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Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1888

Page

2

Hicksville Departmental Notes and Local Notices

Hicksville announcements list visits and events at the Farmers Institute, barber shop ad, church and school notes, furniture store promotions, poems, and local social updates. Residents named include Julius Straus in Portland, Mrs Pettit, B. S. Pettit, E. M. Pettit, Brown and Behne furniture, and Defiance teachers' institute plans.

Dickon Edgerton Farmers’ Institute Julius Straus Portland Ind Nelson & Schull Lily Stryker Miss Meek Proctor Defiance Brown & Behne

Local notes and obituaries from Defiance area

Elmer Spahr is on the sick list as two weeks of sleighing boost business. Masonry work for Pleasant Point schoolhouse is ready. Dr. Hartshorn has been in declining health but gains slowly. D B Lintz and wife visit Milford township. Lick Creek Bethel and Olive Branch see converts. Wash Dean and Mrs. Ferrel plan DeKalb county visit. he returned from Indiana. Died January 23 1888 Elizabeth Doll at daughter Mrs Campbell's residence aged 83 years 9 months 10 days. Funeral January 24 by Rev Robison. burial at Lintz cemetery.

Elmer Spahr Pleasant Point School House Hartshorn D. B. Lintz Milford Township Pete Kyle Lick Creek Bethel Olive Branch Wash Dean Ferrel DeKalb County Ind Indiana Elizabeth Doll John Campbell Robison Lintz Cemetery

Free remedy recipe offered for consumption and nervous debility

An elderly physician claims a simple vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis asthma and lung ailments along with a radical cure for nervous debility. He offers to mail the recipe in German French or English with directions to anyone who writes and includes a stamp to W A Noyes Rochester NY. Also mentions remedies for children including colds cough croup and whooping cough and advertises Acker's English remedy available through N G Woolward.

East India Inerman W. A. Noyes Power's Block Rochester N.Y

Local snippets and weather notes from Edgerton area

Brief community items report Mr Unger bailed hay for E Farmer last week while Orlando Ralston visited J Reeder family. John Deardorf hauls logs to Hicksville to sell. Mrs Hans Cleland and Daniel Ridenour's kinfolk ill. Eclipse of the moon observed but not seen by editors.

Mr. Unger Edgerton E. Farmer Orlando Ralston Brunersburg J. Reeder John Deardorf Hicksville Hans Cleland Daniel Ridenour

Judge Patton and the Late Secretary Stanton

Hicksville notes recount Judge Patton's remarks on Edwin M. Stanton. He praised Stanton's wartime leadership, Lincoln's trust, and cited letters supporting Stanton's decisive role in Grant's victories, while denying claims of suicide and predicting a lasting biographical legacy.

Hicksville News Judge Patton Bar Association Win M. Stanton Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Dispatch Benjamin Patton Se Esbura Lo Yesterda Oiveres Et Association Olivine Patton Tanton Ana Branton Polk Wheeling Washington Mont Stanton Dion Lincoln Nous Ie Lin von Mies i Alle Wheny County Court House Edwin M Grant United States Ewing, Magee Edwin M. Stanton Mr. Stanton Eparing Noes Hicksville

A Candid Acknowledgment From Dr Atkinson

Dr P W Atkinson of Siloam Springs Ark acknowledges merit in proprietary medicines. He has prescribed Simmons Liver Regulator, tried it thoroughly for five years, and finds it popular with patients and effective where used.

P. W. Atkinson Siloam Springs Ark Simmons

Local items note sick lists and community updates

Mr Evans and T H Mansfield are putting up ice for summer use. Mrs B Scott Lorenzo Smith Conrad Doenges' youngest daughter and Miss Vanvlerah are mentioned with illness and teaching status. A 14 pound boy is reported for Thomas Cassady. Mt Zion Church reports ongoing protracted meeting with good progress. A log accident injures a son of Mr Gretz with eye injury risk.

Mr. Evans Mrs. B. Scott T. H. Mansfield Lorenzo Smith Joseph Grant L. W. Mansfield Conrad Doenges Continental William Barnsberger Toledo Altha Hall Agnus Vanvlerah Thomas Cassady Vanvlerdh Hall Mt. Zion Church Gretz

Startling Heart Facts and Dr Miles Cure Ad

Physiologists claim each heart beat delivers fifty pounds of force. That totals 3,600 a minute and over 5 million pounds daily. The ad urges readers to seek Dr Miles New Cure at Woodward's drug store for heart-related symptoms.

Miles Soldat N.G. Woodward

Mosling Prophetic Remedy Promises Quick Healing

An advertisement extols Darbys Prophylactic Fluid for burns, scalds, cuts, and wounds claiming rapid relief and prevention of erysipelas and gangrene. It asserts cleansing powers purify obstinate ulcers boils carbuncles and running sores swiftly, while noting a lawyer can lay down the law but only after securing it.

