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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1878
Page
4
A fragmented verse recalls a spirited child who wanders and cheers himself, then shifts to haunting lines about death and loss. The speaker laments a child’s absence, reflecting on faith and the idea that even beloved youngsters may die, leaving footprints in the snow.
In a Christmas Eve tale set during the American Revolution Walter Tyrrell vows to join Washington’s ranks after a secret farewell with Marian Bradford. Jealous Dalzell betrays them, Tyrrell is captured, then rescued at Trenton, while Dalzell is executed as a traitor as Marian and Walter wed and prosper.
Edison and partners demonstrated spoken words transmission via carbon telephone in a test between Philadelphia and New York, using a direct line with minimal interference. The trial featured Edison, President Orton, Mr. Batchelor, Mr. Merrihew, and G. M. Phelps, highlighting carbon telephone as capable of clear speech over long distance.
The Times criticizes faith in savings banks as safe and argues depositors trust in titles, not people. It questions the Sixpenny Savings Bank and William Miles, noting many officers were unknown to the public and that banks often collapse or flee with assets.
The article advises annual WELILs cleaning and annual cistern cleaning. It prescribes placing collected waste barrels away from houses, digging garden pits for kitchen refuse, and daily or biweekly replacement pits to control odors. It warns to search for odor sources like a burglar and recommends planting creeping vines to deter pests while preserving sunlight.
A dramatic scene unfolds with a speaker denouncing a rival, while a boiler explosion kills a man who stood, and another escapes unscathed. Observers note the rival's calm, calculating demeanor and claim he holds vast resources and potential greatness if moral instincts catch up.
The Earl of Leitrim, his clerk, and driver were shot near Manor Vaughan County Derry while en route to Milford. The killing is viewed as agrarian with suspects fleeing by boat. two men were later arrested on a steamer and four more detained, with McTaggart released for lack of evidence.
The excerpt cites Nicholson's uar of Zoology noting armadillos without armor bands cannot roll up. It claims a nine foot long sabek to tail length and asks if a gigantic land varmint, a living armadillo, might exist today per the New York Sun.
The San Francisco Call recounts Mark Twain once working as a local reporter alongside Frank W. Gross and others. Twain ineffectively sought stories, joked about walking a mile to see a fight, and was finally deemed out of his element, yet later became rich and famous.
A Cairo Bulletin excerpt recalls a dawn execution outside a Paris prison where soldiers assembled the guillotine, the condemned man was led to the carriage, the blade fell, and in ten minutes all signs of the act were gone with no blood on the pavement. Also includes an ad for Dr Bull's Baby Syrup and a quip about a New York loan by a man to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Peculiar people are urged to try Dr. Pierce’s Gulden Medical Discovery for chronic ailments and the Pleasant Purgative Pellets for quick relief. Old maids, catarrh sufferers, and women with painful diseases are urged to use Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The ad promotes health-seeking behavior through various tonics, with a pitch for The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and Hartford’s Hartford County publication.
The advertisement touts Doolecy's Yeast Powder as standard goods with full weight and strength. It claims the product is the cheapest in the market and that equal purchases yield more flour rise and better results than any other baking powder.
Practical tips on growing small fruits and using them in recipes. Includes storing horseradish, making cooked icing, bone fertilizing notes, gingerbread, buns, an Imperial Cake recipe, horse hoof care, pig care with buttermilk, and a apple pudding method. Emphasizes self-sufficiency and pantry science drawn from domestic sources.
A practical note on growing peas as a reliable crop, soil preferences, sowing methods, and yield expectations. It covers drilling versus broadcast sowing, impact of soil type, and timing to resist pests. Also includes a reader anecdote about a self devised remedy for a sow’s piles.
The Arizona Enterprise notes high demand for servant girls in Prescott with pay at least twenty five dollars monthly in good families. It suggests shipping workers from crowded cities to Arizona and reports a rough ratio of one woman to four men in the territory. The Collins Brothers of Philadelphia seek to hire negros for a Brazilian railroad project but a new permit from Dom Pedro allows landing. George Manter of Farmington Missouri is sued by his sister in law for breach of promise claiming he promised marriage after his wife’s death.
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