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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1883
Page
5
A fragment shows advertising rates with unit sizes and price figures including 3m 16m and various column inch rates. The OCR provides a jumble of numbers and measurements without clear context or dates.
The Defiance County Republicans plan a county convention at the Defiance Court House on May 19 1883 to elect four delegates to the Republican State convention and to appoint a County Central and Executive Committee. P Hooker chairs with K V Haymaker as secretary.
The Democrat editor makes a bold though imperfect bid to elect Hull as city clerk, boasting a spectacular mid air flip record while slipping to a back cracking finish. General Crook leads about one hundred regulars and two hundred Indian scouts into Sonora chasing Chiricahua Apaches with Mexican support, aiming to secure settlers and end marauding bands.
A reader’s summary of opposing liquor amendments in Ohio and related national editorials. Discussions cover legislative power to regulate and enforce prohibition, with notes on figures like Thurman and Mahone, plus a column on the Drs. K. & K. medical association offering consultations in Detroit on May 16.
A historic newspaper fragment lists a Bay area note about visiting the Baltimore Bakery for ice cream, plus multiple ads for patent medicines and tonics. It touts Rock Candy Cough Cure, Brown's Iron Bitters, Hood's Sarsaparilla, Elys Cream Balm, and Wells Health Renewer, with pricing and testimonials. mentions a May 4 1883 note and a Defiance Ohio firm, plus various endorsements and addresses.
An elderly patient recounts a twenty five year cough and near death. He credits Parker s Ginger Tonic with curing him, claiming the tonic treats lung liver and nerve diseases and is more than a ginger essence. The piece ends with a seasonal quip about moral slips caused by the stove pipe.
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