Darbys

Acker'n Lygia Tablets Advertised For Dyspepsia

An old advertisement promotes Acker'n Lygia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia, indiestion, flatulence, and constipation. The seller N. G. Woodward offers the tablets at 25 and 50 cents with a guarantee of relief.

N. G. Woodward

Birthday party honors Samuel Sausman at 70th anniversary

Mrs Nan Beaure visits family while local notes recall church services by Spangler and Huffman. A revised press makes a brief report on Nimrod’s quill, Nimrod a town searcher, and Washington's Birthday events by the P O S A with three speakers and a banquet at the hall featuring West Unity Lodge No 67 in attendance.

Washington West Unity Lodge No. 67

A Gift for All Trial Bottle Offer for Dr King's Discovery

A limited time promotion offers free trial bottles of Dr King's New Discovery for coughs colds and chest illnesses at Colby & Co's Drug Store. The remedy is suggested to have curative powers and is aimed at those with coughs consumption asthma bronchitis or any throat chest or lung affection. Large bottles are priced at 14.

Acker’s Bop Booth Promises Fast Relief for Colic Teething

Advertisement notes Acker’s Bop Booth relieves fretful crying from Windy Colic Teething Ge or Stomach Disorders without opium. Sold for 25 cents by N. G. Woodward.

Bechel Acker Bop Booth N. G. ,Woodward

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. E. Henry Logan C. E. Warner J. N. Blair Kate Reaser Pettit Brookville E. M. Pettit Nina E. Gingrich New Baltimore Anchor Mills Brown & Behne’s Nod Claude Dyreton Brown & Beine Sheridan Rose W. O. Hughes & Co Blodgett & Son Undertakers Balmers High St O. Nootf Ananias Anickes Christ Mr. Hendricks Bobby Rown & Behne Ody Nettie Ackley Stella Nichols Olive LaRue Metz Ida Correll Elma Forder Georgia Brown Dora Batchelor Anna Meek Kate Meek Prof Lutz Noth Brooksville and Vicinity John Herriman G. F. S. Partee John Hanna Angola Tiffin Township T. E. Snyder Evansport Asa Toberen Patent Office Hiawatha Longfellow Mr. Longfellow Republic of Republics Brooksville Tiffin Delaware and Noble Townships Christopher Brookeiser Bellfountaine H. G. Ker F. X. Pfeiffer Stotler Avenue Shiloh G. W. Bechel Washington Township N.G. Woolward Lost Creek Cicero Cor Independent Jewell F. M. Patton Samuel Easley Crawford County Uriah Jackson Shasteen Wood County George Robbinett Rosa Shoemaker Napoleon Ace Dell Young W. A. Schmaltz Mary Young Irvin Patton U. B. Church Ancey Independence Church Death Susie Miller E Osman West Milford U. B Porter Battershell Alice Chilcote Fultonome Ohio Lide FE Otis Ladies’ Home Journal Oxenrider Haskin Farm Wm. C. Cheney Wayne County Ohio Henry Steckley Garrett Jonas Miller Rosa Miller J. C. Rose Lewis Cole Cicero David Cover Francis Cover Lillie Countryman Milford E. H. Otis, Jr Colby, Wis Henry Cover Edna Hulbert Geo. W. Bechel Eliza Fister Cottage Park Mary Brubaker J. C. Hilton Burg F. Speiser Helfrick Brothers Brice Hilton W. Kehnast A. Kehnast Adams Township Mapes of Findlay William Davis Schultz Amanda Mattocks Illinois Arba Tubbs Richards Texas James Turner Harr Michael McGaffie Ayersville John Shock Wesley Johnson Henry County Jefferson Tittle Warfield Robinett Bro Okolona Smith R. R Figley Dennis Ting Buntsville Blair Deacon Jones Alice Morris Cora Kinner Weible Great West Willis Fallers Davey Charlie Morris Arthur Corporation of Oakwood Owens Florida J. Bell Bill Moyer Owl’s Nest John Karns Sproul Place Défiance County Frank Fernando Wood Mansfield Owl's Nest E. A. Budd Paulding James Bill Austin Mississippi Boyd & Co Pine Woods McDonald Bausman Bros Dayton F. M. Wade Nickel Plate Railroad William Heller Charlie Miller North Richland M. Holston Defiance Paper Mills Emery Elliott Frank Dunbar Ella Young Wm. Robinson Ridgeville Wm. Palmer Sharon Theachers Colby Scott Sherwood Nan Beaure Fiesne Spangler and Huffman The Reformed Church Samuel Sausman Nimrod
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