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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
8
A long reader letter praises the Hicksville fair, urging farmers to attend and compare results to improve practices. It commends the fair’s educational character, fairness, prompt premiums, and health value, and urges community support for a Sept 12–15, 1899 event with hopes for 10,000 attendees.
Rev D S Oakes left for Waterloo Ind to lead a quarterly meeting. D Frank Kuhn returns from Fremont. Ed Neaderhauser reports Royal Lerol canvass in Erie and Niagara Falls trip. Presiding Elder Oakes preached edifying sermons at Salem. Attendees included Moon family Fullmer Kuhn Romine Geilinger Harmon Myers and Hanna. Miss Anna Kammeyer owns a Crescent bicycle. Teemple gave a temperance lecture at Dickman’s grave and Jewell U B church. Mary Neaderhauser birthday Aug 18 with a ring from siblings.
Public notice advertising general banking services including safety deposit vaults, rentable boxes, tour accounts, interest on deposits, and foreign exchange bought and sold. Char. J Daoust serves as cashier.
George Karnes is the father of an eleven pound boy born last week. A grocery store, formerly owned by Mrs Kinner of E O Morris, was moved to the former corner site Friday of last week. David Grant thr Res expected: threshed 715 bushels of oats for Jake Breakly in under four hours.
The County Amary directors held regular sessions on Monday and Tuesday. Visitors included Hattie Wolf of Pleasant Bend Fannie E Dunlap of Hamilton Mo Mrs Nathaniel McFeter of Moats and several others who toured the infirmary Wednesday. A Friday special meeting followed with additional attendees.
Mollie Brancher visits New Haven. Mr and Mrs A J Minsel drive to Delphos for an old friend’s funeral. Mrs Morgan Rose ill with measles and pleurisy. Mary Young returns from Upland with sister Beiderwell and Ronald. Geo Hammond family and Corwin visit Wesley Smiths. Earl Mingel visiting parents. I Braucher and Philip Young attend Louis Richards funeral in Napoleon. Mrs Jacob Young poorly. Dick Hughes, now in Michigan, visits old friends. Oscar Dils and Homer go to Napoleon. Harvey Spangler visits his grandfather.
Ed Turritin visiting for hay. Wm Nell lost a work horse in Adams township while hauling gravel. Local folks visit Butler and Archibald. many ride, trip, or attend picnics. Ney canning factory to begin, 113 acres tomatoes for processing. commissioners and residents plan church, school, and home improvements. Regulars include Ben Crago family, Kerns candidacy, and town sidewalk work.
John Motto of dropsy, aged 69, died at his home near Pleasant Bend. Funeral from the Catholic church and burial at North Creek cemetery. Mr Motto suffered greatly during his illness. Various local social visits and family greetings follow, including gatherings for birthdays and attendances at events in nearby towns. Numerous notices of travel, calls, and visits among residents round out the column.
Sunday school workers gather for a Sept 2 1898 program beginning at 10 oclock with America and closing with God be with you till we meet again. Songs and reports from each school run two hours noon. afternoon speeches and a hearty invitation to all. Bring filled baskets and be prompt. ED PARTEE township president invites all Sunday school workers to attend.
A historical market listing shows varied prices for apples dried potatoes beans pickle pork and cheese. Poultry and meat corrections list prices paid by J. H. Baker and H. P. Miller with ranges for calves dressed and veal. Flour and mill feed quotes include Graham flour bolted meal and bran per hundredweight and cwt. Hay and straw prices cover bulk and baled forms with ear corn per hundred pounds. Salt and dairy sack pricing appears with lump rock per cwt and New York shipment terms.
An advertisement letter from A Greaser, a corner North Clinton and High streets house mover, describes relief from kidney pain after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The notice urges readers to try the product, listing Doan's Kidney Pills as a reputable remedy sold by legal dealers for 50 cents a box, with FosterMilburn Co of Buffalo as agents.
Advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for malaria chills and fever is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. It is marketed as preferred by both children and adults over bitter tonics. Price listed as 50 cents.
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