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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1884
Page
5
A Defiance town column notes Peck's Bad Boy will be immense at Myers opera house Saturday evening. The item teases the comedy and references other local happenings, including skating, travel, and hotel needs, with town chatter and events surrounding Defiance.
The order expresses gratitude for friends shown kindness during a visit at the Baptist church on the evening of the 11th inst. It returns thanks and wishes the Lord will prosper them in all that aids happiness and usefulness.
A humorous exchange about an old man who, after a tooth extraction, swears by Vitalized Air to ease pain. The speaker notes the man is cross and convinced the dentist nearly killed him, insisting Vitalized Air is the only solid remedy he trusts.
After about three months the monumental association says Defiance citizens largely refuse to donate for a soldiers monument. Some aid, but the main supporting group is indifferent. Without public contributions the project cannot proceed, and the plan may be abandoned unless more support is secured. What do you say.
Dyarman and Hilton lease the south room in the Harley-Tiedeman block on Clinton Street and plan a March opening with a full stock of clothing and gent's furnishings. A. F. Harley leases the adjoining room to spring in with a large dry goods stock while retaining his boot and shoe business in the old store.
Apply to L. Trowbridge in Napoleon Ohio to clear 100 acres of land at the Jewell Stave Factory property.
Edgerton residents Mr. Fred Fusselman and Miss Emma Menosmith visited Harry Ramsey. Mrs. Alvira Crocker visited Hicks ville. Mrs. John Winn of Defiance visited her Yeagley relatives. Mrs. Abe Mavis is ill with erysipelas. Farmerites organize a club dance at Motes hall each Tuesday. Bryanites danced in Allen's hall Tuesday night. Indiana Corys visit Farmer and Chickasaw Corys. Brose Spangler and Will Richard son返 encounter a snowbank on the way home from writing school. sleigh upset, horse ran six miles east. no serious damage and horse uninjured.
Miss Maud Tracy returns home from Toledo and Miss Geneva Stecker visits grandmother in Hancock county. George Parker and wife are ill this week. Surveyor English surveyed local corners last week. Farmers improve sleighing by hauling saw logs. Next summer homes planned by William A. Spencer, G. D. Zimmerman, J. F. Cordrey, E. W. Welton and F. A. Boyd. George Schoonover sold his Putnam county farm to William Huffman of Tennessee who will move spring.
Our correspondent notes a dangerous Preston road and a near fatal incident near the hills as a German traveler narrowly escapes with a loaded team. Other items mention a school dispute over pupil transfers and a new economical industry to use wasted power pending a test trial.
Mrs Geo Hall from near Evansport visited last Tuesday guest of Squire Bennett and wife Chauncy Morse of Defiance. H R Haller plans a new house next spring. Camel swallowing noted since Jan 9 but the gnat goes down. Mrs H C Leaders surprised husband with an overcoat for his thirty fifth birthday. Gardner of Brunersburg traveled to Hicks ville to see his honey. Young folks visited Mrs Groner Monday evening for a pleasant time. Brunersburg Mills report large business this winter.
The church gathering continues smoothly while residents comment on the mild winter. Mrs. John Moore suffers a head bruise after a slip on ice. George Evans visits from Noble township as El der Lobaugh of the Paulding County Home Missionary Society plans to join during the event.
Since the late cold snap the saw mill men fear water famine. Two children of M P Lawrence are sick. Farmers east of the Tiffin river cross the ice with lumber. David Rasor cuts sycamore for Kuhn Bros Defiance. S F Gurwell returned from Columbiana Co. F W Coons plans spring barn. W A Partee and wife visited Evansport. The Misses Emma Winnie Elliott Grace Woodward Rollin Woodward attended Noble Grange installation. L R Teegarden moved to Paulding. Nick King of King Romas Co. is a skilled but blunt neighbor. Mrs Elisa Sheffield recently injured her wrist.
Samuel Knight returns from the west while H F Beery of St Louis Mich discusses buying theValparaiso Messenger. Sleighing is excellent though winter harsh in Indiana towns. debates and literary societies flourish. local groups meet weekly. A surplus lumber stock slows timber purchases. discussions cover tariffs and regional progress. Miss Sadie Henry visits her parents near Hicksville.
Winter hires fill the season as Orly Hartman works for Edwin Cory and W Freeman is hired by P Yeagley for a year. Goller’s sick wife improves while Houck buys thirty two acres from Yeagley. A baby at Farmer weighs one and a half pounds. Oyster dinners often fail to break even. A new grocery is planned near the township line road. Douds visit Chickasaw and Doud recovers from a woodcut injury. Katrina
Harris and Sites announce a co partnership to manufacture durable window blinds now introduced in the city and vicinity. They are located at Haller and Gibbons broom factory on Perry street and invite patrons to call for details and orders.
A handwritten note signed A Friend urges immediate attention to a supposed interest at Defiance Finashley. The letter notes brokers nearby and an impression among business places that grocers may be preparing to go by the board.
An courting sells Buckhien's Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. It is offered for 25 cents per box by Colby &cott.
In Defiance Ohio Wilhelm & Son report weekly grain prices for wheat at 9 cents per bushel oats 33 cents rye 50 cents corn 55 cents per bushel flour Defiance Mills 1.50 Queen 1.40 per sack corn and oats chop 1.40 per cwt mixed chop 100 per cwt corn meal 1.40 wheat bran 90 cents per cwt chest 40 cents per bushel small wheat 70 cents per bushel buckwheat 65 cents per sack.
Corrected weekly prices list items from Morgan and Miller including chickens ducks turkeys butter eggs salted hides green hides potatoes flaxseed clover Timothy bacon ham beans onions salt tallow shoulders dressed hogs lard and dried apples with per unit prices in cents and dollars.
The Baltimore Bakery reports on hand a finest and freshest supply of oysters in the city market. The note highlights available oysters for customers and implies ongoing stock.
A Dakota letter describes cold snaps and mild spells in early January, notes 46 degrees above zero on December 12, and 43 below zero at Rockford. It covers banking rates, chattels loans, and mortgage interests, reports healthy crops, advises bringing stock, praises cheap farm utilities, and mentions mirages near Kimball and the Bijou Hills. The writer asks readers in Defiance county to keep sending the Express, as it remains eagerly read.
An advert states a guaranteed quality for Aker's Dyspepsia Tablets with prices of 25 cents and 50 cents. Sold by Woodward.
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