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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1887
Page
3
A rustic allegory contrasts the glinging vine with the shturdy oak to argue who steadies life in sickness and hardship. The speaker questions traditional roles while praising intimate bonds between vine and oak as shelter and support through storms.
Rosa, a 15 year old girl, schemes to attend a sister's party with Aunt Mary’s jewels. A kidnapping ruse on a city-bound coach ends when a policeman rescues her and recovers the stolen ring. Rosa vows to reform as her parents mete out punishment and forgiveness.
Governor Fonerken urges reform in benevolent institutions arguing for nonpartisan management to ensure efficiency and accountability. He also advocates centralized oversight, tax reform, and better convict labor use while warning against politics in prison administration and urging funding for statewide monuments and centennial plans.
The piece recounts how the French press portrays Queen Victoria's dining ritual with guests seated in a semicircle while a band plays. It notes gloves at table, the constitutional rule about addressing the Queen, and the Queen's right to initiate conversation.
A Washington lawyer's father describes his son's months of taking quinine in small doses, causing elation and memory intactness yet irrational thoughts. Doctors note two historical cases in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases from July 1881 where insanity followed quinine use, suggesting brief, curable insanity in predisposed individuals.
In a Philadelphia Times yarn a Colonel Gowen buys horses in a scam where the coachman's hat and garb impress onlookers. The majestic animals falter, shed manes and tails, leaving Gowen astonished as the dealer reveals the ruse and the Colonel reluctantly admits being outmatched in horse swapping.
A young lady apologizes softly after nearly striking a ragged boy in the street. He accepts with a bow and humor, saying a polite pardon from her “you may run again and knock me down and I won’t say a word.” The moment leaves the boy touched and the pair reflects on gentle speech.
A brief exchange where two speakers joke about a fair division of a stove and a chimney hole. The dialogue emphasizes practical bargaining with a witty line about sharing assets. It reflects light humorous tone from Harper's Bazaar.
A seventeen year old girl nicknamed Aunt Tip jokes to her stern chaperone about being like an engine. The witty girl quips that she can never know why as the chaperone admits she scatters sparks whenever she appears.
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