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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1879
Page
4
A reflective romantic fragment from Harper's Weekly laments a long separation and foreshadows death, with archaic phrasing and a tremulous voice. The speaker addresses a distant beloved, contrasting imagined calmness with personal fade and solitude.
ALondon jeweler foreman John Riddel charms patrons with his hair and vanity while a widow Mrs Montfort, aided by De la Bois, lures him into a trap. She and her niece vanish with diamond lockets after a staged plan to shave his head and steal the gems, ending Riddel's career and exposing the shop to a major loss.
A fiery Okolona Miss Southern State Democrat editorial calls for immediate action to defend states rights, denounce Radical Republicans and Democrats alike, and organize State Sovereignty Leagues to resist a perceived federal overreach. It urges disbanding constitutional amendments, disenfranchising opponents, and a mobilization toward secessionist ideals with threats of force.
Harper's Weekly notes telegrams that Senator Hill and Representative A H Stephens of Georgia will visit Old Orchard Beach Maine and argues that social intercourse between Northern and Southern elites has existed since the war yet hardly shifts Southern political views. It critiques polite exchanges as superficial politenesses rather than substantive influence.
In heated prose the author attacks Southern bullying and slave remnants postwar. Northern readers are urged to reject mobbyism and the Democratic shotgun politics, insisting true free government requires stamping out Southern violence and racism to defend the nation.
The piece condemns rifle club and mob rule used to suppress Republicanism and aid Democratic hardliners in Mississippi. It cites Dixon and local Democrats, notes assassinations and intimidation, and argues Greenback and Independent voters enabled by inaction. It warns of continued terror against anti-Democratic candidates and urges vigilance by national parties.
The Chicago Times argues that Yazoo County Mississippi shows renewed electoral coercion by a shotgun party aiming to erase the color line and intimidate negro voters. It decries legal remedies as ineffective and urges a united Northern reaction to curb Southern barbarism after 1880.
A political broadside accuses Independent Greenback promoters of Radical plotting to disrupt the Democratic party. It warns of deception, race tension, and doom for state interests, urging supporters to stay vigilant and fight back.
The Corinth Record in Mississippi condemns the Greenback party as a Radical threat and calls for decisive action against its leaders. It urges supporters to fight traitors and-demagogues, claiming a coming storm echoes the 1875 lesson and promises victory for the Radical cause.
Amendment seeks to reorganize Ohio's judiciary by creating nine common pleas districts including Hamilton, electing district and pro tempore judges, and allowing district court numbers to reach three. Voters to choose yes or no on judicial constitutional amendment and repeal of existing sections. Certification by Secretary of State Milton Barnes confirms authentic copy from 1879 legislation.
The document outlines a joint resolution submitting propositions to amend Section Two of Article Two, Section One of Article Three, and Section Four of Article Ten of the Ohio Constitution. It details election timings, officer terms, form of ballot language, and the 1879 legislative passage, with historical notes on submarine cable expansion referenced later.
The cordial reception by Louisiana medical professionals confirms the efficacy of Dr F Wilhoff’s Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic. Published composition by Wheelock Finlay Co of New Orleans is endorsed. Claims it cures chills fever dumb chills and enlarged spleen. Sold by all druggists.
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