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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
3
Local notes from Defiance County Express recount a prank involving an editor and a misprint. The piece chronicles the odd incident with hometown reaction and unresolved questions about the paper’s production line.
A poem by J. C. R. Dorr appears in Harper's, titled The Guest. It reflects on delays, memories, and the approaching final departure. The speaker imagines a guest entering a house of life, with rooms filled by love, joy, sorrow, and fate.
In a brutal sun scarred stage journey from Bloemfontein to Cape Town three diamond men Ned Girard and I endure heat thirst and violence. A robbery by road agents erupts into a tense shootout with the small man Smith capturing the felons and recovering a rose diamond as McArthur and others are restrained. The group reaches Wellington with the diamond restored and a famed detective Smith declines any reward.
A portrait of Edith Jeffrey as a wealthy patron and poet who contributes to Harper’s Magazine, funds education for two girls, and supports numerous charities. It also notes notable figures and literary critiques from various papers, including Governor Dolor Davis and a harsh modern novel appraisal.
A collage of witty exchanges and jokes from various papers. Topics range from science and tiling to lighting, prison breaks, and mesmeric tricks, illustrated by brief anecdotes and quips about editors, innkeepers, and everyday oddities. Strong mentions include Boston Courier, Bismarck Tribune, Arkansaw Traveller, Atlanta Constitution, Norristown Herald, Boston Post.
A reader recommends oiling wagon felloes to prevent shrinking and water ingress. Heat linseed oil to boiling, oil felloes thoroughly, and maintain woodwork on farm machinery. Routine oiling avoids costly wheel repairs and extends the life of tools and equipment.
The Brooklyn Eagle outlines winter fashion with velvet trimmings, silk stockings in pale tones, and tartans for house and street wear. It highlights velvet jackets, painted velvet yokes, brocaded sashes, and the shift toward long redingotes and polonaises as stylish, well-fitting garments.
The Old Settler recalls a rural mishap in Monroe County where after a day with drink and excuses he buys chestnuts to cover his absence. His wife discovers the ruse during a dinner when the chair is toppled and a broom swats him, ending with a scolding about coming home drunk and lying.
A playful poem by a royal child’s poet laureate extols a baby girl as a sovereign queen. It imagines her as imperious and adored, with golden curls, jeweled pomp, and affectionate devotion from subjects. The speaker swears devotion, describing touch and praise as tribute to the infant ruler.
The tale follows Tommy Tucker who cries for pie and cheese, hides in a brick cellar closet, and awakes hungry and scared as his Papa reads by the fire. He asks for bread and butter, and finally gets his supper. The episode, recounted by Youth's Companion, ends with Tommy's fate clarified.
A father and son explore the enormity of a billion by calculating counting rates. They determine at two hundred numbers per minute the time to reach a million and then a billion, concluding counting a billion would take nine thousand five hundred twelve years, twenty four days, five hours, and twenty minutes at that pace.
Titus Munson Coan notes rain-water purity varies as it filters through air and storage tanks and warns of lead risks in soft rain-water. The piece contrasts ideal drinking-water standards with rain-water’s deficiencies and suggests phased purification while noting practical limits. Also brief items from Spectators at a London menagerie and a Carson City foot race.
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