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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1879
Page
3
C Diehl offers coal and wood burners plus top cooking stoves in the city. Four Per Cent Bonds labeled as the best Five Cent Cigar are sold exclusively at Cary and Carroll's.
Switzer and Kehnast announce a full shipment of parlor, cook, heating, office, and coal stoves of all kinds. The store emphasizes prior purchases during iron price rises and plans to price accordingly. Also advertised are the Turnbull wagon, fresh oysters from the Baltimore Bakery, and knit hoods for children at low prices.
Local brief notes include a statement that Justices of the Peace are ineligible as jurors in Common Pleas Courts, announcements of a Philip Phillips concert at the I. E. church, New Year’s calls by ladies, and Leap year alluded. Also news of price rises for printing paper and the ExPRESS for 1880 set at $2, installation plans for Bishop Post veterans, and the closing of volume 12 with two more issues. canal-bridge antics, skating rink ideas, and next week’s Express printing one day earlier for Christmas. Coffin rooms moved by Kuhl & Blanchard. commentary on prepayment for newspapers. Bechel replenishing holiday stock. publishers criticized for price-gouging. Carter’s law office improvements. streetside pin lost. jewelry sale ad by Deatrick & Sumner. public school term closes with rhetorical exercises. Col. Irving visiting. farmers still harvesting and joking about paying for the ExPRESS after spring.
Through an oversight this week the officers elect of Bishop Post No. 22 Grand Army of the Republic are announced.
Dr. E N Lewis opens a three story corner drug and fancy goods house at Clinton and Third streets. The 22 by 100 foot building houses a first floor drug store with holiday display, extensive book and album selections, oil paintings, dolls and toys. Second floor will showcase national trade and a third floor prepares compounds, with basement room for packing. The establishment promises large stock and convenient holiday shopping.
A local correspondent notes a light snow last Sunday and widespread whooping cough in parts of the township. Residents report home improvements with M Wank planning a new kitchen and George Hanna building a new house while C Kinzer moves in. John Kintner family returns from Crawford with pleasant visit. I Weber J Goller and S W Beattie return from Canada with fine sheep. Mr Strubble laments rainless coins and comments on a seven pound birth. Martin Strubble travels to Trumbull County for his father’s funeral after a fatal car accident years ago.
Miss Sophia Ehlinger and Miss Mary Reuter of Defiance visited Mrs. Peter Smith last week. John Fowler and his wife returned to their new home after a Fremont trip. A Jos. Kyle gathering drew a good crowd and $4.49 receipts. Mark Center residents laid sawdust sidewalk from George Kyle’s to the school house. C. B. Wetmore, formerly of Bryan, now runs an ax handle factory here and seeks cash for hickory timber delivered to the plant.
The vicinity buzzes over an unseen ghost and a cat treed on a telegraph post. A scare about new school books provokes debate at the city school. A hunting tale ends with a dead animal and a comical mishap when a teacher trips in the dark and mud.
From our correspondent the scene is cool with mud and snow. Local life runs steady as country schools flourish and the Diehl saw mill runs at full blast. Jack Conkle of Farmer visited town, and community health remains good.
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