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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1887
Page
3
A poem reflecting on aging and the moment of seeing first gray hair. It contrasts youth’s brightness with aging quietly advancing, noting how dawns, seasons, and milestones signal life’s passage and the inevitability of growing old. The imagery centers on hair, time, and acceptance.
The tale follows Harry Somers and Hettie Wheeler, devoted lovers awaiting Harry's promotion to foreman at a furniture factory to wed. Harry earns $10 weekly now, with a $20 foreman salary hoped soon. Mrs Wheeler and Hettie welcome Frank Newton, a wealthy New York cousin, who reads Hettie’s stories and questions the couple’s plans.
Mr Newton visits Mrs Wheeler and Harry Somers in the county town. He offers $25 weekly for a short story and mentors Harry toward literary fame while advising a four to five month wait before marriage. Hettie shows joy as plans shift toward a double wedding with Kate and Frank Newton.
In a late celebration two months after, merry bells announced a double wedding deemed the village's grandest social event. Harry Somers, now a celebrated writer, recalls Hettie placing his first clipping in her scrap-book, a moment praised in the Chicago Ledger.
The diary excerpts unfold two women aboard a ship, Miss Millicent Melrose and a unnamed bride, detailing broken toilet sets, scornful remarks, and threats of divorce. Millicent notes Willie’s infidelity and gambling, while the other diaries warn of coercive flirtations and danger at sea.
A farmer recounts a morning scene at his stable where a large rat attacked a snake near the crib. The rat bit the snake’s tail after a tense exchange and the reptile retreated, while the rat sniffed the weeds for the vanished foe. The event is reported by the Lafayette Messenger. Our Children s Confidence warns mothers about damaging a child s trust by dismissing their pains and secrets. London Zoological Society notes 2609 animals in 1886 with a mix of species. cockroaches are blamed as morning head aches by Picayune.
John Walter M. P. eldest son of the late John Walter of Bearwood is slated for a peerage in recognition of Unionist services in Parliament and the country. Born 1818, educated at Eton and Exeter College, he served Nottingham and Berks constituencies, and helped advance the newspaper press with his family legacy and steam-powered journalism.
A satirical portrait follows a vain man in Garden City as he toils over clothes and cosmetics. He laments aging, mocks fashion rituals, dupes himself with disguises, spends on meals and drinks, then collapses into a penniless night of leftovers and fatigue, marking progress for another day.
A playful note laments the absence of an IJvish restaurant amid New Yorks mix of Italian French and various cuisines. The writer, Kinderhook lough Nots, suggests a great thinker should explain why this linguistic twist signals something meaningful about American culinary culture.
A brief, humorous exchange between a mother and child at tea about responsibility and self-help. Jack, seven, claims he helped himself to three tarts, earning the line that “the Lord helps those who see themselves.” The father’s remark is cited as context for the quip in this teacenter scene.
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