18 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
1
The column notes preparation for the Hicksville fair and warns of crop failure due to extreme heat and dry weather. It records local events including deaths, funerals, and community notes from Defiance and nearby villages, with mentions of reenions, school plans, and a saloon protest.
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised as a universal remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers and all skin eruptions with a guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by Colby Scott.
A first class school for both sexes offers collegiate normal commercial music model penmanship shorthand and typewriting departments under competent teachers. Open August 30 1887. Catalogues free. Address A M Van Tine AB Defiance Ohio.
Excursion rates offered by the B O railroad for multiple fairs and reunions including Wheeling West Virginia Columbus Ohio Fostoria Defiance county and Hicksville events. Round trip or one and a third fare from designated points with dates in August September. Includes Society of West Virginia reunion Wheeling and West Virginia State fair along with Ohio fairs.
North Richland reports cloudy weather with no rain. Frank Rohn handles a new horse while C I Morse and his wife of Defiance visited his parents Sunday. Mrs Thomas Elliott Sr and Mrs Stillman Rose are on the sick list. A child of Arthur Dunbar recovering from summer complaint. A band of gypsies passed through. two young ladies reportedly agreed to fortune telling.
In Washington Township general health is good and the area sees a mix of farm notes. Early potatoes look fair and rain adds a slight boost after a dry spell. Hartshorn and Strusaker drill a well for Christ Vollmer while Melvin Erlston recovers at home. Local preachers, social visits, and farm activity fill the week with cattle purchases, threshing reports, and a county caucus planning for the Saturday meeting at the Town Hall.
An old advertisement extols Acker's English Remedy as a positive cure for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims prevention of further trouble and guarantees results with a price of 10 and 50. Sale noted through N G Woodward.
The article notes rain on Sabbath morning making fields green. Locals George Holton and Paul Hagen of Mark Center visited. John Rook left for Michigan for wood work with C J and M. R R trains crossed the B and O, aiming to Bryan by September 1. G F Brenner will move stock to North Baltimore, John Rock stays employed. P O S of A Lodge 60 plans a basket picnic at West Unity on the 20th, with speeches by State officials. Four new buildings under construction, rumors of a large brick. Republicans awaken to political stakes. caucus planned for delegates to the county convention. more Republican votes expected than in the last decade.
Items are scarce and many residents listed as sick. Peter Baker and Brenzie Dewitt children ill. F Dewitt and Masa Devore affected by illness. Dan Rohn praised as fastest runner in Mark township. Fires damage timber east of Mark Center. Jacob Deppler buys Mark Center hotel and plans to move in. Citizens discuss caucus, picnic, ditch hearing, and a law suit.
The article lists local happenings including a Democratic caucus in Jewell last Saturday, weather and farm life notes, and various residents visiting, with several brief mentions of people and places such as Jewell, Defiance, Oakwood, Meriica, and nearby Delaware Bend. It notes the Summer term of school closing, local improvements, and upcoming county conventions while naming individuals like Sade Kimberly, C B Hoadly, Geo Suann, Rosa Suann, Elmer Carpenter, Ed Fisher, Mary Woods, Lesta Atwood, and Dr James K Denman. It includes a stray sales pitch for medicines and local merchants.
Community items from the burg recount visits by residents from Evansport and Defiance, a festival netting about $15, and local improvements. Notices include farm rentals, road work, funerals, school board activity, and religious meetings as locals share health updates and small-town happenings across August 1887.
The piece contrasts summer discomfort with the plight of workers and families facing disease. It extols Humphrey's Homeopathic Specifics numbers four five and six as infallible cures for diarrhea dysentery and cholera infantum, claiming wide use and safety.
Ayersville notes record a rainy Sunday and the Big Defiance Fair drawing crowds. Henry Harter builds a new smoke house while threshing wanes. Ella Fullmer returns, Sadie Fullmer eyes Normal College in Defiance, and E B Smith plans Lima stay through winter. Highland Center to get a school and town house. A C Henry will sell goods cheaply. Several locals travel to Angola School. An ice cream festival by Free Baptist raises 34 dollars.
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