Local Defiance notes and plans for August events
Arrangements with H F Berry to solicit Express subscribers. August 26th marks the Fourteenth Ohio reunion with over a thousand expected. Gypsies driven from College Hill. teachers’ certificate exams set for Sept 3 in Defiance. Harmonie band at Evansport encampment. many local events, deaths, baptisms, and civic items fill the week.
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Ohio
College Hill
Defiance
Harmonie
Evansport
John Bridenbaugh
Russell House
F. B. Sites
Mallett Bros
Red Bluff
Cal
Emanuel
Large array of fast horses at our fair and other notices
The item lists a 15 ct savings, a contract for building R T Whitaker's new residence, and a defiant fair with a 14th Ohio reunion. It notes a test gas well on Giffey farm, plans for a wedding, remodeling work on Holgate avenue, and a prize band ball on September 1. Also mentions scarlet fever cases, a free Wild West show, Electric Bitters endorsements, and school details for the Ohio Deaf Institution. Several local events include reunions, church picnics, and fair preparations.
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C. H. Frantz
R. T
Harmonie Band
Young Hickory Hall
Giffey
Adams Township
Toledo
Defiance
Law. Ewing
R. T. Potters
Holgate Avenue
Ridpath
East Defiance
Ohio
U. B
Whetstone’s Grove
John Clarke Ridpath
Society of the Army of West Virginia
Wheeling
James McNally
The
Express
Defiance College opens fall term with varied departments
Defiance College announces a fall term beginning Tuesday August 30 offering Model, English Training School, Normal, Collegiate, Business College, Penmanship, Music, Elocution and Shorthand. Faculty includes James Clark Williams as President and lecturer in science and economics, plus several named instructors. tuition is ten dollars for a ten week term. Also a bicycle rental offer seeks candidates.
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Defiance College
Business College
James Clark Williams
A. M
Harmon Delaven Williams
Lillian Burkhart
Adele Doenitz
Ohio
A.M. VanTine
Defiance
Startling Discovery Two Stars of Magnific Brilliance Appears
National Observatory announces two first magnitude stars Bertie and Goldie Rhine art near Earth. Observation at 3 am on August 17 shows they approach Earth rapidly. Computations predict visibility to Defiance residents from August 29 to September 3 at Myers Opera House.
Mass convention called by Union Labor party in Defiance
A mass convention of Union Labor party friends in Defiance is set for Saturday August 13 1887 at 1 PM in the Knights of Labor hall. The meeting aims to organize the county and nominate a full county ticket for the upcoming fall election, inviting Grangers labor organizations and all supporters. Chairman J J Prueven urged attendance.
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Friends of the Union Labor Party of Defiance
V.m
Knights of Labor Hall
Grangers
Union Labor Party
B1low
J.J. Prueven
Loan on improved farms at low interest rate
To loan on long time on improved farms at the lowest rate of interest. Privilege of paying back before due in convenient sums to suit you. No life insurance required. Call on H. G. Baker, Attorney at Law.
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H. G. Baker
B and O excursion to Pittsburg announced for Aug 20 1887
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad schedules a second annual excursion to Pittsburg on Saturday August 20 1887. Departures from Defiance at 5 50 am 3 05 pm 8 32 pm and 11 29 pm with round trip fare four dollars. Tickets good for return through August 25. Through solid trains via Zanesville Wheeling and Washington County Pa with sleeping cars available.
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Pittsburg
Defiance
Zanesville
Wheeling
Washington County
Iron City
Death of Mrs Carrie Hootman of Defiance County
Carrie Ellett Hootman born July 21 1864 in Defiance County married A M Hootman August 16 1883 died in Western Springs Illinois August 9 1887 buried near her parents home leaves husband and young daughter praised as an exemplary Christian woman and kind mother. friends and relatives express thanks for aid during bereavement in impression of Our Loved One verse noting belief in heaven and future reunion.
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A. M. Hootman
Carrie Elliott
Mat. Elliott
Defiance
Chicago
Independence Cemetery
Carrie Ellett Hootman
Defiance County
Western Springs
Wagner Palace Sleepers On Wabash Plan Trains 42 43
The Wabash Railway announces August 1 1887 introduction of Wagner Palace Sleeping Cars between Quincy and Toledo on trains 42 and 43 as part of an extended through car service for the Grand Excursion to Niagara Falls scheduled August 17 1887. Promotions urge readers to watch for small bills and flyers and note Brown s Baltimore Bakery advertising in the same notice including soda water and ice cream offerings and a sale of a house at 4th Street and Holgate Avenue.
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Wabash Railway
Quincy
Toledo
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central Railroad
Brown
Baltimore
Property sale sought through EL Real Estate Agent
On farm property a lay paper was purchased and an application filed with EL Real Estate Agent. Office located in Court Istuan.
Second annual excursion to Pittsburg by B&O train
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will run its second annual excursion to Pittsburg on Saturday August 20. Full particulars are available in another column of this issue.
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Pittssburg
Barn Construction Bids Wanted in Delaware Township
The undersigned invites sealed bids by September 10, 1887 for building a barn on his farm in Delaware township. Specifications are at the Express Office. A security guarantee will ensure work per plans, and the right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
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Frank Ferguson
Jim
Ketchel’s
Arcade
Len. Davis
John Biker
Brunersburg Pike
Walter Hilton
B. W. Slagle
Edger A. Montford
New York
Mary KR. Robertson
W. W. Peabody
Britton and Harrison
Jefferson Street
John Schneider
Indiana
Toledo
Ohio Institution For the Education of the Deaf
Columbus
State of Sound Mind
Amasa Prary, Sup’t of
D. & D. Inst
Ohio
Delaware Township
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