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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1878
Page
4
Groweg’s introduces latest millinery and hat furnishings while Aschbacher advertises the largest stock of price goods in town inviting customers to view the offerings.
Kuhl & Blanchard move coffin stock upstairs and invite customers. Fall millinery by Mrs. Groney praised as sweet. Aschbacher offers overcoats. Defiance Machine Works markets Mammoth Soft Coal Stoves for large rooms priced at 25 dollars. Liver pills advertised for health. Dr. Harter's pills sold by druggists. Flour and feed available at A W King's grocery.
An advertisement asserts Dr pres Special Flavoring Extracts impart flavors of real fruit for cakes puddings creams and sauces, claiming their taste and strength are far superior to cheap extracts.
The week overflows with activity at the Defiance fair as crowds gather for races, exhibits, and live entertainment. Local parties rally support for Price Norway and other nominees while voters are urged to attend polls early and mobilize full participation.
Crosby House welcomed travelers anew on Thursday with a grand informal opening two months after a fire. Guests toured restored rooms and sampled a lavish supper in the dining hall. Sample rooms overseen by D Widmer enhance the hotel’s appeal.
The Defiance Union Schools report covers Sept 2 to Sept 27 1878 with figures on enrolment daily attendance absence truancy and corporal punishment. It notes a pupil truancy list including Frank Bechel Frank Aldrich Lemuel Wisner Dexter Aldrich and others and signs off by Supt Herbert H. Wincut.
The Star Hose Co. met on Wednesday evening October 2 electing Wm. Johnson foreman J. D Sauber assistant foreman J. F. Sage recording secretary A. Sage financial J. Maurren treasurer and voted thanks to citizens who helped pay for new uniforms. September licenses granted to several individuals for copartnership business on their own books.
Ground inspections show onward exhibit quality at noon Wednesday. Fine Art Hall impresses. Misses French enhance fashion displays in millinery. Cary & Carroll and Hoffman & Geiger show fine goods. Beardsley photos, Switzer & Kehnast stoves, Jarvis Bros woolen goods. Corwin carriage works and Defiance Machine Works highlight plows and stoves. Entries total 2047 with 2100 shown by noon. crowds expected to grow with better weather.
A historical survey record details civil engineer Mr. Arrowsmith as the most prolific surveyor in Northwestern Ohio. It recounts early projects including the Napoléon survey, the Defiance and West Defiance additions, and the city plats at Brunersburg Point Pleasant New Rochester and Charloe. It notes court actions vacating West Defiance and Williams county seat contest plans with various town proposals.
Weather changeable and late rains leave wheat looking fine. Miller brothers continue shipping wheat, having paid over 25000 for grain this season. Milliners Doud and Neiswender buying fall and winter goods. W E Doud to undergo foot surgery in Ann Arbor with Dr Comfort assisting.
From Our Own Correspondent notices sickness decline and urging voters to back John Norway next Tuesday. Local chatter includes Miss Hellen M. McCauley visiting relatives, John Brown moving into Hethcote Chilcote’s farm, and Rural Chapel events. Defiance county auditor race criticized as irregularities imply unfitness.
Weekly Hicksville column covers rain prospects, grain hauling, a fortune teller incident, gambling and cider, a disbanded police crew, farmers planning moves to Kansas and Nebraska, Dr. Gorrell’s Memphis yellow fever death, Rev. Tanneyhill’s church posting, first daily paper at the Hicksville fair, limited drinking, S W Martin’s writing class, Jacob Smedley’s assault case and jail risk, 230 students in five school departments, upcoming teachers’ exam, and Devon cattle shipment to Defiance.
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