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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1883
Page
3
In a dramatic passage from Youth's Companion, Philip Bourke Marston recounts two Swansea women who fearlessly join a life-saving effort at sea. Amid roaring waves and thunderous wind, they seize a rope and descend toward a sinking ship. Facing peril, they haul two survivors aboard, then return to shore with the rescued men, hailed as heroes.
The description paints Camp Fancy as a rough, dreary settlement with a single rocky street and shabby huts. Yet miners cherish the solitude and rugged beauty of the mountains, preferring their harsh frontier to Eastern comforts despite the gloom and desolation.
In Camp Fancy a cold winter tests hope of miners waiting for a silver boom. Larrie, an orphan boy sheltered by Dan and Molly Lannigan, tunnels a mine despite danger. Old Kentuck rescues him when a collapse traps him, and a hidden vein is revealed, reviving the camp’s fortunes and Larrie’s dream of a better life.
Two Terre Haute young ladies returning from California refuse an upper berth offer from a showy passenger. She proclaims herself Mrs. Colonel Dunlevy Wickersham then claims to be Mrs. General Grant and Queen Victoria, prompting bemused exchanges. In Indianapolis Review excerpt.
The St Louis school authorities decide not to abolish corporal punishment in public schools. The Y M C A railroad department spent 75000 last year with two thirds from railroad companies. The Bible names eight suicide cases, Abimelech to Judas Iscariot. Dr Jennie Trout donates 10000 to fund a women’s medical school in Toronto. Fermented wine banned from communion tables in Chicago and most Congregational churches. Prof Charles Anthon dies in Bremen after decades teaching English history. Wellesley honors Mrs Browning with a room housing Story’s bust and Browning’s manuscript. Brown University benefactor John Carter Brown heard his LL.D. news with mixed feelings. Presbyterian seminaries total 449 students across listed schools. Allegheny Seminary adviser Wilson urges plain Anglo-Saxon in pulpit study of languages before preaching. John Wesley’s follower receives bank note and verse on trust in the Lord. Hindu belief notes 8.4 million rebirth varieties. debate over postdeath probation unsettled.
A collage of quips and brief items from various papers illustrates humorous observations. Headlines touch on shopkeepers, diamonds, cyclones, spelling reform, dirt removal, Florida canal jokes, women’s rights, a north pole exchange, art sales, debtor honesty, and suburban gossip. Notable names include Brooklyn Eagle, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Telegraph, Philadelphia Chronicle, Philadelphia News, Chicago Times, Norristown Herald, Arkansaw Traveler.
Laurence Baldwin eldest of four clergymen families rescues his younger brother Horace from a sinking skiff in a stormy New England coast. He dives into icy waters, endures a howling tide, and, aided by a securing log rope that fails, pushes to shore and collapses from exhaustion. Father, mother, and community hail him as a hero, while Horace boasts Laurie would not have it without him.
A boy under eight, sent to the House of Refuge for corrigible behavior, attempted suicide by tearing open his arm with a pin and wire. After healing, he reopened the wound, was punished with a rattan switch, and then became docile. He later reconciled to life upon finding former street acquaintances housed at the institution.
A curious puppy nosed about an ash-heap and poked his head into a tea-pot. He became stuck, causing laughter as John and Mary tried to free him. The tinman freed the pup, who now keeps his ears outside when curious. Tribune.
Eight year old Maurice Kittredge, living in the warm Sandwic Islands, builds a sled from boards. After rough testing on slippery front steps, he coasts down seven stairs, bravely not crying when he falls. His mother and father watch, noting his perseverance and question why Americans find it so fun.
A father warns his son against bad company and the son who dismisses caution. Years later the man on trial admits rebellion caused his ruin, urging boys not to disobey. The Baptist Weekly reprints a moral tale about youth, wisdom, and consequences.
An 18th century practice forced delinquents to plead by pressing they could be pressed to death if silent. If found mute of malice, felony cases led to execution or abject punishment. The rite persisted until 1772 when mute pleas equaled conviction. Blackwood's Magazine recounts 1658 and 1726 cases.
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