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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1883
Page
2
A husband urges calm and patience as his wife frets over a teacup set. The couple’s placid routine fails when the aquarium scene and a calm philosophy turn to a wrecked room. A framed confession hints at deeper strain between Lucy and the couple.
In a furious Pacific typhoon near Formosa the Tankadere fights huge waves and shifting winds toward Shanghai. Pilot Bunsby orders reefed sails as Passepartout wakes aboard the Carnatic in Yokohama, while Fogg signals a US steamer to aid the distressed craft.
A satirical meditation on how temperamental mornings ruin the day. The author notes quarrelsome individuals lash out at breakfast and in the first hours, risking brawls with friends and business patrons. Advice suggests restraint, returning to bed, and temper control to prevent crime.
A Philadelphia old body servant of Stephen Girard weds a 28-year-old maiden for the third time. Rev. Charles Spurgeon Jr writes from England. Gen. Andrew Jackson's ivory cane now with B C Ford of Chattanooga. The late Godlove S Orth spoke to his daughter Mollie as he died. Multiple historical notes on presidents, migrations, and signatures on a 1790 land deed bearing Washington and Clinton autographs.
A Detroit Limekiln Club gathering features Brother Gardner praising practical proverbs and second-hand mottoes. He cites old men like Comeback Jones and lists member mottoes from Sir Isaac Walpole to Brutus Jackson, urging self-reliance and steady work.
An etymology note explains that the phrase earn your salt traces to salarium the Roman salary or salt allowance. It notes how salt money funded daily meals and how the term salt became linked to livelihood, shaping the idiom about those who do not earn their salt.
In the Colorado desert a tortoise grows to twenty five pounds and its meat is regarded as a great delicacy by the inns.
A brief towed byline notes a mercantile thief in a regional scene, with a succinct line about property loss and departure. No names or places are given, leaving the core statement as a terse alert of theft and disappearance.
A collage of light snippets from multiple papers features quips about pillow-shams bees and domestic mishaps. Jokes touch on marital humor, kitchen misfires, and social foibles, with a Boston, Detroit, Chicago, and Norristown flavor.
A careless boy named Rollo in a white suit returns home muddy after a failed park excursion. His mother disciplines him, he saves Mrs. Sullivan’s baby from a lake accident, and she forgives him with tender affection as the town learns of his bravery.
A sad morning scene on a snowy sidewalk leads a generous lady to reward a kind girl Julia who helped her little brother Jo. The family learns of a dead sister, and the lady later gives Julia a strong sled named Golden Arrow, bringing happiness to five children.
A Connecticut Penitentiary ex-prisoner, aided by Prisoners' Aid Society, recalls the mouse he kept in his cell as his only companion. The small pet would scamper from a hole, eat crumbs from his hand, run along his arm, and scold him when not attended to, bringing him to tears as he left the prison.
A poem about Teddy standing by the window as evening shadows fall. He weeps thinking of a naughty friend and wishes his mother would call him to hear lullabies and receive kisses. He admits he is sorry and seeks forgiveness as twilight brings warmth and comfort.
A Hampstead controversy over a tramway extension sparks a question of who may bear the title esquire. Tradesmen listed with the affix face working class opposition, while letters to strangers reveal broader debates on social status and address etiquette in the United Kingdom.
A reflection on ceremony as social restraint. The piece argues people resist losing ritual but resent perceived slights, noting we once endured rudeness without decorum. It defends maintaining ceremony to prevent chaos, likening freedom to unleashing a tame tiger in a drawing room. urban life and manners are discussed.
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