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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1887
Page
5
Jor Crowe named as representative candidate for Defiance and Paulding counties in a local election notice. The filing lists party affiliation and ballot line details with no further contest information available.
The Defiance timber men have spent many thousands to back development in Paulding county as the Tue Democrat notes Geyer will stand by his past record. The question remains whether that record is Republican or Democratic.
The Express endorses Crowe, despite a Democrat saying the party must swallow crow. TheQuote notes Geyer shifted from Republican and the bosses insist on the endorsement while a snappy aside requests pickles.
A partisan jab notes Crowe never was a Democrat and mocks an avowed Republican paper for backing a man trying to pose as a Democrat. The remark emphasizes the clash between declared party labels and perceived political alignment.
The piece accuses Powell of trying to run his campaign through fraud and forgery, claims he has cut ties with Chairman Dungan and the Democratic Executive Committee, and notes that Crowe and Geyer are not true Democrats. It criticizes the paper for endorsing a self described Democrat.
The Cleveland Leader notes the Defiance Democrat’s boast to publish Governor Foraker’s April taxation message, but explains the Legislature had adjourned in March so no such message could have been sent, labeling the defiance as a bluff.
The Saylor & Son hoop factory idle two weeks due to water scarcity. They deem hauling river water costly and note a dam would have saved money. They plan a well and aim to resume next Monday. Local debate shows two sides to canal questions affecting Antwerp businesses.
A decision from the United States Court at Boston sustains the Bell Telephone Company demurrer against the government suit and dismisses the case. A Melrose in Paulding county held a band tournament and festival last Saturday with a straw poll for two legislative seats. Crowe leads Geyer 273 to 67. Hurrah for Crowe. The Democratic Executive Committee should place a forged tax message’s marks on a forged edition to distinguish it from the genuine.
The Toledo Bee lauds unity and activity among Democratic groups across northwestern Ohio. It notes strong local organization and full Democratic turnout while implying Defiance and Paulding counties are overlooked and questions a local contest over the canal amid alleged misrepresentation by Elmer White.
The passage argues that Secretary Fairchild should not inflate the currency further. It warns that expanding money supply would boost speculators and raise prices for stocks and commodities, risking a final collapse. It urges targeting relief to merchants and manufacturers, not bond holders, to avoid a further credit squeeze.
Since the last report the following couples received marriage licenses John W Gilbert with Mary Sawyer James I Greer with Mary C Walters Cyrus E Rodgers with Florence A Ried Warren D Hough with Kinnie Goller Hamby R Miley with Lale E M Brubaker Bennett Friedman with Flora Whiteford Henry Telschow with Lydia Grube Charles H Fetters with Annie Sphar A column recalls a buggy accident near the B and O railroad and urges youths to seek steady, industrious work rather than idle play.
A historical Republican era set of editorials trace Rep. Geyer's effort to abolish the Paulding reservoir and Wabash canal, detailing votes, committee findings, and public reaction in Antwerp and Toledo. The series notes Canal supporters versus opponents, with a final Senate defeat and ongoing maneuvering.
The B and O R B Co offers round trip tickets to major western regions at record low rates with stopover privileges west of Chicago and St Louis. Includes sleeping cars on through trains. inquiries via agents or Division Passenger Agent W E Reppert Columbus Ohio. Diep Eliza Doll Brown funeral details list birth in 1820, migrations, marriage, and death in 1887 with a Wednesday service conducted by Rev. W W Lance.
Colby and Scott advertise their booming trade from giving customers free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. They claim it cures coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and lung diseases and offer a free trial bottle with a large size priced at $1 and warranted.
Mrs Winston's Sporaine Syrup prescribed by a leading nurse and physician in the United States has been used for forty years by millions of mothers. It relieves teething pain and treats dysentery diarrhoea griping wind colic. It rests the mother by giving health to the child. Price 25c per bottle. No. 52-1-y.
Druggists from Indiana and Ohio testify Electric Bitters cure long standing rheumatism and liver kidney blood issues. They praise the remedy as the best selling medicine in decades of experience. Available at Colby Scott's Drug Store for fifty cents a bottle.
In Pernam dina Nassau County Florida on March 29 1880 a reader reports using Dr Simmons Liver Regulator and finds the product ineffective and fraudulent claiming it is not genuine and urging sent from Zellin & Co with red Z and signature to ensure genuine product, warning of danger from counterfeit medicine.
An advertisement claims Golden Specific can be added to coffee or tea without a drinker’s knowledge and permanently end the liquor habit. It asserts the remedy works for moderate drinkers or alcoholics and urges readers to write to the firm in Cincinnati for details.
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