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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1878
Page
3
A warning against flavoring extracts made from injurious articles in pastry and creams. It urges using Dr Price's Special Flavoring Extracts as a safe alternative free from deleterious substances and made from fruit.
A scattered Defiance page highlights the Crosby House reopening, local fairs in Napoleon and Defiance, numerous business notices, street work on Clinton and Perry, a rain postponed church festival, and plans for social events, with stock updates from Kittner and others.
A local letter criticizes temperance work for wasteful spending and mismanagement. It argues for intelligent leadership, pulpit lectures, and public sentiment against intemperance while condemning itinerant reformers who showcase past sins for sympathy or gain. It notes proposals for public wells and faults the town’s governance and saloons.
In a Monday Sept meeting Mayor Holgate and councilmen Greene Widmer Haller Schlosser and Shultz discussed a gas post petition for Second and Seneca streets in East Defiance. Bids for sidewalks were opened with Bowdell firm at 30 cents per foot and Marshall at 5 dollars per rod. Bowdell also won crossings. Marshall and owners get 15 days to finish. Gas posts to light Hast Defiance to be supervised by the Gas Committee. The Street Committee will inspect Warren road for improvements.
The long wished for rain arrived as locals note. J C Hall won the Evansport to Stryker mail contract and daily papers resume. A large turnout joined the Napoleon reunion from nearby areas. Mrs Sarah Smith wife of George Smith died suddenly Monday at 2 AM. funeral Tuesday at 10 AM conducted by Rev Henry A Brown. An M E Church choir was organized with T H Kintigh leading. practice each Wednesday.
Rain disrupts field work but plowing and sowing proceed. Residents report bilious diarrhoea and ague, while Dick Partee complains of illness. Shrever plans sermons at Rohrig school house and a farewell address in Argyle. A recent reunion pleases old comrades and critiques temperance's effects on laborers and communities.
Stewart Miller starts a new house while merchants report extensive trade and improving business. Miller Brothers ship grain, and A P Green and M Welker erect new barns. A storm wind damages a saw-mill stack but is repaired. The piece mentions a spinal disease, hopeful recovery, and a rainy spell aiding plowing and sowing.
Fall rain brings relief to farmers and preparations for upcoming conventions. Old pioneers gather at Hicksville on the 11th as school reports and association business loom. Local exchanges note accidents, migrations, and family updates including Ella Burton and R L Taylor visiting, plus a serious leg injury to Christopher Waite.
Saeger remains the sole seller of ladies web slippers at 15 cents each with two cases still open for sale on Saturday morning.
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