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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1887
Page
4
Defiance County Express from Defiance Ohio dated June 25 1887 announces publication details and post office classification. The notice states the newspaper entered at the Defiance Post Office as second class matter.
The Republican State Convention of 1887 will meet in Toledo on Wednesday and Thursday July 27 and 28. Delegates from each district gather July 27 at 3 p.m. to select a Vice President and committee members. The attic will host the call to order at 4 p.m. for temporary organization and July 28 at 10 a.m. for permanent organization and other business. Nominations will cover governor and state officers. Delegation quotas set one for every 500 votes plus a margin from 1885 Foraker voting. Total delegates listed as 723. Signed by Allen T. Barnes chairman and Joseph K Browne secretary.
President Cleveland is described as marching up the hill and returning down again in a brief, action oriented note. The fragment emphasizes a ceremonial or symbolic gesture without further context or dates.
A local report notes a Cleveland resident dialoguing over identity and labels with the nickname Returning Rebel Rags described as a fatal alliteration. The piece centers on self-positioning and public reception amid wordplay.
Democratic Representative Convention gathers in Hicksville on August 4. Hicksville and Paulding will renominate Geyer for another term.
Cleveland abandons a planned visit to St Louis as the Grand Army vote faces disruption after his flag episode. The incident complicates his campaign calculations and shifts attention to optics and public reaction.
The average Democratic office seeker remains unhappy as they wait two months among the "boys" before the county convention, signaling uncertainty and persistent friction within the campaign.
ApsoTant GENERAL Drum, target of blame in the rebel flag error, is 70 years old and has served in the department for more than thirty years, attaining his current post by seniority.
The June wheat contract trades around 684 and July at 703 as traders wonder if a bottom is in sight. Bulls debate whether further declines or a stabilization may come, amid ongoing price pressure and uncertain demand.
The Tur jury in Chicago found Mc Garigle and McDonald guilty in the boodle crimes and fixed a sentence of three years at hard labor. The note adds that Cincinnati boodlers should similarly face justice.
Gov Foraker’s stance over Cleveland and his flag order is noted. The speaker praises Joseph as shrewd and loyal, highlighting his alignment with Ohio G A R members who valued a steadfast ally in troubled times.
Assurant General Drum criticizes Union flags captured by federal troops as if they fell, labeling them as lost possessions. The correspondent defends brave captures from the Battlefield, calling Drum unpatriotic. The President reportedly recalled the order to calm soldiers’ indignation.
Thursday night the High School of Defiance held its annual commencement for the class of 87. Seventeen graduates included fifteen girls and two boys, with about 600 seats sold and eighty extra chairs added for aisles. Floral offerings were profuse and the exercises were reported as very good.
A roundup of town events includes James Hopper's new street sprinkler and a push to boost Express circulation. A large Masons delegation traveled from Defiance to Wauseon for a celebration. Marriages recorded in Highland township and at a local office. Rail connections via Mackinaw to Cincinnati noted. Prof. Minckwitz resigns to head Topeka high schools. Baptist church improvements completed with new carpets and blinds. Gas well drilling advances with 700 feet reached and possible anticline gas flow. Prison inmate Rourkee remains a threat at county jail. assault on prisoner Will Dunn reported. authorities plan to move him to an asylum. Mayor Ralston seeks proper custody for the man.
On the occasion of the Inter State Competitive Drill at Louisville Kentucky the B and O R R Co will sell round trip tickets at low excursion rates Tickets will be sold on June 20 and 21 and will be good returning until June 26 inclusive
Hibbon Cheyney of Milford town was arrested for taking sheep from Kerner. He replevied the sheep from the constable and appeared before a jury, which found the sheep were Cheyney's. A damage suit by Cheyney is likely to follow.
Mrs Jackson Henderson was found dead in her bed in Independence on Monday morning by her father. Years of heart disease plagued her. Her husband and one son were employed by Fred LeSeuer and were away that night. Her aged father called her early and found her cold in death.
Citizens express thanks for support after a local affliction. Notices urge Defiance residents to plan July Fourth trips with Wabash railway one fare round trip between most stations, plus details on sale July 2 3 4 and return by July 5. Includes bakery ad and job notice from Brown Brothers.
City officials met Tuesday with members Bohn Miller Kehnast Marshal Otto ler and Tennyson. They read and approved minutes and referred a health board nuisance on Wellington street to the sewer committee. Bids for east Defiance sewer work were opened Thursday by Bohn Miller Tennyson Otto Zigler and referred to the sewer committee.
A community church page lists services for St. Paul BE, German M E, Baptist, Grace Episcopal, Presbyterian, German Reform, St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran, St. Johns Lutheran, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Johns Catholic, United Brethren. Each offers 10:30 or 10, 7:30 services, Sunday schools at various times, and topics or prayers. A playful classroom line appears at the end.
An advertisement claims Dr Haines Golden Specific can cure drunkenness by being added to coffee or tea without the drinker’s knowledge. It asserts the remedy works for moderate drinkers and alcoholics, promising permanent temperance and requests inquiries to Gold en Specific Co in Cincinnati, Ohio.
A large Defiance audience at city hall backed a Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette proposal to write and publish a 300,000 copy industrial feature on Defiance and 30 to 40 other Ohio cities at a cost of 250 dollars. A five member committee was named to collect three dollars from each Trade and Improvement Association member, with surplus to fund oil or gas prospects. The gathering then shifted to a railroad push for the Columbus and Lima route, with Holgate and Hill slated to meet Lima directors and the right of way team authorized to seek the cheapest line south toward Continental.
List of names remaining uncalled for includes Arnold John Blair Thos M Bayer Miss Battie Clemens Michael Crankilton A B Duebner F A Dietrich Milton C Flohr Hubert Jener Samuel Hilliam Mrs F Lewis Theo Persons calling please say advertiser Joan M Henastier P M
An assortment of local ads promote services and goods. Defiance steam laundry offers delivery at 35 cents a dozen. Employers seek educated young men and ex-teachers. Baltimore Bakery advertises ice cream, home made biscuits, and soda water. C I Morse sells plug and fine tobacco and tobacco-related products. H G Baker offers long term farm loans. English Dairy Salt sold by U Morse.
A garbled note mentions an odd Diwek pig and a bald headed announcement affecting the Mpled Pudding Store, stirring chatter among Braggarts and local observers about what it means for the business and community.
A period advertisement touts Advice to Mothers by Mrs Winston’s Sooraine Syrup as prescribed by a top female nurse and physician in the United States. It claims forty years of use by millions of mothers, reduces teething pain, relieves dysentery and diarrhoea, gripes in the bowels, and wind colic. The product allegedly restores health to the child and rests the mother, priced at 25 cents per bottle.
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