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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1886
Page
2
Defiance Normal College offers I Collegia Course II Teacher's Course II Business Course with diplomas for completing any course. Music elocution French and German taught with any course or independently. Students may enter at any time. S F Hogue presiding.
Local notes promote Hicksville celebrations on July 3 and a race day on July 8 with fireworks and band music. G K Otis clothing store advertises big price cuts, new stock, and a wide assortment including hats and boots. Dalrymple druggist pushes wall paper drives. headlines mention Dr. Combs moving to town and crops suffering from dry weather.
Tiffin Township items report a Barn moved, a churchman injured, a residence fire with $500 insurance, and multiple local sightings in Evansport and Williams County. Wool prices hold at 20 to 25 cents, crops suffer from dry weather, and Columbia stirred by a possible murder inquiry. A patent medicine advertisement touts Wixstow’s Sootma Syrup and a self help cure by Mrs. W C Holmes.
Farmer Center items report Craig Biglow with the best corn in the area, A Nickey’s barn dance, a propitious season with good strawberries, and Miss Mamie Bercaw ending two months of school on the Chickasaw. Mrs. Annie Snyder and family fished at the reservoir. a death is noted for Mrs. Mary Winn with funeral at Georgetown. Ditching worries locals. Town to shed its frog pond label due to ditching efforts.
Wheat is in head and looks wet. Jacob Snyder improves from rheumatism. Ella Bostetor teaches Georgetown school this Summer. One wedding to record Mr Parsey to Miss Garver May 26. The George town dance last week drew a large crowd. Kintner brothers’ horse sick but able to work again. David Wellker & company plan to burn a kiln of tile and brick this week. Corn grows well and harvesting is the order. Mary Winn died May 25 of consumption and lies at Lintz Cemetery with husband and two children left behind. Wes Campbell and others fished at the reservoir in Paulding county last weekend, catching over 100 pounds.
Letters from Hutchinson and Deshler note Napoleons strong presence. Deshler students and locals report minor accidents and local business moves. Farmers and families travel, births, deaths, church events, school board changes, and small-town concerns fill a sprawling community note.
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