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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
7
The Defiance community anticipates a grand Mid Winter Carnival with top musical and dramatic talent. Proceeds aim to fund a Soldiers monument as local merchants report strong sales and new block improvements. Local social notes mention anniversaries, visits, and upcoming events across Defiance and surrounding towns.
The revival began November 11 at Tiffin River A B Church and continues under Rev H L Barkley. By last Saturday 31 conversions had occurred with many others seeking conviction.
A Sunday morning fire damaged the Kuhn Brothers box factory dry kiln, with about 750 dollars in damage to lumber and kiln. Fire fighters took time to control the blaze, marking the third kiln fire at the plant.
A transfer moved 45,050 pounds of brick silver 999 fine from Omaha Neb to the Philadelphia mint via Wabash and B and O lines. The value reached 74 thousand 333 dollars and 88 cents. The shipment was made by express from the Omaha & Grant Smelting Works. The Junction sees many such transfers of precious metal ore.
Taxation rates for towns and villages in this part of Ohio are listed showing Antwerp 40 mills Bowling Green 25 mills Bryan Wapakoneta Delta Fayette and others. The fragment includes garbled text and partial town names, indicating a calendar of local levies and values with missing details.
A citizen laments a failing road between Defiance and Ayersville saying thousands of dollars in trade are lost. A farmer recalls taking grain to the narrow gauge and buying $37 of goods at Pleasant Bend, noting better road access would boost local commerce and asking if a funding source exists.
Probate Judge Greene issued marriage licenses in November 1884 to pairs including Byron Nye with Mike Cole and William H. Byers with Ida May Mac Cacken. The list also names Alva Baker with Alice Henley, Peter Madres with Emma J. Carpenter, William E. Bickford with Elizabeth Sick Miller, John Price with Eliza M Wilder, Isaiah N. Cahill with Mike M. Falger, Michael M. Huber with Mary S. Spire, John F. Dowe with Ella Koons, Edward O. Clay with Elizabeth A. Deep, Samuel P. Cameron with Chico A. Raplogle, Charles G. Balskey with Fredricka J. Dott koff, Charles 8 Ensign with Lucinda J. Beerbower, David Harger with Lydia Ann White, Napoleon B. Edmeston with Olivia Jordan, George J. Seibert with Charlotte Miller, Lemuel Lloyd with Elizabeth M. Stuckey, Charles J. Miller with Mary Winkler, Henry Bostelman with Anna Elling, Henry Punches with Mary Getter, Wa F Lawson with Anna E Getrost, William W Coburn with Amanda Davis, Johnson W Owry with Laura Wells, and Michael A Kirchner with Emilia Viebach.
Gen Hancock arrived in Defiance Tuesday noon by B and O. He stirs intense civic excitement as the people's candidate. He stays through the Mid-Winter Carnival when a popular vote may honor him, and a playful tale links him to a “little Shetland pony.”
As Christmas nears Colby & Scott advertise a handsome, diverse holiday stock unmatched by other city stores. The note praises the store’s brightest newest novelties and clean turnover from last year, inviting readers to visit and be well repaid for browsing their Defoiance shop.
The Express offers 1884 club rates for many publications including Peterson's Magazine 3.00 and Harper's Magazine 4.50. Youth's Companion 2.75, Leslie Weekly 4.75, Godys Lady's Book 3.00, Demorest's Monthly 3.00, Chimney Corner 4.50, Boys & Girls 4.75, Pleasant Hours 2.75, and Weekly 4.50 with option to add any other desired publications at club rates. The publisher also allows inclusion of any other country publications with the Express.
The council met Tuesday evening with several motions approved. An order was issued to F W Knapp for a sidewalk certificate payment, damage inquiry into Krotz and Morse horse on Fifth street bridge, and condemnation of lands for cemetery use. The fire chief was asked to assess old hose, November fines totaling 13.50 were reported, streets work suspended, a ban on Police Gazette type papers passed, Broadway sidewalk to be finished, and $1 356.06 in claims paid.
From Our Own Correspondent Miss Jennie Kibble conducts the Skiver school during the winter season. Michael Doings and his sister Amanda visited their uncle at the soldiers home near Dayton Ohio last week. Michael Daub is said to be the happiest man in this section after a ten pound boy arrived as a visitor. The D&O pike at this place shows bottomless spots blamed on the district No 5 supervisor Highland township issues and will be hard to fix until dry weather returns. W O Ernsberger has no school to teach this winter and may install a krout cutter and meat grinder in the spring add a wood saw.
