Thanksgiving greetings and holiday notices in Hicksville
Pleasant Ridge School commenced last Monday as readers and shoppers fill Hicksville with notes of holiday sales. Overholt's ad lines up hardware, furniture and cutlery while local trades promote bargains, barber services and new shops with cautious optimism for the season.
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Pleasant Ridge School
Overholt’s
Brown & Behne’s
Lewis Zubber
Pettitt’s
J. E. Coulter
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Combs
O. Allen
la Grange
Ind
Overholt
Geo
Landis
Dr. Richards
Jake Riggle
Glen Wills
California
Peninsular
C. M. Overholt
Hicksville
Georgia Gordon
Ohio
Foraker
Govenah
Stackney
Butler
Gordon
Georgia
O. M. Overholt
Local Notices and Town Happenings Chronicle
Butcher your hogs and a new fish pond built by David Metz mark farm life notes. C M Parker drives a new road cart mail route while J W Wilt started his district No 8 school last Monday. Fire in west township woods damaged wood and fences, started by a pile set by A Higben. Neighbor reports and a political quip reflect local life and sentiment as readers recall past events and wish for elections.
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David Metz
C. M. Parker
J. W. Wilt
Replogle
Evansport
A. Higben
Nina
Robinson
the Express
Joe Benson
Tom
Salt River
R. R. Pass
Dennis Jones
Sand Hill College
Jacob Warner
Indiana
Silas Welker
Lawson
Washington Township
Hicksville
Foraker
Sugar Grove
Bill Walker
D. E. Welker
Ney
Israel Philips
Tiffin
Henry
Ed. Myers
Farmer Township
Theicksville
Progress in Nonpoisonous Medicines and Hum preys Specifics
The piece extols nonpoisonous remedies and the decline of purgatives, praising Dr. Humphreys thirty years of "The Mild Power Cures" and their wide daily use. It claims cures for many diseases, with Beef Soup recipe detailed as four pounds beef skin, four quarts water, six onions, four carrots, two turnips, pepper, salt, and four hours simmer plus one hour more.
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Humphreys
Nervous disorders blamed on brain changes with Restorative Nervine
The note cites brain and nerve changes as the common disease cause and promotes Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine as a remedy for worry overwork insomnia and nervous conditions. Sold by N G Woodward. A recipe for white cake uses eggs butter milk flour sugar and lemon flavor with a lemon icing.
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Miles
N. G. Woodward
Red Clover Tonic Offered As Nerve Food
G. W. Bechel sells Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic described as a nerve food that restores nerve force and cures stomach and liver diseases by nourishing nerve tissues. The tonic is advertised at 50 cents per bottle. Also a pie recipe for buttermilk pie is listed with ingredients and flavoring.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Proclaimed Blood Purifier
A single bottle of Ayer's Sarsa parilla will establish the merits of this medicine as a blood purifier. Many thousands yearly cured of chronic diseases by faithful use. It is unequaled for the cure of scrofula.
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Ayer
Diverse Local Happenings Span Marriage Visits Fire Near Miss
Samuel Logan prepares for a new home while Foraker gains vigor and Ohio politics stir curiosity. Mr and Mrs Ashton visit relatives in Michigan and Steward Gaylord stays with friends as Frank Stone remains in town for schooling. A Ayersville house narrowly escapes a blaze saved by neighbors. Local teachers begin several schools and the F W church in town is dedicated after a day of festivities. A clairvoyant tale follows the Marlette death mystery as searchers uncover clues in a swamp and woods setting.
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Samuel Logan
Foraker
Ohio
James Ashton
Mich
Steward Gaylord
Michigan
Frank Stone
John W. Myers
Ayersville
Stella Randall
Ella Fullmer
Henry Gaylord
B. F. Myers
Fullmer
Dunn
8. P. Sanford
Stryker
George Smith
St. Clair
Dr King’s New Discovery Free Trial Offer
Promote Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and lung ailments with a limited time free trial. Call at Colby’s Drug for a trial bottle offered free. large bottles priced at $1.4 in the promotion.
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Dr. King
Colby
Community Notes and Visit Highlights Report
Rev Myers and wife spent last week at Rural Chapel. Mrs J Jones visited Perrysburg with friends. Mrs G H Tomlinson returns from two months west. W H Lane and family were in Cincinnati recently. Mrs Ezra Gabriel visited her mother Mrs Perkins and Mrs Zora Fry in Edgerton. Scott D Junkin from North Webster Ind visited his cousin Belle Conklin. Quarterly meeting planned for next Saturday and Sunday with services at 10 A M and Saturday evening. Jim and M Der from Defiance visited Edgerton en route to parents. Center's two young ladies seek ways to get their names in the paper.
