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Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1883

Page

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Demorest's Monthly: World's Model Magazine in 1884

Demorest's Illustrated Monthly claims status as the largest and best two dollar family magazine. The 1884 edition marks the twentieth year with 64 pages in quarto format, tinted paper, full illustrations, and steel engravings or art posters. Published by W Jennings Demorest of New York and Defrance County Express at $3.00 per year.

Demorest W. Jenning New York Defrance County Express

Personal Power Reform Sermon Sparks Fight Against Bosses

Rev James Chambers of Calvary Presbyterian Harlem declares there is no divine provision for political bosses and attacks temper, ambition, and debility as tyrannical bosses. The piece includes an advertisement for Parker's Ginger Tonic by Hiscox & Co New York offering cure claims and prices.

James Chambers Calvary Presbyterian Church Harlem S. P. Lewis Eighth Street Baptist Church St. Louis Parker Hiscox & Co New York

Snuff Takers and Birds in Fashion History

A long passage recounts famous tobacco users from Raleigh to Tennyson and Carlyle, then shifts to a Santa Barbara report on hummingbirds used in fashion. It details how boys trap birds with slingshots, the economics of selling birds to Rosk and San Francisco, and the global trade feeding Paris and London fashion.

Walter Raleigh Thomas Cooper Shakspeare Milton Newton Thomas Campbell William Makepeace Thackery Thomas Carlyle Chelsea Lord Beaconsfield Tennyson Legion George III Charlotte London Telegraph California Santa Barbara A. M. Ruiz Mr. Ruiz David Goliah San Francisco Paris London Santa Barbary Cal

Oddities and anecdotes from distant places and times

A collage of brief items ranging from Paris cafe profits and corn yields in Louisiana to jokes about weddings in Springfield and playful acts in Washington. Other notes include ants used in wound dressing by Indians in Brazil, a buried owl in New Hampshire, a Mongolian philosopher's moon theatre tale, and practical jokes in Miles City and Humboldt Wells with ensuing reactions.

Champs el Paris Grosse Tete Louisiana W. C. Picayune Russia Lord Coleridge Chicago N. Y India Society Reporter Rochester Post-Express Yuma Cal San Francisco Lytle Station Mary Chicago Herald Brazil Porthmouth N. H Sir John Moore William William Owl Boston Post Springfield Mass Boston Herald Texas North Carolina Detroit Post

Across The Nation Science Bits And Oddities

Reports from major papers describe Adamscobite a sharp mineral from Missouri and a sorghum field study yielding twelve percent sugar. Sweden makes moss paper. German steel belting promises durability. A Bloomfield craftsman built a multiwood desk with nineteen worn knife blades used inlay. A captain recalls a near antique copper knife found at Isle Royale possibly made by early Indians. Water described as oxidized hydrogenium among sun and planet abundances.

Louis Post Missouri Washington Department of Agriculture Washington Star Sweden Germany George Mercur Bloomfield Conn Mercur Boston Post J. A. Nichols Duluth Isle Royale

Ischia Earthquake Toll and Italian Currency Note

A report notes the Ischia earthquake may have killed at least seven million aires. It compares wealth: possessing $200,000 makes one a millionaire in Italy, with lire used as currency and a lire equal to a franc or about twenty cents.

Ischia Italy

Talkative donkey and stubborn humor Across Papers

A collage of light humor and brief anecdotes from multiple papers. Jokes include a Frenchman teaching a donkey to talk, a suggestion Mary Walker reside in Middlesex England, fake sovereigns in circulation, and a stuttering clerk with a Central Office gag.

Boston Post Mary Walker England Boston Courier Middlesex France Lowell Courier Detroit Post N. Y Chicago Journal Central John Sam Johnson Bekase Dar Texas Rifle

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