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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1883
Page
23
Walter Bruce retells an Eastern legend from Harper's Magazine about Abraham sheltering strangers. An aged man asks for bread and mercy, while a second stranger arrives in a violent night. Abraham denies both, until God chastises him for denying hospitality and demands he share his table.
In the shadow of a gun mountain a cavalry camp pursues a vanished Apache trail. Two hundred troopers, six riders, and a lone wild horse chase signs through a silent valley as two hundred Apaches surge from the fringe. A brutal volley and melee ensue. all six troopers fall, their horses disabled, the sergeant wounded, and the lead horse returns to camp signaling the lost trail has been found. Detroit Free Press.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a downtown citizen who buys butter and, after miscounting change, returns nine dollars he believes was overpaid. The twist shows the man chasing a supposed swindle, only to discover later the error was his own. He seeks legal advice, but the tale closes with him remaining steadfastly honest.
A mariner recalls a near death in oil and flame aboard the whaling ship Eliza F Mason. A burning matches accident ignited a blaze as a crewman dipped oil. The narrator dove under the burning oil, surfaced briefly, then escaped the heat by digging through the oil and leaping into the sea. The captain feared a fatal burn and joked about turning gray in a single night due to his bald head.
A collage of domestic guidance on pest control, cooking, and farming from archived articles. Tips include preventing grain weevils with proper storage and sugar use in recipes, making herb preparations in earthen vessels, and using boiling water or bones to deter garden ants. Also covers cake recipes, rose bug control, and potato growing in sandy soil with barnyard manure.
A seasoned breeder emphasizes constant care as the key to turkey success, noting a boy can manage two hundred birds with fatherly guidance. He recalls selling turkeys from 1860 onward, showing profits and rising market value, while praising strict care, stock selection, and manure value, with growing adoption among farmers and larger birds in key districts.
A swindler posing as a sewing machine agent offers farmers six machines with a sales split promising the farmer keeps one for six months. If five sell at fifty dollars each the sixth goes to the agent. unsold machines are returned with no charge for use. The contract mirrors fairness but is a trap leading to forged notes and losses. The ruse has spread to Hazel Green Township and southern Wisconsin, fooling many farmers.
An article on whey as pig and calf feed notes its profitability with ground feed and oats. Butter prices flag Western producers lose, urging regular milking. Sleepy cream explained as fermentation in churned cream caused by germs, utensils cleanliness, and natural factors, with remedies including hot or cold water and butter powder.
A collage of medical opinions and sensational notes sketches malaria as a pervasive mischief in society. The piece lampoons doctors who mix illness like malaria with diverse ailments, describes anecdotal cures and dubious tonics, and clips varied snippets from trade and public notices, including ads for hair restorers and patent medicines.
The article argues dairy success comes from science and sustained study not guesswork. It urges dairymen to study dairy science as machines fail without understanding causes, citing heavy butter losses from hit or miss methods and praising the agricultural press for research. It notes the era favors thinkers and mentions a Berlin bookseller Borstele with a 600000 volume circulating library.
An assorted set of patent medicines and tonics fill the page, citing Brown s Iron Bitters German Hop Bitters Wells health remedies and related ads. Claims include cures for kidney liver and skin ailments, with cheeky notes about hair dye and general wellness. A wreck at sea is noted with casualties.
May 1083 recounts Hixey B. ENaRAst of New Haven praising Hunt's Remedy after months of weakness and kidney discomfort. He details severe fatigue, high colored urine with brick sediment, failed medical treatment, and rapid relief within a day followed by full recovery in three weeks. He endorses the product for liver and kidney ailments.
Mr Crute Gacen Norwich Town Clerk for forty two years writes in May 1883 of kidney and bladder disease. He credits Munt's Remedy as a cure and relief for himself and numerous acquaintances while continuing to perform official duties in his long tenure.
An ad urges women to apply Hagan's Magnolia Balm to improve complexion. It promises a natural, undetectable tint and notes the product is harmless and fat, claiming lasting effects with judicious use.
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