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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1883
Page
3
A Boston Advertiser item satirizes a plumbers convention where a wealthy speaker pushes for the public to pay for his long bills and paper costs. The crowd agrees, set to charge five dollars for work on the bill as winter tightens.
A resident recalls a January blizzard near Morris a twentysix mile trek home with Mabel. The storm advances like a wall with roaring wind and blinding snow as the couple races toward shelter in a village lights fade and air turns numb.
A Detroit Free Press correspodent from Sancock Minnesota relates a blizzard ordeal on the prairie. A settler and his wife fought toward shelter as the storm buried barn and house, guiding themselves by a pump and a twine trail. The horses survived buried in snow and were fed from stalls. Three locals perished in the storm, including a woman who died en route to aid a neighbor. her body was found in spring.
A New York Sun piece recalls a fatal duel in Brooklyn years ago where a French swordsman killed in a clash over a Boston or Brooklyn belle, later buried in Greenwood and visited annually by his mother and the couple who pursued him. A New York Graphic note adds a local quip about Sunday shop closures under a new penal code with a Chinese washermen’s signoff.
The Free Press notes extensive hill excavation near Bodie California has caused half the bluff to shift eastward. A crevice about a foot wide now spans the mountain’s center.
A humorous Keokuk News item features an editor traveling with a slip of paper bearing his name and stylish handwriting. Conductors admire it and ask for replicas, sparking a witty exchange about penmanship and proof of identity as the editor demonstrates scissors and cuts the paper into articles, preserving his role as editor aboard the train.
The Greenwich Connecticut pastor Rev. George A Gordon has just been called to lead the old South Church in Boston at a salary of 8000 dollars with a parsonage. He is not yet thirty and ten years ago studied as a mechanic in Boston while supporting himself by preaching. After graduating in 1875 he preached in Maine for a year before returning to Greenwich at 2800 dollars annually. He is likely the best paid minister of his age in the world.
The Texas public school fund should lead the nation in education by sound use of its assets. The fund comprises over four million dollars in interest bearing bonds and money, plus thirty million acres of land valued at one fifty per acre.
Captain John J. Dawson late of the British Army and residing on Love street between Mandeville and Spain in the city declares he used St Jacobs Oil with the greatest possible advantage when afflicted with rheumatism.
Jim Callender visits Mose Schaumburg to buy a stylish overcoat. The garment arrives quickly but the tailor’s work is sloppy, with seams coming apart. The dialogue plays on the joke of overcoat style, as Callender decides to buy the coat on the spot despite flaws.
J. J. Johnson of Richmond Indiana states the medicine cured his C dyspepsia and his wife’s general ill health, calling it the best medicine he ever used.
A legal reminiscence recalls Davie O Connell at the Irish Bar where a client freed by acquittal cries thanks in a bold way. The man says he would not back a faction rescue if he could see the counsellor knocked down in his own parish, illustrating a striking scene of public gratitude.
A Rochester reader credits Hop Bitters with curing ague biliousness and kidney complaint in herself and two ill children. She used a half bottle on the girls and neighbors and doctors approved. The family continued use and were cured, praising the product highly. See other column.
A Pawnee Indian Chief named Speckled Moon is described with seventeen wives. The remark about keeping his wig warm suggests cultural humor or commentary about polygamy and status.
An advertisement extols the Golden Medical Discovery as a potent blood cleansing remedy for various skin issues and general consumption. It claims early lung consumption can be cured with its use and invites readers to request Part III of the World’s Dispensary Dime Series pamphlets from the Buffalo, New York association. It ends with a note from N. O. Picayune recommending a chess protector for weak young men.
An excerpt extols "Mother Swans Worm Syrup" as a tasteless fever remedy for feverishness worms and constipation, priced at 25 cents. It quips on hatters beingNap prone and promotes Diamond Dyes as a woman’s economy booster, then mocks quinine as costly.
A Lady questions Paris fashion and hair arrangements while advertising touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for female ailments. The ad claims artificial appliances mask emaciation and debility and promotes use through druggists with a directive that doctors’ aid can be dispensed with.
The piece notes that life is harmonious when vitality is not disrupted by suffering and that many women with health disorders have found relief and cures using Mrs Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
A physician warns that unknown diseases can strike with little warning and grow rapidly. Sudden pains, fluctuating appetite, and alternating health signal dangerous conditions though sufferers feel normal at times. The article stresses vigilance and early medical evaluation.
A Cincinnati doctor endorses Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure after treating a fireman with parenchymatous nephritis. The letter discusses acute nephritis symptoms, Bright's disease links, and urges physicians to consider proprietary remedies despite prejudice.
Advertisement asserts Workingmen can economize by using Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery to cleanse the blood prevent fevers and cure humors. It also claims plasterers understand their craft while at work on ceilings.
An old newspaper ad touts Burdock Blood Bits as a positive cure for dyspepsia constipation and related stomach disorders after sumptuous meals. It also promotes Dr Benjaminson Celery and Chamomile Pills to cure nervousness headaches and indigestion, claiming 5,000 physicians prescribe them.
An odd OCR fragment advertises pest control with claims to clear rats mice flies roaches bed bugs ants and vermin. It then shifts to rare coins noting a twenty dollar gold piece and ends with a prompt to choose Wise's Axle Grease for carriages.
An 19th century advertisement fragment promotes Dr. Wm Ham’s Balsam for colds coughs and consumption Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar Pike’s toothache drops and the Voltaic Belt Co offering trial electric belts for nervous debility and vitality. Also jokes and shoe stiffeners and Spring Tobacco promotion.
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