Miss Rosie Hardesty is ailing and the Brooksville Times note Bethel’s woes. The baseball club has gone to sticks and F. M. Wade travels to Paulding with his official bond. David Goings and wife plan a return to Fayette county. Local praise goes to young men improving their talents and dedication.
The fall term at Farmer Center grad ed school closed with four students Arthur Ensign David Lord Oney Rice and Ed R Stone achieving 90 or higher averages. Lord and Ensign attended all term, Lord present every day and Ensign all but one day. A separate rural report describes a north township family dispute ending in a fork handle jamboree with Mr Herrold and his son Elmer sustaining injuries and the cause debated as either Thanksgiving improvement or a Catarrh Remedy trial.
Local notes from Hicksville report John Redman working for George Scott and Frank Farmer ill with consumption. Occasional visits include L. W. Wilder, Mrs. Lucretia Gorgas moves from Butler Ind, Miss Hattie Merifield visits Milford. Church improvement and religious remarks plus a new grammar book by F W Irish. Married Nov 29 1883 Frank Lawson and Anna Gerrost. Delta Avalanche praised for local columns. I Donifin Post 52 officers listed for 1884.
Mrs. B. T. Gurwell and son visit relatives in the township while Flora Langdon teaches district No. 4. Lyman Langdon elected to Defiance county seat in the Ohio State Grange. King, Romas & Co. close their saw mill for repairs. Miss Mellie Moore to entertain at Rural Chapel on the 14th. An entertainment, thanksgiving gatherings, and an engraving discovery on a brown crash towel are noted along with an upcoming jewelry sale at Deatrick & Sumner.
Notice announces the marriage of Mr. E Grant Fiexey of Tiffin township and Miss May Monroe of Smithville on Saturday December 1 1883. The Rev D F Waters officiates and the Express wishes the couple long life of joy and prosperity. Books of History Fiction Pose and Poetry advertised as cheap at Lewis Drug Store.
In Defiance Ohio Wilhelm and Son report weekly grain prices. Wheat 1.03 per bushel. Oats 32 cents. Rye 45 cents. Corn 60 cents. Flour 5.80 to 6.20 per barrel. Corn and oats chop 1.40 per cwt. Mixed chop 90 cents per cwt. Corn meal 1.40 per cwt. Wheat bran 90 cents per cwt. Chess 40 cents per bushel. Small wheat 75 cents per bushel. Buckwheat 65 cents.
Corrected weekly price list shows farm goods including chickens at 5c per pound ducks 7c turkeys 8c butter 10c eggs 18c per dozen salted hides 7c green hides No 2 5c potatoes new 35c per bushel flaxseed 1.15 Clover seed prime 5.00 No 2 4.75 timothy 1.25 to 1.50 bacon side 11c hams 12c beans 2.50 per bushel onions 60c per bushel salt 1.20 per barrel tallow 6c lard 10c dried apples 7c per pound.
Neuhauser Bros Toledo O advertises cashmeres from first hands and highlights cheap prices. Schlientz promotes better goods than auction and invites customers to see their stock. S. W. Rohn urges Farmers to buy nursery stock from the oldest nursery in the United States. Discounts on wool blankets are also advertised.
Neu Hausel Bros in Toledo Ohio invites shoppers to compare quantities and prices in the silk department, promising competitive offerings and value for fabric buyers.
Sam the Boss Clothier slashes stock to wholesale cost to clear inventory by January 1. Any unsold items will be shipped to Cincinnati to start a new business. Early shoppers gain best bargains, with the shop located opposite Russell House. Also promoting holiday gifts at Lewis Drug Store and S. W. Rohn selling Keifer Pear and orange prune.
An advertisement notes albums and bric a brac for sale at Lewis' Drug Store. Autograph albums and elegant cards priced at 0.49. The listing highlights a selection of small keepsakes and card cases available to shoppers.
Local notice advertises thoroughbred Durham cattle available through Mrs. Fred Harmening. It notes all goods are fresh and new and directs readers to Flager and Watkins in Krotz Block to inspect the offerings.
In sums of 500 dollars and over on farm property, Smith and Strayer of Bryan Ohio advertise long time loans at low interest rates. Call on or address them for details.
Promises Griggs Glycerine Salve cures cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and all sores. Claims pile tetter and skin eruptions cured. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded, price 25 cents. Sold by G W Bechal y.
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