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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1879
Page
3
An advertisement urges readers to visit Kuhn and Ulrich at their long established location for Dr. Marshall's Lung Syrup. It claims the syrup cures severe coughs and colds quickly and effectively, selling at 25 cents per bottle and available from all druggists.
Bound to sell dressed lumber flooring and siding as cheap as the cheapest. Call and see them. With cold weather comes coughs and colds easily cured with Dr Marshall’s Lung Syrup. Warranted to give satisfaction. Price 25 cents. Sold by all druggists.
Dr Price offers a new process for flavoring extracts that preserves the taste and freshness of real fruit. Lawson's Curative is promoted as a radical cure for rheumatic conditions, described as a clean odorless liquid that soothes pain when applied locally and taken internally, available from any druggist.
The 17th Switzer and Kebnast will relocate their stock of hardware and stoves to the room formerly occupied by W. F. Dittmer and will sell hardware there until their new building is ready. Shoppers urged to call for bargains and low prices.
March brings ads from A Bruner & Co and Heller Tiedeman Co while Misses French prepare for spring trade. The Democratic Ledger debuts. the Wabash works Harrison street, and church events term protracted meetings. Local notes mention Mt. Growey millinery, a shooting club query, gum consumption, and rising subscriber totals as Defiance learns of fairs, fires, and Post G A R plans along with a German paper debut and new music by C S Wellman.
The new house formed on Wertheimer Bros. ruins will be known as Heller, Tiedeman & Co. Its partners are 8 M Heller of Napoleon, Flickinger & Blair, Louis Tiedeman, and C A Harley of the city. They are reputable financiers with long business experience. The firm aims to be a leading Northwestern Ohio institution and to spur business growth, a point of pride for the community.
Messrs Turnbull Shelly sent to Messrs Manny Co of St Louis the largest wheel shipment ever from this station. A flat car bore a ten foot high rack carrying over seven hundred four foot nine inch wheels weighing about ten tons and valued at about a thousand dollars. The firms have a contract for four thousand wheels and this loading doubles the usual freight capacity, demanding skilled handling and offering a notable spectacle for observers along the line.
Hicksville Ohio February 25 1879. Frank Dalrymple writes the Hicksville Express editor denounces a prior Hicksville News card as a base lie. He accuses locals of malign influence and threats to expose B R Clemmer if abuse continues, clarifying they are not Era correspondents.
Trustees of Noble township Defiance Ohio report they examined Justice John Dowe’s docket and found all funds receipted and paid to rightful parties. They note thirteen dollars remains in his hands and is ready for the plaintiff.
Few men cannot afford a policy says a Defiance editor. Mutual plans reduce costs, with Knights of Honor and Royal Arcanum offering $3,000 policies for $10 to $20 a year. Families should investigate these national associations now patronized locally by leading citizens.
For the week ending February 26, the following names are listed as advertised when called: Ayers Jno B Brady Miss Tracy Barringer Wilson Chase Reuben Clemens Kattie Craig Catharine Culver Abner M. Dant Michal C. Davis Robert Edwards Miss 81 Fraker Jacob Farland Leon Faiteigen A. Goehring Jacob Hellar Anana Hastings J. D. Hammer Flaura Haho Mikle O Haterz Miss Gert Kinster Willis Kestner Mena Kibble Orlando Kintner Miss An Kinstler Lizzie Laury George Mack Justin McDonald Mary G.
Mr Henry Kahlo spent a few hours in our city Saturday greeting many friends. Charles Thrall is at home again and appears settled after the Missouri climate agrees with him.
George McKelvey of Toledo, long with F Eaton & Co., now travels with a carpet bag selling goods for the same house. Henry Ralston named cashier and bookkeeper for Heller Tiedeman & Co. Ferris Colby and family depart Tuesday night for two months in Texas, Austin area, for business needs and health, with hopes of returning in good spirits.
A letter from BruNERsburg questions Noble Township Trustees about John Dowe justice of the peace and alleged unreturned funds. The writer cites cases involving Samuel Potreff, the Getchy heirs, and Ackerman, plus a contested judgment against him. The piece weaves in local election notes and Afghan Society fundraising results, ending with receipts and expenses totaling about $1,889.69 and a net near $1,600 for debt relief.
Mrs Kurtz remains ill as colds spread through town. Henry Stroll builds Mr Karne's new house. Farmers stockpile wood for next summer. No bad roads this winter. Mrs Irving Chapman of Dayton visits. Shanklin aided after burn out. Mrs Farnsworth visiting. Albert Farnsworth and John Johnson form architecture partnership. several jobs secured. Business dull and items scarce. Nina Niprers.
There is a curiosity at Bobs with light snow and no sleighing. Mrs. Frank Metz of Defiance visits her parents in town. Mr Hoover and wife of Henry county visit friends. George Gleason injures his hand fooling with a shotgun. W Mason and wife Frank Mason and Fred Hauser visit here. Fox chase ends with a fine fox. On Feb 18 Mr Smith Headley and Miss Jennie Willeman wed by Rev Davis of Wauseon. Henry Lange dies after a week of pain and his burial draws a large crowd. Feb 24 ’79 Local notes.
From Our Own Correspondent reports mumps spread locally while Rev J C Miller preached on Friday Sunday and Monday. Mrs Fouche died suddenly at 77. John Schatz lost his home to a fire near here. A P Myers reportedly took a wife. Mrs Greeley of Warren Ohio visits for her mother’s funeral. General church quarrel rumor denied as a mere misunderstanding. Residents Geo Clark Harman Kusian and George Osborne relocated.
Saturday night the 15th Mr N A Boutell came home from Altana Georgia after visiting friends since before the holidays. His aged crippled mother accompanied him and arrived exhausted at Defiance. He carries a picket from the McPherson monument fence, praising the neat workmanship of the memorial on the spot of the General’s fall. The musket-barrel fence has been partly damaged, condemned by honest Southern people.
Local notes report Mr. B Hilton’s return to town while C F Clemmons moves to a new residence and W H Bridenbaugh occupies Clemmons’s former property. The lower house reconvenes Monday at the town hall amid talk of a Democratic economy and a controversial Dove affair involving Judge Dowe and embezzlement questions.
Editor notes town happenings and arrivals including A. P. Edgerton staying in town, a new courteous drug store clerk, Chas Neal and wife returning from a long visit, Charley back at work, Amos Young installing a wind pump three miles west, and no deaths or marriages reported this week.
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