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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1878
Page
4
A migrant family recalls thirty years of toil from a one room shanty to mortgage losses. The narrator marks the fall of their Maine start, farm growth, and the final loss as a white covered wagon heads west on the long journey.
Paul Smith, a poor lodger, shelters Camilla the waif. Clavering, moved by her singing, funds music lessons and helps her rise to fame. Camilla debuts at a major theater, captivating patrons and winning Clavering’s heart. Paul dies after blessing her success, leaving Camilla to sing for him in heaven and for Richard.
In 1570 Selim II sought Cyprus from Venice. A Turkish invasion led by Lala Mustafa captured Nicosia after seven weeks, with mass slaughter and slave losses. Famagusta fell after a long siege. General Bragadino and fellow Venetians were executed in a brutal manner, Bragadino flayed alive and his men decapitated and mutilated.
Seventy five turtles roamed the Fourth Avenue fountain basin, then fought in two rival groups for nearly an hour. Two turtles died on the surface, and several others were killed or maimed as the mass of shells clashed in the water. Big Bliss, a leader on one side, lost a claw during the melee.
An unnamed Black man was walking along the Bergen cut track yesterday singing Old Black Joe when an approaching engineer saw his open mouth and motion and halted the locomotive, mistaking it for a signaling red flag.
A Chicago critic viewed a landscape and commented that it smells like a one act scene as the artist dropped the curtain. The remark reflects a fleeting impression amid a show prompting reflections on staging and art.
A collage of quips, verse, recipes, and humorous observations from various papers. It includes mock barbs at politicians and philosophers, streetcar smoking outcry, a lemonade recipe, and light banter about Love and Troy with playful dialogue among fictional and historical figures.
A Cincinnati Enquirer report describes Mr. Peter Lavelle and his wife, proprietors of a restaurant at 168 Central Avenue, suddenly losing speech with no known cause. Doctors failed to diagnose, as both quickly became mute. Mrs Lavelle could not eat, while Mr Lavelle recovered speech within a day. An unusual medical mystery draws attention from local physicians.
The author weighs when war is morally justified, citing Moscow’s fall as a potent example while noting historical precedents. Wars of liberty gain legitimacy through success, though pride and selfish aims corrupt some campaigns. Napoleon’s wars are labeled un principled, driven by a perverted genius seeking empire.
The text argues few natives credit belief in God, and forcing belief reflects circumstances. It warns India could descend into anarchy if left unmanaged. It discusses wars aimed at resettlement and consolidation of kingdoms, affecting society though individual interests suffer.
Sir William Herschel claimed observing three active lunar volcanoes while Dr H J Klein later described a large dark crater in Mare Vaporum near Hyginus. Schmidt and other selenographers questioned earlier maps, noting the crater’s absence in drawings. The find sparked renewed discussion on lunar volcanism.
The Virginia Enterprise reports Piute Indians in town selling bead work from Montreal. A young Piute brave, in red blanket and white vermilion face, pursues a foreign squaw whose basket of goods draws his lingering gaze and love struck antics. The scene, seen as humorous and a bit insulting, shows the cultural clash as onlookers mock him while he woos.
A narrator recalls Tom Flossofer as the queerest boy, who never cries and helps others with cheer. He whets his resilience after misfortune, like losing a kite or breaking a leg, preferring to whistle and move on, planning to excel in multiplication once healed.
A grocer on Carr street emptied a sugar hogshead on the sidewalk. Flies swarm the sweets attracting bees and a vagabond dog. The dog snaps at a bee, ferries a small black object in its mouth, then wanders away howling before returning to inspect the object with a puzzled look.
A man walks the Chicago street singing Heaven is my home as a passing boy challenges him with a call of homesickness prompting curious gazes from onlookers.
The constant crying stops when the cause is removed by using Dr Bull's Baby Syrup. Price three conte per bottle.
A mixed page offers cooking ideas such as potato pudding and beef cakes, plus remedies for freckles and burns. It mentions silver cleaning with hartshorn, a sun-dried wash method, and a Brussels note on grazing area in Western Nebraska with cattle roundups.
A new insect pest named Anthrenus scrophularie enters the United States and earns the nickname carpet-bug for its appetite for woolen goods. It attacks carpets clothing and furs, spreads rapidly, and may force housewives to abandon carpets. Remedies include benzine in cracks and Hemiptera powders used in England and some U.S. towns. First detected in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1873 and later in New York New Jersey Connecticut and Springfield.
The article advises country families on keeping beef and mutton fresh without refrigeration. It covers drying, salting, wrapping in cloth and charcoal dust, using wood ashes as an alternative, hanging in a cool place, and vinegar-wet cloth wraps for short-term preservation, noting brine for longer storage.
Registrars in Bantry Portaferry Downpatrick and Coolmountain report centenarians in 1877 returns. One Bantry woman aged 102 deemed doubtful by local inquiries. Portaferry records a 102 year old with likely understated age. Coolmountain notes a 100 year old man judged accurate, noting endurance and habits.
A reader recalls sea living legends and reports an underwater discovery near Lake Geneva. A submerged town with about 200 stone houses, a public square, and a tall tower allegedly dates back over 2,000 years. Skepticism follows a tale of humans dwelling beneath water like fishes.
Factory notes urge outdoor activity for workers with poor appetite and languor and promote Hop Bitters as a remedy. The ad also touts Dr Withert’s Anti-Periodic Tonic and Wilhoft’s Tonic as a universal chill cure with numerous certificates of efficacy. Wheelock Finlay & Co. of New Orleans sell them across druggists.
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