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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1887
Page
5
Defiance Ohio edition notes office corner at Clinton and Third Streets in Defiance County. Dated March 18 1887 the item positions local printing hub and street layout details for the city.
The Defiance Post reports the dependent pension bill vote on overriding the veto failed 175 to 125. Democrats opposed, Republicans and some northern Democrats supported. The piece notes party fracture, cites Sayings from Findlay Jeffersonian, and lists regional counties as Democratic bases facing future candidates. It mentions related local events and community notices amid broader European earthquake coverage.
The Brooklyn Young Democrats marked Washington’s birthday with a banquet and a speaker praised “Washington’s Democracy.” The remark sparked wider discussion about party alignment, suggesting future shifts as some compare Lincoln’s politics to party labels.
The text notes Austria naming Dr von Taverna as minister to the United States and implies a reciprocal act by the U.S. government. It argues the long interruption of diplomatic relations has made the United States seem ridiculous abroad and suggests Secretary Bayard would have reacted quickly if the dispute involved England.
Taskeing on a Democrat view, Tuosre says the President will not call an extra session. Members-elect may be no better than the present do-nothings, and the Democratic estimate predicts little change from a Democratic congress.
Two years after a prohibitory law in Detroit police reported 1300 drinking spots. Last year the law moved to high license, yielding about 1000 saloons and a state revenue of 180000 dollars annually.
Senator Ingalls was chosen last week as president of the Senate in place of Senator John Sherman, who resigned. The Kansas man has gained wide prominence and popularity, following his sharp rebuke of the British Lion headline in recent events.
In Europe the Bavarian Bismark esque leadership remains dominant in Germany while Boulang er sits as a focal hero in France. Yet France faces a renewed Bona partes challenge as a German influenced force upends them, signaling a warning to Boulanger and his followers.
Mt Calvary notes winter chills and a death of Basil Mumford aged 26. Many friends mourn his loss within and beyond the church. Rev Orth may pause meetings but revival prospects remain hopeful. Ayresville literary circle enjoyed Birthing's Washday with a full house.
A retired physician claims to possess a simple vegetable remedy for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and lung ailments plus nervous debility. He offers to mail the recipe free in German French or English with directions to any reader who sends a stamped request to W A Noyes 149 Powers Block Rochester NY.
An advertisement claims Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets cure dyspepsia indigestion and flatulence and relieve constipation. Priced 25 and 60 cents, sold by N G Woodward.
Advertisement claims relief for fretful babies with teething pains and stomach disorders using Acker's Baby Soother. It asserts the product contains no opium or morphine and is safe, priced at 25 cents, with sale through N.G. Woodward.
At Tuesday’s meeting council members debated an ordinance to stop cattle at night, discussed sidewalk and bridge repairs, and clashed over city finances and an engine house addition. Bids, lights, and an arbiter for mink payments featured as motions failed or passed.
A young Cecil woman pulled a chair from under Frank Baker causing a hard fall last Sunday evening and a sprained arm. The item notes locals testing new hand fire engine, and reports a piano wagon accident to Alex Thompson with minor injuries. It also recounts Joseph Edgar’s brush with sharpers posing as washing machine agents leading to a fraudulent note for $19200 after false depot claims.
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