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Newspaper

Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1881

Page

2

Sally Waggs and the War Night Rescue Legend

A Danbury tale recalls Miss Sally Waggs who after a Thanksgiving night threatened to shoot British raiders, led a lantern-illuminated defense with her father and Lathrop, saved captured Continental soldiers, and transformed her life into a hero’s arc remembered for generations.

Grandfather Scribner Sally Waggs Young Lathrop Tom Perkin Dunce Tim Waggs Ridgefield Hill Squire Scri Tim Squire Red Coats Sall Mr. Lathrop Squire Scribner Sally Miss Sally Lathrop Captain Sally Rue Lathrop N. Y. Sun

When East Wind Dried Sea Of Azov Sparks Crossing

A strong east wind can make the Sea of Azov retreat enough to allow dry crossings from one shore to the other but a sudden wind shift can flood the waters again. Travelers risk being swallowed by the waves as tides return swiftly.

Sea of Azov Karaoh

Ancient foix fete and Christmas tree crafting guide

A correspondent from Foix describes a medieval style October fete with open air dancing from afternoon to dawn, umbrellas shielding a quadrille beneath Gas ton Phoebus castle ruins, bands from Toulouse, and all classes urged to dance. The piece also offers a detailed, hands on guide to trimming and decorating a Christmas tree with corn chains, paper charms, tinfoil apples, and reflectors, plus notes on candle arrangements and gifts.

Foix Arieve Gaston Phoebus Toulouse Ariege Val d’ Andorre St. James's

Notable Connecticut Constable Sees Ducks Weigh Heavier Than Debt

A New York Star item recalls Elijah Hitchcock, a Connecticut constable, whose actions in levying against widow Widow Witter included chasing and executing ducks for mileage charges. Deacon Solomon Rising defends Hitchcock as prudent, not mean, in a humorous assessment of a small debt collection episode.

Elijah Hitchcock Connecticut Deacon Solomon Rising Hitchcock Witter Mr. Hitchcock WN. Y. Star

Crustaceans Shed Shells During Growth Observation

The passage describes how large crustaceans shed their shells annually or more often after full development. During renewal the skin is soft and the animal swells by up to about fifteen percent. The horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus is noted for a similar molt with a front cephalothorax opening allowing the crab to emerge, the molt often mistaken for the whole creature.

Powers of the Queen and the changing British constitution

The article outlines royal prerogatives and limits on the Queen’s power, noting she can appoint peers and bishops, issue charters, conduct diplomacy, and convene or dissolve Parliament, yet Parliament holds veto power and legislative origin. It contrasts prerogative with post-Revolution government by Parliament and cites historic contingencies and procedures governing royal and parliamentary actions.

England House of Commons Lords Commons Charles I Anne Westminster George III Board of Admiralty

Journalistic Enterprise and a Bugle Editor's Quips

A tale of Artemus Ward visiting the Bungtown Bugle shows an editor boasting over improvements to his paper. He reads an editorial about a revamped sink and new bucket, announces plans to grow circulation, and jokes about a paste pot purchase. The Bugle also trumpets extra editions and tripled circulation, though it started with just one subscriber.

Artemus Ward Bungtown Bugle Artemus the Gazette The Bugle

Judges and Officials Stricken by Illness and Travel

The Lord Chief Justice of England is ill while other judges are laid up. Barons Bramwell and Huddle Stone are in Cannes for health. Sir John Mellor, retired on pension, has returned to duty.

England Bramwell and Huddlestone Cannes France John Mellor

Religious and Educational Developments Across Nations

The text notes Stuttgart Polytechnic with 72 professors and 506 students earning 375000 annually, Italy’s many schools with tens of thousands of pupils, the move of an iron church to Hudson Bay, the Pope’s encyclical crowning Cyril and Methodius as saints, a New York Diocesan push against pew rentals, Berlin’s pastor-to-congregation ratios, St Thomas baptism and marriages, catechetical hours, and University College London admitting women with several prize successes in Latin French and economics, signaling momentum for female education.

Polytechnic School of Stuttgart United States Italy London Esquimauxesbyterians Little Wuale River Hudson Bay Berlin St. Thomas University College, London Oxford

Wit and Wisdom and Gentle Satire Snippets

A collage of quips and wry observations from various papers. A newspaper man’s sad fate after losing a railroad pass, Skeptical takes on clergy weddings, a modern miss denying Cinderella, Bible edition changes provoking debate, and a depot scene ending with a peppermint lozenge misread as a quarter.

Norristown Herald Spriggins Osion Andrew’s Bazar Burlington Union Depot New Haven Register

Global economic snapshot from 19th century trade data

The report cites electric light testing for freight yards, Virginia oyster commerce at 2 million dollars annually with 6 538 white and 7 698 colored workers, North Carolina cotton mills totaling 116 758 spindles after six new additions, and a 40 million marketing cost for cotton with 25 million going to colored labor. It notes a surge in cut paper patterns, early rail history, Sir Claus Spreckles investments in South San Francisco, a 2 000 barrel daily refinery, and global wool production by region totaling 1 556 million pounds in 1878 with major buyers including Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Australia, and South Africa.

Virginia North Carolina New York Europe Engent Darlington Jockton France St. Etienne Lyons M. Thiers Paris Claus Spreckles Sandwich Islands Kalakaua San Francisco Sandwich Island River Platte United States Australia South Africa Great Britain Germany Russia Austria

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