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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1883
Page
5
Local notes from Defiance cover Mid-Winter Carnival preparations, theater entertainments, and improvements. Updates include fire department debates, new businesses, road and railroad time changes, school time standards, and social notices on anniversaries, visits, and charitable efforts for Snyder’s family.
The Express offers 1884 club rates for publications including Peterson's Magazine Youth's Companion Harper's Weekly Bazar Young People Ohio Farmer Frank Leslie's Budget Godey's Lady's Book Demorest's Monthly and Chimney Corner Pleasant Hours with additional club options on other national titles.
Brunersburg school opened last Monday with bright skylights and good morale. Diphtheria has vanished and all are well. B F Enos of Defiance visited for business. Constable Hilton handled a heavy load last week and succeeded. Court sat at Squire Bennetts. Mrs Haymaker plans to spend winter with her children. A fine winter school has been secured with a German English teacher. Apples left on a Brunersburg door by Captain J Parte were eaten with thanks.
The committee of ladies plans a four night Mid Winter Carnival at Myers Opera House to raise funds for a Lord and Sailor's monument. Each evening offers new entertainments including music, dramas, tableaux, drills, recitations, a loan art gallery, and a bazar. A prize Shetland Pony will be awarded to a boy during the week. Citizens of all means are urged to contribute on December 19 to 22.
Ed Ernsberger fills in for Ansbury in the latest message from the correspondent. J W Myers and wife returned from Virginia to seek a future home. Krout making and corn husking near finish. Hunters and trespassers warned to stay away as the area tolerates no intruders. Residents angered by stock wearing and field trespass. Remain aware of Schoonover’s Eye. A hint to the wise is sufficient. Jouty for
Wiltshire teacher Will Boyer returns to teach Hahn school this winter while Miss Haymaker starts Hill school. Mrs. A Povenmire visits Lima Holgate and Defiance then returns home. Frank Myers back from Hillsdale college. Estella Boutell returns from San Antonio much improved. The band serenades her. Florence Povenmire, eleventh of Luther and Lydia, dies after illness. Mrs Barringer again ill.
Local items from Hicksville include re roofing by Mr. Merrifield and business visits by Prof. F W Irish of Ada. Mrs. Heatly returns from a nine day trip to Fostoria. The district reports tardy scholars as the Delta schools begin. Several residents move: John Ames rents to a Toledo man and moves to his farm. Nelson Stone rents to his son Ezra and relocates. The rail question draws little business interest and a question is raised whether another railroad would help Hicksville. School in district No 3 starts next Monday with Mrs Byron Nye as teacher. Rev S B Kring preaches at the Evangelical church and the Ladies Auxiliary of the G A R shows signs of dormancy. Hollinger family away visiting. Bertha Coughanour expected home from Pennsylvania on the 4th. Central time is gathering favor despite Columbus time. Mrs Savilla Polling’s illness is not as serious as rumored and she improves. Mr and Mrs M Lewis hosted guests last Sunday. Ames visited Defiance on business. Frances Gengerich on the sick list with inflammatory rheumatism. Last Saturday was favorable for merchants. Scraps from Hicksville News visits town. Thomas Bayes returns from Holmes County with his mother, who will live with him. An item about damp news paper circulates. opinion that debt on the paper is heavy. A protracted M E church meeting closes with a jubilee. about 110 converts, 60 joining the church. Evangelists Willits move to Carey to labor. Store windows display holiday goods in a well arranged display.
From Our Own Correspondent notes diphtheria appearing in the northwest part of Noble Township. The piece also lists local residents, farm activities, weather chatter, entertainment plans, a murder reference, and assorted advertisements. It highlights community snippets, livestock trading, illness anecdotes, and local business notices with a mix of humor and caution.
Weekly market notes from Defiance list prices for grains and feed, along with a wide range of provisions. Wheat, oats, corn, flour, and meal prices quoted, plus per bushel and per cwt figures. Local merchants advertise nursery stock, clothing sales, and drugstore offerings, with notices for Yeast, perfumes, and arnica salve.
A garbled 19th century advertisement extols Hop Bitters as a universal remedy curing rheumatism liver disease kidney trouble and skin ailments. It asserts health restoration for both sexes and all ages, mentions Flager Watkins Grocers, farm loan ads from Smith Strayer Bryan Ohio, and Griggs Glycerine Salve with 25 cent price and guaranteed refund.
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