This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1878
Page
4
A whimsical verse describes a bee’s view of summer, sweetness, and a fleeting life. The insect sings of staying to enjoy beauty and rest, then choosing to fly away as flowers bloom and nature rests. The piece echoes a poet’s cadence and celebrates seasonal change.
A farmer named Robert Braith confronts the social gap between him and Helen Hunt, the woman he loves. Helen returns to the countryside and admits she would give up her social world to be with him. After emotional trials and surrounding obstacles, they declare their love as a bright sun returns.
C. C. Fulton notes during a five thousand mile European journey that women dominate field work from France to Austria and Germany. They plow, hoe, and harvest with primitive tools, while few labor-saving machines appear aside from a single threshing car in Austria. He observes vines on the Rhine tended mainly by women and speculates men may frequent beer gardens.
A local gardener notes a familiar bee avoiding disturbance and calmly settling on flowers. The informal observation highlights steady behavior and suggests mindful interaction with urban pollinators.
A hardened policeman stands on the beat while a man flatters with grand praise of courage. The man tests the officer’s nerve and asks for two dollars, exposing a street theater of bravado and the myth of law’s guardians.
A Canal Street woman, accompanied by her daughter, surrendered at police headquarters claiming she murdered her two children. The story, deemed a hallucination by Chief Maloy, led to her detention at the Second Precinct pending relatives' contact. The Albany Journal notes possible starvation as the cause.
Abby Hadassa Smith of Glastonbury Connecticut dies at eighty one after long illness begun June first. The Hartford Post notes she was intelligent and garden minded, not a linguist like sister Julia, and helped her sister in many ways. The Smith family long lived on the Glastonbury farm established by their father a Yale graduate and former clergyman who later turned to law.
The article recalls Abby and Julia Smith as familiar advocates in suffrage debates. Abby is noted for resisting taxes on representation grounds, a stance admired by friends. Since the others’ deaths they have lived at the old homestead with support from tenant Mr Kellogg.
A Courant correspondent notes a 1839 discovery when an American whaler found a Japanese junk near the Sandwich Islands with dead crew. Coins seized in Honolulu by Capt John H Spring later reached New York and Philadelphia, marking the first Japanese money seen in the United States.
A US consular report details widespread low wages in German districts. Agricultural pay ranges from 56 to 18 cents daily, with city crafts earning up to 75 cents, factory women 2.15, and children 1 a week. Living costs have risen 50 percent over 13 years, yet few families can live on $275 yearly. Trade, especially factories, runs at a loss. retail trade shows limited prosperity.
Russian hunters lure bears with honey to hollow bee tree hives. A pendulum of weight swings from a peg above the hive, delivering repeated blows to the bear as it disrupts and tires the animal. After prolonged abuse the bear collapses, and hunters finish the job.
The author warns that bush-scythes will prove most effective against roadside and pasture weeds from mid June to early August. Fences may block access, but the timing matters as plants recover from cutting and store vigor for next spring. Attacking between hay and grass increases victory chances.
A large rat sprang from under a porch to seize a young robin in front of John A. Fidler's shoe store in Womsisdorf. The rat fled to its hole after a hard battle with the robin's mother perched on a tree nearby.
Rows of quips and snippets cover fashion notes, jokes, and oddities. Items mention Oswego clerk’s sudden death, Vanderbilt’s medium visit, and a Rhode Island battle anniversary slated for Aug. 29, with gossipy asides on fashion, poetry, and social quirks from Boston Post and Detroit Free Press.
The West uses newspapers in classrooms to teach reading and current events, arguing it builds accuracy, fluency, and interest in national affairs. It notes graduates often lack U.S. history knowledge and suggests using newspapers with explanations to inform students about contemporary issues and diplomacy.
The article outlines several voice types from light surface talk to deep stern tones, and how each reflects inner traits. It emphasizes that tone betrays truth about strength, deception, affection, or resolve, and cannot be faked without notice.
The August Phrenological Journal cites habit as the key to strength and rest. Prof. Valentini challenges the Aztec Calendar Stone meaning, arguing it is a human sacrifice altar with a non astronomical date of AD 1478 and a separate epoch starting in 231, aligning with Mexican and monk records.
A New Haven lawsuit notes a long unpaid wages claim from 1859 to 1876. A committee tabulated carpenters’ wages over the period, showing gradual increases from 8.75 to 2.50 per day and concluding the figures likely reflect wages in many New England towns and New Haven’s industrial center status.
The New Haven Palladium reports a resident found a four inch worm like creature with eight legs, a checkered body, a turtle head, one eye atop its head, and a hissing response. On fire it frothed and extended before dying. The article notes England uses telephone tech in mines and by submariners to reach surface.
The careful housewife is urged to cleanse the household and its inmates with Hop Bitters, claimed as the purest medicine for spring malaria and miasma. The piece emphasizes purifying the blood and regulating digestion as key to health.
Advertises Absolutely Pure Doorey's Yeast Powder made from pure grape cream tartar as a pure wholesome baking powder with full weight sizes and dealer guarantees. Also promotes Wilhelock, Finlay and Co. Fever and Ague Tonic claimed safe and curative for malaria related symptoms with no poison or mercury, sold by druggists.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.