17 Mar 1887
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1887
Page
1
An item listing three courses named I Collegiate Course II Teacher's Course III Business Course. The line reads as a simple catalog of offerings. No dates or institutions are specified. The text preserves period style of a newspaper item.
Hicksville news round up reports illness and recoveries, school closures, people returning from Michigan and Kansas trips, farm moves, a recent theft, church services, exams, and a business boom. It notes civic details like a new city clerk appointment, prayer meetings, a mirrored prohibition repeal petition, furniture buys at Brown & Behne, and remarks on regional politics and Decoration Day speech plans.
A Tuesday April 5 gathering at Holgate will organize a local Undertakers group into a district association covering Defiance Paulding Fulham and Henry counties. The item appears in a local column noting civic groups and community notices.
Farmers husk corn. a birthday at Squire Knape's. a young man who caught on is teased about the left partner. Spring work urged to fix fences and clean yards to avoid a doctor visit. District No.18 school closes Friday with W.A. Schmalz praised as teacher. William Davis and Charley cut elm block in three minutes. Mr. B. A. Mitz and Miss Rita Illerton wed last week. Charley Parker injured foot by a falling limb. Dr. Bennett attended. Debates at Goddard schoolhouse feature free traders versus prohibition. next discussion on prohibition versus tax or license with several participants listed.
Emma London of Michigan visited her nephew Frederic Poole last week. Cleland and Husted straightened a creek on Cleland’s farm. Horton of the Hicksville bank visited Howard W. Farmer Sunday. Monroe Husted returned home near Antwerp. Hans C. Cleland weighed a goose egg nine by eleven and a half inches, eleven ounces. Jefferson McKinney of Richland County began a visit to Williams County. The Chapman school literary society will discuss whether postal services should be owned by the people. Crary school debated whether war officers deserve more honor than privates. Lincoln E Cole spoke affirmatively, Frank Gingery negatively.
An 19th century promotional note touts Simmons Liver Regulator as the remedy for liver related illness. It claims the product restores healthy liver action and alleviates symptoms like bad breath headaches and fatigue. Prepared and sold by J. H. Zeilin & Co.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winstow’s Sooraine Syrup as the teething cure of a leading nurse and physician in the United States. It claims forty years of use, relief from teething pain, cures for dysentery and diarrhoea, griping, and wind in the bowels, promising rest for mothers. Price 25c per bottle.
A new daily train on the Trans-Ohio Division runs to Chicago with a sleeping car from Wheeling. The schedule lists departures from Wheeling at 2 25 P M and arrivals in Chicago at 5 40 A M, serving multiple intermediate towns along the route. A second item reports a man named Lookervaugh in Holgate mutilating another person while intoxicated last Friday.
A chaotic local notice cites spring election preparations in Brunersburg and remarks on politics. It notes residents and families, including Frank Schieb and Mike Schieb, potential moves, a new village M D Aldrich, and local housing changes. It ends with a quip about marriage by proxy and public sentiment.
Mt Calvary School closed in district No 6. Wm Shoupp recovering from asthma. Protracted meeting continues with seven conversions. Kulp school to close March 13 with Miss Stella Randall as teacher. Ex Ayersville correspondent heads to Lima for summer oil work. Geo Case injured driving timber wedge hit eye may lose sight. Henry Wolf to become Mounted Calvary man and neighbors welcomed. Mt Calvary grows despite being unincorporated. Grand concert promised for the Cranberry marsh frogs. Pastor Rev P A Orth to leave for Rochester conference. unlikely to be reappointed.
Maple sugar and syrup are ripe as Fred prepares for a aunt from Michigan to visit. Several locals are ill though improving. Mrs Haddix and Mrs Lewis Cole suffer rheumatism while B F Bell and others adjust repairs and moves. School closures and meetings fill the week as families plan spring changes.
An old advertisement touts Acker's English Remedy as the best known cure for asthma consumption coughs and other lung troubles. It claims a positive guarantee and lists prices of 10 cents and 50 cents, sold by N G Woodward.
For sale by N G Woodward. Dyspepsia remedy advertised with claims of cure and guaranteed results. Includes price points and location cue.
The oar factory of M Britton at Napoleon is operating and plans a 40 by 16 foot addition this spring to run at full force. Sheriff Barnes brought Mrs Hess before Judge Meekison who declared her insane and likely to be sent to Columbus asylum. A fire destroyed the Napoleon office building owned by Wm Mason with no insurance. Mrs Sheffield lost her medical outfit insured for 300. The Evangelical Church roof nearly caught, but the engine arrived in time to save it.
Short notices include Charles Weber purchasing a horse for 135 dollars and S T Dean selling a horse to Bryan buyers for 140 dollars. Measles hit George Mead and Arch Drago. Lick Creek Bethel meeting closed with 25 conversions. John Houk died aged 20 years 10 months after wrestling incident. funeral by Rev A Robinson. Funeral at Farmer Center cemetery.
OMA and reliable Medicines are the best to depend upon, Acker's Blood Elixir has been prescribed for years for all impurities of the blood. In every form of scrofulous, syphilitic or mercurial diseases, it is invaluable. For rheumatism, has no equal, for sale by N. G. Woodward.
Advertisement notes Dyspepsia Tablets and Constipation remedy sold by N G Woodward with a price of 25 and 1 cents. The copy emphasizes relief and a money back guarantee, typical of early 20th century patent medicine promotions.
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