13 Oct 1887
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1887
Page
1
Hicksville area notes list Overholt on buggies wagons and hardware along with clothing and furniture firms. Local leaders like Mayor Coulter plan a livery stable. Readers learn of movers to Kansas and Chicago trips, plus photographic studios Elliott Blodgett and Roberts. Community updates cover local reunions, church actions, and a busy trade city atmosphere.
Dan F Krotz visited Jewell last Monday and I Morse of Defiance called Friday. Sister Nina of Independence was in Jewell last Wednesday. Wes Smith of Independence works on the new brick schoolhouse. Samuel Shasteen attended the O V S reunion at Hicks ville last Thursday and spoke of the blue crew. Lawrence Woods from the far west is visiting, J Keller of Napoleon made a business call, Dennis Jones called Friday. Gard Dabney and family are visiting relatives at Hamlet.
Public notice warns against catarrh treatments containing mercury as dangerous. promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as mercury free and acting on blood and mucus. advertises availability from druggists at 75 cents per bottle with emphasis on authenticity and internal use.
Advertisement offering Acker's Baby Soother as a remedy for fretful infants troubled by wind colic teething pains or stomach disorders. Claims no opium or morphine and notes a 25 cent price, with sales by N. G. Woodward.
The column notes Mrs. Fortney remains poorly while Grandma Koons resumes duties and many Defiance residents travel for fishing or visits. Miss Rickey Gruner dies at 23 after typhoid pneumonia. funeral in Defiance Lutheran church. A run of neighbors, events, and light humor punctuates the week as rain and travel shape daily life.
The advertisement asserts Dr Haines Golden Specific cures drunkenness and liquor habit easily, even without the patient’s knowledge, by mixing in coffee or tea. It claims permanent results and urges readers to write Golden Specific Co. in Cincinnati for details.
In Lost Creek area Tra Brown of Chicago attended his mother's funeral here last week. Adolphus Long and family of Hicksville visited Andrew Hilbert's family. Mrs. Irena Miller was here the week before last to care for her sick mother. Rev Garlock of Liberty Center preached a trial sermon at the local Presbyterian church. Howard W. Farmer of Farmer & Patterson jewelers, Hicksville, spent Sunday and Monday nearby. A pumpkin grown by Hans Cleland weighed 89 pounds and measured 5 ft 8 in in circumference. Seth Cole and wife, visiting, headed home to central Michigan after two to three weeks in the vicinity. The 111th regiment reunion in nearby towns drew many attendees. The two-year-old son of John Snyder and wife died Friday. funeral held at Parm er church. John Deardorff built a bridge across Lick Creek last week. Governor Foraker passed through on a trip, delivering a speech in Farmer Center and Hicksville. A near lightning strike injured Zimmerman but caused no serious damage. W. Hughes and family and George Hughes were visited by J. Cleland on a Sunday en route to Cleveland. Mrs. Harriet S. Brown died October 1, 1887, aged 69 years 11 months 20 days, widow of Ira Brown, survived by six or ten children, with sympathy offered to the bereaved family. CLAUDE.
Williams Center notes report Mrs. Hart convalescing Jacob Lane buying stock T W Perkins at Edgerton I A Pool of Fayette in town Sunday Reasoner Scott and wife returned from the west Mrs Shank of Lima visited cousin Susie Lane Cliff Clemons razor Rowley left Sylvanus Griffin of Boston visiting his father Gilman Griffin Rev 8 W Scott moved to Dupont G W Eager of Edgerton in town en route to Bryan to hear Gov Foraker Wedding rumor among Center on Bryanites last Thursday Deciples owning the church donated it to Bryan society torn down moved to Bryan Mrs Bell Callender of Syracuse and daughters Renie Sprague Jessie Callender visiting sister Mrs John Mannon returned home Gardner family back from western trip. remains unimpressed with the west and content with local life.
The verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters cure liver kidney and blood diseases. W D Salt of Bippus Indiana and Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio testify to relief from rheumatism and strong sales from Colby and Scotts Drug Store at fifty cents a bottle. Thousands share their positive testimony and endorse the remedy.
The text describes biliousness with symptoms such as poor morning appetite, white coated tongue, irregular digestion, diarrhea or constipation, hemorrhoids and headaches. It recommends Green's August Flower as a remedy, noting it is inexpensive and widely praised.
A drizzly period brings widespread sickness with Andrew Weise and Chas. Dickson both ill with typhoid fever and others visiting, while fires burn in south woods causing damage. A Wellman horse scam ends in suit dropped for lack of proper papers as men muster soldiers, coon hunts unfold, and a Yankee prank adds to the night’s mischief.
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