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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1879
Page
4
Laura Wheatley attends a refined morning music lesson amid a lavish parlor scene. The music teacher Fred Tait, financially strapped, courts her while she conceals a cash‑stolen purse ruse that tests his honesty and her subtle manipulation.
The Golden Age docked after a grand welcome on October 16 1859 as crowds surged toward the city front. Gen Scott and staff attended services late, then rode a ceremonial route past the plaza and Oriental Hotel where addresses were given and a triumphal arch ceremony featured.
A West Bide family faced a theft by a new servant girl after missing blankets and carpet pieces were found. A screwdriver used to lift carpet tacks tied to the culprit, who denied blame. A trunk search revealed stolenwear and more items, later recovered as police traced two accomplice aliases. The girl had been well recommended from prior employment.
The Musical Lady described as Mrs An street y Mrs in Scomes was charged with a series of violent assaults on Theodore Atwell a butcher and with assaulting a police constable in the line of duty. After provoking the insult she rushed the man seized a chopper and threatened to rip him up. She struck the constable and resisted four men in removing her to the station, while tearing buttons from the officer's coat. She denied the accusations and said witnesses were perjurers. The magistrate fined her three pounds for the assaults.
French cases of photo manipulation show heads swapped onto bodies in fanciful costumes. The practice spread via stamps selling altered portraits of grand ladies, statesmen, and actresses. Public outcry was muted by fear of scandal and lack of copyright on likenesses.
The New York Graphic questions whether women seek rich husbands for security or genuine companionship. It argues marriage for money reduces love to material advantage and asks if faithfulness and personal connection can survive wealth and social status.
The London Telegraph reports that the Royal Provincial Government at Düsseldorf has renamed Mr Julius Jackass as Mr Courage to spare him the ridicule of his patrilineal moniker. The move aims to shield the bearer from an intolerable patronymic while preserving his dignity amid a culture of playful names in Germany.
The piece notes a southern Grant boom with northern stalwarts cooling. It cites Alexander Stephens denying southern interest and likens Grant to both Pharaoh and Moses. It warns that either section adapting Grant as destroyer or savior risks political peril.
Mrs. V J Yost of Metropolis traveled from Hot Springs after word her husband was dead then alive. In Cairo doctors debated his condition nine physicians joined in a verdict of death. two galvanic batteries revived him and he regained consciousness. The revival offers hope for his health and relief to the worried spouse.
A rare plant dubbed the Baby Plant draws crowds as 3,000 visitors view it at Shannahan's art gallery. Indigenous to Japan, the star shaped flower features a brown and yellow bloom with a tiny nude baby figure beneath a canopy. Other specimens imitate animals and birds. Mrs. Mark Hopkins of San Francisco owns a related version sold for $300.
Extracts from a French guide to refined deportment outline proper conduct for ladies and hosts. Topics include dress hints, greetings, hostesses offering seats, invitations written in third person, card etiquette, visiting without ostentation, and polite bathroom manners, with strict social rules for conversation, signals, and entertainments.
The St. Louis and San Francisco railway joins with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe to form the Atlantic and Pacific line extending to San Francisco with a branch to San Diego. Construction starts immediately with 200 miles of track, rolling stock, and rails purchased. The new route spans 1100 miles, crosses varied terrain, includes 4 million acres of grants, and promises swift development benefiting California and the Pacific Coast.
A Charleston letter describes Fort Sumter ruins by the Ashly river, its auxiliary lighthouse use, and remaining guns. It notes nearby Sullivan’s Island’s transformation into an aristocrat’s village and Castle Pinkney’s ruined state. Charleston’s wealth persists but streets are narrow and mosquitoes abundant. health hinges on sanitation.
An old ad lists Dr Sellers' Liver Pills and Cough Syrup with prices and testimonial tone. It promotes health tips and mail order by W W Sherar at 149 Powers Block, Rodh N Y.
The article notes a shift from bulky medicines to Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as routes of travel fade with railroads. The pellets are sugar coated, sesame seed sized, and claimed to cure stomach liver and bowel irregularities. Sold by druggists.
An elderly advertisement claims Macqueens Matiio Ointment provides instant relief for piles at 25 cents per box. It promotes Wearing Days Kipney Pap as the sure road to health and urges readers to visit all drug stores for the product.
The New York market reports dull and heavy flour with limited demand across grades from superfine to white wheat extra. Wheat prices ease while rye remains firm. corn and oats show active and dull moves respectively. Eggs, pork, lard, cheese, and whisky are listed with steady or modest changes.
Cincinnati market notes flour quiet and unchanged wheat dull corn lower oats strong rye easier barley dull pork and lard weak bulk meats mixed butter firmer seed oil quiet hogs soft and lower receipts 9235 shipments 521 whisky light demand.
Chicago traders report dull to unsettled prices across commodities. Wheat trims to124126 while corn weak at 39 a bushel and oats ease slightly. Pork remains heavy with January and February bids noted. lard, whisky, and bulk meats show limited movement in a tight market.
In Baltimore today flour steady. western wheat lower but active with advised prices for No 2 western winter red across December to March. Corn dull and lower with steady ranges. oats dull to steady. rye steady. Butter and eggs mixed lower. petroleum unchanged. coffee dull. sugar down. whisky firm near 114 to 115.
New York December 16 reports a sluggish commission houses and jobbing trade while the cotton goods market remains strong. Satins gain 4 percent, Canistoga tickings rise with prices steady, men’s wear woolens in moderate demand and firm, satinets advance, foreign goods quiet.
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