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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1883
Page
7
A poem recounts a summer romance from June to a farewell at a darkened tide. The narrator recalls walking with a lover, hearing the single word Darling, and dreaming of a future together before a final separation. The verse contrasts peace in youth with the ache of parting and hopes of reunion in distant days.
In a farm tale, Aunt Huldah sends Tildy to fetch the cows as Lightning the old horse balks. A bear appears from bushes, Terror grips the pair, Lightning swerves, and they flee across the pasture ending with Tildy exhausted and cow milking unsettled.
In Cranberry Center the tame bear from a traveling show charm looks on Tildy as she frees the creature from its bars and leads it away with a rope. Crowds gather, Jonas and Bimelech cheer, and the bear is returned to its owners for a reward as Tildy buys gifts and hats in town.
The physicians of the Tewksbury Almshouse are censored for using rat-tail files and screw-drivers in delicate surgery. Some complain the methods were unprofessional and over-particular, arguing that alternative tools would have created grounds for valid criticism.
Amet, arrested for horse theft, deposited $1,000 for his appearance. The sheriff searched him, found $13,500 in his pockets, and deposited it in the Corsicana bank. He vanished and has not been heard from since.
Frank D. T. Carpenter critiques a sensational Atlantic Monthly piece on Boomtown in the Northwest entry through St. Paul. He mocks auction scenes, lavish prose, and overhyped promises of prosperity, noting floods, diving bells, and waist-high stakes revealing speculative folly in the inland town spectacle.
A New York village lawyer famed for bashfulness hid his bride from friends and refused social outings. His wife insisted on attending a lecture, and after many pleas he finally agreed, fearing a public scandal if seen with her too often at night.
The legend says Silver Spring is the world's largest spring and the source of the Ocklawaha River. It describes a two acre basin with bottom inlets, a two mile per hour current, and depths never explored. An Indian tale reports Wenona, beloved of Chullootah, driven to drown herself in the spring after her lover's death, its waters said to enlarge in sympathy.
Workmen digging a sewer on Golden Hill Street Newport unearthed six human skeletons. The street has existed for about fifty years but was once part of an old cemetery from the Revolutionary era, and the remains are said to be Hes sian troops who perished in the Revolution.
Ex Governor Brown of Georgia is to be paid 25000 dollars per year as President of the Florida Ship Canal project. He assumes leadership as the canal venture seeks federal support and regional development gains.
A Charleston News column notes rising numbers of small farms in the Southern States and offers practical farming tips. It urges sharp hoes for youth labor, salt and vinegar use to brighten colored wrt water, and vinegar for rag carpets. It warns vermin from hogs and cites rat parasites. includes recipes such as a one egg bread pudding and veal breast with peas, plus cleaning dairy implements and gentle handling of flocks.
A Iowa State Register opinion argues corn harvests will decline as clover becomes the staple for hogs and dairy, due to soil exhaustion and rising demand for hay. It asserts corn transport costs and land fertility will curb cereal production, urging farmers to plant deep-rooted clover to sustain stock feed and profits.
The Boston Post cites that forty four newspapers covered the Brooklyn Bridge disaster with varied headlines. Twenty five used Baptized in Blood, ten used A Baptism of Blood, and nine used Baptism of Blood, highlighting a strikingly similar yet varied framing of the incident.
Despite horse railroads being new in Germany, forty four towns have already constructed lines signaling rapid adoption of basic urban transit across the empire.
An extract from St. James Gazette arguing that the Asiatic mind is solid and unimpressionable but possesses strong personal qualities. It notes respect for courage, justice, honor, and self-reliance, while acknowledging Orientals admire astuteness and intrigue as auxiliary traits. The piece contrasts European progress with Asiatic judgment and leadership.
A simple home made purifier uses a wine cask with a faucet, four bricks, a perforated top, four inches of charcoal pebbles, and six inches of clean sand. Water passes through the sand and charcoal producing clear water. renew every two to three months.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce s Pleasant Purgative Pellets promising mild but certain relief. It links enjoying life to health and mentions biliousness constipation and blood issues as conditions the product addresses through ready availability from all druggists.
A New York reader asserts pie as the great American dessert. Testimonials praise Ely's Cream Balm for hay fever and catarrh with cures noted for July and August. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is recommended for bilious symptoms and liver action. Includes quotes from Gabriel Ferris of Spencer NY and Rupert W Townley ex mayor of Elizabeth NJ.
A Bonanza Mine of health is found in Dr. R. V. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness with thousands testifying. In Garfield Iowa Dr A T Henak asserts Brown's Iron Bitters proves superior to other tonics, noting brisk dry goods trade despite dull business elsewhere.
An old advertisement promotes Glenns Sulphur Soap as a common remedy for skin diseases and Hill's Hair Dye in black or brown for 50c, with Buchu paiba claimed as a complete cure for kidney diseases and irritation at the price of $1. The text suggests medical claims typical of vintage patent medicines.
Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer is promoted as a vegetable remedy that cleanses the scalp, restores natural hair color, and encourages new growth without harming health. It claims to outshine preparations containing sulphur, lead salts, or nitrate of silver, turning faded hair to glossy brown in days. Warranted bottles offered through Morrison Plummer & Co. in Chicago and C N Crirrenton in New York.
A Waterloo observer profiles Dr A W McNames praising his extraordinary strength. He recalls a near fatal incident from youth after an attempted lift but credits Warner's Safe Cure, amid skepticism of patent medicines, with a rebirth of health and steady strength gains. The piece underlines dangers of overexertion and endorses Warner's cure as life saving.
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