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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1886
Page
7
A sermon-like piece emphasizes homelessness and the moral priority of home. It contrasts cold, harsh poverty with warm hearths and urges women to found and nurture true homes, arguing domestic leadership surpasses public triumphs. Quoted remarks by Mrs. Beecher advocate home as civic foundation.
A Virginia clergyman recalls a church member who raised four children after her husband died. She labored as a teacher and artist, sacrificing her youth for her offspring, who later failed to credit her. He urges youths to honor their aging fathers and recognize their debt before it is lost.
At the entrance of a tomb in El Kab Upper Egypt a stone wall inscription recalls the deceased loved his father and brother and honored his mother. It notes he never entered his house with anger and did not favor the noble over the simple.
Inscriptions from El Kab and Sais praise humility and piety from the dead. A Beni Hassan vault commends a governor for feeding the people, aiding widows and orphans, and avoiding oppression, reflecting a era of moral leadership.
A Philadelphia Times article recounts peasant living conditions in Russia with a five by four hut, crowded spaces, and a stove. It describes daily routines from dawn meals of borshtch to aging bread, salt pork on Sundays, and evenings at taverns with chaotic but decisive village assemblies led by a starosta.
Sweden now makes wood oil on a large scale from stumps roofs and timber cuttings. In special lamps it provides very satisfactory light and is it the cheapest illuminating oil available.
A montage of wry lines from 19th century papers, lampooning public figures and foibles. Jests touch on loyalty, gender, croquet, tennis, dyspepsia, poetry, and a Scotish bystander’s gratitude. A humor collage reflecting press culture and social absurdities.
The Gila monster is the only poisonous lizard known, native to Mexico, Lower California, and Arizona. Its poison comes from glands and channelled teeth. it harms the heart rather than paralyzing the respiratory system as snake venom does.
In a playful exchange Bobbie sits atop a chair while Maud questions a claim that Algernon has grass growing from his head. The Detroit Free Press notes Maud’s uncertainty about how the misunderstanding was explained.
An aphorism on politeness notes good manners ease social interaction. It declares the best-bred person is the one who makes others comfortable in conversation. The quote echoes Swift on social grace and civility.
A pretty girl wins a musket in a French lottery drawing and asks upon receiving it if a soldier accompanies the prize. The remark hints at expectations for military service linked to the weapon.
When visiting New York City or leaving, rely on baggage handling and express services, with $3 carriage hire, and stop at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. The 613-room hotel, renovated at substantial cost, offers elevator service and streamlined access to horse cars, stages, and elevated rail lines to all depots. Families are urged that living well costs less here than at any other first class hotel.
The article recounts early timekeeping methods from before Alfred and Christ. Sun dials used shadows on marks like IX for nine o clock, with examples in Ottawa and Boston. Water clocks, or clepsydras, measured night hours with marked inside jars or floating blocks. Some rich patrons even had clepsydras that rang a note each hour.
A London telegram reports the growing expense of naval warfare over three decades. It compares the Duke of Wellington era ships with the Benbow newly added to Britain’s fleet, noting cannon costs and broader war supplies. The Benbow’s most expensive shell charges far exceed earlier cannon costs, highlighting the shift in wartime expenditure.
A humorous snippet shows a physician grilling a suitor asking if he will be kind and gentle. The suitor promises wealth, the doctor tests temperament with a physical sounding. A Connecticut man is labeled exceedingly lazy for relying on his digestion to do work.
An assortment of medical promo copy and quack cures urges readers to buy treatments for debility sleep problems and sexual health. Ads promote Ayers Ague Cure Piso’s Cure Henry’s Carbolic Salve and other tonics claiming wide bodily benefits with minimal cautionary details.
An item notes a Rochester New York program offering 150 cloth bound volumes with a $1 subscription. It lists titles such as Law Without Lawyers and Family Cyclopedia and claims 16 year old readers receive a 5x7 inch weekly periodical with hundreds of pages.
The text extols Hostetter's Bitters as a remedy to restore active bodily functions and overall vigor. It links digestion and bowel activity to general health, claiming constipation and biliousness soothe as the tonic works to remove underlying causes. It emphasizes thorough relief by the Bitters.
The 1885 patent count shows electricity leading with 1 358 inventions, 518 percent of the total 23 330. The last patent issued was 333493, with about 265 672 still in force, roughly matching the number granted by the start of January.
An 19th century remedy claims to cure skin humors eruptions worms fetter salt rheum frosted feet chi itch ivy poison and barber's itch. The broad list suggests a patent medicine style advertisement promising relief for multiple conditions.
An advert claims Rough on Catareh instantly neutralizes offensive odors and provides a complete cure for chronic cases, also asserting unequaled effectiveness as a remedy for diphtheria sore throat and foul breath.
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