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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1884
Page
1
The piece describes the exterior as imposing yet hollow, while the interior awes with vast pillars and medieval craft. It likens the structure to Cordova and basilicas, notes its lack of altars or statues, and praises its majesty, mosaics, and minaret cloister.
A critical sketch of the Metropolitan Opera House as a symbol of American taste for grand, expensive venues. The piece contrasts wealth and spectacle with cultural discernment, noting the crowd’s mix of power and apathy and drawing parallels to European opera capitals and famous structures. It also touches on London and royal ceremonial imagery and public reception.
The tale of Edward Thomas Delafield shows how opera management failures ruined a £100,000 heir who backed a London theater. He lent £3,000 then lost fourfold, faced debt, and fled to the continent by 1849 with assets drained and Beale squeezed out by creditors.
An Arizona paper reports that one afternoon a rare mirage showed the entire eastbound passenger train ten miles out, reflected on the western horizon. The color and outline were distinct and the phantom train appeared to move along for more than a mile, witnessed by many people as it approached the depot.
A fragmentary note from Capp describes a fire incident with unclear theater-like setting and mentions a fire brigade response. The text hints at some damage and an ongoing investigation, but specifics such as location, time, and casualties are not readable.
The narrative blends impressions of St Petersburg’s skyline and a Greek church vigil with a late summer Imperial guards camp at Krasnoe Selo. It contrasts czarist ceremonies and a troika ride with a cheeky Columbus newsroom debate over the sensational Gath rumor and a comical domestic letter dictation scene.
The fragment lists rules for behavior during an evening, urging moderation, polite speech, quiet play, and counting offenses with penalties. It also contains stray notes about travel to Muscovy, a sightseeing pull toward Norway, references to Boston and a New England paper, and comments on U S population demographics and Senator Lamar’s finances.
Col Wintersmith of Kentucky recounted a 1876 Senate campaign tale. He claimed a crowd in the Senate gallery faced a pistol threat during McCreery's speech and vowed to shoot if any gallery rush occurred, a moment that helped him lose the election.
Baptiste De Laporte, long a modest fur dealer near Bonsecour market, leveraged carnival crowds to sell his stored stock. By advertising in local papers as a cold snap hit, sales exploded, leaving him wealthy while his daughters earned extra income.
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece recounts flood-dispersed goldfish from Mulertt’s nursery, noting species variety and culinary claims. It follows a pisciculturist showing off fish including the German mirror carp and gold orfe, and a rifle incident chasing a water snake, with commentary on pests and local fishing life.
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