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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1884
Page
8
The Milwaukee Tribune reports four local boys from respectable families formed a pirate den and read violent pulp, then turned to arson and theft. Three were convicted and sent to reform school, raising questions about youth crime and the influence of bad literature.
A Boston man aiding a lone female traveler in a drawing room car takes on her baggage transfer to a Maine-bound city. The terminal trunk yields a coffin containing her husband, yet the man completes the task with quiet admiration for the widow. Boston Journal.
William Sexton moved dairy ducks from Short Beach to Babylon taking fifty tame ducks ten of which were old birds. The ducks escaped after one day and reappeared nine miles away at their old beach home waiting to be fed. With clipped wings they likely swam the entire distance through a heavy sea on a dark night.
The piece traces early post for foreign and domestic mail under James I and Charles I, Dockwra’s district post, and two Postmasters General. It notes mail theft issues, reforms, franking limits since 1784, the shift from horse to coach and rail, the 1792 money order start, 1840 postal charges drop, 1861 savings banks, 1870 telegraph takeover, and the 20th century parcels post arriving August 1.
The Household notes that many young people seek originality through dress, speech, or quirks and end up offending friends while pleasing enemies. It suggests following prevailing customs and trusting collective wisdom, as what society generally does is, on balance, best.
A Baltimore court decision holds that a husband may be sued for statements his wife makes as slander. The ruling establishes joint liability for marital statements and assigns responsibility to the husband in such defamation cases.
The Board of Commissioners of Defiance County Ohio invites sealed proposals for iron bridge materials and construction with two stone abutments at Brunersburg Tiffin River. Bids due by 12 M March 4 1884 at the County Auditor's Office. Plans and specifications available after January 28 1884.
Creditors of Miller Rock & Co. notified by Davis and Foster that a petition was filed in Defiance County Court of Common Pleas to reach property and payments due. Plaintiffs allege fraud and preferential conveyances by Miller Rock & Co. and seek cross petitions and relief, with a 15 day answer deadline from January 11 1884.
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