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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1883
Page
3
A comic exchange between a poet and his muse is lampooned in The Century by Harrison Robertson. The male speaker presses a kiss on a fan while the woman contemplates the act and mocks the poet’s bold gesture.
Edward B. Heaton recounts a Pawnee interpreter and his Omaha wife surviving a Sioux pursuit. Trapped under ice on the Republican River for two days and nourished by a warrior’s rawhide quiver, they are rescued by Big Buffalo’s band and wed afterward. The tale blends frontier danger with cross tribe alliance.
Chicago Tribune reports Oscar Wilde, famed apostle of beauty, duped by faux Englishmen on Broadway. He lost money in an aesthetic gambling farce then rushed to his banker to stop payment on a $1,300 check amid lavish lectures to disapproving audiences.
Antrim New Hampshire reports a man who left for California during the gold rush thirty one years ago has returned to his family. His son, now a merchant and town selectman in Antrim, had learned of his health in Sacramento and arranged for care. The father, over seventy eight, traveled by way of Chicago to Boston and home. The wife remains living.
A Detroit Post quotation critiques Mrs Wilkie Collins portrayal of a woman doctor in fiction. It discusses masculine prejudice against women in medicine and notes how the novel’s scene could sway voters while highlighting romance over professional respect.
A Texas Siftings anecdote recalls a young Austin woman with a classical education urging her aged grandmother to use a softer phrasing as she faces a fatal illness. The scene unfolds with family gathered, the grandmother uttering a final goodbye, and the granddaughter insisting on more genteel language.
The tobacco plant forms shallow roots near the surface for warmth. When hoeing damages roots closest to the plant, surviving roots surge back toward the surface between the rows.
A Boston Globe note states Captain F M Howes of the steamer William Crane was cured of rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil after exposure related to his work. A Michigan grocer, famed for stinginess, is described as lenient in a cranberry sale anecdote where an overly cheap customer seeks a single berry.
An 19th century ad promotes Dr. Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a health renewer and blood purifier. It claims the remedy strengthens every part of the body and urges trials. A side note mentions ground cocoanut shells with black pepper signaling a mild season.
A collage of old ads promotes Dr Pierce and Burdock Bitters as cures and tonics for bronchitis coughs indigestion kidney liver disorders and female complaints. It includes patient testimonials and light humor sketches urging readers to buy products and send stamps for pamphlets.
A 72 year old man claims Hop Bitters cured kidney trouble and gravel, restoring energy and vitality as if he were thirty, urging others in aging health to try the remedy. Father signs Sunday Mercury endorsement.
A Baltimore physician shares his near fatal illness with kidney disease that began in New Orleans. After misdiagnosis and failed treatments he recovered after using Warner’s Kidney and Liver Cure and urges awareness of kidney disorders. The letter advocates the product and warns readers about misattributed deaths from kidney disease.
Dr Robi Newton former Eclectic College president and Dr Wm Haun's Balaam line praised as a sovereign cure for lung diseases. The ad asserts rapid relief from eruptions and chronic conditions and claims widespread patient testimony backing its efficacy.
A compilation of period advertisements features Dr Voltaic Belt trial offers for nervous debility and vitality issues, along with various tonics and salves. Other items promote hair-dye caution, shoe stiffeners, axle grease, eye remedies, toothache drops, bronchial lozenges, and tobacco brands.
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