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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1884
Page
4
County finances and taxes discussed as the treasurer seeks tax payments. Napoleon hosts first fair. Decor ation Day plans and bicycle safety items appear amid local optimism. News covers road work, circus interest, river rail prospects, and civic projects including water pipes in cemeteries and a Soldier Monument proposal.
Hundreds write they owe their life and present health to English Remedy Colds. The notice claims efficacy and cites sales by Ni. G. at 76 Wome, urging purchase for ailments and health recovery.
A Sunday night fire in Emerald consumed the Peter Shore store, its papers for the post office, and Shore’s dwelling, with Mrs. Zinsmith’s home also affected. The stock and building insured for 1800 dollars. An incendiary theory arises after a quiet period with no prior fire. Meanwhile a 2 year old boy near Ashwood nearly drowned in a well but was saved by a 7 year old sister, then revived by the mother after extensive efforts. Mrs. Harmening plans to enlarge her Ashwood house and move to the farm for summer. Walter and Swift plan to move works to Defiance, staking grounds in the third ward and contracting for construction to prepare for fall shipments.
The Democrat lists certificate holders under the Scott liquor tax law for Defiance City and other towns. City total 7000 dollars includes names such as Peter Zeigler Casper Kahl John Schneider and many others. County towns show numerous individuals with individual sums totaling 2000 dollars. Overall county total 9000 dollars.
Hicksville items cover church services memorial events and socials with notes on residents visitors and local concerns. Mentions include G K Otis & Co deliveries, a pension detective, soldiers and Grant retirement discussions, and calls for veterans to seek promised government benefits.
On May 29 of the year, W. H. Lennan announces the opening of a kiln producing the best tile in the country. Purchasers may obtain tiles of any size at Holgate Pike, two miles north of Defiance.
A city lawyer bought land on the Ottawa pike and had a survey to place a drain. The surveyor found the high point was below the ditch bottom. The lawyer asked the level be tipped up to drain toward his property, and filing proceeded on a tip up plan.
A sad report from Hicksville says several boys wandered to Mr Landis farm to swim and wash sheep. They found liquor and drank heedlessly. one boy from Mr Mannings household became drunk and died Wednesday morning between ten and eleven. The note urges wiser truancy rules and parental supervision.
The Napoleon Signal notes preparations for Wesley Johnson’s execution on the 29th. Amos Mattice of Cleveland will erect the scaffold for $75, with Sheriff Aer and militia guard duties organized by the council. Johnson remains calm, professes willingness to die, and has confessed to Rev. Blake. his body will be buried in Fulton County after removal by Rev. Edward Johnson.
Mr. T. A. Lonmonger of Mansfield established the Anthony Wayne chapter of the National Union in the city on Friday evening. Officers named include L. J. Shead as President and W. T. Harps as Vice President with O. Behne as Secretary and F. Moll as Financial Secretary. The group vows similar aims to the Royal Arcanum and other societies with noted past advantages. To boost membership the admission fee remains the same as for charter members for sixty or ninety days.
The floral committee, formed by Decoration day workers, met last Saturday evening and scheduled another gathering Thursday afternoon in the M. E. parsonage yard on Wayne street to craft wreaths and bogues. They urge all women who can assist to attend with floral offerings.
Mr J H Kiser presents a concise look at Defiance growth from 1860 to the present. The 1860 census counted 947 residents within incorporation with 473 males and 474 females, 6 colored males and 8 colored females, 263 foreign born, 237 school children, and 11 paupers. By comparison, the town now numbers about 8 000 people with over 1 200 school children and many more paupers.
The article argues that reliability builds success. It cites customers frustrated by missed promises and notes that many failed entrepreneurs broke commitments. It concludes that those who honor agreements earn patronage and succeed across ventures.
Frank Carr of Defiance sells machinery in the neighborhood. Mrs. Cain visits Chickasaw. C F Geller sold brick to S Gleason of Bryan. Reynolds and Shaffer bought a new threshing machine. The Hutchins family in Bryan welcomed a daughter born May 21. Farmers discuss shearing sheep as weather allows. Three new scrapers bring Farmer township praise. A birthday party at Will Goller's attracted guests. Corn emergence looks good though some replanting may occur. Newaygo County Michigan relatives report two cousins marrying two brothers.
A fragment notes a livestock auction featuring twenty five sheep and several grade steer offered by E Rich. The text hints at a seller seeking a reliable hired hand for duties at the sale.
Advertisement offers “The Best Salve in the world” for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions and promises to cure piles or money back Price is 25 cents per box and sold by Colby & Scott.
George Stryker reported a singular creature caught near the Maumee dam described as red with twenty inch length and ten long tentacles covered in suckers. Its head bears a beak like a cuttlefish and a bladder like body ends in a tar shaped tail. the animal died after a week in water and was shown to Dr E N Lewis and hundreds.
Bethel daily items report Mansfield returning from Michigan and Morris on the sick list. Martin Foreman is very ill with consumption. Mrs Grant hosts Miss Sering from Fremont Ohio visiting. Children’s day at Bethel Sunday school on June 8. County Commissioners relocate ditches nearby. Wm Todd and his wife from Dashville Michigan visit friends. Sproull Bros and Kileinhen report brick kiln firing this spring. Two saw mills burned will be replaced and operations resume. Powells Creek baseball boys invite Bethel to their grounds for a game on Saturday.
Relatives gathered Tuesday at Grandmother Bercaw's home to celebrate her 76th birthday with a surprise party. They presented an easy chair and shared a plentiful meal, while stories of apple butter shipments to Nebraska and Dakota surfaced from the previous week.
Hiram Nye builds a new house. W Farrah buys a new buggy. Joan Battershell recently bought a Morgan colt. Logan Transportation Line. Ava Gingery and a pair of goats. Payne residents suffer aches from bad climate. R Fritzcharles sprained an ankle wrestling recently. Miss Mary Hootman visited Pleasant Ridge friends last weekend. Bro Dowell of Hicksville News champions county tax payers. Farmers plant core. land is clay and wet hindering progress versus sandy farms. Center Milford Sunday School organized five weeks ago and growing under capable officers and teachers.
In today’s market notes wheat eight percent oats five cents, chickens seven cents, ducks eight cents, turkeys nine cents. Butter local per pound, eggs five cents per dozen, potatoes per bushel. Clover seed five dollars for prime.
Dr W Brown opens an office above E N Lewis drug store at Clinton and Third streets Defiance Ohio. He will devote his practice to chronic diseases and female complaints with hours 10 am to 12 pm 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm. An old notice urges Ayers Sarsaparilla to purify blood and prevent scrofula.
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