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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1883
Page
8
Frank W. Stauffer in Golden Days recalls boyhood rules about hours of school and play. The verse laments adults losing the beardless joy, chasing greed and toil while forgetting humanity and true bliss, ending with the refrain that the fence is out.
An 83 year old New England tin-peddler recounts a perilous night during a 1860s cross border journey. At a Dixville tavern, he is seized by a lanky man with a revolver who forces him into his cart. The pursuer drives all night through hill and storm, then abandons the cart near Coatthook Canada, leaving the peddler to seek aid with a French inn and his stubborn horse Old Charley. He never learns the captor’s fate, suspecting a Confederate operative on the run from Union detectives.
A mosaic of household tips and local notices. Spells for preserving fruit trees with string grafting, milk boiling cures, tea cake and bread dough recipes, clean seed wheat for weed control, fry bread cake, and a beef dish with force meat. Also a lead cattle method, gypsum fertilizer notes, and general farming advice from 19th century newspapers.
A King of Prussia visits a needle factory to witness a single hair bored into a needle. The second curious needle, in Queen Victoria's possession, from Redditch, depicts Trajan’s column in relief with miniature scenes. The Victoria needle opens to reveal smaller needles with further relief images. A Parisian kitchen mishap ends with a silver spoon controversy.
United States Consul John Wilson challenges claims that salting pork prevents trichine, noting doubts about salt’s effectiveness and arguing foreign embargoes may be unjust. The Scientific American summary highlights the debate over trichine presence, cooking, and parasite survival in meat.
A Pole opened a saloon in Schuylkill County and let customers charge drinks due to illiteracy. Prominent townsmen like Henry Ward Beecher and John B. Gough appear in the ledgers. Sheriff closed the place after $700 losses, with warrants for several youths involved.
A hotel night clerk records a rural guest who, unfamiliar with hotel life, turned on a gas burner while attempting to hang clothes on an improvised rack. The room filled with escaping gas, the guest slept through the danger, was rescued at dawn, and left in torn undergarments with clothes pulled tight and a lingering odor noted by staff.
A cracked door can be opened by a panel cutter and a strong stem with a cutting tool. The burglar slides the device to carve a hole, then uses a lever to operate the mechanism and enter. If the door is ironed or studded with nails, force is needed. A pasted paper disguises the opening for a police bullseye. An asphalt sidewalk creates winter joy but summer woes for burglars and onlookers.
Miss Maude Granger, once a little noted debutante, reveals a Chicago July 16 start for a starring tour in Her Second Love. She speaks of renewed health after calamitous years and credits Warner's Safe Cure for recovery while detailing past roles from Juliet to Rosalind and Camile.
A collage of testimonials and product slogans touts remedies from Brown’s Iron Bitters to Ely’s Dream Balm and Rough on Rats. Readers hear claims of cure for hay fever, dyspepsia, kidney disease, skin eruptions, and constipation, with endorsements from various locations and dates, including 1582.
Mr Gronar A Buxperr of Worcester Massachusetts forwards a testimonial dated April 17 1888 praising Hunt's Remedy. He says he bought a bottle at Jannery’s drug store and used it with beneficial results for himself his wife and son and will continue its use in their family.
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