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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1886
Page
8
Sunday reading notes open library access and reflect on Bunyan in prison. Poem contrasts rail flute in cell with spiritual trials and hope, ending with Providence as woven needlework forming a larger truth. The piece cites Flavel on Providence as a composed history from scattered parts.
A sermon argues against secularizing Sunday through recreation and urges churches to use Sunday for education and public lectures. The speaker calls for open church doors to educate workers, guiding thought toward noble living and worship.
The speaker praises John Wesley and Whitefield for their tireless religious work and urges church members to devote eight hours daily to God. He mocks educated fools who ignore temperance and laments alcohol abuse, ending with the warning to pair knowledge with temperance.
A preacher warns against cruelty to wives, urging temperance and patience. He condemns husbands who mock or abuse their spouses, notes women letters about kindness, and urges men to treat their wives with care rather than bravado in public versus home behavior.
A suburban resident, long blind from cataracts, marries a devoted German caregiver who cared for his wife and two children after her death. After successful surgery, he sees again and is joyfully reunited with his wife and children as a friend leads in the now-recognizable family.
The piece recalls a shy 15 year old George Washington in love with a "low land beauty" possibly Mass Grimes who later became the mother of a revolutionary soldier. The note suggests his fame may have sharpened his resolve and discipline as a young man. Horace E. Scudder references St. Nicholas.
Maj Ben Perley Poore recounts a wedding day affair where his bride's sister and both brothers were wed in a single day, leaving the father in law's home depopulated. Poore recalls confusion at the ceremony and a fear of marrying the wrong woman while standing over a floor register.
The oyster industry in Maryland last season employed 40,712 people and took 9,000,000 bushels from the waters. The aggregate value of the harvest reached $2,250,000.
Dr Searcy argues success hinges on a vigorous brain and nervous system. A balanced brain, ability to learn verify conclusions and execute plans with persistence defines true competence over mere erudition. Education enhances natural gifts, with common sense and adaptability key to lasting achievement.
The United States government is described as the greatest printer and publisher globally. Annually it issues roughly 2,500,000 publications, with about 600,000 bound volumes among them.
Dr. Forster reports that even after thorough washing with soap and water and rinsing with carbolic acid and disinfectants, hands remain so impure that touching sterilized gelatine allows micro–organisms to develop.
When visiting or leaving New York City travelers are urged to save baggage and expressage, pay $3 carriage hire, and stay at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. The hotel offers 613 rooms, costs about one million dollars to fit up, rents at $1 and per day, with European law, elevator, and a restaurant. It touts proximity to t. Harge cars stages and elevated rail depots, claiming families can live better for less money than at any other first-class city hotel.
A polite traveler asks about a check at a hotel desk but the clerk refuses checks and demands cash. The man insists the check is valid and leaves a cloak-room ticket on the counter, prompting a startled reaction from the clerk.
An early advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as far more than a mere tonic. It claims the medicine reformes enfeebled stomachs bowels and liver purifies digestive juices and restores appetite while aiding fever age poverty of blood debility rheumatic ailments and kidney and bladder troubles through its restorative action.
A foreign journal notes the New Yorker’s pleasure in hosting distinguished visitors. A portly, well-dressed host sits among brand new silver and glass, enjoying a splendid table setting, fine viands, flowers, and the hostess’s gracious smiles that invite conversation.
The text advertises Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female complaints and back pain, with claims of restoring health. It mentionsBuckingham’s Dye for the whiskers and Dr Jones’ Red Clover Tonic as vegetable remedies for stomach, kidney, and liver troubles, priced at 50 cents.
Rev S H Troyer of New Albany recounts a dramatic recovery from rheumatic fever after using Athlophoros. He suffered months of pain before rapid relief and eventual full health by December 1884. Other endorsements follow from Rev William Cool of Denver Ind and local photographer J A Wilson.
An 19th century catalog of health testimonials touts remedies like Walker’s Vinegar Bitters and Dr Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs. It lampoons medical confidence, needles jokes about dentists in lotteries, and weighs cures against weak warnings. The text also jumbles dialect riffs and ad blurbs for quack products and patent remedies.
Public notice-like prose urges reading warning signs of consumption and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya as the cures and tonics. Mentions night sweats blood spitting loss of appetite and general debility as symptoms and cites druggists selling the remedies.
An 19th century promotional notice urges dealers to source Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup from wholesale druggists with a one dozen bottle offer and two free bottles. It promises the remedy aids coughs colds asthma catarrh consumption and includes a postal pitch with a free map of the Holy Land. It also advertises Perry Davis Pain Killer as a trusted family remedy available from all druggists.
An old advertisement touts Rough on Itch cures for skin humors eruptions ring worm tetter salt rheum frosted feet chilblains itch ivy poison and barber's itch in 50 cent jars. It also claims Rough on Catarah neutralizes offensive odors and offers a complete cure for chronic cases and serves as a gargle for diphtheria sore throat and foul breath.
E. W. Fairman of Dayton Indiana endorses Allen's G BansaM for Piles promising relief from itching bleeding and pain. The nostrum is sold by druggists in 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles and marketed as more effective than rival lung remedies.
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