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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1887
Page
2
Hicksville notes campaign activity with Republican calls for John Crowe and Foraker. Local visits by Chas. A. Bowersox and M. M. Boothman, church events, and community updates accompany remarks on public morals and a youth vandalism incident prompting stronger policing.
Community items report milder weather and convalescence among residents. Mrs Prueser visited friends last Thursday. Election day is next Tuesday November 8 with calls to vote Republican. Local figures attend political meetings in Defiance and Defiance street gets a new fence at D Bruner’s store.
Citizens tout remarkable recoveries from consumption as Dr Kings New Discovery cures throat and lung diseases including coughs colds asthma and bronchitis Trial bottles free at Colby Scott's Drug Store large bottles available nationwide pricing details not specified.
A. M. VAN TINE, A. B., based in Defiance Ohio, promotes a first class school for both sexes outlining educational standards and offerings.
A long register lists dozens of wedding gifts received by Miss Reid and E Rogers at their Lincoln home. Items include silverware sets, tea and water services, goblets, carvers, vases, a mahogany table, linen, maud and blanche, and works by Longfellow and Tennyson.
Call on Tuttle Bros to find the best goods at the least money. This buyer call focuses on value and affordability and urges quick contact.
The notice notes cool dry conditions and urges voting the straight Republican ticket next Tuesday. It lists cattle buyers active recently and reports social events including a party at George Barrick’s last Saturday. A marriage occurred October 27 1887 with D L Warner and Marietta Lintz as newlyweds, and substantial wedding gifts totaling around sixty to seventy dollars were recorded.
Citizens report visits and movements. Ava Gingery traveled to Defiance last Tuesday and Ellen Stone visited Farmer area. N Z Stone plans to reroute his farmhouse this fall. George Osman’s Lima relatives are in town. Robert Romanus moved from Farmer Township to Logan. Republican caucus nominated a Justice of the Peace. Prohibition meeting attended. warnings to rally voters for November 8.
Local notes report cold weather and political urging for Foraker and Crowe. Farmers Center activities include a Sabbath School concert, a magic lantern show, a singing school, and preparations for upcoming school terms and town improvements. Obituary notes William Alpha Stone, aged 63, are recorded.
Election next Tuesday. The Ayersville school will commence next Monday under Frank Stone and Frank Blue as assistant while the new Free Baptist church is to be dedicated at 10 30 A M with Prof R Dunn as preacher. Maggie Limber aged 18 years 8 months died at the residence of Thomas Ward.
Births and local updates from Putnam County include a girl born to John and Dora Karnes, several farm and school notes, and health concerns in Bethel and Arthur areas. Letters and affidavits discuss political shifts around John L. Geyer with sworn statements from Dr. F. S. Williams and James E. Dicus, plus community trades and diphtheria reports.
The Sunnyside column reports visits by Hetrich family members and neighbors, social hops at Leonard Hazelswarts, and local moves to Paulding and Defiance. A Defiance reader questions year round strawberry fruiting and warns of honey thieves spotted near the apiary, promising to reveal names if intruders return.
Warning against catarrh ointments containing mercury and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Cure taken internally, claims to act on blood and mucus surfaces, sold by druggists for 75 cents per bottle.
Acker's Baby Soother advertised as relief for fretful cries teething pains and stomach disorders without opium or narcotics. Priced at 25 cents and sold by N. G. Woodward.
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