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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1887
Page
1
Hicksville items spotlight Pleasant Ridge School debates, new furniture and holiday offers from Brown & Behne and Dalrymple's, Santa at Brown & Behne, and a mill fire at Webster Mill with heavy losses. Education notes praise teachers and students, discuss customs, and report community events and plans.
The article describes biliousness symptoms including poor morning appetite, coated tongue, digestive troubles, and possible hemorrhoids or blood loss. It recommends Green's August Flower as a cure and notes Griggs' Glycerine Salve for wounds and skin issues, with satisfaction guaranteed. It ends with a humorous aside about a man described as a “dude.”
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois credits Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve with healing a leg sore nine years in duration. He reports using three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Arnica Salve, avoiding amputation. Colby & Scott sell Electric Bitters at 50 cents per bottle and Arnica Salve at 25 cents per box.
A grand Christmas exhibition at G W Bechel’s promises low prices and first class goods. Various local updates include Mrs Mary Hyde visiting Fostoria, Edward Otis Sr at Bryan court, Clarksville spelling school, and J W Foust building a barn.
Local grocers Tuttle Bros advertise best goods at low prices next to the post office urging customers to visit for value and selection in a bustling neighborhood sale pitch.
One week from next Sunday is Christmas. John Deardorff bought a Clemmer & Getty road cart. Jolly tidbits include local visits, a crossing built near section nineteen, and a reminder to prepare gifts. The Hornet of weather and roads affected activities such as Six Corners singing, a wedding invitation, a magic lantern show, and school updates at Highland Center.
An advertisement touts Dr Haines Golden Specific as a guaranteed cure for drunkenness and the liquor habit. It claims the preparation can be added to coffee or tea without the drinker knowing and will permanently eliminate the urge to drink. It urges readers to contact Golden Specific Co. in Cincinnati Ohio for details.
Acker's Baby Soother claims relief for fretful babies troubled by wind colic teething pains or stomach disorders. The product contains no opium or morphine and is offered for 25 cents, sold by N. G. Woodward.
Died December 10 1887 Frank Baker aged 14 years 11 months funeral in Florida. Barbara Nye daughter of Mr and Mrs William Nye died aged four. Funeral by Rev Geo Robbinette at Independence M E church. Evening school at Jewell school house this winter replaces debates. Justin A Truby to begin writing school at Jewell school house this week. Rev George Rabbinette hosts meetings at Beam Creek church.
Philip Miser is very ill with paralysis. Mrs. Hart is worse presently. Tawney visited Stryker on Thursday. We spent last week with Celia Case of Bryan. Dora Pollock of Georgetown visits her brother Howard. A fight occurred in town Saturday night. no details yet. Mr. and Mrs. Hiner and family and the Pool sisters visited Henry Winers. Will C Rowell and Sarah R Nearing wed at the M E parsonage in Bryan last Thursday. bells and tin horns greeted them Friday. A church meeting planned a Christmas entertainment with ladders and a concert before gift distribution. ladders free and all invited.
A town report notes bad roads and mixed weather with a busy patch of local projects. Abe Cronk will build a barn in the spring while Charley Fieldner plans to start his mill after repairs and Hank Daniels moves his shoe shop tools to Evansport.
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