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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
3
A poem describes a doll-house disturbance with furniture overturned and dolls damaged. A burglar cat lurks behind the door as five toys suffer mischief. the speaker contemplates leniency for the first offense and forgiveness. Emma A Opper provides the verses in Golden Days.
Mrs. Baker sends Annie to fetch yeast with two pennies. The store clerk explains only one penny was offered, and Annie lies about losing the second. The mother contemplates the moral lesson as she comforts her sleeping baby and plans a return to the shop with Annie.
Annie and two friends take a penny from a shop for candy. Mrs. Baker and Mr. Martin confront the incident at home. Annie confesses, promises never to steal again, and learns that wrongdoing saddens both mother and Jesus.
A St. Louis Magazine blurb tells of Vivian Muldoon and Algernon McGuire parting after a brief romance. Vivian marries a Chicago alderman and lives lavishly in Canada, while Algernon wed a Kalamazoo widow with three children and works as a section boss on the Smashup line of Burntbridge & Brokenrail Railroad.
A well dressed thief entered a Paris money changer near the Madeleine and used a vanishing trick to steal £1000 in notes while the changer rearranged drawers. The theft mirrors a similar incident on Rue de Rivoli weeks earlier. Also mention locust swarms delighting Pacific coast Digger Indians in 1875 and a quip about introductions and obituaries.
In the Waverley Magazine piece, the Shaker order declines as New England birth rates fall and railroad and westward expansion shift the economy. Large families fade, outsiders called world’s people enter labor, and discipline weakens as youths marry away. One community sees twenty three runaways, leaving seven in a once two hundred strong family.
The Paris letter discusses how land division and wealth shape French families and gender roles. It argues forced property subdivision weakens public health and moral life, noting rich mothers push daughters toward status and power, while sons face limited opportunity amid social expectations.
The American Register recounts a tale linking clam chowder to French settlers in New England. Longfellow allegedly urged a French lady to try the dish, noting how necessity and local ingredients shaped the chowder. The story traces language and cultural exchanges from Chaudiere to chowder.
The letter from Charles A. Spier of Orion Michigan dated March 1887 recounts sudden illness in December 1586 and a cancer diagnosis with no cure. After using Hibbard's Lunatic Syrup from a Orion druggist, the swelling subsided and the writer claims restored health. Signed testimonials from Berniwe & Bernese druggists and local officials accompany the letter.
A column extols old frontier healthways and warns against mineral medicines. It promotes Warner's Log Cabin Remedies, praising natural cures from forests and fields and recounts rural life contrasts with modern cities. It weaves in campus dialogue and a Spaniards proverb about in law tensions.
A collage of advertisements and public notes on health tonics and digestion remedies. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets prom ise safe vegetable relief for dyspepsia and liver issues while Scott’s Emulsion markets cod liver oil with hypophosphites. Public-interest notes challenge illiteracy claims tied to immigration and discuss birth rates.
An advertisement touts a female health remedy claiming cures for weak back and other female disorders. It includes archaic rhetoric about revelations and refers to a paper tube bottle packing method, noting extensive Chicago manufacture and English distribution.
An advertising notice touts Brown's Bronchial Tradies as the best remedy for throat troubles and coughs, priced at 4 cts and sold only in boxes. It also mentions unrelated items: Murat was assassinated and McGarigle was lost in one.
An advertisement extols Dr. Greene's Nervura Nerve Tonic as a pure vegetable and certain cure for nervous debility. It promises restored energy, clear brain, lifted mood, and renewed vitality, with price and availability through Dr. Greene of New York. The piece also plugs Demo REST's Monthly Magazine and how to obtain it.
Itching piles with moisture and night aggravation may form tumors that bleed and ulcerate. Swayne's Ointment stops itching and bleeding, heals ulcers, and can remove tumors in many cases. Claims broad skin disease cures by Dr. Swayne & Son of Philadelphia. Available from druggists or for 25 cents with Lyon's Patent Heel Stim.
A testimonial extols Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier and tonic. A woman writes that it improved her complexion, eased nerves, regularized habits, and increased flesh, claiming no after effects or cravings after use.
An advertisement touts Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry as relief for asthma and breathing trouble and claims a teaspoonful cures ordinary coughs while several bottles can cure consumption if started early. It argues the product becomes a standard household medicine soon.
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