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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1887
Page
5
Defiance Ohio January 20 1887 publication note locating the Express Office at Clinton and Third Streets in Defiance County.
The speech before the German Reichstag signals Germany will not meddle in Bulgaria and warns of Russia alliance shifts. Chancellor and Moltka push military service reforms as France watches, shaping European policy amid political tension. A Douglas Georgia correspondent recalls a dramatic “Visitation of God” story and notes loyalists’ fallout in Ohio and Tennessee politics.
The essay contrasts penny pinching misers like J. H. Paine and the Philadelphia duo Joseph Perry and Robert Price who died in squalor guarding their hoards, with Greenleaf of Quincy who left $200,000 to Harvard after a life of self sacrifice. It notes misers procure notoriety yet rare noble acts exist.
The text compares Texas and U S land area to Europe and argues Europe’s population could be larger if not for military costs and monarchical borders. It notes the United States has 60 million people and vast arable land with 302,500 square miles producing grain hay and cotton.
Critics recover the Avelings billed for cigars and cigarettes, theatre tickets, wine board, corsage bouquets, and other expenses. The piece argues the couple used socialism’s promise to live well, while others cover the costs, equating such living with deadheading under communism.
An advertisement extols Athlophoros as a remedy for rheumatism neuralgia sick headache kidney and liver troubles. It cites testimonials from Mrs Smith of Washington D T and Mrs Ella Smith of Springfield Ohio describing relief and urges druggists to stock Athlophoros and Athlophoros Pills with mail orders available from the Athlophoros Co New York.
Testimonial from Ren A F White judge of the 47th Judicial Circuit Indiana proclaims Wirt’s Epilepsy Cure a complete remedy for epilepsy. Advertisement from Rockville Indiana November 26 1886 states price two dollars fifty cents per bottle and provides address for W N Wirt.
The article notes tariff cuts on proprietary medicines lowering costs for consumers and increasing bottle size for Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup, now with one-fifth more medicine in the 75 cent bottle. It also urges passage of a bill to raise the Governor’s salary to eight thousand dollars, citing New York and Ohio as examples.
A notice promises a free cure for nervous weakness early decay and loss of manhood. The author Rev Joseph T Inman invites readers to send a self addressed envelope to Station D New York City for the remedy discovered by a missionary in South America. A brief line on iron work follows.
Council members fail to reach a license decision with several absences, postponing the vote on prohibition to next Tuesday. Disputes over alley access and the 2nd Street bridge, plus calls for mayoral proclamation on a saloon vote, dominate a meeting with Cantlon and Kehnast opposing licensing.
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