Destructive Sherwood Fire Devastates Town Block
A village called Sherwood west of Defiance suffered a major blaze that began in a barn behind G F Brenner’s dry goods store. Within two hours the fire consumed fifteen buildings valued at $25,000, with most losses insured. residents saved Brenner’s store and several residences, while a plan to organize a hook and ladder company emerged as defiance fire crews awaited water and an engine.
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Defiance
Sherwood
Uts
The
Express
G. F. Brenner
John ©. Miller
Glens Falls
Brenner
Sam, Miller
Royal
Miller's
C. J. Chenevert
Taylor
Kyle
Jacob Standecker
Odd Fellows
W. E. Doud
Mr. Haveland
EF. Miller
E. J. Potter
H. FE. Huffman
Geo. W. Renz
Harry Rock
John Core
Mr. Potter
Defiance Fire Department
Rourke
Summer Social Notes From The Burg This Week
Local correspondence highlights summer visits by Michiganders and Evansport guests in the burg. news covers hunting trips, a Toledo visit, a delay in the daily mail, and local social chatter including weddings and birthdays. Mentions of harvest, school, and a mill fire rumor appear alongside reflections on work ethic and local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Daily Mail
Hoba
Henry Guhl’s
William Allen
Minnie Conn
Henry Caressel
Blanche Root
Michigan
Artie Gleason
May Dodd
Dist
A. A. Metze
W. W. Newell
Peter Caressel
Texas
Advertising helps new businesses gain public notice
Advertisers generally agree that promotion aids a new enterprise, yet some doubt its necessity after a business starts. The piece argues ongoing announcements are essential because modern commerce demands constant visibility as many competitors flood the public eye, leaving a lone sign overlooked.
Dyspepsia Tablets Ad Mentioning Acker’s Cure
An old advertisement notes Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for dyspepsia and constipation. It references a domestic setting and a price of 25 and 50 cents, with a distributor named N. G. Woodward, in an Ok Home area.
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Acker
Mitey Are & Potts
Inok
N. G. Woodward
Rich farming reach ties in Defiance area reflect local views
The letter notes warm weather, local harvests, and growing crops with corn and cabbage sales in Bryan. It mentions people buying a reaper in Defiance, a school closure in Lore district, wheat cutting largely complete, and railroad timber work. it defends Defiance against critics and extols regional farming riches from Hicks ville Evansport and Williams Center.
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Dr. Sutton
George Smith
Defiance
Bell Stailey’s
Lore District
B. D. Lintz
Jim Ramis
Kintner Brothers
Bryan
Wes
Campbell
Georgetown
Swartzbeck
Charles Filchner
George Mead
Aaron Nicewenter
Hartshorn
Acker's English Remedy Promoted for Lung Troubles
An 19th century ad-style note touts Acker's English Remedy as the best preparation for lung troubles including asthma consumption and coughs. It claims a positive guarantee and lists prices 10c and 50c, with N G Woodward as the local seller.
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Acker
N. G. Woodward
Local Notes and Residents of Defiance Area
A roundup of community items notes social visits and local happenings. Thomas Reid recovering from a shoulder injury. J W Hancock reports a near finished barn and J H Gerst serves as Clyde fruit tree agent. Defiance Normal School new management promises first class status. several residents including Mrs Partee and the Figley family are mentioned with gifts birthdays and a house fire at the Figley home. Insurance valued at 600 on the building and 600 on contents with a 700 write off after the blaze. Neighbors helped save belongings and express thanks.
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Thomas Reid
J. W. Hancock
J. H. Gerst
Clyde Fruit Tree Company
E. A. Bayliss
Brunersburg
Sarah Partee
Defiance
Hanna & Pahl
William Robinson
Samuel Dunbar
Defiance Normal School
Samuel Tar
Montgomery
Michigan
James Figley
Lew Wallace
L. B. Figley
A. G. Figley
Ohio Farmers’ Company
James Fig.ey
Maumee Valley Monumental meeting at Port Meigs in July
The Maumee Valley Monumental Association calls its annual meeting at Port Meigs on July 40th with W C Breckenridge of Kentucky as orator and Senator Harrison of Indiana expected. Philadelphia blues veterans honored, Samuel J Randall and Governor Foraker likely to attend. call for public support to secure government protection and a monument at sacred battlefields and graves. Picnic lunch advised. meeting aims to push enduring tribute for Civil War defenders.
