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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1887
Page
4
The Defiance County Express lists its office corner at Clinton and Third Streets in Defiance Ohio with a July 9 1887 date stamp indicating a local newspaper notice or advertisement.
The Republican State Convention of 1887 will meet in Toledo on Wednesday and Thursday July 6 and 7. Delegates from each congressional district convene July 6 at 3 p m to select a vice president and committee members. The convention opens July 6 at 4 p m for temporary organization and July 7 at 1 p m for permanent organization and other business. Candidates will be nominated for Governor Lieutenant Governor Judge of the Supreme Court Auditor Treasurer Attorney General and Board of Public Works. Representation is one delegate per 500 and one per fraction over 250 votes cast for Governor J B Foraker in 186. Defiance county gets 4 delegates. total delegates 》 Tas.
The president will not attend the G A R encampment in St Louis and has sent a letter explaining the decision. The note outlines his reasoning and confirms the cancellation of travel plans for the event.
Democratic organs claim supporters of Mr Sherman push Foraker aside but the speaker dismisses such talk as empty twaddle and mere bosh. The remark frames intra party struggle as noise rather than decisive action.
A political snippet states the Democratic organs unite in supporting Governor Foraker for renomination and express confidence in his re election, viewing his victory as certain. The tone reflects strong party backing and expectation of success.
Report notes two of the President's post masters in Ohio were arrested for embezzling funds. The phrase turn the rascals out was heard in association with the incident, signaling public condemnation and demands for accountability.
The article argues that US Treasury revenues vastly exceed expenditures, claiming the national debt could be erased in years without tax changes. It criticizes the Democratic party as ineffective on finances, warning of needed radical financial legislation and likening the party to Buchanan in mismanaging the treasury.
Tuomas EB Powers hints the Democratic bosses push Judge Thurman as a placeholder to quiet dissenters. Powers refuses to campaign and argues against a second nomination while mossbacks and boodler papers energize Thurman talks. The county conventions largely back Thurman, though bosses fear a resignation that clears the way for Powell or another boodler.
The Akron Beacon recalls John Sherman rising from Colonel to lead Union forces in Ohio and Kentucky, forming Sherman's brigade with Cullen Bradley and A P Baldwin from Akron, then leaving military service for the U S Senate. It frames his wartime service as a basis for his 1888 Republican presidential bid.
The Express announces W Farrand Felech will serialize the Centenary History of Ohio in about twenty six issues. The work is fully copyrighted and printed for county papers, not as a book, detailing from mound builders through colonial conflicts to Civil War and state formation with biographical anecdotes for general readers and future generations.
The Ohio Governor in a July letter rejects surrender of rebel flags while expressing respect for Confederate veterans. He states no ill will toward Southerners but opposes treason and secession symbols, urging unity under the Stars and Stripes and insisting there is room for only one flag for the nation.
The ticket lists Hon. John Seitz of Seneca for Governor, J. T. McDonald of Hillsboro for Lieutenant Governor, Judges G. A. Tuttle and Timothy O Conner for Supreme Judges, C. J. Sutton of Jamestown for Secretary of State, T. M. Hunter for State Treasurer, William Baker of Licking for Auditor of State, Mr. Reader for Member of Board of Public Works.
Prohibitionists nominated Morris Sharp for Governor W T Mills for Lieutenant Governor Thomas Evans for Auditor R Brown for Treasurer Jno T Moore for Jackson Gideon T Stewart for the Supreme Bench Ceo T Crow for Attorney General and Abraham Teahout for Board of Public Works in Delaware last week.
The Maumee Valley Monumental Association sets its annual gathering at Port Meigs for July 30 1887 after a conflict with the Ohio Republican Convention dates. Speaking will begin at 10 am with Hon W C P Breckenridge as orator and Senator Ben Harrison expected. A picnic lunch follows at noon, with directors to be elected and memorial projects reported.
A list of church services from multiple denominations including St Paul M E, Germany FE, Baptist, Grace Episcopal, Presbyterian, German Reform, St Paul Evangelical Lutheran, St John Lutheran, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St John Catholic, and United Brethren. Times range morning and evening with Sunday school hours, notices invite all to attend and provide masses and vesper times.
The record lists licenses granted to wed since last, naming John Landers with Artie Shaw ver, Joe Fish with Anna Hart, Isary Leonard with Mary Guli ott, Martin Steinberger with Mary Schindler by church bands, Nathan Crow with Mary E. Long. Professor R A Minckwitz returned from Columbus after addressing the State Board of Examiners. 56 applicants sat for life certificates and were given lists covering pronunciation, accentuation, orthography, doubling rules, hyphen usage, elementary sounds, cognate letters, phonetic vowel and consonant sets, anatomy, physiology, hygiene, plant and animal cells, skull bones, periosteum and endosteum, synovia, muscle contractility, reflex action, stomach structure, and blood circulation.
The Cincinnati Jackson Mackinaw Company plans a special train from Cecil Ohio to Dayton Ohio on July 14 1887 leaving Cecil at 6 00 PM. Round trip fare from Cecil is 2 50 dollars and tickets are valid only for return that day. The Van Wert Republican has expanded to an eight page eight column edition.
A collection of brief items reports warm weather as ideal for cultivation of mosquitoes, social dances with good suppers, residents visiting and traveling, local births and weddings, livestock incidents, and a jail release. Names include Abner Nicely, Maud Britton of Defiance, Sam the correspondent, Frank Houk, Maggie Case, Charlie and Ida Sweet. Will Dunn’s bail is discussed with details of prior high bail and a $800 security.
A mixed column notes Green's August Flower as a health cure for dyspepsia and praises its benefits. It then recounts a incident near Perrysburg where a man named Dillon and two young strangers abducted his 13 year old son. authorities were notified and the canal chase led to discovery of the stolen boy. A short warning about mercury in catarrh cures follows, endorsing Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo firm PF J Cheney.
On farm property Good paper bought Apply to PF L Hay Real Estate Agent Court House 481f Ourside laundries do not help our city One here employing 6 persons who live among us Money spent with us remains in our city Troy Mange and Scratches of every kind on human or animals cured in 30 minutes by Wolford's Sanitary Lotion Sold by Colby Scott druggists Defiance Ohio Tea cream by the dish quart or gallon at Brown's Baltimore Bakery Farmers will find largest assortment of Plug Tobacco at C Morse Anyone wanting cigars by the box or thousand will save money by calling on C Morse Baltimore Bakery for finest flavored Boda Water Go to the Baltimore Bakery for best Soda Water in the city 2NGLisa Dairy Salt always for sale at Morse s Morse s one choicest of ice cream at BR Brown's Baltimore Bakery Corn Feed always on hand is Morse s
An old classified snippet advertises Brown Brothers Nurserymen of Rochester New York offering fast selling specialties with a salary from start. It mentions Noraine biscuits in Baltimore and Brown’s Baltimore Bakery supplying pastries and ice cream, plus a Baltimore laundry service offering family washing at 35 cents a dozen with delivery.
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