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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1885
Page
2
The school boards of Toledo and Chicago prohibit corporal punishment in their city schools. It will not be many years until this rule will be universal.
Rinks in Columbus have yielded their charters turning private to bar colored admission. The shift curtails access for African Americans at prominent skating venues in the city.
It is suggested that removing detectives and other desperate figures from the Hocking Valley mining district could eliminate perceived danger and trouble, reflecting a tense local security mood.
The Dayton Home troops push Gen. Rosencrans for Secretary of War. They warn that within four years they will not be managing Cleveland’s administration and seek a change in national leadership.
The passage notes that Doolittle of Wisconsin feels significance in his name after being snubbed by Cleveland, implying a notable political slight that would matter to most ex-senators. It frames the snub as a meaningful personal affront.
The Maine Legislature approves a ten thousand dollar appropriation for the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Portland next summer. The New York Sun notes Cabinet moves by Randall Manning Bayard and Thurman. The Springfield Globe Republic doubts a picnic election and opposes Foraker. Debates over Morrison bill and free trade arc in play as Ohio considers labor import laws. Liquor licensing likely with license-first approach, amid voter distraction by amendments.
The Toledo Commercial Telegram cites the Defiance Democrat railing against Toledo debt incurred for public works. It defends tax funding as benefiting health and safety. The column also warns Columbus about John R. McLean and a possible bid to control Ohio via the Legislature and a Cincinnati courthouse fund.
Tsatends it we fear. Thurman has submitted to an interview. The Old Roman doesn't want to get excited just yet.
Officials say office seekers cannot meet Mr. Cleveland as he deliberates on his cabinet choices and has secluded himself to decide.
The bill to place General Grant on the retired list failed in Congress on Monday with 155 votes for and 104 against. Hill and LeFevre voted against the bill.
It remains unclear if the Ohio Legislature would seem better from afar. The nearer it is examined, the worse it appears.
The Toledo Post reports seven candidates seek the position of Collector of Internal Revenues to succeed John Kumler. The paper advocates for Kumler to be removed promptly, urging action in early days.
The piece questions a quarter million more for the New Orleans Exposition arguing it is a fraud if half true, and claims a third of congressional appropriations have been stolen. It mentions a Grand Army of Denver subscription for Gen. Grant’s benefit and urges G A R to aid indigent soldiers instead.
Ohio legislators express anger at railroads after failed pass offers and push a bill to compel railroads to build barb wire fences along track sides. Allen O Myers is quoted backing the measure as a punitive tactic.
In light of new facts about Alaska the nation gains a valuable addition to its territory. Fisheries mineral resources and forests prove abundant and inexhaustible. What was once seen as a poor purchase now promises riches many times the price paid.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes Mr. Cleveland will be acceptable to Democrats only if he works in their ways, but questions what those ways are and how the offices seekers will view his alignment. The future looks uncertain and not smooth.
The writer argues that rink fixation spreads scandal including elopements and shootings. “Professionals” are seen as libertines influencing naive women, and reform is urged to counteract the growing social evil.
The report describes a man who in a cold blooded conspiracy attacked Captain Phelan in O'Donovan Rossa's office and was granted bail while Mrs Dudley, who tried to shoot Rossa on the street, was denied release and remanded to prison awaiting a hearing despite the victim's capacity to appear in court.
The article notes broad support for Allen G. Thurman to join Cleveland's Cabinet, with Ohio Democrats largely favoring him despite a coal oil faction opposing. Support extends beyond Ohio to New York and Washington, where party leaders and the Washington Post urge Thurman’s elevation to shape the future administration.
The article denounces combined capital for ending strikes and reducing miners to near-serfdom. It accuses the syndicate of domination and starving miners by depressingly low coal prices, arguing the labor force was driven to concede under pressure. The piece laments capital’s power in a free country and claims starvation prices reveal oppression.
The speaker denounces Republicans in government who align with Democrats to retain power. He argues many secretly favor Democratic goals, urging their removal to restore integrity and allow them to find work, claiming a large majority are contemptibly sneaky though some are not.
General Wolseley, born July 4, 1833, of the Staffordshire Wolseleys, rose from ensign to renowned commander. His career spanned Burmese war, Crimea, Indian Mutiny, Chinese and Ashanti campaigns, Red River, and the Egyptian expedition, with honors, grants, and a barony granted by the Queen.
A quiet inmate of a New York boarding house, Lucille Yseult Dudley rose to global notoriety after shooting a man linked with Irish causes. The investigation outlines her doubtful parentage, noble French lineage claims, and a life marked by romance, deception, and multiple suicide attempts before she moved to the United States.
The undersigned will offer for sale on Saturday February 21 at this residence 2 miles north of Sherwood. Items include 8 work horses, 6 cows, 13 head of young cattle, 18 head of hogs, 7 head of sheep, hay and feed, wagons, sleds and other farming utensils. Household furniture and other articles too numerous to mention. Sale to begin at 10 oclock a.m.
An elderly resident named J Coburn writes from Drack Massachusetts praising Hoops Sarsaparilla for ten years of biliousness and illness. After trying many remedies without relief he reports chest pain headaches and weakness improving after using two bottles, recommending it to all who seek health.
If you want your house store room or church heated with hot air, install the Pluto Furnace built by Defiance Machine Works. It will heat your building at less cost than any other system in use.
A brief sales note advertises Shilohs Cure with immediate relief for coughs. Prices listed are 10 cents 50 cents and one dollar with Colby and Scott as the selling agents.
A new light on Consumption by Dr Wagner Kemp, discoverer of Kemp's Balsam for the threat. A remedy that has proven itself to be a pass see does its work thoroughly, string cough instantly. Sold by W Bechel. Price 50 cents and 1.00. Trial size free. Get one.
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