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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1883
Page
5
City Chat item notes printing services for blotter tablets, local chatter, upcoming events, personnel movements, and a mix of notices from Defiance and surrounding towns. Highlights include street sprinkling plans, railroad talk, reunions, a new delivery wagon, theatre ads, and civic commentary on water works and local commerce.
From Our Own Correspondent Harvest hands are scarce as hen's teeth with farmers busy in the harvest when rain holds off. Peter Buda left for Michigan for the winter while Wm Wilcox’s health fluctuated but improved. A local farmer Gale died of heart disease in the field. George Chapman retrieved a fifty pound honey yield from a hive. Toppy.
Bethel notes a strong hay crop and praised wheat in some lines, while farmers discuss oats prospects. William Baily and Annie Brown wed on the 12th, and local tales recount a girl defending family with a sledge hammer style. Insurance urged for livestock by Deitrick and Son. John Morris cut ninety-one dozen wheat in a day and aided shock work.
From Our Own Correspote Dr Zeigler has been on the sick list. Sam Smith and Adam Kusian drive new buggies. Miss Carry Stites visits friends in the village. Mr Marshalls has his new house almost completed. Geo Sheets has been on the sick list for a week. Miss Boyers of Williams county visits her uncle Rev Boyers Ayersville. J M Veits and family visit friends in town. Veits formerly kept store here. Zeigler of Toledo visited his brother Dr Zeigler last weekend. John P Allen experiments with buzz saw attachment to the mill. Twine binders are in good use. Nearly every kind manufactured represented in our township. Jennie Gillespie of Dupont visiting grandparents Ayersville. Grandmother Mrs Gillespie visiting friends here last week. N Boutell moved goods into remodeled store. Post office department enlarged. Box rent due slips likely soon. Some young men show off shaved heads as a gag. Sam Beady appeared then vanished. Prospects for a fair corn yield are flattering. Underdrained soils yield more corn. Last quarterly meetings held at M E church with Presiding Elder Henderson present. Visitors from other circuit churches in attendance. Late wheat damaged by rust. early sown fared better. Steam threshers already in puffing. Miss Dora Miller and Philip Watson united in marriage in Hillsdale County Michigan. Season urges caution to guard bodily health through proper eating and bathing. Brown's Iron Bitters praised for digestion and health.
The Barnum and London combination is hailed as reaching the height of the tented show, with a vast eight acre spread at the ball park and lake front. Jumbo the elephant and a vast menagerie headline a collection of rare animals, cannibals, Zulu warriors, Nubians, and other curiosities. The exhibit promises a delightful, instructive hour for zoology students amid multiple tents and living wonders.
Local pencil of Brunersburg reports John Spangler on sick list and Mrs Bottenberg convalescing. Lightning strikes noted twice in three weeks. Mrs Chute of Grand Rapids visits sister Mrs Neslie and plans to see Jumbo. A fifty dollar silk dress is the talk of town. Rural Chapel quarterly meeting is upcoming. Nettie Bridenbaugh to suspend correction and help patch a new hide for scholars. A stranger seen on the street, possibly Yonery. News carrier W D Hill traverses four miles daily singing. Raspberry crop failed this summer. Mrs Bruner ahead on quarts of berries. Frank catches boys stealing early apples. they retreat via the alley. Brown’s Tronidney advertised with Snow-Drift Baking Powder drawing offer.
Defiance Ohio July 26 1883 prices paid by Wilhelm and Son for wheat oats and corn summarize weekly market. Wheat 104 oats 30 cents rye 45 cents corn 46 cents flour 5 80 to 6 20 per barrel and various chop and seed prices listed. Also provisions including butter eggs salted hides potatoes flaxseed clover seed timothy bacon onions and lard with multiple farm and retail notices and local advertisements.
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