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Defiance County Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1884

Page

8

Life in a Mining Camp as a Gambler's Fate

A vivid Atlantic Monthly sketch of a fresh mining camp in a forest setting. It contrasts hopeful boomtown sights with harsh, unsettled life, drunken whisky fame, rough women, shifting housing, and a restless, lasting lure of gold. The piece portrays babies as the only calm constants amid speculation, risk, and constant movement.

Exchange Colorado Atlantic Monthly

Evolution of Men’s Coat Styles in The American Fashion Review

The American Fashion Review notes fashion shifts toward shorter walking coats with fuller fronts and increased sleeve size. Double breasted frocks adjust to customer size, sacques stay close fitting, and overcoats lengthen with velvet piping. Indistinct plaids rise as vest hemlines and pantaloons maintain high closures and no collars.

American Fashion Review

Tragic Self Inflicted Death After Family Dispute

The Chicago Herald reports Miss Dolly St. Clair aged fourteen chose a young man over dinner. After her father scolded and physically disciplined her, she retrieved a revolver from a bureau and shot herself. Injuries were severe and fatal in time.

San Francisco Dolly St. Clair Chicago Herald

A California Witch Haunts Butte County Helltown

A Cal. Record report alleges Mag Lynch, an elderly witch in Helltown, Butte County, accused of cursing horses and cattle. Neighbors fear her, while a girl’s St Vitus dance case and a cow with nails in the stomach are cited as proof of witchcraft.

Butte County Helltown Mag Lynch Nancy Stokely Nancy Oroville J. A. Dawson Maggie Chico Mag Cirico Cal

The Utility of School Recesses and Health

Joseph Carter argues against dropping school recesses citing benefits of continuous work, health, discipline, and teacher time. He contends utilitarian schooling should prioritize physical vigor and health over memorized fragments of conventional facts.

Boston Journal of Education Rochester New York Joseph Carter Popular Science Monthly

A Defense of Cowboys by Albany Visitor

Cornelius Young known as Texas Charlie and Crook’s Apache raid scout visits Albany. He argues cowboys are ranch workers and drivers who are often mischaracterized. He notes many carry two revolvers but imply they drink or act recklessly only when drunk. He contrasts rustlers with cowboys and describes casual taunting of tenderfeet.

Texas Charlie Cornelius Young Crook Albany Bill Arizona States

List of Defiance County Pensioners Wounded and Disabled

A Defiance County roster lists individuals on the U S pension rolls as of January 1 1884 with injuries and monthly amounts. Names span multiple towns including Evanston Sherwood Willseyville Hicksville and Farm er with varied injuries from abdominal wounds to loss of limbs and blindness.

Defiance County United States

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