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Rev. Myers
J. Jones
Perrysburg
G. H. Tomlinson
W. H. Lane
Cincinnati
Ezra Gabriel
Perkins
Zora Fry
Edgerton
Scott D. Junkin
North Webster
Ind
Belle Conklin
Jim
M. D. Er
Defiance
Local notes reflect community life and events in 1887
The clippings report pensions and work assignments for Henry Behm and George Grubb, visits by John Egler and families, births, illnesses, school disruptions, timber and depot contracts, local elections, cheese factory activity, and social happenings from Burns, Ney, Hicksville, and nearby towns with dates and place names.
Local furniture bargains sweep Hicksville area
Overholt's in Hicksville slashes stove prices and will host sleds and sleighs this winter. Paons and Behne offer an elegant new furniture stock, while Brown & Behne promote immense bargains drawing shoppers from nearby roads, with widespread purchases reported.
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Overholt
Hicksville
Overholt’s
Paons and Behne’s
World’s Best Salve For Skin Ailments 25 Cents Box
Promises a salve that cures cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Sold by Colby and Scott at 25 cents per box.
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Colby & Scott
Pope Leo XIII Planned College For Literature
The text notes Pope Leo XIII intends to establish an international college focusing on literature. Italian poets and authors would be studied in an especial manner within this institution.
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Leo XIII
African Methodist Episcopal cen tenary celebration planned
The African Methodist Episcopal church proposes to celebrate the centenary of its organization in November. Also advertised Simmons Liver Regulator as a sovereign remedy for liver stomach and bowel ailments urging use of genuine product with trademark and signature of J H Zellin & Co.
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Simmon
Simmons Liver Regulator
J. H. Zellin & Co
The
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Acker’s Engrima It Relieves Various Ailments
Advertisement touts Acker’s Engice as relief for fretful infants with Windy Colic Teething Pains and Stomach Disorders. Claimed safe with no Opium or Morphine and priced 26 cents. Sold by N. G. Woodward. Mentions over five hundred Baptist churches in Burmah with more than twenty five thousand communicants.
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Acker
N. G. Woodward
Burmah
Disease of the heart and remedy advertised
The piece lists heart and other organ diseases with symptoms like shortness of breath and chest oppression. It promotes Dr Miles New Cure as the only reliable remedy and suggests avoiding overreliance on a failing physician, ending with a remark on promoting exercise among fowls.
Dr Haines Golden Specific touted for liquor cure
An old newspaper page item promotes Dr Haines Golden Specific as a cure for drunkenness. It claims the remedy can be added to coffee or tea without the drinker knowing and promises permanent effect. Also included are anecdotes about other quack cures and a joke about birthday dinner attendance.
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Golden Specific CO
Race St. Cincinnati
Green's August Flower touted as bilious cure
The passage describes biliousness symptoms including poor breakfast appetite, white furred tongue, digestive upset with diarrhea or constipation, hemorrhoids, dizziness, headaches, and stomach tenderness. It promotes Green's August Flower as a cheap cure and cites the Independent praising attention to business.
Infant Health Remedies and Patent Medicines Featured
An old advertisement lists Ne Wreolt obat for infants claiming to cure all infantile disorders without opium or morphine, priced 25 cents and sold by N G Woodward. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, touting internal action and blood impact, with pharmacist sales.
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N.G. Woodward
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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John Bays
Oscar Overholt
Garfield Co
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J. J. Simmers
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Chicago News
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Macon
Jeff Davis
M. Overholt
Iteavilie
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A. M. van Tine
Defiance, Ohio
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Tuttle Bros
P. O
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North Richland
Henry Behm
George Grubb
John Innman
John Egler
Paulding
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Chas. Bruner
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Jasper
School of Independence
Art. Davison
Dick Spangler
Albert Elliott
Bryan
N. Vandus
Frank
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Elza Nicewinter
Aaron Nicewinter
John Baker
John Baker, Justice of Peace
Honor Bright
Robert Hoskin
Frank Fence
E. Heinemann
Elbridge Kingsley
Fred, Juenglintt
Lost Creek
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Bucklen
Colby &Scott’s Drug and Bool Store
NEW Books
E. P. Roe
Pansy
By Tolstoi
Mohammedan College
Cairo
Pheebe Chesley
Peterson, Clay Co
Colby and
Scott
Erag
Congo
Africa
Banzaanteka Station
Tommy Ray
Tommy
Brown
Jones
Independent
Congregational College
Fargo
Simmons
Ev Eanimamaulb
Simmons Liver
J.h.zeilin & CO
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Stov HS
Switzer & Kehnast
Charles E. Bronson
Mortgage, Loan, and Real Estate Office
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M. D
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