Hicksville News and Almanac Highlights Cuts and Notices
Hicksville department notes items from W. E. Henry and local business listings. Miss Ida Stoy returns from Toledo. Frank Dalrymple visits Michigan. Rev J Hoffman and Rev G W Dinius appear in sermons. Overholt and Brown & Behne advertise tools furniture and jewelry. town events include a 67th birthday gathering for Mrs Dixon, a C O H initiation, a debating society at Hart school, and multiple property and harvest updates. Major local shops like Overholt, Brown & Behne, and Pettitt’s drug store feature gear, periodicals, and holiday stock. Local officials like Sheriff Wonderly and area clergy are mentioned along with weather and seasonal notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Stoy
Toledo
Claude
Arthur Community Notes On Rain Trades School News
Arthur reports welcome rain and cattle for sale via Wes Mahan. Oakwood visits by Clark Randolph last Saturday. O Weible plans Spring trip to Kansas. Eva Bodenbender visited relatives over Sunday. Locals brace for a hard winter with grain and hay prospects rising. Henry Arnold moved to Mr Ice's farm in Defiance Co. Arthur forms a literary society meeting weekly. Arthur Weible ill with diphtheria. Bethel school progress under Mr Hill and Miss Ice. Joshua Hardesty family visiting from near Lima for holidays. A reader asks for a triangular log size to saw with 12 inch sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Randolph
Oakwood
Weible
Kansas
Eva Bodenbender
Jacob Keck
Defiance
Samuel Doyle
Junction
Weible & Co
Flenry Arnold
Wades
Mr. Ice
Defiance Co
Arthur
Arthur Weible
Dr. Sherrard
Diptheria
Bethel School
Hill
Miss Ice
Joshua Hardesty
Wm. Hardesty
Lima
J. B. Weible
The
Express
Bechel Opens Holiday Display of Toilet Articles Gifts
George W Bechel unveils a grand holiday display in Defiance featuring toilet articles books albums Christmas and New Year cards and assorted items to delight those planning gifts The stock is the most complete yet shown with low prices and first class quality Call to view before best articles sell Mr Bechel has a reputation for seasonally appropriate goods and this year is no exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Bechel
Bechel
Glendale School Teaches Through Rainy Winter
Weather brings heavy rainfall as G A Reeder continues teaching at Glendale school this winter. A E Barrows relocates from Wm Yeagley farm last week. L E Conkey and A Biglow embark on a western tour starting last Wednesday. Miss E Lulu Case teaching near Newville Indiana visited home during Thanksgiving week. Swantown hosts a series of meetings led by Rev Isaac Stuckman. Public reaction echoes Lucy Stone's views from the Wauseon Republican, while Independent editorials spark chestnuts and rebuttals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Reeder
Glendale
A. E. Barrows
Wm. Yeagley Farm
L. E. Conkey
Biglow
E. Lulu Case
Newville
Ind
Swantown
Isaac Stuckman
Lucy Stone
Wauseon Rep
The
Independent
Free remedy recipe offered for consumption and nervous debility
An elderly physician, retired from practice, claims to hold a vegetable cure for consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, and all throat and lung ailments, plus a radical cure for nervous debility. He says he will mail the recipe free of charge in German, French, or English with directions, to anyone who requests it and sends the paper with a stamp to W. A. Noyes in Rochester, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East India
W. A. Noyes
Rochester
N.Y
Mark Center Community Notes Include Local Trades And Birth
Hicksville residents Maud Conick offers music lessons in Mark Center while J A Hire reports strong trade. Miss Hicksville J Kyle visits sister Mrs J Clapper. James Chapper and wife plan move to West Point Mississippi. W R Flack enlarges property in Mark Center. Bent Sweet visits aunt. Health is good in Mark township with all enjoyed varied weather including rain snow and sleet. About 60 Mark residents traveled to Defiance for Platter Creek ditch interest. Amos Connelly welcomes 104 lb boy with family doing well. A new brick schoolhouse will be built in district No 9 Mark next summer bids open December 20 plans available from Township Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kyle
Hicksville
J. Clapper
James Chapper
West Point
W. R. Flack
Mark Center
Bent Sweet
Farmer
James Clapper
Mark Township
Mark
Defiance
Platter Creek
Amos Connelly
Jericho
Colby & Scott Sale For Salve Box Ad
An advertisement proclaims a salve as the best for cuts bruises sores and skin eruptions and promises a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Price is 25 cents per box and sales are handled by Colby and Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby & Scott
Stormy weather Sunday and local social notes
Stormy weather is mentioned for Sunday with subscription promotion for the Express. Local social items include Frank Morse at home, Upper Room School starting Monday, a dance at A M Haight's last Thursday, Gard Dabney locating a productive well, Henry Goodenough and wife attending the dance, William Sproull and wife visiting Elijah Patton's and planning to move here, Uriah Patton Jr improving after an accident at Defiance following Frank Hurd's speech, and general village happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Frank Morse
A. M. Haight’s
Gard
Dabney
Henry Goodenough
Defiance
William Sproull
Elijah Patton
Uriah Patton, Jr
Frank Hurd
Symptoms of Heart Disease and Dr Miles Cure
A descriptive medical note outlines heart disease symptoms such as shortness of breath chest oppression and swelling of the feet. It proclaims Dr Miles New Cure as the only reliable remedy and directs purchase through N G Woodward at a listed location.
