and school board activities proceed. Eli Perkins promotes shows at the Opera House. local saloon closures under Dow law spark questions. rail talks and theater management receive praise amid town growth.
Measles linger in the area as a cold Sunday passes. Martin Struble relocates to Bryan. Wm Donelley advertises Ball plow at Georgetown. H Balser buys an FE Crosgrove colt. Kintner Bros haul hay to Defiance for 12.50 per ton. D S Warner plans running a crude oil engine at Walker’s tile mill. Irving Hartshorn of Sherwood to furnish 25 000 or more railroad ties. Thunderstorm Thursday evening with little rain. Railroad engineers pass Georgetown en route to Bryan. Funeral for Ray Hanna found at Lick Creek Bethel cemetery, age 9. H Coy and Vint Huggins fetch corn near Antwerp, return via Hicksville but stables full.</S>
Long column of local items reports Miss Libbie Rohn and Miss Lizzie Deckrush on illness lists, new school leadership under Mrs N B Blue, and re-roofed Benton property. Mentions light snowfall, spring terms in Skunktown, community decorations, farmers’ updates, and local trades, with multiple names and places like Ayersville, Defiance, Wolf Lake, Garrett, and Toledo.
A crop and community update recounts oats and wheat prospects, farm sales, and local elections. Ransom Stone to serve as township assessor, the Mote heirs sale held Wednesday the 13th, and Curt Stuchman secures road work east of Glendale school. Mamie Bereaw to teach in Delaware township. Miss Edna Britton visits. a Glendale school belt weighs 230 pounds. The G A R fundraiser in Georgetown collected support, and a Farmer dramatic troupe plans an June show. Wesley Cavens builds a barn enhancing his farm, noting strong health with few exceptions.
An advertisement claims Dr Haynes Golden Specific can cure alcoholism by adding to a drink without the drinker’s knowledge. It asserts thousands have been made temperate, offers guaranteed cures, and invites readers to request a circular from Go pen Specific Co at 185 Race St Cincinnati Ohio.
Miss Mariella Holly famed as Josiah Allen’s Wife has finished Samantha at Saratoga and sold the manuscript to Hubbard Brothers of Philadelphia. They will illustrate with top humor artists and publish this spring by subscription at a popular price. Holly, who spent last season at Saratoga, lampoons its follies and fashions with rich humor, promising a great sensation.
Joseph Howard Jr a longtime Beecher friend writes a forthcoming standard biography of the preacher. Hubbard Bros will publish soon and the work is expected to be issued by subscription due to Howard’s close access and writing renown.
The notice markets Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup for whooping cough relief and promotes Acker’s Baby Soother as safe for teething and colic with no opium or morphine, priced 25 cents, plus N G Woodward’s sale of Acker’s English Remedy at 10 and 50 cents and Blood Elixir as a cure for ulcers eruptions and syphilitic poisoning with guarantees.
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