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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1887
Page
1
Hicksville notices blend holiday cheer with shop talk as Overholt, Brown & Behne, and C. M. Overholt advertise hardware, furniture, and gifts. Local figures note politics, barber openings, and travel news while urging purchases and celebrations amid the holiday season.
An editorial touts progress in nonpoisonous medicines and the long use of Dr. Humphreys Specifics. It argues against aggressive drugs and cites broad adoption in families, claiming cures for many ailments with simple remedies. A recipe for beef soup is included as a domestic remedy.
The notice highlights brain and nerve disease causes and the effects of worry on the body. It promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a remedy for worry overwork sleeplessness and nervousness and lists a recipe for white cake with lemon flavoring and icing.
Dr Jones claims Red Clover Tonic is a nerve food not a stimulant. It supposedly restores nerve force lost by illness or heavy mental work and substance use, supplies nerve tissue food, and aids stomach and liver diseases. G W Bechel sells genuine tonic at 50 cents a bottle.
Recipe fragment lists one cup buttermilk one cup sugar six tablespoonfuls butter six tablespoonfuls flour with flavor to taste. Detailing a simple pie batter without bake or finishing steps.
An advertisement claims a single bottle proves the medicine’s merit as a blood purifier. It asserts thousands are yearly cured of chronic diseases through faithful use, and that it is unequaled for the cure of serofula.
A charming North Defiance location offers Collegiate Normal Commercial Music Model Penmanship Shorthand and Typewriting departments with competent teachers. Open August 30 1887. Catalogues free. Address omitted.
Various short notes cover hog butchering, a new pond by David Metz, C M Parker driving a road cart, J W Wilt teaching at district No. 8, Replogle and son scouting hoop pole timber, and a week of wood fires started by A Higben’s wood pile. Include personal snippets and a political quip ending with poems and prayers.
Samuel Logan gets a new home while locals celebrate Hurrah for Foraker and reflect on Ohio politics. Visiting relatives from Michigan are noted for James Ashton and Steward Gaylord, and Frank Stone plans to stay through spring. A near fire endangered John W Myers home. teachers begin at several area schools. the F W B church dedication includes debt clearance after Prof Dunn sermon. A clairvoyant tale follows the Marlette death of Mrs Potter with a woods discovery.
To prove its curative powers for coughs colds consumption and lung ailments Dr King's New Discovery is offered free for a limited time at Colby & Scott's Drug Store. Call for a trial bottle. Large bottles priced at 14.
If you seek top value, contact Tuttle Bros for best goods at the least money and dependable service.
Rev Myers and wife spent last week at Rural Chapel. Mrs J Jones visited Perrysburg with friends. Mrs G H Tomlinson returned from a two month western trip. W H Lane family were in Cincinnati. Mrs Ezra Gabriel visited her mother Mrs Perkins. Zora Fry Edgerton stayed with J Jones family. Scott D Junkin of North Webster Ind visited Belle Conklin. Quarterly meeting next Saturday and Sunday with services Saturday at 10 AM and Saturday evening. Jim and M D Eager of Defiance visited en route to Edgton. Center’s two young ladies seek fame in the paper.
Pension awarded to Henry Behm. George Grubb works for John Innman. John Egler traveled to Paulding on business. Mr and Mrs George Hughes of Saree Michigan visit relatives. Chas Bruner of Napoleon measured timber here last Friday. Jasper Overly family welcomes a bright new baby. Independence School postponed due to teacher illness. Art Davison of Napoleon visit with Dick Spangler. Mrs Albert Elliott returned from Bryan after a short visit. A young couple at the gate after prayer meeting last Thursday night. Friends gathered at Yantosen home Monday for Frank’s surprise birthday. good time and a fine supper. many happy returns planned for November 14. Nina.
Overholt's in Hicksville Ohio advertises a big reduction in stove costs while highlighting Hicksville as the winter headquarters for sleds and sleighs. An accompanying note promotes an elegant stock of new furniture at Brown and Behne's and big bargains there.
Bucklen s Arnica Salve advertised as best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. Promises positive cure of piles with money back if not satisfied. Price 25 cents per box. FOR SALE BY Colby Scott.
Pope Leo XIII is reported to found an international college for literature. Italian poets and authors will be studied in a special manner, aiming to foster broader appreciation and critical study across nations. The initiative emphasizes literary exchange and scholarly focus.
The ad claims Simmons Liver Regulator cures liver stomach and bowel complaints and urges taking only the genuine product with the Zellin & Co trademark. It notes the African Methodist Episcopal church plans a centenary celebration in November.
There are more than five hundred Baptist churches in Burmah, with over twenty five thousand communicants. For sale by N. G. Woodward. The text mentions opium or i phine in a troubled context and vein of fretful phrasing as part of an unrelated advertisement.
School commenced November 14 in district No 9 Washington township. Ditching and fall plowing are common. A Hicksville firm plans a handle factory here. Depots at Ney and local building activity noted. Death of Israel Philips in Tiffin listed. Community events include birthdays and local quarrels. Readers comment on shopping locally and a sign in a park sparks humor. References to Christmas engravers and local names conclude the item.
An old newspaper snippet touts Dr Miles New Cure for heart disease with claims of relief for breath, chest oppression, faint spells, dropsy and organ-related troubles. It lists N G Woodward as seller and warns against hovering near a sick physician.
A short column notes Cairo's Mohammedan College hosting about 5,000 students with an eight year course preparing missionaries. It then recounts Mrs. Chesley Peterson of Clay County praising Electric Bitters for relief from kidney pain and lameness. The Congo revival is mentioned with converts at Banza Manteka Station. An anecdote ends with a family quip about forgiveness from family prayers.
An ad claims Golden Specific can be added to coffee or tea without a drinker's knowledge and permanently cure alcoholism by making sobriety feel self chosen. It asserts thousands have become temperate and insists the remedy never fails. Full details are sent from Cincinnati, Ohio.
The piece describes biliousness symptoms including poor morning appetite, white or rough tongue, digestive upset with diarrhea or constipation, hemorrhoids, dizziness headaches and stomach acidity. It endorses Green's August Flower as a low cost cure supported by thousands. It also quotes The Independent on men neglecting business like neglecting the Bible, warning of ruin.
An assortment of vintage ad snippets promotes AK Wroles 3027 as a safe child remedy with no opium or morphine and priced at 25 cents, plus a Fargo Congregational college project awaiting a $40 000 building. It also warns against mercury in catarrh ointments and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, available from druggists.
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