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Maumee
Foraker
Toledo
Advertise to Attract Trade or a City Sits Idle
A western paper declares that goods hidden in a cellar cannot sell and a town that offers no advertising loses potential growth. With capital rushing between regions, a city that does nothing mirrors the man who locks away wares and hides in an alley, missing opportunity and progress. The piece urges proactive promotion of local advantages.
Acker's Tablets Promise Digestive Relief
Advert says Acker's Tablets ease dyspepsia and constipation with a guarantee. A fragment mentions a child dialogue about going to heaven and preferring grandma’s, reflecting a sentimental era tone.
Their Business Booming At Colby Scott Drug Store
Colby and Scott’s Drug Store sees a trade boom from free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. The ad claims the cough remedy cures Coughs Colds Asthma Bronchitis Croup and all throat and lung diseases quickly. Free trial bottles offered with large size at $1. The ad ends with unrelated lines about laundry and politics.
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Colby & Scott's
Dr. King
Colby & Scott Sale Ad For Salve Cure All Ailments
The best salve in the world for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and positively cures piles or no pay required it is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded price 26 cents per box. FOR SALE BY Colby & Scott.
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Colby & Scott
Excursion Tickets Offer to Seaside and Mountain Resorts
Excursion tickets to Deer Park Oakland Mountain Lake Park and other Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and North Carolina resorts are on sale at principal Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations. Tickets are valid for return passage until October and allow stop over both ways. B and C ticket agents at minor stations can issue tickets with advance notice. Pepe Leo dines alone and the Pope’s table expenses run under $2.50 daily.
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Deer Park
Oakland
Mountain Lake Park
Blood Preparation Claim Promises Cure and Purity
An ad by N G Woodward touts a blood preparation as the best remedy for blood diseases. It claims to purify the entire system and strengthen the constitution, with a guarantee of results.
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Akers
N.G. Woodward
Free recipe for cure of lung diseases offered by physician
An elderly physician claims to have received a vegetable remedy from a missionary to treat consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility. He offers to mail the recipe free in German French or English with directions to any reader who writes from the paper. Also advertised is English Spavin Liniment for horses promising removal of many blemishes and savings on a bottle sold by Colby Scot druggists in Defiance indicating a broad 19th century patent remedy advertisement.
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F. A. Miller
East 157Th Street
New York
Kaskine
Gideon Thompson
Bridgeport Conn
CoLay & Scorr
Kaskine CO
Warren St
now-Ime
Humphreys
Humphreys’ Med. Co
Fulton St
N. Y
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Fulton &J
G. W. Bechel
Colby & Scott
East India
W. A. Noyes
Power's
Colby & Scot
Defiance
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Pitman
Charles E. Bronson
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Noble Township
Defiance County
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Ottawa Pike
Charles E, Bronson
Defiance,ohio
Simmons
Lowels
W.J. McElroy
Macon
Amorgial
Bath
Lewk
Ada
Peatel
Paroer
Sothae
Gen Amacbeth
New Orleans
Keystone
Lovell Mfg. Co. Ltd
Erie, Pa
Wirt
A. F. White
Judicial Circuit
Indiana
Tock Ville
Inp
Brien
Walter Nisley
Grand Rapids
Mich
East Bury View
M. Mack
Geo
Adams Township
Jerome P. Slough
P. O. m6
J. P. Slough
White
Hellebore
Paris
Washington Township
Hicksville
Williams Center
Evansport
Brooksville and Vicinity
Heaven
Gramipa’s
Bucklen
Pepe Leo
Switzere KehNast
Hammond
Brown and
Malta
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