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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1879
Page
5
The passage reflects on faith, patience, and the vanity of rapid worldly ascent. It critiques impatient ends through makeshift means, contrasts human haste with heavenly calm, and laments pursuing power without virtue. It ends with a quotation by J. A. Allen from Christian Union.
Agnes narrates her coming of age in a stern Rushton clan led by a paralytic aunt. An inheritance plot unfolds after an ailing aunt hires Agnes to be her servant and heir. A forbidden romance with Hugh Kennedy blooms amid strict control, a perilous fire, a will change, and a dramatic reckoning at the Pines.
The tale chronicles Trot Cleaver a derelict yet clever debt collector who exploited his stutter and halfwitted image to chase down debtors. It contrasts his miserliness with brutal historical debt practices and mentions Irish Norah a famed Philadelphia debtor collector. The piece notes harsh English and colonial penalties for debt and ends warning debtors of modern reforms.
The excerpt explains a coffee ratio of one part coffee to eight parts water and a method to steep at a steady boil for thirty minutes until clear. It notes flavor remains when kept warm in the kettle longer, referencing Dr. Foote's Monthly February issue.
A Toronto Mail piece surveys Siberia describing its varied climates and fertile southern plains, the Ob and Tobolsk rivers, and cheap life that curbs industry. It notes wheat could compete in London via Tobolsk routes, and highlights Siberia's riches in furs metals coal and skilled artisans.
A London Times writer warns that American manufacturing growth challenges England as America expands its textile output and modernizes processes. The piece cites rising productivity, cheaper native machinery, and stronger patent protection as drivers. It also traces the medieval German Masonry, its lodge system, secrecy, and unification amid political upheavals, ending with Freemasonry’s influence crossing borders.
Henry Ward Beecher visits Boston and visits a refined barber who teases him about tickets for Beecher’s Brookyn lecture. Beecher recalls twice attending Plymouth Church sermons in Brooklyn and having to stand, while the barber jokes about Beecher’s own stand up seats.
Dr Tyson and Dr Bonamy report oxide of zinc speeds diarrhea cures. R Zinci oxidi and sodii bicarbonas given in four packets every six hours. In fourteen Puygautier cases cure was rapid, only one requiring three doses. Many cases chronic prior treatment failed. Oxide of zinc urged as useful, not exclusive, general knowledge. Also notes 1878 British deserters 8,060. Include coughing ad for Dr Bull's Syrup at 25 cents.
Reading excerpts from a Cape Colony student’s perspective, the piece describes Dutch Boers and Hottentots, Zulu and Red Kaffir tensions, and the Transvaal’s shifting borders under English rule. It covers farm life, slave-like treatment accusations, and fears of war spreading from the Transvaal toward Cape Town.
A Philadelphia Times survey recounts interactions between Boers and English residents in the Transvaal around Potchefstroom in 1850s notes. It criticizes Boers as insular and harsh toward missionaries and natives, calls the colony slow to develop, and highlights emigration from France and England fueling enterprise. The piece lists Transvaal towns and geography, including Origsberg Zoutpansberg Potchefstroom and Vryberg, with Natal to Cape Town distance noted.
A Ploughman correspondent extols prickly comfrey as a universal feed improving milk yield and stock fattening. It promises five to six crops yearly, 15 to 25 tons per acre, with simple propagation from root cuttings. Stock can be trained to eat it, starting with mixed feeds, then hay, yielding hardy forage even in drought.
Dr. E R Heath reports a ri puleli community near Eten at 7 degrees south two miles from the sea. About 4000 people speak Spanish and a local language understood by Chinese laborers, with distinct customs, dress, and crafts. They intermarry freely within the group, have strict social rules, and execute the infirm by public order under Eten's authority.
Potatoes kept in cellars should stay as cool as possible without freezing. Scatter quick lime over them to prevent rot, dry the potatoes, and disinfect the atmosphere to reduce malarial fever risk.
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Dr Memeyer urges patients to breathe fresh air, keep bedroom windows open, and avoid closed, polluted air. He promotes J Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasantee Pellets, claims many lung cases could heal in six months, and touts Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel as a treatment option. Piso's Cure for Consumption offered at 25 cents, sold by druggists.
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