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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1883
Page
4
The piece discusses dangers of ground tumbling without nets, noting most injuries arise from venue nets and faulty equipment. It recounts a near fall from a swinging bar, training routines, hiring private spaces for secret tricks, and the wide salary range for gymnasts including rising pay for female performers.
An expert reflects on the evolving circus and acrobatic scene, noting new acts and blended disciplines. Acrobats perform with balls knives fans bells and torches while tumbling on roller-skates and bicycles. Equilibrists rise in popularity as trapeze, rings, bars and ladders merge with newer forms. English performers dominate globally, with foreign touring troupes and refined spectacle shaping contemporary entertainment.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune story depicts two girls studying in the evening. They debate Marquette's Mississippi discovery, conjugations, geometry theorems, music pieces, and astronomy while joking about fashion and school life. The dialogue captures schoolroom chatter and adolescent distractions.
Prominent among causes of female weakness is the recontraction of the chest and wasp waist. The article argues that tight dresses and corsets compress vital organs, impair heart and lung function, hinder digestion and blood formation, and reduce lung capacity, urging deep breathing and full chest expansion as essential for health.
Col. Ohio Farmer quotes Frank Cella tale then notes horse suffering from poor housing and feed. Calls for proper veterinary care, better ventilation, and avoidance of untrained “quacks.” Includes a Boston letter about Miss Alcott and transcendental philosophy.
The universal claim praises Brown's Iron Bitters as the best iron preparation, formed on scientific principles and medicinal accuracy, doing exactly what it claims with no excess or shortfall.
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