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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1886
Page
6
A dialect lyric recalling spring comfort and rural life with song about sun, mockinbird, plows, and a happy rooster. The piece blends religious refrain with imagery of farming, birds, and seasonal renewal. It reflects folk tone and regional character from an Arkansas setting.
In a family where Aunt Teresa longs for an India shawl from Uncle Reuben who never travels to India, a mistaken gift sparks rumors and grand plans. Hugh Nobles arrives, Anna wins his attention, and a misaddressed shawl leads to an early courtship and an engagement, with Aunt Teresa still wearing the shawl.
A condensed reminiscence recounts the 1860 Lincoln Douglas debates in Illinois with the early role of Robert Hitt as Lincoln's shorthand reporter. It notes the Ottawa and Freeport meetings, Hitt's delay and arrival, and his subsequent public service roles in Washington. The piece also touches on the Washington National Monument saga and Daniel Webster's market visits and teapot keepsake.
Dr James E King relays a bloody 19th century Memphis incident where a bid between a banker and a rival ends in murder over a slave girl. The tale sits beside notes on fragile beauty and curious flower facts, including polar flowers, perfumeless Florida roses, and plants with surprising lifting power. The piece blends sensational anecdote with natural history commentary.
The article paints Vera Cruz as shaded by noble plantations and snug villas where decay masks inner luxury. It notes cool evenings pulse with music, picnics, and lively crowds. Beautiful Mexican women, raised under Catholic culture, move with marble like grace and a Castilian noblesse air.
A cartoonish exchange mocks a Long Island burglary attempt where a bald burglar is teased by a barber over a tonic. The second quip notes a postal card suitor facing disillusion in love, echoing sly urban humor from two papers.
A San Francisco Chronicle writer mocks the idea that fog horns drive crime and drunkenness. The piece uses humor to argue that fog horns merely influence mood and sound, including a sly tale of a lawyer who finds the fog horn a curious musical conductor.
A collection of humorous snippets about domestic life and public scenes. It cites a quarrel over cook Matilda Snowball with Col Yerger, and a biting remark about men lacking hooks at home, featuring lines from Teras Siftings and Fall River Advance.
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