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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1886
Page
3
The document cites executive orders to remove unlawful fences from public lands and outlines pension statistics, special acts, civil service reform, and agricultural and district issues. It discusses policy on pensions, patent office activity, railroad rates, labor capital relations, and Freedmen's Bank deposits, urging congressional action and administrative improvements.
A garbled excerpt mentions brave men, smiles, and laws, with references to Bures and reward grounds. It hints at treatment and rises in merit for a group described as soldiers or guards, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
Fragmentary OCR text yields no clear names, places, dates, or events. The readable portions mention fairness and protection themes without coherent context or identifiable entities. Unable to determine a concrete news item from the fragment.
Anecdote portrays a peaceful Georgia man blamed for a series of fatal accidents and misfortunes. The account details killings by mischance and accident linked to him, concluding with a distant procession incident and a reference to Burdette. The piece paints a harmless figure as a sequence of tragic outcomes.
Stock man and Farmer notes the bond between old people and children, praising patient care and kind words. It contrasts cheerful elders who share wisdom with children with sour, complaining seniors who deter play and cast gloom on families.
A Texas Siftings anecdote recounts a notably absent minded man who misplaces eyeglasses, finding a new pair each time he seeks his missing ones. In a cafe episode, he places on his nose a fresh pair, then deposits them again during revelry, finally losing track as the glasses clatter away. The tale ends with readers warned of the author’s own accuracy.
Visitors are urged to save baggage and expressage when traveling to New York City and to stop at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. The hotel offers 613 rooms, a European plan, elevator and a restaurant with top-quality meals, with transport via horse cars stages and elevated railroad to all depots. Families can live better for less money here than at any other first class hotel in the city.
The San Francisco Call outlines a method to time mental digestion of images via a stop watch, contrasting rural vigor with urban cram. It argues education must be measured scientifically, linking teacher value to empirical timing of absorption and response.
A collage of quotations warns against oleomargarine tasting and melting unlike true butter. It cites Mrs. Caroline H. Dall's anecdote from the Boston Transcript and notes oleomargarine’s gritty texture and preserved prints. The piece promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive tonic against chills, fevers, and related ailments.
A historic note details the mahogany tree of tropical America as grand, with a vast trunk and high canopy. It explains the logging method of felling above a platform, the enormous weights of logs, and the high value, with some logs weighing up to fifteen tons and logs fetching around $15,000.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as superior to cod liver oil, claiming it cleanses and enriches the blood, strengthens the system, and cures blemishes. It warns against mortality and promotes keeping a supply to treat consumption symptoms.
Mn Gro Drurensax of New York City suffered a near monthlong severe cough. After trying several remedies, he used Red Star Cough Cure and found it speedy and effectual. A counterirgitant ad offers ten cents eight yards for forty cent goods. At a masquerade ball in Adin last week St Jacobs Oil won first prize. The piece notes practice as key to excel in any vocation, citing Von Bulow on daily training and perseverance.
Pitcairn islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers, struggle to raise grain as rats from visiting ships multiply in the fields and devour nearly all crops. The infestation disrupts food production on the remote Pacific island.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and product claims urging relief for women workers and general ailments. Prominent mentions include Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, Hall’s Hair Renewer, Prickly Ash Bitters, Caswell Hazard Cod Liver Oil, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, and Rough on line of remedies. Also promotional notes offer income from at home work and various miracle cures.
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