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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1887
Page
3
Mark Hilton toys with danger to retrieve a rare forget me not for Kitty McLaughlin on a cliff. A rock collapse traps him, while Kitty crafts a milkweed rope to pull him up, her devotion saving him and sealing a vow of true love.
The Spanish tobacco monopoly will be taken up by a syndicate of foreign and native bankers with Bank of Spain support to form a company with millions in capital. A ten year lease will be adjudicated on June 6 under cortes law, with the contract running from July 1. KEARNEY of San Francisco now runs an intelligence office for cooks and washerwomen. Though genius commands admiration, character most secures respect.
In Scribner's Magazine T. H. Murnane recounts how the art of pitching curveballs evolved from 1869 onward. He credits Arthur Cummings with the first noticeable out-curve, notes Avery's in-shoot, Fred Nichols's drop ball, Matthews's raise and double-motion, and McCormick's raise curve. The piece surveys various inventors and their wrinkled pitches, up to Keefe and Sweeney, highlighting the sport’s growing repertoire and control, plus a dramatic note on the auxiliary vessel and naval figure at the end.
The article contrasts Fulton’s steamship achievements with earlier efforts, noting he built six steam boats before others abroad. It describes the Clermont’s size, a war steamer Demologos laid down June 20, 1814 and launched October 29, 1814, with trials on June 1, 1815 and a 53 mile voyage on July 4, 1815.
A traveling pompous bore vents a rambling dinner party anecdote about a nameless editor’s instinct and a tedious chain of misremembered names. The passage captures the self importance and endless asides of a newsroom nuisance known as Tid Bits.
An old veteran recalls Capt Wynn who vowed no bullet could fell him. After Gettysburg, Wynn’s wife saw his oil portrait pierced by a chair post exactly where his face would be hit. News arrived that Wynn was killed in the face at that spot, matching the omen in Americus Recorder.
A large St. Bernard, owned by a farmer near Boston, acts as a gentle protector for a widow living alone. The dog sits on her piazza to deter visiting tramps, then follows her home in the evening. The same cycle also mentions an English wartime velocipede designed to carry ten soldiers.
An amateur asked Liszt how to play with soul and the maestro replied that one must first possess a soul. The remark underscores the music master’s view that technical skill alone cannot yield true artistry.
A描述 of a seven year old traveling on a Santa Fe sleeper, embodying a new mobile era. Warner cites Harper's Magazine reflections on a railborn modern boy, the expansive West, and obituary lines from Bowie and a New Mexican tribute, highlighting motion and boundless frontier life.
A dialog from Arkansaw Traveler argues that success in writing comes from mastering details and industrious work rather than innate genius. A Dakota Bell tale from Pittsburgh notes two young girls died from excessive rope jumping, reflecting reckless activity.
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