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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1887
Page
5
Mrs. Doe announces H F Berry will solicit Express subscribers and collect back payments. He is authorized to gather overdue Subscriptions and work to reach a circulation target over 2000, with county residents urged to assist. Also notes local events and notices from Defiance area.
A diverse Defiance area page lists a large array of fast horses at the fair, a Harmoniec Band ball on September 1, gas and oil testing on Giffey farm, and remodeling and building plans by local firms. It notes seven scarlet fever cases, Ridpath’s World History volumes, and the eleventh West Virginia army reunion in Wheeling. The hose cart horse returns to duty after a two month layoff, while C S Dey’s will outlines land to sons, cash to daughters, and farm tenure for heirs, with Mary Dey as administratrix and guardianship by C E Bronson.
The yy and O will run their second annual Ox OnTahY excursion to Pittsburg on Saturday August 20 1887. Trains depart Defiance at 1 20 am 3 05 pm and 8 32 pm fare for round trip 4 00 tickets valid to August 25 inclusive travels via Zanesville Wheeling and Washington county Pennsylvania with sleeping cars available.
Within the past year several bottles of Apis Buren and other preparations are praised as admirably adapted to the needs of an impoverished system. The speaker, a Dame and Pastor at Congregational church, endorses the remedy as superior to others and calls it a blood purifier.
The Express reports a week of growth adding ninety new subscribers as it pursues statewide reach. The paper claims strong reader praise and vows to continue expanding circulation and prominence in the county press landscape.
Eastbound noon train collided with a freight engine on the side track half a mile west of the station when an open switch allowed the crash. Engineer L Eastman was seriously injured after signaling danger and jumping. Switch operator J H Geiger resigned. Passengers escaped serious harm.
James Peterson’s south Defiance township farm suffered total loss of oats and wheat when a steam thresher engine passed the stack and started the blaze Tuesday afternoon. An estimated 130 bushels of wheat and 800 bushels of oats burned with no insurance on the stacks.
Survivors of the old 14th Ohio organize a reunion in August expecting about 500 attendees including ladies and friends. A picnic dinner will be served at the rink with free public admission to a grand camp fire in the evening. Prominent speakers include elocutionist Mrs. R Steedman McCann who will recite Old Chickamauga.
Rev W W Lance of St Pauls Methodist and Rev B W Slagle of Laster Presbyterian endorse Ridpath Cyclopedia of Universal History. They praise its clarity conciseness and entertaining breadth as a superior source for students and general readers seeking knowledge of world history.
Defiance College opens the Pall term on Tuesday August 30 with the Model English Training School Normal Collegiate Business College Penmanship Music Elocution Short Hand and Typewriting Departments. The faculty includes James Clark Williams A M president Harmon DeHaven Williams A B business manager A M VanTine head master Joseph A Coolidge A M Latin Greek German higher mathematics L J Tucker bookkeeping penmanship Edward R B Stone penmanship Miss Nellie Moore model school history Wm Carter lecturer on commercial law W S Powell M D physiology and hygiene Lillian Burkhart Elocution Madam Adele Doenitz French and music Tuition is ten dollars per ten weeks.
Owing to a misunderstanding a mass convention of the Union Labor party of Defiance is called for Saturday August 13 1887 at one oclock P M at the Knights of Labor hall. The gathering aims to organize the county and nominate a full county ticket for the fall election. Grangers labor organizations and all who favor the party principles are urged to attend. J J Preven chairman.
On and after August 1 1887 the Wabash Railway will run an elegant Wagner Palace Sleeping Car between Quincy and Toledo on trains 44 and 43. The note also advertises a loan offer with low interest and flexible repayment, no life insurance required, by H G Baxen attorney at law.
An 1887 notice advertises a grand excursion to Niagara Falls via the Wabash and Michigan Central Railroads on August 17. It also promotes Baltimore Bakery products including soda water and ice cream, with various local sales offers and real estate listings.
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