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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1883
Page
2
A nostalgic verse contrasts the bright old cottage clock with fading memories. The clock’s chime and steady tick symbolize friendship and daily life, while dawn and graveyard imagery hint at loss and the hope of a heavenly morning.
In a spring morning scene at Hollyford House, Maurice Calthorpe meets Miss Cuthbert, an heiress with a measured mind, while his father plots to arrange a match. Maurice recalls Lucy from Camberwell as Miss Cuthbert echoes a distant memory. A letter by Miss Cuthbert reveals hurtful truth about a past romance and hints at complex affection.
A collage of society glimpses and personal notes including tea at a Maryland house with Miss Rich Mr Poore and Mr Night and Miss Day. bequests to Rev Albert Nash from Mary Freeman. a Kentucky judge's widow found destitute in Louisville. remarks on Madame Nilsson's stage persona. Vanderbilt ball speculation. a Alameda luncheon of thirteen ladies averaging 73. Dr Frances Nye's name origin. Stickney a Stark descendant dies at 80. Taft in Vienna learns German and Sargent in Berlin with a translation from a literary friend.
A collection of brief quips and anecdotes from New Orleans to Philadelphia and beyond. Notes on diamonds and gems, humorous exchanges at a dry goods store, a Kentucky cow with many uses, a near-fatal pistol incident in Callan, Mexico, and a humorous mishearing at an Irish church service. Includes Ye Olde oddities and a Paris art mislabeling anecdote from a Chicago Times item.
In St Nicholas E J Wheeler recalls a boy named Bob who builds a remarkable bicycle. He polishes gears and springs, enthralls neighbors, and races through town. A spectacular crash ends the stunt, and the schoolmaster quips that the bicycle is broken into many pieces.
The Wide Awake audience hears John Spicer lecture on food with playful anecdotes about toast, jelly pie, custard, and Johnny-cake. He uses simple tales of greedy and generous children to illustrate eating habits, sharing, and the journey of meals from farmers to grocers.
A London audience hears Dr. Erlenmeyer argue ancient Hebrews favored left handedness due to physiological dexterity. He cites Old Testament writing practices and biblical figures like Jacob and Job, suggesting Semitic scribes wrote right to left because their left hand was dominant. The piece invites Anglo-Israelites to test left-handedness in English writers.
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