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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1887
Page
5
Defiance markets show brisk activity as farmers sell hogs, merchants advertise holiday goods, and new depots and bridges promise improved access. The area reports healthy conditions, a gas well drill progress, religious and social events, and ongoing tax notices for 1887.
Defiance merchants known for fine holiday displays, Colby & Scott the Druggists are renovating a basement store room to double their stock and improve presentation. The new light, pleasant area will be accessed by a broad stairway and ready in a few days.
A promotional note offers a Christmas gift copy tally of 335000 sold and invites subscribers to search their library for the breve titled Tar Ry of the Breve and add it to their treasures.
All Premiums rewarded at the Defiance County Agricultural Society this fall, and not claimed by December 15th will be forfeited to the Society. M. E. Hewner, Secy.
Advertises 850 000 loan on long time for improved farms at the lowest rate of interest. Privilege of prepayment in sums to suit the borrower. No life insurance required. Contact H. G. Baker Attorney at Law for details. Otay beret bouept Apply Estate Agent. Yomice in Gourt Howse t
Four new students enter the college this week and Dr W S Powell lectured on anatomy Friday. The reading room stays open day and night for students. Students board with Mrs VanTine while the basement dining hall is finished. Prof Coolidge forms a student chorus club meeting Wednesday afternoon. A literary society forms with Bennie Hooker as president and Hattie Brown as secretary. J I Hale contracts to fit the college basement into a dining hall and kitchen, ready in two weeks. A prize for Governor election guesses goes to Will H Hooker. worst guess earns Adam F Beck two dollars. Clell Corwin, swing scaffold painter, works on the Paulding Court House with a novel one-person-to-many-person scaffold, sparking wagers on its capacity.
The notice touts Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic as restoring nerve force and curing stomach liver and kidney diseases by nourishing nerves. G. W. Bechel sells the tonic at 50 cents a bottle as the genuine product, with taxes for 1887 now in County Treasurer hands.
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