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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1883
Page
2
The poem traces a woman's devoted gaze and steadfast support for her loved one. It envisions comfort, courage, and duty as danger and illness test their bond, ending with a somber image of bearing grief and the final farewell.
Maurice faces a bleak drift in life while Mabel and Calthorpe maneuver around Maurice's indifference and a looming engagement for Lucy. Mrs O'Bryan seeks help to clear her son Teddy of murder charges tied to Irish patriotism as Maurice hosts Lucy’s return and plots a discreet legal path amid looming societal pressures.
The article surveys coffee as a climate tolerant crop thriving from 1500 to 4500 feet, noting Brazil's historic export growth and Colima Mexico as a rising producer. It cites Cuba and Mocha quality, and hints Mexico’s culture shift toward coffee as a major export, with Peru and Colima highlighted. It also touches on railway fare fraud figures and a collection of brief personal notes on public figures and attitudes.
A compilation of quick quips and satirical lines from various papers. The items range from bank confidence to fashion notes, color jokes, sun bleaching effects, and humorous anecdotes from Detroit, Burlington, Philadelphia, and more.
A fragmented verse story follows Susie as she frets over dolls and bedtime. Susie forgives Emma after a lament for a lost mother and a chorus of dolls, including Maggies, a baby with dark features. The rambling scene blends affection and guilt as Susie blesses the fragile dolls.
A long tale of Cap'n Sam and his mother the old sweetheart, who nursed a stubborn son into gentleness. He recounts his youth, the furrows on his mother's brow, and the hard lesson that some harms cannot be fully undone. His sermon to the boys ends with the warning that the past’s furrows endure.
A New York millionaire sent his son with 5000 to speculate on the street. He returned two hours later reporting a 2000 profit from buying a horse at 5000 that the owner priced at 7000. The punch line notes a tally ho coach at half its prior cost.
A boy named Jimmie complains that others have more. On Easter his mother hides eggs that offend him. A kindly old woman appears in a blue gown, leading him to peers who pelt him with eggs. He fears the scene, pleads for forgiveness, and awakens to be good, as his mother hugs him. The tale ends with a changed, kinder boy.
Workers at the Jackson saw-mill on Poland Street pulled a hard object from a log after a circular saw struck it. An eight inch spherical shell with the percussion cap intact was recovered, likely lodged in the tree during the war after being fired from a river convoy. The log came from Red River and the shell was hidden beneath bark and wood growth.
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