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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1879
Page
4
Henry W. Longfellow laments age in a reflective verse to Cambridge children. He recalls the Village Blacksmith’s Chestnut Tree in prime, its shade and blossoms, and a chair formed from its branches. The poem transforms loss of youth into enduring love and memory.
Agnes Holt marries Hugh Glendenning in a whirlwind romance, but his jealous terror and her cold withdrawal drive emotional distance. After Hugh vanishes at sea, years pass with widowhood and renewed love for her cousin George Dana, until a mysterious living likeness reappears and unsettles all belief.
The Hartford Courant exposes extensive professional horse theft networks in New England. It cites a protective ring, livery stables, and dealers aiding the trade, with Christopher Carter cited as a prolific example who stole ninety horses in 1878 and earned nearly $5,000 from sales. The piece notes covert rendezvous, private sales, and systematic masking of stolen gear to thwart identification.
Upper Peninsula reports a new vein of hematite ore in the Emmet Iron mine area about thirty seven miles west of Escanaba. The mine, owned by Judge E S Ingalls and partners Thomas and Bartley Breen, was opened last summer and only recently explored for additional minerals beyond iron.
Thomas Breen tested three ore samples in Chicago with assays showing the yellow ore $6.19 gold and $12.77 silver per ton, the brown ore $4.12 gold and $16.25 silver, and the blue ore $9.35 gold and $19.93 silver. The discovery unsettles locals who debate whether it will pay and seek richer veins in the area.
Readings from Reading Pennsylvania note that the much debated yellow fall before St Patrick’s Day was not sulphur but algae in the Protococcus genus. The tiny plants formed a paste like substance on snow and streets, burned with a match, and were studied by Dr. Traill Green and local scientists.
Instructions describe wax mixtures for hand work and machine use with equal parts pitch and resin plus tallow, boild and pulled to pale resin color. Formulas vary with proportions of resin pitch beeswax and tal low, noting beeswax reduces pitch coloring. Resin wax praised for wear and amber-like under magnification, tar or excess pitch causes discoloration and poor adhesion.
Michigan state health officials warn dairy and food storage vessels lined with tin may leach lead into milk and fruit juices. A simple test from the Boston Chemistry Journal detects lead by applying nitric acid then iodide, warning that cumulative exposure from small doses can cause serious harm.
The piece argues that Santo Domingo’s 1795 opening showed the Havana tomb to hold Columbus remains and that the 1877 Santo Domingo find did not contain them. Colmeiro’s evidence denies Santo Domingo as the true resting place and supports Havana as the authenticated tomb, tracing Columbus’s remains from Valladolid to Seville to Santo Domingo and finally Havana.
In Lewis Creek a scandal erupts around the death of Miss Laura Sullivan aged about twenty one. Doctors Pettigrew and Kennedy quarrel over care while the dying girl lay in the room. Miss Sullivan dies next morning amid community indignation and fear of further trouble or a suit against the physician involved.
A man walking with a kettle goat and chicken meets a fearful woman at a ravine. She fears being kissed, so he devises a plan but ends up kissing her after tying the goat and using the kettle to trap the chicken. Cheeks and broken plaids will be used for men’s spring clothes.
A collection of old time kitchen recipes and rural advice including Widow's Cake, Vanilla Patties, Egyptian Pudding, Stewed Cheese, and methods to utilize dry bread with meat. Also guidance on early pasturing, cellar sanitation, and orchard care emphasizing plowing, fertilizing, and pruning for sustained fruit production.
The article argues pruning should be cautious and steady, likening it to training a child. It warns that cutting leaves harms growth, recommends removing dead wood and diseased sections, and suggests thinning crowded shoots to improve sap flow and fruiting.
In a San Francisco basement, Prof. Theodore Griener weaves a garment of glass, using colored strands spun from glass and fused with heat. A Chronicle reporter witnessed him break a tumbler, heat it, and draw a nearly invisible thread that formed a delicate, luminous material for a lady's dress.
A San Francisco Chronicle note describes a large revolving wooden wheel of nine teen feet circumference producing fine colored threads washed with beet root sugar to toughen. Spinning lasts weeks and weaving on an old fashion loom proceeds slowly, with completion not expected until April. A Detroit Free Press item recounts an Illinois lawyer lowering a bill from twenty five dollars to three after a widow’s brother removed his coat.
Close confinement and factory work sap workers leaving pallid faces and poor health. Hop Bitters, described as a pure remedy, is urged to restore vitality through outdoor activity and sunshine. The ad claims quick relief, affordable price, and urges use for dozens of cases with abundant health and rosy cheeks.
A 1878 testimonial from Gowanpa New York claims Orange County Butter Powder improves butter quality by six percent and enhances flavor and color. The letter asserts the powder boosts yield in the first churn and saves time, urging others to use the product.
The article extols the American Insurance Company of Chicago as a reliable farm insurer with 50,000 policies, $912,763.62 in cash assets, and $502,386.13 cash surplus. It notes top premium receipts in Illinois Missouri and Indiana and emphasizes its focus on dwelling houses barns and farm property rather than large cities.
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