Train schedule fragment shows multiple express and accommodation trains
Fragmentary timetable lists GOING East trains including Lightning Express No 2 at 8 10 A M and Atlantic Express No 4 at 6 37 P M while GOING WEST includes Through Express No 1 at 1 27 PM and St Louis Fast Express No 3 with Pacific Saeco and Accommodation services listed.
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Lightning Express
Bee Express
Coccansenne
Atlantic Express
St. Louis
Ak M. Pacific Saeco
Bae Accommodation
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Altimore
New York Express
Chicago Fast Line
Chicago Express
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Chicago Mail
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Fair week events and town notes collide in county paper
The column catalogs upcoming fairs in Henry and Defiance counties with dates September to October, prep for torch parades, band tournaments, and racing, plus remarks on local politics, a torch-light procession, and community happenings from Toledo to Napoleon.
Fraudulent Petition Trick Preys on Farmers
A seasoned con man approachs a farmer with a tale of high taxes and presents a petition for farmers to sign. The farmer signs, and days later a note is presented demanding payment. In nine cases out of ten the sharper collects the money and vanishes before the victim realizes the swindle.
Defiance Raises Overly Tall Pole in Monument Effort
The Hicksville News notes a failed bid to fund a soldier's monument, then says locals raised a two hundred dollar pole over 200 feet high. Two failed attempts showed weak joints. It stood Tuesday morning despite the danger, while the paper disparages Union soldiers and lauds rebel captains.
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Hicksville News
N.B
Reunion of the 21st O. V. I. at Hicksville Fairgrounds
Preparations for a large 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry reunion at Hicksville fairgrounds on Friday September 19 as the fair ends. Hon A P Edgerton to give welcome address. About 400 veterans and 600 visiting soldiers expected, signaling strong local hospitality and patriotism.
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21St O. V. I
Hicksville
A. P. Edgerton
Dedication Programme for St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Defiance
The new Evangelical Lutheran St John church in Defiance Ohio will be dedicated September 21 1884 with a morning 9 oclock farewell sermon by Rev A Detzer of Holgate followed by a processional to the new church at 10 oclock for services led by Rev W J B Lange of Valpariso Indiana. Afternoon services begin at 2:30 and English preaching by Prof Dietrich of Ft Wayne Indiana, with 7 pm English services. Gessner band choir to assist.
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St. John’s
Defiance
A. Detzer
Holgate
W. J. B. Lange
Valpariso
Ind
Dietrich
Ft. Wayne
Last Heat Remarks From A Town Newspaper
The last hot day brings anecdotes of melted wheels and handles and a street sprinkler explosion. A clerk’s silk umbrella melted its gatta percha handle and burned his hand while potatoes baked on delivery. The piece mockishly warns against alarm as temperatures rise.
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Holgate Avenue
Farragut Boat Club Defies Odds to Clinch Three-State Title
Defiance celebrates the Farragut crew led by Prince as they become champion amateur four oared team in Ohio Indiana and Michigan after a close win at Proud Ripple Park Indianapolis. The day features barge and single scull victories with Keifer absent and Gognac rivals faltering.
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Farragut Boat Club
Ohbie
Defiance
Battle Creek
Fort Wayne
St. Joe’s
Louis Daoast
Albert Roedel
Rodel
Keifer
P. Henkenius
St. Joe
Prince
Mr. Prince
Farraguts
Farragut
J. Eiser
Owen Buttler
H. Hudson
Butler
Henkenius
Frank Barstow
Barstow
Heakenius
Henry May
John Eiser
Harry Hudson
May
Eiser
Gognac’s
Gognacs
Kittner Bros Store to Close for Holidays in September
Announcement notes Kittner Bros store will close on Saturday September 20 and Tuesday September 30 for holidays. It also mentions a pole raising at Clinker's corners near J Kibbles in Tiffin township on Friday September 19 at 5 pm with Republicans urged to attend and good speakers present.
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Kittner Bros
Fire at Clinton Street millinery shop
A fire broke out Saturday night between nine and ten at the R. V. French millinery shop on Clinton street. Flames were seen through the front windows. the blaze was extinguished after doors burst open. Mr. and Mrs. French had left the store and were away when notified. Cause unknown. theory points to a discarded match among papers.
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Clinton Street
R. V. French Millinery
Population by wards and vacant houses in town
Census figure by Lewis Neil shows total population 6 493 with ward breakdown and a note of 12 vacant houses in the White ward 85 in the Fourth ward and 12 in another ward. The report also records school children by ward with totals for each area.
