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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1880
Page
3
Colby and Scotts Drug Store announces new novels including E P Roe's A Day of Fate and several other latest titles. The Yonkers statesman and Philadelphia Bulletin are referenced in playful comparisons about bookish topics. Customers are invited to call and see the new arrivals.
Readable notes describe two office rooms on the second floor of the Zellers and Bruner Block, located in the area of the old Zellers Bruner store. The entry appears in a quire and references the former store location.
Miss Mina Puerson opens a dressmaking shop above the Post Office inviting friends to call for garments and alterations. The note signals a new local business in the era and encourages patronage from the community.
Daily fresh offerings advertised by Baltimore Bakery with mentions of coffee roasting and cake and candy orders. John Lehman & Son pledge low prices for Pine Cisterns and invite inquiries. Bechel's wallpaper, Ketchel oysters, and L W Bliss & Co. debt collection notice are also listed.
Notice states Mancas and Serrner have purchased the hardware stock of R. 8 Giles from A Bruner & Co. and will stock hardware stoves tinware paints oils and the Acme Plow. They pledge cash sales prices and invite customers to call.
Local notes capture election fervor as Republicans celebrate while Democrats face scrutiny. Reports mention street work, canal survey, traffic crossings, and a new medical partnership. A Quarterly Meeting at Defiance M E Church and a stone assault on a procession are also recorded with community reactions.
In October 1880 in Defiance County Ohio a notarized statement denies threats or firings related to voting. The affidavit asserts workers ensured their votes to be free of coercion by Turnbull & Shelly and condemns slanderous claims as false. The document includes notarization by John P. Cameron.
After a 59 vote majority, Democrats cheered in triumph with slogans like as Mark goes so goes Ohio. Squits Slough led the jubilation then woke to a sobering fall from cheer to doubt, blamed on indulgence and exuberant joy.
From Our Own Correspondent reports a cooler spell, farmers husking corn, and schoolhouse singing each Saturday. Revelations include E A Gingery teaching at Pleasant Ridge and Rev Spenser preaching next Sunday. Elmer Potts recovers from a serious illness while Dunkard attendance dips due to bad weather. Andy Wise signs off with Garfield and Porter cheers.
From Our Own Correspondent notes Hartshorn buying Bloom property and becoming a town citizen. Welker and Hartshorn ship stock, new stock chute at the yards boosts shipping. Township trustees vow illegal Democratic vote will not recur in November. Limmbaugh of Bend urged inquiry. Sherwoodites attend Republican jubilee in Defiance and join torch light parade. some had voted Democratic before.
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