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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1886
Page
4
A tale unfolds with June recounting a haunting sequence begun at a roller skating night. She predicts danger to Alf Trevor via vivid dreams and drawings, leading to a Chicago inquiry and a Christmas reunion that ends with June engaged to Trevor while the narrator seeks a quieter fate.
A kindly woman offers wine to a tired tramp who enjoys corned beef and cabbage and recalls a past when he would have chosen death over such a pairing. A thoughtful boy muses on Solomon and wealth, while a woman remarks on biblical wealth and beds. The scene ends with a chivalrous moral: It is better to do something than to project many things.
The Ohio governor warns the General Assembly that state expenditures through next January exceed revenues by about one million dollars, needing to borrow up to 750000 and issue certificates of indebtedness. He calls for strict economy, tax reform, and broader taxation of utilities to raise funds and stabilize the treasury.
A compilation of obituaries and public notices includes the deaths of James W. Smith of Ashland and Dr. B S Lawson of Cincinnati. It also reports temperance revival in Tiffin, the Dayton streetcar strike settlement, a quarry strike compromise, a Mansfield assignment, and a fatality from a Fremont farmer. The piece covers Arbor Day proclamation by Governor Foraker and the 1855 Chief Mine Inspector report detailing coal output, employment, regional gains and losses, and accident statistics.
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