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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1884
Page
3
A fragmentary verse piece recalls a child and a brother Jim with archaic phrasing. It quotes a maid naming a mysterious affliction and ends with a grim line about fear and mortality attributed to a diagnosis likened to palsy and shock.
In a 1880s Gunnison canyon tale a sick miner known as Little John is saved by Bill Lewis and fellow prospectors. They descend a treacherous mountain to reach shelter and bring him home with a large sum to aid his mother, funded by a mysterious donor labeled An Unknown Friend.
A Decover Tribune excerpt reflects on mining as an exciting yet risky business. It notes the hopeful drive of miners, the chance of striking riches, and the allure of wealth despite frequent losses. The piece emphasizes knowledge and caution to improve odds of gain.
A compilation cites Miss Martha Jellison's death in Ellsworth at 93, Butler and a Bible at the Massachusetts State House, New York Historical Society's push for a new building, Major William Arthur's plains service, Charles Nordhoff's Herald role and wife, Harvard holds drafts of Longfellow and Sumner notes, plus variations of Longfellow lines as recorded by the Hartford and Chicago papers.
A collection of brief quips and anecdotes from Boston Post, Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, and Chicago Herald. Jokes range from phrenology gaffes and ribald wordplay to a bear sighting and a slippery stair gag, preserving newspaper humor of the era.
The Library of Congress holds about 300000 volumes making it the largest U S collection. Smithsonian works merged with Congress library and now form part of it. Major sections include ancient and modern history with 100000 volumes and biography and travel with 80000 volumes.
A New York Sun piece discusses keeping owls as pets, noting their unsociable nature yet potential tameness. It describes species temperaments, hunting against farmers, and methods to capture these birds while detailing tricks they can learn and the risks of keeping them in homes.
A 28 foot long cylinder and a four inch bore sit in the Norwalk Iron Works while air powered compression is developed to fire dynamite loaded projectiles. Mr Miffin hopes a 3 pound shell can travel two miles and envisions larger guns to hurl 100 pound dynamite charges ten miles. A test near Norwalk will occur with naval officers and scientists observing.
Rev. John A. Cass writing from Europe to the Worcester Spy extols Vienna as the most magnificent capital surpassing Berlin Edinburgh Paris Washington and even American cities for public and private grandeur and beauty of women.
The Brooklyn street-car line conductors wear watches mounted in the fare-recording devices. The watches hang from their necks so passengers can read the time as the conductor moves through the car, per the V. Y. Herald.
A mother sings to her dolly at sunset in gentle verse. The child rests as the mother rocks and drifts to sleep, Dolly’s eyes wide as sunbeams creep across her face. The scene closes with the mother asleep after a lullaby in Johnson, Our Little Ones.
Fred hopes to join Uncle Asa’s hardware business with Henry, while Henry wins the slot after a book choice pleases the uncle. Fred’s deception is uncovered when Asa discovers a cheaply bound travel book in Fred’s library, proving his deceit and sealing his fate.
Governor Cleveland urged a bill to let investors learn how corporate funds are spent and to require restitution for misused railroad funds. A drafted measure, backed by eminent counsel, promises to curb bankruptcies and avoid eroding stockholders rights, against exploitative railroads in Philadelphia Ledger opinion.
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