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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1887
Page
3
A humorous yet sober sketch on feminine traits and social hospitality. The Boston Courier recounts a scene where a genial father aims to extend house hospitality to visitors, prompting a playful exchange as a youth asks for a kiss.
Two women discuss upcoming marriages amid delays. Chicago asks if the Omaha woman is engaged. the Omaha woman reveals her fiancé George has not yet divorced his wife, halting wedding plans as cards were ready to go.
The Wanderer spent an enjoyable evening with a family near Boston. Young men and middle-aged guests discussed a claim that a woman can make any man propose if given enough opportunities to cultivate acquaintance. A female relative, a friend of the group, dismissed the idea, saying she did not believe it despite prior attempts.
Anne Jenness Miller in Dress argues four years of trying different stocking supports prove spirals best. She favors a silver spiral garter for comfort, durability, and freedom of movement, noting other devices caused pressure and injury.
An Indianapolis Journal excerpt discusses the frugal, gendered routine of a Bohemian woman, then shifts to a critique of female passivity versus male self-assertion in the workplace. It argues women’ s lack of push harms earnings, contrasting with male entitlement and ambition.
The New York Bohemian life splits between hospital or academy then into two stages. A female Bohemian may die of gastritis or rise to a large square room with meals at a restaurant, costing 12 to 20 dollars weekly. Only a few reach the square life, while the hall-bedroom life remains common with lodging-house landladies denying parlor access, described as a nightmare of chromes and flowers.
All the Year Rownd argues about women being classified as beautiful or good and the effects on marriage. It laments how devotion can fade after marriage and urges women to guide future generations toward mercy for men, balancing heart and head in domestic happiness.
A quirky Omaha World message recounts a youth exchange about church attendance. The joke ties Presbyterians praying standing to keeping trousers from bagging at the knees, contrasting with Episcopalian and Presbyterian habits in a humorous old-time tone.
In a remote Irish bog country Mary helps a dwarf trapped in red bog. He rewards her with gold ornaments from his pockets, telling her father that warriors once wore them. The family sells the treasures and finds only a bog stump where the dwarf vanished, with holes where his pockets stood.
Advertising copy touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as curing pimples Liotches eruptions constipation and disorders while restoring appetite and purging the system. Claims the product is purely vegetable and harmless and works as a late wonder-worker available from all druggists.
A quarry owner who toured the Nile argues that ancient Egyptians built more durable blocks than modern builders. He notes 880 ton stones and 30 foot long blocks fitting with no mortar. He claims stones were rubbed together to form seamless joints, surpassing any known machinery.
A sales pitch claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery yields large returns from a small outlay by cleansing the blood. It appeals to readers troubled by headaches backaches and sickness, promising fresh blood and transformative effect.
The late Duchess of St Albans left Miss Burdett Coutts about £1 800 000. In gold this would weigh thirteen tons seven cwt three qrs twelve lbs requiring 107 men to carry 298 pounds each. At sixty sovereigns a minute for eight hours daily six days a week it would take ten weeks two days four hours. In sovereigns the diameter arrangement would span 24 miles 250 yards and in crowns 113 miles 280 yards.
A collage of medical elixirs for coughs and debility praises Scott’s Emulsion and Brown’s bronchial aids, plus a glowing Wisconsin Central Line travel note praising service, dining cars, and through sleepers. Also mentions eye care and a free recipe for catarrh cure from Prof. J A Lawrence.
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