19 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1886
Page
1
Catalog listing three courses I Collegia Course II Teacher's Course III Business Course taught with existing programs or independently. Students may enter at any time. Signed by F. Hogue and A. M. M. D. president.
Hicksville area notes report prospecting West, visits to Toledo and Portland, new builds on East Smith Street, postmaster relocation, and a major push by G K Otis for clothing and boots. Temperance activism, business bulletins, and rail district news accompany church services, fairs, and community planning.
The district reports rain last Monday and social visits as relatives entertain Jacob Adams and Miss Stella Randall. Christopher and Adam Shots lost a fine horse. Samuel Harper buys a farm in Paulding near Melrose. The Mumford boys wreck their wagon on a ditching run. Rev. Luther from Ft. Wayne spoke, and the sermons by Revs Voige and Orth drew crowds. Chintz bugs affect corn in parts of the area.
The advertisement recommends Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets to ladies as a superior laxative. It guarantees relief from Chronic Constipation Dyspepsia and stomach related diseases and claims free use of the tablets makes Sick Headache impossible.
Williams Center notes list several illnesses with names, including Lee Young and Dan Howard traveling for medical reasons. The town mentions a new move to Hicksville and a band cancellation due to sickness. John Ruff boasts the town’s deepest well at 173 feet and Thomas Blair recovers from a rat bite. An ice cream social at G H Tomlinson supports the M E church.
Williams county grangers and farmers plan a picnic at Montro fair grounds. Various local incidents include a man building a frame residence on West Bryan Street, a Bryan co partnership forming to manufacture carriages, a finger loss at Melburn threshing, a suicide attempt a mustard emetic saved, a funeral procession delay, a fatal barrel accident, a foundry injury at Brian, a blower patent awarded to Ed Freeman, a dog death after a stunt, and a successful mare tumor operation nearby.
No oil or gas drilling yet in Paulding county. A Catholic church is proposed but unconfirmed. The Paulding County Fair runs September 14–17. Local incidents include a six year old breaking both arm bones, a man planning a flour mill, water shortages for mills, store sale rumors, a cow shot and missing, Gen. Gibson to speak at Antwerp reunion, a Dow law saloon vote petition, a Sunday quarrel with weapons, a boy wounded by a rusty nail, and a wagon accident near Pugh's schoolhouse injuring two youths.
George W. Benz reports booming trade and has begun employing assistants to handle growing orders. Rev J W Barber of Payne to preach at the Reformed church August 22 with afternoon and evening services.
The notice touts Dr Biggers Huck leberry Cordial as a cure for teething related distress and general bowel troubles. It promises relief from sleeplessness and sickness in households and claims availability at druggists for 50 cents.
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