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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1887
Page
7
A lengthy list of local happenings. school closings, road and sidewalk improvements, church and Sunday school notices, liquor enforcement and police actions, accidents and injuries, a tobacco candy pail factory project, fire hose needs, court adjournment, conference reports, travel invitations, real estate ads, and various civic and social notices. Numerous names, places, dates, and actions recorded for community record.
Items report illnesses and recoveries of residents, building work on Holgate and stone walks on Fifth street, G B King in town, principalship applications at the Normal College, Memmer sent to Columbus penitentiary, a remark on printer's ink as fertilizer, the death of Mrs Syler aged elder, completed engine house addition, gas well 400 feet down, county sheep days with many cases before commissioners, R W Shawhan dies at 75 in New York, Prof Hootman aiding Normal College, Children's Day observance in East Defiance, Dr A L Elder visiting his sick mother, Samuel Beattie in Bryan attempts suicide, Strawberry and Ice Cream Social June 17th, East Defiance Relief Society, canal feeder blown out by dynamiters, state boat ordered back, lightning melts a telephone wire near Evansport road, no damage to house.
The column records the May 29 marriage of E. E. Sanderson and Leona Stites officiated by Rev. W. W. Lance. It notes upcoming brick pavement for J. B. Weisenberger’s Groce ry and a canal gutter. A candle fire at St Marys Catholic church caused light alarm. A street episode on Harrison street led to a $35 misdemeanor penalty for a married and a single man. Presbyterian ladies host a June 10 social at Mrs Foust’s home with supper. An elderly Defiance couple, Hamilton Davison and his wife, are 81 and 79, wed July 1, 1830, in Urbana, Ohio, now celebrating long marriage.
Florida Orange cider is the latest drink out. The Turnbull Wagon Works will shut down June 18th. Schools in the city were closed Monday for decoration. The Express job room adds new fonts of type and border. Races at the fair this fall promise to be better than ever. Cards are out for the marriage of Peter Shannon and Miss Mary Zeigler on June 14. The K of L Fourth of July blowout at the fair grounds will be immense. The Baptist church interior is improved with new blinds and carpets. Children’s day will be observed at Presbyterian and M E Sunday Schools on June 12. The press room boasts fine job printing at competitive prices. Royal Doud, age 13, arrested for assault. The funeral of W H Clymer noted. The estate of G D Ensign valued at $25 000. two minor heirs complicate settlement.
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