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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1883
Page
6
Local items: Buckeye Blotter Tablets offered, water works favored, upcoming opera house plans, street improvements, notable visitors, and social events. Reports include Avram Wiers nosebleed attack, a fatality in Hicksville, and progress on bridges, roads, and business blocks.
Our correspondent reports a smooth fourth at Bryan with Harvest underway and hot weather. Harvesters using Champion reapers faced heavy work while boys carried water to keep crews hydrated. A Friday night thunder shower caused minor damage, and two horses, a work horse owned by William Shanklin and Bent Hootman’s valuable horse Toppy, died after the planned day last week.
The Brunersburg gardens enjoy rains. Mrs Mary Sharry of Ft Wayne visited her parents the Bruner family then returned home. Rev Snow preached at M E church with a lively sermon and a touch of rum. Commentary on October election and school term changes, local carpentry, and notable buildings. Narrates Milwaukee trip on Wisconsin Central Rail Road with palace sleeping car, eateries en route, and end noting Mr F Prentice, first white born in Toledo.
The July 15 Franklin county rally labeled laboring men meeting failed to impress voters. Democratic speakers Governor candidate, Senator Vancleaf, and Allen O Myers drew small crowds and little enthusiasm. The Sunday Capital calls it a grand fizzle. analysts predict Republicans may win in October.
Married on July 17 1883 in Defiance, Mr Joan Woops and Miss Ena Groves. Died July 10 1883 of consumption, JuLierre Suovr wife of Francis Shonp aged 35 years 4 months 22 days.
John Clanc y of Livingston County broke jail to see Jumbo the elephant at the Barnum London show. After authorities searched all night, he returned to confinement claiming he simply wanted to finish his sentence and that the spectacle was worth the risk.
A traveler’s column recounts a Defiance resident’s five days in Chicago, praising Union and Lincoln Parks, boulevards, waterworks, cable cars, theaters, and grand city sights. The party then journeys to Milwaukee, noting notable architecture like the Chamber of Commerce and Mitchell buildings.
A compilation of editorial excerpts on wool tariff disputes and party tactics. The piece cites New York Tribune on wool duty votes, questions low salaries and tenure in public service, and remarks from New York Times and Louisville Courier-Journal about Democratic stance and Pennsylvania’s political role. It ends with Ohio候a debate over Foraker or Hoadly.
Defiance Market reports weekly grain and provision prices from Wilhelm & Son and Morgan & Miller, including wheat at 104, oats no price, rye 45 cents, corn 45 cents, flour $5.80 per barrel, bisecting a broad summary of feeds, meats, and commodities. The notice promotes local merchants and sales in Carroll and Co. and M. Hetter & Co. with ads for flour, furniture, wagons, and sewing machines, plus a medical testimonial for Columbia Oil and Electric Bitters promotion.
W Dy Wilson of Ottawa Illinois testifies after months of coughing lung trouble and spitting blood that he is permanently cured by Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure. A free bottle is available at G W Bechel's drug store.
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