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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1887
Page
3
The excerpt blends religious reflections on death as life’s antagonist with guidance on holy living and cautious speech. It cites a swimming professor’s self-searching dive, praises practical piety, and discusses copyright, publishing trends, and the shift to cheap paper editions impacting American literature and morals.
A compilation of historic remarks extols the Bible as a beacon of mercy and peace. It contrasts scriptural enlightenment with darkness in other faiths, praising its guidance on living, endurance, and dying.
An amusing incident from a Berlin swimming school ends with a search after several boys report a man entering the water and not resurfacing. Attendants and expert swimmers comb the bath floor for the missing person amid early panic and a thorough, though playful, scramble.
Amsterdam hosts a vast Sunday ice gathering with 20,000 skaters on a six mile square ice sheet formed by Amstel and Y. Tents line the area serving as eateries and lounges while spectators watch rapid races along a 200 by 50 yard course. Couples perform daring figures and fashionable amusements abound as the city prizes swift skaters.
A Chicago minister questions a married congregant about last Sunday's sermon with the lilies text. The wife jokes that her husband, obsessed with the lilies idea, would force her to do chores like building the fire and carrying coal, risking more chores if he were further convinced.
Teras Siftings recounts Gus De Smith questioning Gilhooly about a plan to meet the Widow Flapjack. The narrator quit a boarding house after a clash over a glass of milk spoiled by a cockroach and a scuffle with a Black waiter who downplays the issue.
The piece notes Webster's spelling book as the second most circulated English language book after the Bible with over 50,000,000 copies, earning Noah Webster royalties to support his family while compiling his dictionary. It adds the work is instructive and worth reading, though the dictionary anecdote is a humorous aside.
An older ad style piece extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for sluggish liver symptoms including right side discomfort nausea indigestion and headaches. It claims the remedy corrects irregular bowels and is safer than purgatives. Also includes anecdotal notes about Charles II and William Penn and a few testimonials about St Jacobs Oil.
A detective questions a young man about an upcoming marriage, hinting at a secret vow as he departs with his bundles. The piece then shifts to reflections on human nature and a Buffalo physician’s Golden Medical Discovery claimed to cure blood taints and skin ailments. It closes with a humorous opera quip about steeple hats and a brief promote of Moxie as a nerve tonic and appetite suppressor.
Life columnist Mr Curvient marks his centennial birth anniversary in Paris with a letter from the continent seeking the secret of his vigor. He credits his long life to two words, good health, and says the gift is due to his parents. A short item notes $500 not called for.
A Bonanza Mine of health is claimed in Dr. R. W. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with thousands endorsing its merit for female weakness. Advice on thermometers suggest waiting until next winter for lower prices. Juniper Tar Soap by Hazard Hazard & Co. is credited with clearing pimples rough skin and facial blemishes. A fortune of self help ads mix with odd product notes and fashion tips.
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