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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1884
Page
8
OhioDefiance newspaper name Defiance County Express announces editor Frank Culley in Defiance, Ohio with no additional details visible in the readable text.
A humorous Harper's Magazine piece presents a bachelor’s blunt vow to remain single, confessing indifference to romance while noting irony as he lives with knitted and netted items around his future wife’s home. The poem contrasts his stated plan with real life as a wife appears, and others doubt his initial pledge.
A cautionary examination shows poisons exist in many common items beyond arsenic. Arsenic in wall papers, lamp shades, and hat linings can vaporize and contaminate air, posing hidden risks in rooms and especially beds. The article warns readers to beware bright green decorations and other everyday objects containing toxic compounds.
Arsenic finds its way into fabrics, papers and toys, with emerald green pigment and colors in red and yellow cloths. Lead and its salts also threaten via water pipes, bottles and utensils, while powders and fly papers contain arsenic or other poisons. Parents should supervise colored items and avoid exposing children to doubtful articles and corrosive acids.
The skin, lungs, and kidneys jointly remove body waste with the skin exhaling about two pints daily, kidneys similar, and lungs less. Cold weather reduces skin effort and raises kidney and lung activity, while heat increases perspiration and lowers urine. Treatments use skin stimulation to relieve kidney issues and vice versa, with poultices and warmth aiding in pneumonia by supporting lung function.
Report notes that cows continue to pull plows in rural Central Germany reflecting traditional farming methods. Farmers rely on livestock for fieldwork amid modern mechanization.
A farmer argues buckwheat deserves a patch despite season, noting easy sowing, soil mellowing, high yields up to thirty bushels per acre, and value as livestock feed and soil conditioner. He urges timely planting, shallow covering, harrowing, and plowing under to enrich exhausted land.
The tribute list from the King of Annam to the Emperor of China includes two elephants tusks two rhinoceros horns forty five catties of betel nuts forty five atties grains of paradise six hundred ounces sandalwood three hundred ounces garroo wood one hundred pieces native silk one hundred pieces white silk one hundred pieces raw silk one hundred pieces native cloth
Miss Nellie Cooley daughter of Dewitt C. Cooley of St Paul, took her life in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania recently. Her mother died by suicide years earlier, leaving her in deep despondency from which she did not recover.
The Chicago Herald notes a Utah performance with repeated mel low drama lines as critics describe the production. Performances in town spark discussion on staging.
Captain W F Swasey and Col D J Williamson recount decades of pain from rheumatism after 1561 62 attack. Williamson spent $20000 on baths and remedies before using St Jacobs Oil, which he says cured his pain and he endorses publicly to help other sufferers.
A Philadelphia Press quote notes mothers fear early infant mischief, but as daughters mature the danger of matches shifts in priority and concern.
A Vermont chemistry professor reports Wells, Richardson & Co butter color is 25 percent stronger than competing products. He certifies it contains no harmful alkali and resists rancidity after two months of exposure, unlike other colors.
A collage of brief testimonials and advertisements tout the merits of remedies for rheumatism catarrh and skin conditions. Claims include Piles relief from Kidney-Wort and Swift's Specific cures for mercurial rheumatism and dry tetter. Other bits mock modesty and promote Diamond Dyes and Ely s products.
A Boston mystery tale recalls the city of Boston disappearance amid a southeast hurricane. Captain George Siddons Murray of the Alaska discusses the fate of the ill fated liner and a possible collision with ice. The piece also presents an anecdote about a reader’s recovery from rheumatic disease using Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure and promotes various patent remedies.
An advertisement touts Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer as safe, restoring gray hair to natural color and promoting new growth without harming health unlike other preparations. It claims quick darkening to glossy brown and asks readers to purchase via Brenton, Myers & Co. in Cleveland and C. N. Crittenton in New York. Also promotes Brown's Bronchial Traches as a safe cough remedy, sold in boxes for 25 cts.
The warning notes that authentic German Hop Bitters must bear the word German blown in the bottle to prove genuineness and avoid imitation products. The ad emphasizes branding as a safeguard for consumers seeking trusted bitters.
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