24 Jun 1886
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1886
Page
1
W H Ralston serves as mayor with M E Orcutt as clerk and F W Knapp as city solicitor. John Hepler is marshal. The roster includes councilmen for the 1st ward and candidates for the 2nd and 3rd wards.
The section lists items on local commerce and life. Notes include a promise from a potato trader, wheat nearing harvest, soda flavors at Baltimore Bakery, and a strong season for market gardeners. It mentions Harley's corner store fire sale, housework job openings, and Doctor Kate Hoover’s business card in the Express.
The New York Curcaco and St Louis Railway announces all new passenger equipment on its latest trunk line with state of the art appliances for safe speedy and comfortable travel. Time in effect March 22 1885 until further notice.
The note signals a January 1, 1886 start for standard time across the Lake Erie and Ohio River region. Authorities outline the binding schedule changes and governing authority references in TIME CAPD documentation.
Trains operate daily except Sunday with sleeping cars on all through trains linking Baltimore and Washington to Chicago Pittsburgh Wheeling Columbus and Cincinnati. Officials C K LORD and W E REPPERT oversee service.
Five thousand visitors flocked to Defiance for the soldiers and sailors monument dedication. Gen Gibson and Gen Rosecrans spoke as 1600 fed at the skating rink and 1009 more later. Procession mapped from Clinton street to Monumental Park with bands, veterans, and civic figures in attendance.
Prof Minckwitz closes his school Friday amid talk of a cupola for the college. The unveiling of the monument drew a large crowd. The view from the south window showcases Defiance. Visitors from Girard Pennsylvania include Mr Knapp Miss Easterbrook and Miss Shipman. Prof and Mrs Hogue and others picnic at the dam. The cistern east of the college is finished and holds two hundred barrels. Four hundred chairs arrived for the college hall improving its appearance. The hall is praised for its fine acoustics.
An Ohio newspaper column lists music publications from Oliver Ditson Co including Avonia Bonney’s setting to Burns and other pieces by Forman Smith Wheeler and Carl Weber with prices. It also promotes College Songs as a new fifty cent edition. An advert warns against self treatment for coughs and promotes Dr. Bigelow’s Positive Cure and Bechel remedies. Obituary note mentions Wm. F. Roop’s death in Stryker and burial in Edgerton with G A R support. A Hop Plaster remedy is pitched at 25 cents.
A spectacular July parade to feature 16 to 20 open animal dens with keepers, 500 Norman draught horses, Knights in silver armor, foreign court costumes, Roman chariots, elephants and thousands of exotic objects. The total cost is listed at 1.5 million dollars and the event is billed as unmatched in history. It travels through streets packed with spectators before touring Europe later in the year.
Erie Mills announces they will pay the highest market price for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye. Farmers are urged to bring their harvest to Erie Mills to lock in payments at current market rates.
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