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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1886
Page
7
Sunday reading collage reflects religious meditation texts and poetry urging trust in divine love. Sam Jones on Darwinism and helpful hints sit beside prayers for sight to see the divine in daily life and the reintegration of praise into common experience.
Rev. Dr. John Hall cautions that selfishness endangers the joy of home, urging spouses and family members to esteem each other’s motives, favor mutual unselfish love, and banish bitterness. He cites biblical examples from Isaac to Bethany to show how envy and ego distort family harmony.
J. B. Phipps criticizes overlong preaching in Sunday schools calling for concise talks focused on lessons or school interests. He mocks verbose visiting speakers Professors Scatter-brain and Brother Smooth-bore for loading sermons with noise rather than substance.
A reader declares belief in God while acknowledging evolution. The speaker expresses renewed devotion to Genesis after studying evolution and returning from a long absence to the Bible and faith.
The speaker rejects Darwinian ideas and asserts faith in divine creation. He contrasts generations from a stump with human origin, claiming God crafted ancestors and himself as a full man, and finds evidence of God in everyday life.
A collage of spiritual reflections on hope love work poverty and faith from Thales Herrick Johnson and The Advance. The passages emphasize moral growth through divine guidance and the necessity of Christ as teacher model and savior.
A retired printer turned journalist recalls Massillon Ohio where a weekly paper was run entirely by women. The elder sister edited, a younger sister wrote, a female apprentice learned the craft, and they operated a 900 to 1 000 copy power press with paid help only for press day. The office was immaculately neat with flowers and a canary, drawing scorn from traveling tramps.
The article argues iced drinks at meals do not cause most dyspepsia but can worsen symptoms when overused. It compares iced fluids to Arctic snowballing, noting initial relief followed by discomfort as blood vessels react. It cites Dr Fothergill on digestion and warns that excessive cold is undesirable for dyspeptics.
A Boston physician was roused by a frantic call from a mother who feared her baby cried for many reasons. After a brief exchange the doctor suggested likely causes. Half an hour later the mother confirmed the baby was simply hungry, much to the physician’s relief.
A compact reflection on courtesy noting that good manners ease interactions. The quotation emphasizes civility in dialogue as a social skill for smoother, respectful exchanges.
Two women reunited after a long separation shared a joyous moment in a public overflow gathering. Citizens witnessed renewed friendship and light conversations as the pair exchanged greetings and smiles. The scene drew local spectators celebrating the apparent reconciliation.
In Halls Journal of Health, the author warns a stooped posture signals weakness and harms breathing. It prescribes using a headweight bag filled with sand, worn daily for thirty minutes morning and evening, to train the muscles supporting the head and shoulders and improve carriage.
The pair talk about boycotting Widow Smith's pin and needle store and seeking a lager beer saloon nearby to serve as headquarters. A note lists new evening dress color combos lavender pink pale pink seafoam violet pale yellow old blue pale blue bronze-brown.
The advertisement touts the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot with 613 rooms, costing about one million dollars to fit up. It claims lower daily rates than other first class hotels and notes convenient access via horse cars, elevated railroad, and various depots. It invites travelers to save baggage expressage and three dollar carriage hires and mentions European law and an elevator and restaurant facilities.
A humorous Bristol correspondence notes a town spanning two states with two mayors and two police forces and a Main Street that marks the line. Tales include a fugitive crossing to face a Virginia officer, police tactics across the line, and a tilted box incident leading to capture. The piece shifts to ads and brief notes on medicines, hair treatments, and a new opera.
The advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a nerve tonic and tranquilizer that relieves neuralgia headaches and neck pain, aids sleep and appetite, renews renal function, tones the stomach liver and bowels, boosts circulation, and fortifies against malaria while aiding convalescents and the elderly.
A seven year old boy named Harry questions his aunt about who tended the first babies. Aunt Virginia struggles to answer and Harry concludes that God took care of them. The anecdote is cited from the New York World.
An old adage links blood quality to disease, noting skin throat ulcers tumors and lung tubercles reflect liver health. Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is praised as the ultimate remedy to restore liver balance and cleanse the blood. A Boston tale hints at a dandy suitor and a captivating beloved.
An advertisement from Marshall Michigan offers to mail trial belts and electric appliances to men suffering nervousness and vitality loss. A sealed pamphlet with full details is mailed gratis. Also included are testimonials and promotional notes for Piso’s Remedy for catarrh and Athlophoros with user letters and claims of cure.
An advertisement asserts Rough on Itch cures skin humors eruptions worms and other ailments including ivy poison barber's itch and chilblains. It mentions Rough on Catarah correcting offensive odors and claims complete cures of chronic cases and use as garzle for diphtheria sore throat and foul breath.
An old advertisement touts Rough on Piles for immediate relief and a guaranteed cure. It promotes Scovill’s Blood and Liver Syrup as a universal remedy for diseases of the blood and praises professional endorsements and cures claimed by physicians.
Mr James A Cash Dacha of the U S Treasury reports three family members relieved from aggravating coughs by Red Star Cough Cure with no ill effects noted. A woman invents a window and seeks a patent for a post hole idea. St Jacobs Oil praised as a universal pain conqueror by press and people.
Observations by Ayrton and Perry suggest brass expands when amalgamated or coated with quicksilver, causing curvature in one sided applications. They link this to the Japanese magic mirror’s hidden back pattern becoming visible in reflected light. Amalgamation could exaggerate thinner pattern areas, creating subtle surface irregularities seen in projection.
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