Tuttle Bros Offer Best Goods At Lowest Prices
If you want the best goods at the least money don't fail to call on Tuttle Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuttle Bros
Village News Roundup from the Express Field
Local notes report three days of rain last week. Walker’s new house, John Mack’s sick horse, and a cold wave last Sunday. A new sawmill and depot near Bryan promise growth. Roads in poor condition for wheeling. Immortal J. N. en route to Bryan. Last Saturday’s public sale for Jno Niseley troublesome. Charley Elder of Bryan bought cows. Mr. and Mrs. I. Alison visiting Will Strusaker. Sugar Grove cheese factory closed for season. Plasterers worked on P. M. Crago’s new house. D. L. Warner oversees two engines at the handle factory. Jacob Hall of Evansport in village for timer trade. Thanksgiving passed. holidays bring turkeys. Express subscription urged. Colter Brothers ditching for B. Lintz on Webber ditch. Mark township boasts many large ditches. Handle factory installs two engines and prepares sheds. Died November 22 1887 Jacob Fetters cancer funeral November 24 interment Williams Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
John Mack
C. Rice
Bryan
Wheeling
J. N
Jno. Niseley
Charley Elder
I. Alison
Auburn
Ind
Will Strusaker
Sugar Grove
P. M. Crago
D. L. Warner
Jacob Hall
Evansport
Express
Colter Brothers
Sherwood
B. Lintz
Webber
Jacob Fétters
Williams Center
End to Bone Scraping by Electric Bitters and Arnica Salve
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois reports a eight year running leg sore healed after using three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He credits the remedies with saving his leg from bone scraping or amputation. Sold by Colby Scott at fifty cents per bottle and per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
Ill
Bucklen
Colby
Shotting match in Logan and local notices
The clippings report a shooting match in Logan on November 23. Other items note Adam Haddix moving to Hicksville, Miss Cora Lee visiting Williams Center, Ava Gingery trapping a weasel and old cat, and Thanksgiving events at Logan church conducted by Rev Carler. Also mentioned are Ettie Hootman undergoing cancer treatment, Mr and Mrs Hopkins visiting, Mrs John Miller and Myrtle of Colby Wis visiting, and a postponed school apparatus lecture at Logan church due to the lecturer's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Haddix
Hicksville
Cora Lee
Williams Center
Logan
Ava Gingery
T. M. Hopkins
Edgerton
W. Irish’s
Ettie Hootman
What Am I to Do Biliousness and Remedies
The article describes biliousness with varied symptoms across individuals including poor breakfast intake, liquid cravings, white coated tongue, digestive upset, diarrhea or constipation, hemorrhoids, dizziness headaches acidity and gas. It endorses Green's August Flower as a low cost cure and mentions a rural correspondent asking how to remove vermin from hens using thief combs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Local social notes and events from a small town newspaper
Mrs Hart convalescing and Orla Hartman moving to Joe Leek property. Mrs A J Lovejoy visited Farmer. Thanksgiving rain arrives, Mrs Justice and son visit Rev Myers. Oysters promised Saturday December 3. Linda Rowell visiting aunt in Edgerton. Arthur Lane and Dora Spangler wed. Mrs Ella Knight visiting her mother. Nelliene plans holidays near Sandusky. Tom Fisher and Ada Gardner begin life journey. Sabbath School concert fails amid opposition. Dance at Farmer and entertainment at Bryan attract crowds. Funeral sermon for Jacob Fetters, aged 65 years 1 month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice
Little Son
Gilboa
Myers
Rowell
Linda Rowell
Nelson
Edgerton
Arthur Lane
Dora Spangler
Melbern
Ella Knight
Farmer
Heminway
Nelliene
Sandusky
Tom Fisher
Ada Gardner
Acker's Baby Soother Offered For Sale
