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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1878
Page
4
In a fragmentary verse exchange from Mary Ainger De Vere published in Scribner's for April, a speaker pleads for a flower while conceding their humble status. The dialogue alternates between coy refusals and earnest offerings as imagery of buds and blossoms underscores unrequited affection.
In this Harper's Weekly tale, John Trueax a misogynist bachelor contends with his sister Winnie over a baby show. Daisy Mulgrove, formerly Red Riding Hood, seeks help for herself and her child, while John is drawn toward care and love from Daisy and Winnie as a Valentine promise unfolds.
An essay extols the phonograph as a new device able to capture speech on metal and reproduce it later, envisioning home music and lectures, church services, and family memories preserved for generations, with vivid bets on its impact.
A Cleveland correspondent reports a Lieber letter recounting Laboulaye’s tale heard in class. Jefferson and Washington debate bicameralism at tea, Washington claiming the saucer cools the tea to make a wiser law, illustrating dual houses' balance.
Boston Advertiser Rome correspondent describes entering the papal chambers and viewing Pope Pius IX in death. Priests recite prayers as guards stand with swords crepe-draped. The pope lies in white wool robe, red damask cover, camauro and ermined hood with hands folded over a crucifix. A Protestant observer presses laurel leaves to the feet and reflects on the pope's serene expression.
Grant travels in Greece boarded by three ironclads at Piraeus. Athenian statesmen greet him with an address. his son Jesse is urged to respond in Greek, but resists, sparking a humorous exchange. Also mentions Dr Bull's Baby Syrup claims and a New Orleans Picayune note on a pig calculating by square root.
The page compiles kitchen recipes for sponge cake ginger nuts lemon pie and potato dishes, plus tips on boots waterproofing and feeding the land. It also shares a farmer's peppermint rat deterrent and explains subsoiling to improve soil drainage and crop yield.
A physician argues rest is essential and often harder to obtain than food. Sound sleep boosts health and efficiency, calms irritability, restores vigor, and eases headaches and sorrow. Advice includes a good bed, exercise, air, cool room, clear conscience, and avoiding stimulants.
The Boston method favors large Boston market celery with six to eight foot row spacing and narrow intra-row spacing. Seed sowing can be outdoor in April or early indoors in a hot-bed, with careful thinning, transplanting, and late earth up. Soil must be rich, moist, or deep and well manured, and moisture management is crucial. harvest timing ranges from July to autumn, with market sizing and price differences noted between New York and Boston offerings.
The article explains celery banking and harvesting methods detailing rows plowed between which workers bank earth up around the plants. Two men shift soil while a third gathers leaves and holds them tight for support. After several bankings the celery is ready for market, with sales starting in September and the field cleared by November 20.
Paris Le Sport touts an artificial baby to ease rail travel discomfort. An India rubber prop with a valve in its stomach, wrapped in thick clothes, mimics a crying infant to drive off troublesome neighbors. The device allegedly lets a traveler gain full carriage privacy at stations and later seats.
A political smear campaign during Dr. R. V. Pierce's State Senate run is criticized for publishing fake analyses of his medicines to sway voters. Despite attacks, Pierce wins by a large majority. rivals publish inconsistent formulas to attack integrity. The text extols ALLEN's Lung Balsam as a reliable consumption remedy endorsed by physicians.
An 1871 note credits Dooleys Yeast Powder for light wholesome bread and discusses a carpenter who, after reading American Builder, built a thriving business with twenty workers. The piece ends by urging Poultry World Chromes and Hartford based publications as practical monthly resources for fowl-raisers.
Advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for teething pains in children. It claims to cure wind colic regulate bowels and provide relief and rest for mothers.
Advertisements claim Graefenberg Catholicon permanently cures female ailments and offers Almanac details. Sold by druggists with a call to request the almanac. Also promotes Electric Belts with free particulars from Pulvermacher Galvanic Co. in Cincinnati Ohio.
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