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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1887
Page
2
Defiance County newspaper brief notes a local event with names and places obscured by OCR. The readable items reference Defiance, a press datum, and a community update. Further specifics are unavailable in the fragment.
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A long sanitized dispatch reports a planned arrest of McGarigie and possible U S and Canadian police action, plus a first battle at Mitchellstown with several dead and many wounded. It notes cholera deaths in Oude, smuggling probes in New York, and fires in Minneapolis. Also recorded are Irish evictions, political tensions, and Doana due for release in Manila.
Raitonras, a pitcher for the Boston Base-Ball Club, faces suspension for careless and slovenly play. William Aiker, former South Carolina governor and three-term congressman prior to 1857, died near Charleston at age eighty-one. Rock County fair in Janesville saw Abbie Ferrie and GA Crossman arrive before about 000 attendees as young people received numerous presents. NL Brows, a traveling salesman for a Diseinaatl clothing-bowne, committed weste st Quine where his family resides.
Financial and industrial notices detail Kentuely Furniture Manufacturing Co of Louisville failing for 54000 and EX Wheeler & Co importers of iron with assets around 2 million. Charles Stewart Paper Co of Cincinnati also failed with assets about 75009 and liabilities near 105000. Overall U S business failures for the week reach 152, Canada 22, total 172.
Nine hundred twenty two delegates attend Worcester state convention. Telegram to Neal Dow notes numbers and humor. Nominees include W M Earle for Governor and others. platform attacks liquor bribes and licensing while opposing immediate prohibition repeal. Woman suffrage item causes controversy. Greenback and Voluntary Labor party platforms adopted. Missouri local option movement advances with seven of nine counties voting yes.
A chaotic report recounts the schooner Niagara foundered near the Australasia tow with ore onboard, many horses perished ashore at Dog Inland, and extensive property losses across the region. The criminal section notes the Garden Springs engine explosion injuring several, incl a farmer, plus arrests for embezzlement and grand larceny, Kuklux case convicts, and multiple hangings detailed in the news digest.
City Treasurer of Ann Arbor faces removal amid a report on a $1.078 million matter. A Warsaw donation to the Methodist Episcopal Church board is valued at $130,000, from Elijah Hayes and the estate, with conditions for final disposition. Reports also note cholera rising in the county and details about a new government cruiser being built in Sa cant, with a stem weight cited at 1,000 pounds.
An account details Governor Foraker and Governor Wilson trading remarks at a soldier reunion in Wheeling with Foraker's courteous response and Wilson's aggressive attacks. Hollingsworth and witnesses describe the exchange as a heated political quarrel, with Foraker leaving the room and later defended by supporters.
A sermon adapted from Talmage extols Christian hospitality, urging hosts to welcome guests with grace while balancing order and restraint. It cites examples from history and scripture, warns against overindulgence, and arguest that acts of sheltering strangers echo service to Christ, with eternal rewards.
Fragmentary OCR text references Romany people and a building incident with a pit exit from an upper terrace. The readable portions mention Selvin, exclusions, and trapped or restrained figures amid unclear phrases. The source is heavily garbled with no clear event or identifiable names.
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