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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1886
Page
7
A religious brief emphasizes cultivating Christian character through George Macdonald quotes and encouragement for children to sing praises. It notes the impact of songs and poetry on shaping virtue and piety, warning against unsuitable secular tunes while praising sacred music for youth.
An aged preacher on his couch awaits the messenger to cross the river. Surrounded by his children and brethren he murmurs a final benediction as he nears death. He quotes Jesus about mansions in his Father’s house and passes in quiet reverence with family and mourners bearing witness.
A discussion on how seeds and rotifers endure dormancy, reviving with water. The piece traces fundamental life connections from vegetable atoms to animal life, noting the permanence of vital principles across dormancy and decay as humanity ages.
The passage argues that all material things transform rather than end, and that God will, after bodily dissolution, adapt the rational creature to a higher state. It links bodily death to future soul fulfillment, urging steadfast virtue and hope in eternal love through biblical imagery and apostolic analogy.
A Dakota traveler buys a gentle horse for 175 dollars after a hard selling tale by a wounded, cyclone-struck farm owner. The owner explains his injuries from the horse’s kicks and advises his son to take pride in a fair price, despite heartbreak over his wife’s buggy boss.
The passage asserts that truth becomes accessible only through repeated practice. It emphasizes disciplined effort to form honest speech and reliable expression, urging continual exercise to align words with reality.
Mixx sells in Key West Fla at 20 cents a quart. The note implies lenders focus on commerce, reflecting price and market activity in the local economy.
The article traces the development of wood pulp from mechanical Welter processing to chemical soda and sulphite methods. It notes wood pulp expands use, improves newspaper ink absorption, and enables higher grade papers, with details on fiber sources, costs, and the role of clay and rag stock.
In New York area studies Prof. P. D. Penhallow finds water content in woody plants shifts with growth conditions. Water peaks late spring to early summer, declines in January, highest in sap wood, lowest in older wood, and increases with rapid growth.
In New York City remarks tout a Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot offering 613 rooms furnished at a vast daily cost, with European law elevator service and restaurant. Advocates claim families can live better for real money at this first class hotel than any other in the city.
A Washington correspondent describes a woman who arrives before dawn at a fashionable hotel to breakfast on a penny newspaper coffee and Vienna roll, then travels by 3 cent car to the Capitol. She chats with senators, collects gossip, and pays in coins, dining at multiple houses before returning to her dingy room by o clock.
The Pneumatic Clock system, shown in the Austrian section, sends exact time to all city clocks via air pressure from Vienna's Imperial Observatory. Paris plans a public trial through Societe des Horloges to test this simple, reliable mechanism that synchronizes clocks across distances.
Malaria can thrive at unexpected heights across regions. The Andes and Himalayas harbor malaria at elevations over 1 100 feet, with higher peaks like the Alps and Cordilleras showing similar risks. In Italy and California malaria zones stretch from several hundred to thousands of feet, and ravines can carry transmission upward beyond established heights.
European military circles study balloons as war adjuncts and potential peaceful transport. English writers note France’s steerage experiments foreshadowing balloon passenger service between England and the Continent, likening its impact to the telephone’s rapid acceptance.
A jumble of character labels and clothing hints a conversational piece on outfits for a range of archetypes. It weaves in a dialogue style with a brief aside on beauty temperance and ruin, then shifts to a short Irish anecdote about illness and pride before touting Dr Pierce's Little Liver Pills as a remedy for bilious discomfort.
This tonic claims to free the system from impurities and soothe the intestinal canal, relieving constipation and reducing the need for violent purgatives. It also purports to strengthen the stomach, liver, and urinary organs and energize fibers and nerves with botanic ingredients suitable for household use.
A burglar discovers a huge money stash in a Lakota town home and asks the owner if he is a capitalist. The owner, a Territorial Legislature member, apologizes and the burglar withdraws, saying they never steal from his profession. A second note references Beill and Scott’s Discovery of Witchcraft.
An advertising fragment touts Perry Davis Pain Killer for Cholera Morbus Diarrhea and Summer Complaints urging readers to stock it. It mocks lawyers and praises Ayer products while noting general bits of aphorisms and testimonials about health cures and business bravado.
The advertisement touts Well's Health Renewer as restoring health and vigor. It claims to cure dyspepsia malaria impotence nervous debility and wasting diseases and states it has cured thousands and will cure you.
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