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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1886
Page
6
The Passenger Equipment of the New Trunk Line is all new with latest appliances for safe speedy travel. The timetable in effect March 22, 1885, and until further notice lists travel times for the line operated by the New York Curcaco and St. Louis Railway.
Advertisements report parasols at low prices at Heller's and June bargains on dry goods. Baltimore Bakery offers soda water flavors. Ketchel ice cream and Minsel's new shoe store opposite the court house invite shoppers. Local notices mention Judge Bevington's birthday, Knights of Pythias event and a plan to install boilers, plus school taxation and moving fire losses estimates.
The article details the May 20 memorial activities by ex-soldiers and citizens at the Evangelical church and surrounding cemeteries. It describes decorations with flags and flowers, the sequence of hymns, prayers, speeches by D. K. Bowker, and a German address, the procession to the cemetery, and gravestone tributes to unknown and past veterans. It notes local committee members, a large turnout, and praise for performers including Miss Georgie Brubaker and Henry Hurd.
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