15 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1887
Page
1
Pears ripe and farmers sowing wheat as Hicksville prepares for next week’s fair. Hog fattening for fall markets. several stock buyers visited. Local people, school changes, church work, and reunions recount community life. Commodore Perry praised for naval victory on Lake Erie.
Local notes report Hon A P Edgerton in town and a Republican ticket push. Wheat 70c per bushel, oats 25. Several residents visited nearby towns, teachers’ exam next Saturday, Hicksville fair starts next Tuesday for four days with no gambling. Community updates include sermons, school events, births and deaths, and commentary on temperance and local commerce.
An infant remedy claims to remove all infantile disorders without opium or morphine and to ease pain naturally. Offered for sale by N. G. Woodward at a price of 25 cents.
A collection of brief items notes residents ill and in mourning at Solomon Hall and Toledo fair attendance by Jacob Snyder and wife Clara Raiser running Pleasant Point school through winter. Reports of damp Sunday at Sherwood spiritual grove and farmers sowing wheat. Farewell sermon at Lick Creek Bethel. Convention day in Defiance and growing railroad work through town. Attendees at Mr Welker funeral in Williams county. John Draer wagon accident. Construction train crew of about 100 active on the railroad, aiming to Bryan by mid week.
A rural column recalls local opinion on the Republican county ticket and community life. Mentions Hicksville visitors, a postponed Rock's Grove meeting, and a dampened spirit among spiritualists. Reports from Toledo Fair excursionists and Sherwood efforts to form a Prohibition Club. Notes on Woman's Suffrage and Foraker versus Powell in Defiance Democrat.
W D Salt of Bippus Indiana Testifies Electric Bitters are the best remedy with relief in every case. Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio Calls it the best selling medicine in 20 years. Thousands support the claim it cures liver kidney and blood diseases. Only a half dollar a bottle at Colby and Scott's Drug Store.
Advertisement for Acker's English Remedy by N G Woodward promising cure for coughs colds and threatened croup. Priced 10 and 50 cents with a guarantee of preventing further trouble.
North Richland reports a busy string of social visits and local happenings. Mentions include Mrs. Sarah Behringer visiting South Richland, picnic at the Independence dam, road work by Rose and Inman, and various residents traveling to Defiance, Ridgeville, Mansfield, and Florida for visits, health, or relocation plans. New items note a son of Stillman Rose injured, Henry Goodenough kicked by a horse, and community efforts toward a Sabbath school picnic and local milling repairs.
An advertisement claims Forsale by N G Woodward offers a blood preparation that cures all blood diseases, purifies the system, and strengthens the constitution, with a guarantee of effectiveness.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and guaranteed to cure piles with money refunded if not satisfied price 25 cents per box sold by Colby Scott.
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