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Lewis Neil
Ooenes
Speier
Squire Neil
Laboring Men Desert Democrats in Defiance Move Toward Republicans
A Defiance laboring man named McGiffin announces his switch from the Democratic to the Republican party. He urges future desertions, cites Blaine and Logan as the club focus, and vows to support the Republican ticket to better serve workers. He notes Cleveland’s vetoes as a reason to oppose the Democrats and predicts others will follow.
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Democratic
Republians
McGiffin
Blaine
Logan
Fourth Ward
Caveman
Cleveland
Ully
Ie McGirrin
Fire Threat At Mangas Hardware Sparks Third Attempt
Passers by in the rear alley of the Blanchard block sight a fire in Mangas hardware warehouse. The blaze started in a box of rubbish near oil barrels but was quickly checked with water. Mangas and Blanchard doubt a motive, noting each incident ends with minor losses and early detection.
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Blanchard
Mangas’ Hardware Store
Mangas
Local Notes From Noble Township and Surrounding Areas
Matt Lawrence buys hay loader. J W Reid attended the Toledo fair last week. Conn and Kelermire fired their third kiln on Monday. J F Reid of Defiance cuts corn for W A Partee. Meek and West to finish plastering the orphanage this week. Flora Langdon to teach district No 3 school this winter. Eliza Sheffield returned from Illinois. Corn cutting underway with high quality. Jacob Dickman builds a new house roof at ten dollars. Master Langdon Sheffield unfurls Blaine and Logan banner. Isaac Corwin manages patch on Branersburg road. S P Atwood returns to the area from Bryan. Blacksmith atons corners declines to pull children from school over free trade. Blaine and Logan pole raising at John Clinker’s next Friday at five. Democratic rally and pole raising Brunersburg last Saturday judged successful except in numbers.
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Nemo
Matt Lawrence
J. W. Reid
Toledo
Conn & Kelermire
J. F. Reid
Defiance
W. A. Partee
Meek
West
Flora Langdon
Eliza Sheffield
Illinois
Jacob Dickman
Langdon Sheffield
Blaine
Logan
Isaac Corwin
Branersurg
S. P. Atwood
Bryan
Jhon Clinker
Brunersburg
Harvest Night Sparks Growth at Blaine and Logan Club
Last Saturday evening the Blaine and Logan club welcomed four new members while many Defiance residents attended. Mrs McMahen and daughter Kate from Toledo visited Mrs Haymaker and Mr J C Hill on Sandaged in Defiance. A Defiance Democrat correspondent notes the gathering as Mr Thompson of Hicksville plans another political speech and supporters should provide him calves.
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Crab Apple
Blaine and Logan Club
Defiance
McMahen
Kate
Toledo
Haymaker
J. C. Hill
Defiance Democrat
Thompson
Hicksville
Brunersburg
Local notes mix mishaps and sports in a busy update
Jack Frost appears in notes while Cora is cut. Republicans praise new badges. Capt Morris and son Joe toured southern state. Will Davis ditched his thresher near Taylor farm. Charlie Morris fired end of John Karnes. Postmaster J W Moore returns from Maryland. Frank Cable scalded a foot bowing boiler. North Creek and Powell's Creek ready for a Saturday baseball match at Powell's grounds.
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Jack Frost
Cora
Capt. Morris
Joe
Will Davis
Taylor Farm
Charlie Morris
John Karnes
J. W. Moore
Maryland
Frank Cable
A. C. Yancer
Frarvk
County fair prep and pole raisings spark local activity
Reports note corn cutting, fair preparations, and Cleve land and Blaine Logan poles raised in Tiffin. Several churches held events including forty hours devotion and a conference in New Berlin. Community figures like J P Cameron and Rev D E Hoover are mentioned amid political talk predicting a Republican victory.
Democratic rally in Brun ersburg mocks Republicans in reach for Ohio votes
A Saturday Democratic gathering in Brun ersburg featured ex-Constable Wellington Anson as speaker and a 160 foot pole. The crowd, including Capt. Winkler led groups in a parade to Defiance and back to the stands. The speech praised the Democrats for centuries and urged peace and ten commandments, ending with a speaker fainting from joy amid cheering and a taunting remark from a Republican about “niggers.”
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Poe
Brunersburg
Republican Party of
Ohio
Defiance County
Mississippi
W. D. Hill
Central Committee
Wellington Anson
Winkler
Noble Township
Cleveland
Hendricks Guards
Broadway
Defiance
Thompson, Esq
Hicksville
Farmer Township
Blaine Club
Gessner
Halpined
Fats
Local News Items and Social Notes From Blaine Area
Miss Emma Thourd visited Toledo on Saturday. Several residents, including John Norway and son Clyde, and Bert Howey of Bryan, were in Toledo or visiting relatives last week. Sherman Yeagley travels to Defiance to clerk for Carroll & Co. A baby dies of cholera infantum. Ambrose Mavis owns a heavy colt. May the Lost Creek Presbyterians secure a new minister. The Blaine and Logan clubs plan to go to Bryan tonight to help swell the crowd. Rev P J Spangler plans to move to Plymouth and will sell farm stock. Local weather remains dry with dust ahead of fair. Zoa-Phora sales rise. Colby & Scot distribute.
