Destructive fire devastates most of Sherwood town
Fire swept through Sherwood, a village west of Defiance, starting in a barn behind G F Brenner’s dry goods. Within two hours about fifteen buildings, valued at rough $25,000, were destroyed. residents saved homes and stores, while insurance covered most losses. Firefighters, a hook and ladder plan, and limited water hindered containment.
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Defiance
Sherwood
Uts
The
Express
G. F. Brenner
John ©. Miller
Glens Falls
Brenner
Sam. Miller
Miller
Royal
C. J. Chenevert
De‘lance
Jacob Standecker
Odd Fellows
W. E. Doud
Mr. Haveland
FE. Miller
FE. J. Potter
H. E. Huffman
Geo. W. Renz
Harry Rock
John Core
Mr. Potter
Summer Visitors Corss The Burg And Local Happenings
Local notes report Michiganders visiting the burg while the army bug is noted in town. Evansport and Melrose visitors stop by, Emma Myers returns from Toledo, and Defiance couples tour the flower displays. Childrens Day goes unobserved as local sentiment favors meaningful displays over empty show. Walter Nisley returns from Grand Rapids to Eastburg. Community letters denounce mendacity and imaginary weddings and urge hard work over idleness, quoting the biblical injunction to earn daily bread.
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Burg
Army
Daily Mail
Walter Nisley
Grand Rapids
Mich
East Burg View
M. Mack
Geo
The Case For Continuous Advertising In Business
Advertisers agree starting in business benefits from promotion and sustained notices help a new enterprise take hold. Some overlook why ads cannot be dropped once commerce begins to move, because competition today demands constant visibility. In the past a door sign and local reputation sufficed, but now many dealers crowd the public eye and a business must join the crowded line to be seen.
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets Ad
An advertisement promotes Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion and related symptoms. It guarantees relief and lists prices of 25 and 60 cents, noting sale by N. G. Woodward.
Dog days and rural notes from a township
Local items report Mr. Hoba visiting Henry Guhl in Toledo area, Miss Minnie Conn at Mrs. Rowe, and Miss Blanche Root visiting Michigan relatives. Ed Santo paints for Henry Caressel while A A Metze's tile mill barn burned at end of June in an incendiary incident. Birthday surprise for Mrs. Newell. Peter Caressel buys Texas ponies, one dies. harvest and schooling disruptions noted with several social updates.
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Hoba
Toledo
Henry Guhl
William Allen
Minnie Conn
Santo
Henry Caressel
Blanche Root
Michigan
Artie Gleason
W. W. Newell
Peter Caressel
Texas
Local village notes on weather, farming, and roads
Warm weather last week, Dr. Sutton seen on village streets. George Smith bought a new reaper from a Defiance firm. Bell Stailey's school closed in Lore district. Wheat cutting mostly finished. crop quality fair. Lintz installed a steel hay unloading track. One Ramis horse died while working binder. Kintner brothers market cabbage in Bryan with good demand. Corn shows strong appearance for the season. Wes Campbell began Georgetown to Bryan mail run July 1. Swartzbeck left Charles Filchner, Mead took his place. Nicewenter boy cut foot. Dr. Hartshorn dressed it. Bridge timber and ties being prepared for railroad due in six to eight weeks. Defiance Express praised rich farming surrounding Defiance, with critique of nearby towns. Writer defends local knowledge and praises wider county farms.
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Dr. Sutton
Our
George Smith
Defiance
Bell Stailey
Lore District
B. D. Lintz
Jim Ramis
Kintner Brothers
Bryan
Wes
Campbell
Georgetown
Swartzbeck
Charles Filchner
George Mead
Aaron Nicewenter
Hartshorn
Hicksville
Williams Center
Evansport
Acker's English Remedy Promises Lung Relief
An advertisement touts Acker's English Remedy for asthma consumption coughs and lung troubles claiming it is the best preparation available with a guaranteed positive result priced at 10 or 50 cents.
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Acker
N. G. Woodward
Local notices and events in Defiance area
A collection of brief items from Defiance including social visits, barn completion, a Clyde fruit tree agent, Brunersburg school winter session, Mrs. Partee of Defiance visiting nearby, Hanna Pahl architects busy, William Robinson moving, James Figley’s 55th birthday gifts, and a house fire at James Figley’s home with partial insurance details and neighbor aid notes.
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Thomas Reid
J. W. Hancock
J. H. Gerst
Clyde Fruit Tree Company
E. A. Bayliss
Brunersburg
Sarah Partee
Defiance
Defiance Normal School
Samuel Tar
Montgomery
Michigan
James Figley
Lew Wallace
L. E. Figley
A. G. Figley
Ohio Farmers’ Company
James Figury
Maumee Valley monument meeting at Fort Meigs July 30
The Maumee Valley Monumental Association schedules its annual meeting at Fort Meigs on July 30 with W C Breckenridge of Kentucky as orator and Senator Harrison of Indiana expected to attend. Philadelphia’s blues receive a special burial ground. Samuel J Randall and Governor Foraker may also be present. The gathering urges government action to protect sacred graves and erect monuments, and attendees should bring a picnic. A Toledo Commercial note urges towns to advertise advantages to attract capital and residents.
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Maumee Valley
Foraker
Toledo
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets sale notice and child quote
An advertisement touts Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets with a cure guarantee for dyspepsia indigestion and constipation priced at 25 and 50 cents through N. G. Woodward. A fragmentary child’s plea about heaven follows the ad with a line about preferring grandfather.
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Acker
N. G. Woodward
Free Trial Bottles Spark Colby & Scott’s Drug Trade
Colby and Scott’s Drug Store reports a general revival in trade due to free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. The remedy authenticates quickly against coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung diseases with a free trial and a large bottle priced at $1. The product is guaranteed and promotions encourage testing before buying.
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Colby & Scott's
Dr. King
Medicated salve offered for skin eruptions and piles
An advertisement promotes a salve claimed to cure cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Price is 25 cents per box, sold by Colby & Scott.
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Colby & Scott
Excursion Tickets on Baltimore and Ohio Line to Resorts
Excursion tickets to Deer Park Oakland Mountain Lake Park and other Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and North Carolina resorts are on sale at principal stations along the Baltimore and Ohio line. Tickets are valid for return passage until October List and allow stop over both ways. B and O ticket agents at minor stations will issue tickets if applied for a few days in advance. Pepe Lro dines alone. Sometimes his brother joins but not at the same table. The Pope's table expenses run under two dollars and fifty cents a day.
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Deer Park
Oakland
Mountain Lake Park
Pepe Lro
Blood Preparation Advertised For All Blood Diseases
An advertisement proclaims Ackers Blood Preparation as the best remedy for blood diseases. It claims it purifies the system and builds up the constitution and guarantees its efficacy. Sold by N G Woodward.
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N.G. Woodward
Consumption Cured Remainings from Old Physician Offer Free Remedy Recipe
An elderly doctor claims a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility. He says he tested it in thousands of cases and will mail the recipe in German French or English with directions to all who request it by sending a stamp. W A Noyes Rochester NY.
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East India
W. A. Noyes
Power's Block
Rochester
N.Y
Spavin Liniment Ad Offers Horse Remedy
An 1880s style advertisement for English Spavin Liniment claims it removes hard and soft lumps blemishes from horses including blood spavin curbs splints sweeney ringbone stifles sprains swellings. It promises a $50 savings with one bottle and is sold by Colby Scott druggists in Defiance.
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Colby & Scott
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