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12 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1886
Page
1
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A Sunday rain refreshes fields as farmers cut clover seed. Ed Otis recovers from illness while Howard Farmer plans to work in Hicksville. A missionary ice cream festival at Milford Center, a prayer meeting in Hicksville, and visits to Rome City are noted. Local industry includes a stave factory, drain tile making, and flour mill prospects in Oakwood. several church events, burglaries, fires, and medical operations are reported along with county crops and town news.
G K Otis advertises a fine stock of hats boots shoes and summer clothing in renewed assortment. He invites customers to call examine and be convinced of the immense and latest fashion stock now available in Hicksville.
An old time advertisement touts Mrs Wrixston's Sooraine Syrup as the teething remedy from a leading nurse and physician. It claims forty years of use and universal maternal approval, stating it relieves pain and calms diarrhoea griping wind and dysentery, with mothers resting easier. Price 25 cents per bottle.
The Presbyterian society of Antwerp will have the church walls and ceiling handsomely decorated by parties from Defiance. The wallpaper used was purchased in that city.
Rain improves outlook as oats and basil progress. Basil Minnford recovers slowly. Andrew Weice widens well depth. Potato crop injured locally. Harper family visiting Paulding relatives. Sabbath School concert planned at Mt Calvary. John Smith works north of Defiance and will be away. Free will Baptist camp meeting begins August 20 for one week. Willie Blanchard and others start Defiance Normal. board themselves. Rev. Dodge at Mt Calvary Saturday night. Rev. Orth Sunday evening. Bryan Produce Exchange forms, ready to buy grain.
Corn will fail without rain. The late potato crop suffers from dry weather. A village resident, Mrs. Limber, is on the sick list. The Grossman Bros lead in threshing. A C Henry threshed seven acres yielding 405 bushels of oats. A grove meeting dates shift. teachers listed for districts. Mrs. Round from Lebanon visits, likely delaying York State trip due to illness.
Local notices report mild weather and sunflowers in bloom with periodic rain. Social updates cover visits by Miss Eliza Speicer and J Fisher, bargain-seekers around Ayersville, a cemetery monument for Mrs. Brininger, and funeral attendance for Miss Emma Lehman in Defiance. Community concerns include accidents, post office staffing, crops, and aging residents like Grandma Koons. A reflective piece urges kindness and the golden rule.
A nurse suggests soothing the restless baby by holding her, while the fashionable mother refuses, stating she has no time for care. She plans to attend a meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and offers Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial to the infant.
After July 26 the charge for post office money orders under five dollars fell from eight to five cents. This rate change affects small value payments issued by the postal service, reflecting a minor adjustment in handling costs.
The Baltimore and Ohio agents announce sale dates August 18 September 8 and September 22 for round trip excursion tickets to Texas Kansas Nebraska Minnesota and Dakota at lowest rates. Tickets are valid one way and return by a different route with Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati as return options. For rates and details contact Baltimore and Ohio Agents or write to John Lane Wheeling WV P E Dombaugh Fostoria OH J M Orr Columbus OH Geo F Lee Zanesville OH and Ben Monett Jr Columbus OH.
An old advertisement touts Dr Frazier's Throat and Lung Balsam as the sole cure for colds coughs hoarseness and sore throat. It claims many lives saved and urges families to buy the remedy at 50 cents a bottle from Williams Mref Co Cleveland Ohio with a 7-y-1 date stamp.
A son was born August 1 at John Ramseys. H Mills shipped one car load of hogs to Buffalo. Mrs W T Case returned from a visit in York State. Sick list includes Miss Nancy Gardner Mrs J D Lutz infant of Mr and Mrs Dodge and H R Roth. A fire at M Mottie building burned the roof but Captain Mills with his Water Pail and Ladder Co aided to extinguish it. Dr Scott Antwerps Tuesday dental.
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