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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1883
Page
3
The poem profiles Bill Hedger a gardener who toiled hard and shared produce with others. It notes his pity and kindness especially feeding a widow, his rough journey with a tired horse, and his death. His epitaph proclaims he found sweet pease at home.
Timothy Tompkins returns to Burlington with an old classmate from college. In a sunlit Champlain Valley scene he recalls youth, the clash of ideal dreams with real life, Lucy Cary, Wilmington, and his rise as an auctioneer in Chicago, sharing memories of ambition, love, and a town that shaped him.
Timothy Tompkins narrates his Eastward return from Chicago with a $35,000 pile and plans to honor Uncle Jason Lucy Cary, and the revelation that Lucy is dead shocks the old circle at a lakeside visit. The tale echoes college days, past romances, and the cost of pride.
A modest young woman using the name Laura Martin sought work in a Portsmouth clothing factory. A few days later a tall farmer from Richmond located his runaway wife. The couple reconciled and returned home, the matter resolved.
The Fulton Times reports a telegram from Fulton to Sidney Australia was sent the other evening and an answer was received in forty five minutes, highlighting rapid transcontinental communication breakthroughs.
A survey of church and educational matters notes Roman Catholics in New York City surpass others globally. Yale accepts 190 applicants for Class of 87. The Hebrew Asylum cornerstone in New York costs 600000. Oakland Congregational votes good salary for Sabbath School superintendent. An Illinois Episcopal Convention debate on renaming to Holy Catholic was withdrawn after opposition. Moody receives 50000 gift for Northfield Seminary with matching gifts planned. Scholarships of 3000 aim to endow 100000. Press urged to encourage rather than sneer at new graduates. Butler’s son at Harvard spent 1500 yearly per Parton’s tale. Churches should remain open year round. summer closures criticized. Pinckney’s era grows churches to 133 and trebles offerings. 1300 confirmed last year. before death he resolved to aid poorer clergy.
A collection of witty clippings and humorous anecdotes from early newspapers. It riffs on domestic discord and social quips, from cruel husbands and overbearing sheriffs to absurd ads and animal mishaps, all wrapped in light satire and regional voices.
Isaac Haden, a hunter with sixty dogs, rode to Fort Sinquefield as Creek War momentum peaked after Fort Mims. Surrounded by a war party, he charged with his hounds, scattered the Indians, and forced his way to safety, saving women and children at the cost of being unarmed while five bullets pierced his clothing.
A reflective verse about a child growing up, tracing early age milestones and shifting care. The speaker laments the passing of infancy as the child matures, weaving imagery of flowers and birds with the emotional ache of a parent. A sentimental piece attributed to F. Burnham in Chicago Advance.
Bishop Dudley urges that truth is the first and essential quality of manhood. He warns against sham credentials in law medicine and preaching, urging the boy to be thoroughly true, despise pretense, and build a manhood formed by truth pointing toward the perfect example of the Christ.
The Prairies rely on forest windbreaks for farmers as forests struggle to grow in the open plains. A Harvard professor’s claim is challenged by a Minnesotan teamster who points to southeastern lake shores shielded by trees from prairie fires. The piece cites winds, fires, and local lakes to argue forests resist prairie conditions.
Nine girls in St Louis organized a baseball club during a practice game a batter refused to play saying the pitcher wouldn t throw the ball real hard St Louis Globe reports the scene Woodman of Little Falls Mass claims a London notoriety for a napkin fire feat after blowing on the napkin to ignite it during a water draught.
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