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Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1888

Page

10

Silent Wind Governs Ocean Organ Keys

A lyric meditation on the sea’s trembling threads and a wind choosing notes for an organ. The poem imagines an unseen hand pressing passive keys as waves hum.

Mary Hay Rebuffs Fund Gift in Quixotic Farm Dilemma

In a rural scene Mary Hay declines subscribing to the Fund for Evangelizing the Eboe Indians citing debts and duty. Mrs. Biggard pressures Mary while Mr. Mildmay expects support. a quince-driven plan collapses as boys loot the crop and a $5 coin is offered but rejected to honor obligations.

Mrs. Biggard Mary Hay Biggard Hun Morocco Mary Mr. Mildmay Bridget Bacheldore Mrs. Hay

Quintessential Quince Fund Raises Tension at Rectory

In a parish scene at Mrs Biggard’s, Mary Hay confronts Mrs Biggard over a five dollar quinces gift. Mary offers to pay five dollars for the quinces, shaming the fund’s neglect. Larrabee recounts a moonlit raid tale as Mildmay and Mary’s engagement looms.

Zeruiah

Origins of the epistle dedicatory and prefaces in literature

The article traces how epistles dedicatory informed by patronage gave way to reader prefaces. It notes the shift from personal dedication to broader critical prefaces, with Johnson’s Shakespeare edition and Lives of the Poets as prime examples.

Johnson Shakspeare Pope Theobald Thomas Hanmer Warburton London Gentleman’s Magazine

Ten Thousand Dollar Corner Lot Photo Sparks Debate

In Omaha a playful exchange centers on a photograph described as an instantaneous shot of a ten thousand dollar corner lot. A Kansas City girl and local artist spar over whether the image truly depicts a picture or merely a dreamlike scene.

Kansas City Omaha Heralu

Elephant kneels before Pope from sixteenth century tale

In a sixteenth century anecdote King Emanuel of Portugal sent an elephant to Pope Leo X. The animal, likely well trained, knelt before the pope and his retinue, an act that impressed the Holy See.

Lancy Emanuel Portugal Leo

Frye on Protection in Senate Speech on Free Trade

Senator Frye delivered a sectional broadside arguing that Democratic incapacity created the treasury surplus and that protectionist measures would shield American industry. He cited Charles P. Kimball’s shift from free trade to protectionism in Stuttgart and contrasted Britain’s open markets with Germany and Belgium gaining on British industry. He urged tariffs, defense spending, and education while denouncing the President’s tariff stance as harmful to American workers.

Frye Senate Charles P. Kirball Chicago Cleveland Stuttgart Germany United States Charles P. Kimball Maine America Kimball Great Britain England Free Trade Papers Ireland London Belgium Democratic Party Democratic Party of New Jersey Missouri Indiana Voorhees Tennessee Harris House of Representatives Committee of Ways and Means Fernando Wood Tucker William Morrison Mills Texas Treasury Ake United States Senate Europe New Hampshire Blair North Carolina Vance Georgia Brown

Voorhees Criticized For Defending President Over Surplus

The Chicago Inter Ocean reports a sharp rebuke of Senator Voorhees for defending the President against charges by Senator Sherman. The piece quotes Voorhees arguing that surplus funds are harmful while detailing alleged budgetholdings and blocked appropriations totaling about 35 million dollars.

Senator Voorhees Sherman Uieless Withal United States Congress Senate Voorhees Chicago Inter Ocean

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John G. Whittier Pate Art THE Eboe Indian Fund Polly Almira Mr. Cleveland Clinton R Deatrick L. E. Beardsley Defiance, Ohio Baltimore Bakery R. Brown Corner Forth Clinton Bts Defiance Ohio Corwin & Kiser Eureka Perry Street Bet Kr Sutphen J. H. Bevington M. B. Cameron John W. Winn Henry Twierty W. T. Hill Gobo Rowe T.$. Wight F. J. Clemmer David Miller Michael Gorman F. J. Sheets Fred Schultz Albert Gerry B. W. Slagle A. F. Coughanour C. E. Bereaw Common Pleas Herk Consem Werpeng Sheri Ieee Ralston KETC I. Cler John Heples John Mar W. A. KE Wa Lon George Miller OF Bohn J. Otto P. Zigler S. D. Potter D. DS Mays B. Harris Harris & Cameron StoneFront Defiance National Bank W. D. Hill W. H. Hubbard HILL H. G. Baker Preisendorfer’s Henry Hardy Ttorney Councellor Wolseffer Court House Milton Eb.orcutt Wertheimer W. C. Travis LAW and General Collection Morse First Streets Olio Charles E. Bronson Kittners Frank W. Knapp Fington J.I. Hale Ohto Word Karst & Tenzen Wabash Depot Muys Farmers of Defiance Co Defiance County Tively Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Clair Laily, E Zancaville Cincinnati Ept Olumbue Pitteburg Wheeling Bellaire Zanesville Newark Columbus Louisville St. Louis Mansfield Sandusky Kidebecoe Se Aesbessoy Sv Arn Trans Columbiua Pittsburgh St. Clairsville Sonn Co Lord Altimore W. BE. Reppert Auburn Junction Tebe Ewes Fostoria Tiffin Cincinnati, lv Ewark Bran Ospinespa Philadelphia A.m New York, Chicago R. Be Union Railway Denes van Buren St N. YY Buffalos P.M Buffalo Painesville Willoughby Il Weer Arcadia,Leipste Ft. Wayne Baggage Nation B. F. Homxen Fancy Steam Dye Works Heitzwable Peter Dickman Hoffman Bros Undertakers Opera House Casketa &x Vis Lay Ore Morse's Rocery J. L. Scottt Stone Front Wabash Albany New York City Boston St. Joseph Eastroomwd AtlanUickx|Limited Thro Ft, Wayne Toledo Rochester Syracuse Lica Scinectad Alban New York Fort Wayne Lake Shore Erie Lehigh Valley Washington, D. C Baltimore Lane Pace Rx Mall & Ex Ayne Villete Anville Decatur Bpringfeld Jacksonville Hannibal Aspea Coos Eokuk Atlea Council Bluffs Ornate Arkansas Kansas Colorado California Kuhn Bros
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