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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1887
Page
5
A busy Defiance page notes Rhinehart Sisters at Myers Opera House all next week with Fred Conrad’s show. Also mention fair preparations, a large Defiance fair display, and local social events including parties, picnics, and a hospital/roadwork update.
Items from Defiance and nearby towns report fairgoer activities and improvements real estate and business events. The Old Settlers meet at Hicksville on September 8, shipping and dray activity to Defiance, railroad optimism in Columbus and Lima, with minstrel shows and local licenses and marriages noted.
The Defiance College management reveals a term starting Tuesday to include Model School English Training Normal Collegiate Business Penmanship Music Elocution shorthand and pen writing. Faculty include A M Van Tine president Harmon Haven Williams business manager and others with roles in Latin Greek German mathematics bookkeeping and pedagogy. Tuition set at 10 per ten weeks. Also notes ads for ice cream, soda water, long term farm loans, and local real estate offerings.
Lillian Burkhart, renowned ora tory and elocution teacher, will present a dramatic entertainment in College Hall next Monday evening. Clarence C. McKee, 15, of near Holgate, died after being shot in the breast while out hunting. he succumbed three hours later and was brought to Defiance for interment. Richland township Republicans plan a caucus at Jewell Wednesday at 3 p.m. to choose delegates to county and representative conventions. Local notices include grape vine sales by J. B. Cir e of Rochester New York and Baltimore Bakery products at Brown's Baltimore Bakery.
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