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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1887
Page
3
A reflective poem exploring death and faith as the speaker questions the presence of an angel of death and seeks guidance toward the heavenly throne through prayer and longing for spiritual understanding
In a Northern Michigan lumber camp, Gabe Dessau starves sorrow and guards a treacherous past. Kent Williams’s vanity and Gabrielle Dessau’s death fuel a deadly river jam where Gabe sacrifices himself, murmuring his daughter’s name as logs engulf him.
A first person reflection from Forest and Stream extolling the blue catfish as a premier game fish. The narrator praises its hard fight, contrasting it with bass, noting the catfish dives to the bottom after a hook and tests tackle more than any other fish of comparable weight.
A moralizing line argues that amusements excluding virtuous women dull the mind and reveal grosser tastes. It claims men avoiding female society become stupid or corrupt, and that such separation harms appreciation of purity.
A Brooklyn Tabernacle sermon titled Pillars of Smoke argues Christians endure persecution across ages and sects. It links historic martyrs to modern trials while praising the church as a divine force for peace, urging faithfulness to Christ amid social pressure and war.
A Bettsville grocer loses sight when a box of raisins splinters a cornea. Judge J W Fitzgerald survives a near fatal ambush after a brick or bowlder attack. a gunman posing as visitor fired but missed. A Boonesville woman suffers severe burns and injuries from exploding gunpowder in a cupboard. Lima oil field reports January wells drilled with strong daily output and expanding pipelines and tank capacity. Patents issued in Ohio cover fodder binders, crane devices, vehicle attachments, soap making gear, carbons, gas stove parts, lamps, signals, and bridges. Fostoria Behr defends home against burglars. eight shots exchanged, burglars captured and jailed. Local officials appoint managers for Auglaize Agricultural Society and a Painesville figure dies suddenly. Logan votes down local option. Taft named to Hamilton County bench. miner dies in Shawnee mines. Edison Electric increases capital. Covenanters plan Cedarville college. Stark County to vote on infirmary upgrades. Sherman buys Findlay land. a Washington clerk dies. Newark grocers form protective association.
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