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Samuel Ensigo
Abe Biglow
Orley Foot
Aleck Snyder
Wall Eoa
Mart Hume
Stiling
Ohio
P. J. Spangler
Lost Creek
A. Carmichael
Louise Young
Edgerton
Co. R.sey
Family
C. C. Biglow
Plymouth
Ind
Saturda
Proclamation of Defiance County Election Date 1884
Sheriff John A. Foust proclaims the general election date as the second Tuesday in October 1884. Voters in Defiance County will elect state, county, and district officers including Secretary of State, Supreme Court judge, Board of Public Works member, a U.S. Congressman for the Sixth District, and multiple local county offices. Polls open 6 AM to 6 PM across townships and precincts.
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Ohio
John A. Foust
Defiance County
Supreme Court
Board of Public Works
Defiance
Henry
Williams
Fulton
Paulding
Putnam
van Wert
Common Pleas
State of
Court of Common Pleas
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Defiance County Express
Frank C. Culley
First
Clinton Streets
Wabash, St. Louis and
Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Wauseon Club
Blue Stockings
Lucas County
Electric Light Company
Fair Ground
A. Higby
Ruly Ehrhart
Branersburg Bridge
Fred Palmer
Carroll & Co
Harley’s Lion
E. N. Lewis
Clarke E. Carr
Ilinois
Maumee
Hicksville Fair Association
Henry County
The
Henry County Agricultural Society
Napoleon
Johnson Miller
Sherwood
Branersburg
William Gibson
Mohr
Kohler
Cincinnati
Robert Marshall
Kingston
Canada
Thomas Marshall
Machine Works
Alberta
Second and
Wayne Streets
Court Square
Defiance County Agricultural Society
Wood County Republican
Bleine and Logan Club
Gettysburg
Brunnersburg
Carl Schurz
Shirts
Defiance County Agricultural Soziey
Evangelical Lutheran
Indiana
Michigan
Clinker's Corners
J. Kibble’s
Tiffin Township
Buret
Secon
Democratic Party
Bethel
Uncle Rolly
Brooksville and Vicinity
Big County
William Ewing
Shick
Joseph Watter
J. F. Bower
C. A. Russell
John Peterson
D. E. Hoover
Olive Branch
William Strusaker
Kate Bauman
D. Sands
Church of Goi
New Berlin
Logan Pole
Tiffin
J. P. Cameron
Fom Jefferson
Andy Jackson
Everthing
L. L
Clinker Corners
Joseph Kibble
Chickamauga
Vincent Hammersmith
Bartel Garver
Squire Garver
Garver
Hammersmith
Farmer Center
Scotch Girl
Emma Thourd
John Norway
Clyde
Bert Howey
Henry Cary
Fred Richardson
Hirman Bowman
Leipic
Henry Z. Noble of
Sherman Yeagley
Alvin Creeser
James Bays
Ambrose Mavis
Emily Bowker
Portland, Ind
H.O. Weldon
Gee. Stinebaugh
Ottawa City
Kansas
Simon Waterstone
Ridgewater, U
Buerros
R. Pengelly & Co
Zoa-Phora
Yotrs
Farquhar Bros
Colby & Scot
House
Northwestern
the Star One Price Clothiers
Clinton and
Second Streets
Sheriff's
State OF Ohio, Defiance Co., Is
Common Pleas Court
Adams
Delaware
Farmer
Highland
MATIC
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Ween
Aera
North Richland
City of
Sherif
Efiance
de Ney Fe Ence
Krotz & Morse’s
Krotz & Morse
Wabash Road
Teedal
Harrows
Clinton St
Switzer & Kehnast
Putnam County
Monroe Township
J. J. Patterson
J of the
H. Heerdegan & CO
Krota & Morse
Messrs
C. I. Hoop & Co
C. Saantorn
Sectinadte St
Lowell
Mass
Hood
Messrs. Hood & Co
Siese
Pharma
Drageiete
Pee
Leal Mae
J. E. Searles
Searles
Ander
Thlophoros CO
Wall $St
Carroll & Co's
Second Street
Bank and Postoffice
L. M. Sigler
Crockery Store
China
G. W. Bechel
Colorado
New Mexico
United States
Bull Durham
U. & Revenue
Blackwell
Durham Tobacco Co
Dunsan
N.C
Cei
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