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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1887
Page
1
Local notices list the Farmers' Institute being urged for February and other community items. Harbors of shopping, church events, school updates, holiday greetings, and residents traveling or moving are noted along with social visits and local business promotions.
The Defiance storerooms advertise a large holiday goods display with low prices and first class items. The piece notes recent teaching staff changes, school facilities, temperance study updates, a Friday program of recitations and music, and reflections on the town’s educational growth from 1836 to the present.
Warning against mercury based catarrh ointments and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Claims internal action on blood and mucus surfaces. Advises buyers ensure genuine product made in Toledo and sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle. Ends with disjointed historical text fragment about Constantine.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois reports dramatic recovery after eight years with a running leg sore. He claims three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him, avoiding bone scraping or amputation. Bitters 50 cents a bottle and Arnica Salve 25 cents per box from Colby and Scott.
A compact hometown column notes continued life through winter with holiday optimism. Mentions Oscar Clemmons working in Michigan pineries, Mrs. Wimplinger’s sore hand, Powell and Aldrich on a professional call, and local sickness and convalescence. Also references school duties under E. A. Bayliss and Virginia Sanford, recent moves, and Christmas and New Year wishes plus a drug advertisement.
Look out for Santa Clause and merry Christmas wishes fill the page. Steward Gaylord visited Cleveland last week while E B Smith of Lima, Ohio visits friends here. Mr Rimer sold his 120 acre farm to Mr Reibly and will move spring. An entertainment at Free Baptist church December 29 features literary and musical program led by G E Jotere of South Bend with 10 cent admission.
Rev Barker holds revival at Sharon. W B Mansfield’s youngest son sick with scarlet fever. J D Hall greets a fourteen pound boy. Wood chopping at Sharon for church funds. W W Mansfield rocks cradle for a ten pound boy. Michael Doe and wife guest of L V Mansfield. T H Mansfield sells ten head of sheep for 25 dollars to his brother. Mrs John Boggs Sr of Putnam County dies at 72 leaving many friends.
Ditching continues with good weather aiding road improvement. Several residents plan moves and trips including John Partee to California and Jack Baker to Indiana. Families visit relatives, sell property, and engage in farming and education efforts as spring approaches. Local pupils study music. multiple families prepare to relocate to West Point Mississippi and other states.
A patchwork of local items from Hicksville Ohio notes Christmas wishes and holiday sales at Brown and Behne’s store. It describes weather, haying, housing, and shifting singing school evenings plus school roll counts and debating society officers. Also mentions Acker’s Baby Soother and local shop promotions.
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