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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1883
Page
5
Colby Scott library adds 1200 to 1500 volumes with cheap reading. Numerous city visitors and events fill Defiance Ohio as sleighing returns and firemen respond promptly to Friday blaze. M'liss play praised. Miss Calef lauded. church revival progresses with 225 converts in three weeks.
Hicksville residents have long faced ice shortages. Wilder and Putnam have built a pond and are now producing ice at five hundred pounds per minute, aiming to supply ample ice for next summer.
The Defiance county Pomona Grange plans a regular meeting at Auglaize Grange Hall on January 13 to elect officers for the year. An additional session will be held January 17 in Smiths Hall Defiance with a 5th degree conferment and the State Lecturer expected to attend.
The Turnbull Wagon Co reports heavy demand for wagons and agricultural wheels. To meet orders, they began 12 hour shifts on Monday and may push to 15 hour days if workers endure. The Express notes signs of ongoing prosperity.
The Friday night service at a packed Methodist church faced a panic when the fire bell rang. J. P. Buffington quietly stepped out, then informed the crowd, calming the congregation and preventing a rush as thoughts of homes and children swirled through the audience.
The Defiance Library Association elected L Degginger as president and B L Abell as vice president and librarian. The secretary is C H Lindenberger and treasurer G W Bechel with trustees listed. Librarian reports 162 volumes added in 1882, 309 drawn, 291 returned, total 846 volumes. Admission reduced from fifteen to five dollars to join the library.
A Friday evening blaze on Clinton Street between Second and Third leveled the two story frame building owned by C. Harley and housing Fink and Branson furniture. The fire, likely from a chimney, rapidly spread before the canal bridge engine could battle it, destroying the structure and injuring most of the stock.
Nice sleighing described as a local feature. John Hilton plans to go west in spring. Yeagard opens blacksmith shop Tuesday. Ice is being gathered for summer use. Viers family of Defiance visited Sanford family Sunday. Lehman’s men cutting stave bolts on Langdon land. Jacob Dickman plans to build brick house next summer. Langdon and Sheffield connect a telephone line between their homes and it works well. W. P. and Senica Sanford traveled to Paulding county on Monday for business.
The dispatch reports Miss Estella Boutell arriving in San Antonio for health reasons and lists several local happenings. Oysters for choir furniture raised funds, Rev. Bogers conducts meetings, a Mt Calvary singing school forms, and four weddings occurred during the holidays with more planned as extreme cold weather looms.
Sunday reports from Our Own Correspondent mention Powells Creek Powders and a Try a New Deal cigar. Notes cover J. W. Myers sawing, literary concerns at Thorton school house, Mt Zion meetings, three harvest converts, visits by George Cordrey and S. H. Smith, singing at Highland chapel, O Mansfield’s rheumatic recovery, and Sharon quarterly meeting slated for January 27–28 with the Presiding Elder expected.
Weekly notes on local life include four marriages in Swantown and Farmer areas with ceremonies by Rev. Isaac Stuckman and Rev. Peter Spangler. Social clubs and literary societies debate in winter, and merchants Foot and Norway move to a new store.
The Express records the wedding of Henry Dizndorfer and Miss Maria Spengler on Thursday January 4 1883 at the bride’s parents home. A long list of wedding gifts includes a stove, furniture outfits, lamps, silverware sets, china, linen, and various decorative items from family and friends in Napoleon Ohio and surrounding areas.
Weekly prices list from Wilhelm & Son shows wheat at 95c per bushel oats 36c rye 40c per bushel old corn 60c new 40c buckwheat 65c flour at 600 per barrel and various feeds. Provision market notes butter 12 to 20c eggs 24c per dozen chickens 6c per lb turkeys 8c ducks 7c geese 5c per lb new potatoes 60c flaxseed 1.10 per bushel.
Krotz and Morse's cash grocers advertise canned goods with prices per dozen cans. Blackberries two pound cans at 1.10, string beans 1.10, tomatoes 1.35, Onondaga corn 1.60, pie peaches 1.10, Yellow peaches 2.10, pineapples 1.75, plus apricots green gages pears plums grapes and more in stock.
Oysters arrive daily at the Baltimore Bakery as a fresh supply for customers. The note confirms regular weekly delivery and ongoing availability.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure for restoring smell and hearing at 75 cents a bottle sold by druggists. It also promotes Ayers' pills claiming they relieve headaches by clearing obstructions and improving digestion.
Heavy stomachs bilious conditions noted. Wells May Apple Pills advertised as anti bilious and cathartic available in 10 and 25 cent sizes.
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