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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1888
Page
1
Hicksville community notes list residents visiting relatives in Fort Wayne and West Unity, a death and funeral for Mark Babb, local church and school activities, a farmers’ institute dates, and shop ads for Nelson & Schull’s barbers and Brown & Behne furniture. Local travel, gatherings, and upcoming events fill the town page with social and civic movements.
A Siloam Springs physician notes prejudice against proprietary medicines yet lauds Simmons Liver Regulator. He reports prescribing it, testing it for five years, and finds it popular with patients and delivering good results.
Residents discuss rumors circulating about local events and people causing lively neighborhood chatter. Officials urge caution while the public weighs credibility and potential impact on community harmony.
Ayer's Pills are described as curing consumption improving appetite promoting digestion restoring healthy action and regulating all functions. The ad claims the medicine is pleasant to take and gentle in its operation as noted in the Almanac article.
An elderly retiree promotes a simple vegetable formula said to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung diseases and nervous debility. He claims thousands of successful cases and will mail the recipe in German French or English with directions to any reader who sends a stamped request to W. A. Noyes Rochester N. Y.
Reports from Washington Township describe Mrs. Doll's illness and busy logs in Charles Filkner’s mill yard. New sleighs and protracted meetings at Olive Branch and Lick Creek Bethel are noted along with a recent Missouri guest, a Campbell’s hall dance, and a January 14 1888 marriage of Jeptha M Brim to Dora Dean. A Sable party at Lintz’s and a Sherwood brick haul for Pleasant Point school are listed, plus a dog suicide at Geo Myers.
Diptheria appears near the burg while cold weather lingers. Real estate remains strong. G Lower buys the Bail ey property. J Stengle family visits the burg. Dr. Aldrich makes a professional call. Ezra Clemmons and Mrs Haymaker noted in town. Hay shipments pass through en route to finance. Mrs. Haymaker improves after a stroke. Bailey family plans a farm move. Bruneraburg soil push and local trades come alive. Fire damages Illiam Jones residence. insured loss about 125 dollars. Sled accidents and meeting notes pepper a lengthy town page.
Physiologists note the heart exerts fifty pounds per contraction, totaling 216 000 pounds per hour and 5 184 000 pounds daily. If exercise causes breathlessness or chest discomfort, see Dr Miles New Cure, sold at N G Woodward's drug store.
Roger works for Will Our church plans a new project. A dance occurred at 8 last Friday. Benna prepares a poultry house. Will Ensign gathers barn materials. Mrs. Leon Chapman of Farmer Center visited. George Osman hauls logs to Hicksville from Ensign farm. Crary literary group asks What is the Greatest Evil? next Friday. Meetings discuss labor unions. H L Cheyney plans west move. Thomas to take old homestead. Hib absent. Farnsworth Bell Gingery Barney haul logs to Hicksville from Arrowsmith farm. Fred Bell home January 14–15. teaches near Sherwood. Leon Chapman in Logan twice. wife left here briefly. Logan reelects officers. Cicero string band attended and played. Dan Roger and wife helped with a turkey meal January 16. Dan to move to Go farm inrk township around April 1.
The text touts a cleansing prophylactic fluid for burns cuts wounds and accidents to relieve pain prevent rysipelas gangrene and proud flesh. It claims ulcers boils carbuncles and running sores become pure and healthy and speedily cured with no other application needed.
An old advertisement describes a remedy claimed to cure various children's ailments including colds coughs croup and whooping cough. It notes availability for sale by N. G. Woodward in the local area.
Lorenzo Smith on the sick list. Rev. Barker holds a revival at Continental with good success. Mrs. Hahn under doctor care in Continental. Mrs. Smith injures arm in a fall. David Owens and family hosted by David Grant over the weekend. A dance at Frank Bucher’s. well attended and people enjoyed themselves.
North Richland reports good sleighing as Ed Garver of Toledo visits. Mrs. John Whitney of Defiance spends Sabbath with L. Whitney. Orlando Ralston and family visit O. A. Woodward. N Vandusan visit Holgate with daughter Mrs. F Sapp. L Shoup and wife visit Delaware township relatives. Mrs. Charles Smith returns to Licking county. Stillman Rose injured by a log binding pole but recovers enough to be about. Local Sherwood notes poke fun at Express correspondents and pay for pen use.
Mrs Weible is able to be around again Mrs I Bell visited Florida in the week. Protracted meeting resumes with Rev Deck officiating. Mrs John Kinner is dangerously ill. M K Lodge slow under J E M leadership. Arthur Literary Society elects officers for four weeks Wilson presiding McCague vice president Weible secretary Lenora Ice treasurer debate topic reads that a man gains more by reading traveling Society has 71 members.
Deafness cannot be reached by local applications. It results from an inflamed mucus lining of the Eustachian tube, and nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh. We offer one hundred dollars for an incurable deafness case caused by catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, circular free, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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