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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1878
Page
4
The speaker recalls a long-ago walk filled with wind and rock and streams. They speak of love, memory, and the belief that the dead are not truly gone, their souls resting in divine grace, awaiting reunion with a beloved face in God’s kingdoms.
Beatrice Hale rejects an arranged match to wed Ronald Redster after Hale Hall is set ablaze. Ronald, warned by neighbors and aided by Mrs. Redster, exposes a plot by John Clancy and Jane to frame him. Sir Lyon Seclar relinquishes Beatrice, and the couple marry as Hale Hall is rebuilt.
A sharp exchange notes how a pair of aged black pants appears clean indoors but becomes conspicuously visible in bright sun. The observation highlights how fabrics change appearance with light.
The article reflects on the calm demeanor and steady judgment needed to be a proper citizen. It analogizes civic virtue to a soda water mix, noting how a wife will accept the same steady, reliable persona as her husband in public life.
A Portland dispatch reports Gen Howard and Col Wheaton maneuvering against Bannock and Snake bands near the John Day River. Hostiles cross John Day and are moving toward the Snake River. Umatilla and Pendleton observers describe skirmishes, with several killed and homes burned as volunteers mobilize across Oregon.
Dispatches report 400 hostile tribesmen and 30 were engaged in July actions with two losses. Portland notes four militia companies volunteered to reach the Indian trouble area as Gov Chadwick requests reserves. Capt Wilkinson aims to intercept crossing Indians between here and Untatilla. A John Dav alley Avalanche dispatch details 4000 square miles under siege near Canyon City with fewer than 100 armed male adults and volunteers outnumbered four to one.
The Gainesville Eagle surveys early Georgia mining along the Chestatee and nearby rivers. It notes veins and rich deposits found in shallow pits and river beds, with spectacular uncrystallized specimens and high-value rock. It argues capital and proper appliances would unlock full yield, comparing Georgia prospects to California.
A red nosed man asks for a chance to pour his voice into a phonograph. The proprietor Gilliland explains the machine repeats words exactly. The man enjoys the music, remarks on rheumatic relief, then exits with a sad, unsteady step after the performance.
A Baltimore Sun quote warns that habitual ice water drinking disrupts digestion by cooling the stomach and slowing gastric juice flow. It cites a physician’s view that ice water leads to flabbiness, heaviness after meals, and reliance on stimulants, noting dangers of ice water in Sioux City lawyers’ circles.
An Ohio State Journal report describes J N Bennett and C Uller testing a steam driven canal boat wheel system with four paddles, aimed to move the vessel without water disturbance. The trial from Friend Street to a starch factory showed promise despite engine and draft limitations.
Fragmentary lines reveal a social vignette about Miss Green who is described as wayward and wrong, Miss Cash with no money, and Miss Day changing from Day toward marriage to a knight. Miss Stenny aided a flight while a hopeful view toward the misnamed fair sex appears amid missteps and mistaken identities.
The Observer recalls a tale of a Cincinnati friend taken to the State Asylum for Inebriates in Binghamton. The narrator describes a bungled journey, the curious reception at the hospital, and a narrow escape before his four years of abstinence.
In a Chicago Journal anecdote a man in a city art gallery is challenged about a loan collection. An older observer jokes that some pictures are unreadable even with an umbrella, highlighting irony and wit in a bustling gallery scene.
Dr Footx cautions bathers to dive in when ready, as creeping in inch by inch chills feet and extremities and deranges circulation. The piece mentions a pardon scene where the Sheriff informs Jim of his clemency.
A compilation of kitchen and farming tips including a sugar rich cake, sheep feed claims, a strawberry cream preparation with isinglass, soil improvement methods with buckwheat and clover, coffee making with hot milk, hay and meal feeding notes, a skeletonizing leaf method using washing soda lime and chlorine bleaching, plus guidance on collecting and drying leaves for specimens.
The article argues nursery trees should be root-pruned a year before sale to reduce transplant losses. It notes young trees have more fibrous roots and are easier to transplant, while forest seedlings like tulip trees, hickories, walnuts, oaks and chestnut require root pruning years earlier for marketable stock. After pruning, root systems resemble those of older perennials, improving survival.
Professor R C Kedzie of Michigan Agricultural College urges farmers to boost soil with green manures like rye and clover, plus ash and bone compost, to revive rundown fields. He advises patience and steady effort, warning against despair in farming. The holiday troops fought nobly.
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