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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1883
Page
6
Local notices highlight new enterprises in Defiance, including a Miller Co carriage factory, a potential opera house site at Wayne and Second streets, and calls for improved fire protection. Social notes record visits, masquerades, and upcoming events while editorials mock local politicking and the city’s finances.
From Our Own Correspondent N E Cary recaps sick spells and improving health. Corn and hog feeder notes appear alongside shifts in a law suit and a stone-front block move. A boy vows to keep the family land, showing surprising ambition in a multi-sibling farm worth thousands. Katana.
Nellie Moore of Defiance lectured at Highland chapel Friday night. Milton Doyster and Miss Salina Upp engaged. Bruce Warner and Miss Mary Bode bender married last Thursday and now courting shore. Syntha Bodenbender died November 11 1883 at age 18 3 15. Funeral led by Rev Fitchwater M E church Uncue Roxxy.
A Defiance court list shows numerous cases disposed or continued up to Wednesday noon. Dismissals, over docket entries, and judgments include Isabell Watson vs W H Beeman off docket, J Odell vs D Boor off docket, and W Lewis vs W St L P Ry continued, with many other cases noted as continued, settled, or judgment for plaintiffs with costs.
Local notes report Thanksgiving plans and holiday preparations, including new stock arrivals and sales. Prominent residents and visitors are mentioned, with marriages, church activities, and a freight train derailment delaying service. A steam saw mill sale and a large counterfeit concern are noted. The M E Sunday school shows steady attendance and upcoming services announced.
A two story frame house on Front Street beyond Wayne owned by Enos Blair caught fire on Tuesday afternoon around five. Winds tested the blaze as flames menaced nearby homes, including Mrs Eiser's with five feet away. The incident prompts critique of Defiance's fire protection and city leadership, urging a paid fire department and improved water works.
100 purebred Plymouth Rock chickens and white Pekin ducks offered at 1.00 each. Also two female Scotch Collie Shepherd pups priced at 4.00 each. Contact Curtis Holgate, 47W2 Defiance, Ohio.
SIXTY DAYS CLOSING OUT SALE at Sam the Boss Clothier in Defiance. Stock of clothing and store fixtures offered at one cash price before Jan 1. Goods marked in plain figures with wholesale costs. Store closes Nov 19 to mark down remaining goods. Indebted customers to settle within 20 days or face collection. Also advertises Electric Bitters and Ayer's Pills with cures promised for various ailments.
A note warns that the genuine Rough on Coins is made only by E. 8. Wells, proprietor of Rough on Rats, with a laughing face of a man on the labels. Bottles priced 15 cents and 25 cents.
Col C H Mackey testifies Elys Dream Balm relieves catarrh after twenty years of suffering. T B Jenks praises Elyss Cream Balm for hay fever. Local merchants advertise shoes, base burners, dry goods, weather strips, oysters, and groceries at Flager & Watkins in the Krotz block.
Flager and Watkins, the grocers, keep choice new potatoes and vegetables of all kinds. Call and see them. (24 ft.)
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