Advertisement notes a remedy for fretful babies with wind colic teething pains and stomach disorders. Claims it is safe with no opium or morphine and priced at 25 cents. Sold by N. G. Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker
N. G. Woodward
Rainy week and Thanksgiving reflections in Crary district
The Crary district saw rain last week with universal county rejoicing. There was no school last Thursday and Thanksgiving is past. Wm Husted paused house work until spring while Mrs Cheney improves. Communion services planned at the Lutheran church next Sunday at 10 30 a m. Debating society not organized at Crary school house this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crary
Wm. Husted
Cheney
Jones
Farmer
John L. Sullivan
Henry
Bro
Local notes and county news mix in Defiance area
Rain drenched last week as locals discuss moving plans to Defiance. Holgate resident Lemuel Sapp visits grandparents N and Vandusan. Vetter family from New Bavaria, Henry County, checked Gard ner estate. Farmers sold hogs to John Davison and shipped them to Defiance. An old local quarrel mention ends with a reflection on Ayer s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Express
John Parrot
Defiance
Lemuel Sapp
Holgate
N. Vandusan
George
Henry Vetter
New Bavaria
Henry County
Gardner
John Davison
Bro. Jones
Bro, Jones
Local notes from Defiance area describe visits and weather
Good rains accompany a string of brief items including Dan Bassett cutting logs for a barn, Oscar Gleason visiting nearby, J Domer with a sore hand, Ben Pessefall boring a well for Charley Clemons, and Libbie Hengstler visiting Defiance friends. Peter Kern plans to remain in Tiffin all winter. Stryker party hunters fared fairly well. James Robinson, now in Pleasant Lake Ind, visits. Thanksgiving church gathering drew a small crowd due to rain, but the event was lively with singing and speaking. Dennis Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Gleason
J. Domer
Ben Pessefall
Charley Clemons
Mt. Carmel
Libbie Hengstler
Defiance
Peter Kern
Tiffin
Stryker
James Robinson
Pleasant Lake
Ind
Dr Haines Golden Specific and Other Patent Remedies
A fragmented advertisement compendium touts Dr Haines Golden Specific as a guaranteed cure for drunkenness and liquor habit, claims it can be added to coffee or tea without the drinker’s knowledge, and lists Cincinnati supplier details. It also mentions other products including Bigelow’s cough cures, stove polish tips, butter preservation, and various remedies with mixed credibility.
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Golden Specific CO
Race St. Cincinnati
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W. E. Henry
E. O. Strong
Cornelia Street
C. M. Overholt
Rev. J. Hoffman
Elliott
Alex. Bevington
James
Brown & Behne
Gen. Gordon
Ohio
Jeff Davis
Icksville
Defiance Express
Dinius
U. B. Church
C. C. Mannina
S. Bloodgett
High Street
Elliotts
Ft. Wayne
Garrett
Neck of the Woods
G. W. Dinius
West Hicksville U. B
Rogers Manufacturing Co
Overholt
Sheriff Wonderly
C. O. of
H. Society
Correll Block
W. Boon
Chas Knight
Pe College
Undertaker Blodgett
s.Elmer Hilbert
Roseville
Messrs
Farnsworth and
Roop
Northwest
Ida Correll
Stark Co
Barnie Hoffman
Hart School House
Overholt’s
Sanderson
Byron Rockwood
Mr. Rockwood
C. O. of H
U. B
C. O
Bruce
H. Dilworth
W. F. Horton
Quede Morgan
Wes. Mahan
Sout Yonkers
Maud Conick
J. A. Hire
P. O
Washington Township
Lost Creek
North Richland
Ayer
Adams Township
Dan Bassett
Dennis Jones
Dr. Bigelow
G. W. Bechel
Dakota
Dr. Bull
Hall
Story & Clark
Wellman
Clinton Street
Story & Clark Organs
Joset Aens
C. I. Morse’s Grocery
Strey
Undertaker
Poe
Central House
Charles E. Bronson
Mortgage, Loan, and Real Estate Office
Noble Township
Defiance County
AOR Ale
Wayne Street
Jeferson Street
Upper Holgate
Gale
Swalley ‘S Dry Inney
D. Smail
France
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