03 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1887
Page
1
A compact digest from Hicksville area papers lists local visits and social events. Notable items include W A Lutz visiting Newville Indiana, Old settlers’ meeting planned, and a Defiance fair note. The Farmers Favorite drill and cereal market mentions appear, along with numerous brief anecdotes on residents and businesses.
Reorganized Defiance College promotes itself as a first class coeducational institution opening August 30 1887 with free catalogues through Alma Van Tine A B Defiance Ohio. Local Milford residents urged to subscribe to the Express and keep updated on news. The Hicksville News will hold its second annual reunion at the Lane home near Williams Center on September 10 1887 with hospitality expected to be festive. A note on German Carp stocking plans and a Sunday School convention held at the fair grounds last Saturday praised as well attended and instructive. Fountain Lake plans by L W Wilder include a German Carp toast and inviting friends, with emphasis on generous hospitality.
In Washington Township reports note better health in the area and a series of personal moves and visits. Jacob Hall sold his dwelling to Emery Welker. Christ Renz family moved to Farmer township. Gust Shatz built a new house. Nearby, D E Welker fired another tile kiln. blacksmith William Brunnett stays busy. Jacob Warner and wife head to Indiana for a regiment reunion. Local rail progress and a Defiance fair invite are mentioned along with a birthday party for Mrs Crago and gifts received.
A mixed garden of local items reports turnout at a Saturday caucus, residents visiting relatives in Henry and Defiance counties, and several people noted working or moving in the area. Mentions include Walter Domer for John Leinhart, May Dodd starting school, tile kilns at Snyder Bros, and a large shop building rise.
May Bredhill remains on the sick list amid damp weather as Mt. Calvary aims to open a new schoolhouse this spring. Miss Sterns returns home after a weeks absence while David Hill shows off a new top. Minnie Blanchard recovers from quinay and scarlet rash and Harry Gaylord returns from Angola school with possible typhoid signs. The F Baptist group hosts a musating meeting led by Rev Hagerty from Indiana.
Local items report Ella Crawford visiting friends in Bryan and Miss Bishop from Upper Jersey visiting. several residents improving or ill including Mrs Masa and Mra H Hulbert. announcements of caucus results, reorganizing delegates, and nominations. a sick list includes Archie Dots and John Hyde. incidents include a boy hurt near Hicks township and a man injured by a grain separator. multiple small-town updates across Defiance and nearby communities.
Florida and nearby towns share notes on veterans reunions, family visits, Ill relatives, and social calls. Posts mention Capt Bowen, Mrs Brubaker, Dr. Te Weaver, and Gen. Leggett among attendees plus a Kentucky recitation and musical performances at Liberty Center.
Neighboring residents and visitors are listed with family ties and movements. Names include Mr Blymyer Mrs Stout John Minsel Emery and daughter Claudia, Rev Phillips, John Shrimplin, Jacob Fraker, George Votter, Sherman Turretin, J Wagener, and others. Community events mention church sermons, school work, reunions, fairs and aDefiance county farm improvements with local illnesses and deaths.
A fragmentary item claims residents around Colby & Scot's Beverage were cured of consumption by Kings New Discovery. The note asserts terminal illness was reversed and health restored, citing medical authority and local belief.
Williams Canter and Ida Fisher are sick with lung trouble and fever respectively. Ira Pool visits from Payette. Ida Shaw stays with aunt Mrs. Iouff in Writing school. Several residents travel or visit relatives in Wauseon Delta Eden Ayersville and Fayette Normal. Funeral of lawyer Somers at Hicks ille noted.
The readable lines describe a girl winning a musket in a lottery and asking if a soldier accompanies it. The rest contains garbled words about coughs colds and a chemical or medical note, with references to polishing steel and tarnish. The text is incomplete and mixed.
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