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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1883
Page
3
A quirky meditation on hats as social signals and symbols across eras. The essay links hats to democracy, class, and identity, tracing icons from William Tell to Napoleon, Queen Victoria, and Civil War memory, noting how hat style marks status, allegiance, and emotion.
An assortment of humorous and reflective notes on hats from literature and daily life. The piece threads Whittier’s barefoot boy, a silk hat mishap in an illustrated story, and Joe Gargery’s search for a resting place for his hat, comparing hat handling to wicket keeping.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat summary notes stores of the era used signs instead of addresses, with signs like a boot or hat indicating the trade. Women spun and played music, visits and dancing were common, shopping rare, and a mix of goods such as silks, linens, bonnets. Tomatoes were called Jove apple and deemed poisonous, with limited fresh meat and reliance on salt pork, dried fruit, and potatoes for staple foods.
A tale from early Michigan shows an Eastern capitalist who bought scarce tobacco and whisky to speculate. Stranded without transport, he faced miners of a punitive baptism after learning that tobacco had dropped in price and whisky was ten cents cheaper per gallon.
A column sketches diverse topics from around the world including opium habits among Chinese smokers, Marshal MacMahon’s enduring vigor at seventy five, English land schemes to educate colonial youth, and the Earl of Jersey aiding laborers in Oxfordshire. It notes Belgian-Chinese trade shifts, Cyprus locust threats, new boards of guardians in London, American women doctors abroad, and commemorations for Sebastopol fallen. Also mentions sardine disappearances off Brittany due to shifting temperatures affecting coastal livelihoods.
A London Daily News correspondent tours Baku and Oleopolis in the oil fields. He describes Saranchi as a greasy district with vast asphaltlike ground, iron bore pyramids, and a network of pipes from Baku to Batoum. He notes Russian plans to extend pipelines and references large oil yields and foreign ownership figures.
A historical note on Siamese women praised as intelligent traders and cashiers across Bangkok and provinces. Queen Consort portrayed as powerful inside the palace and trusted by King for state affairs. The piece contrasts Siamese women with Eurasians and Siamo-Chinese, and recalls social norms, praise for the Queen, and the King’s reliance on her judgment.
A reader story parodies courtship in Georgia with a father pressuring a son to declare engagement. The tale ends with the suitor recounting his rough methods, a humorous clash over hints, and a family’s awkward attempt to announce betrothal amidst mud and hoofbeats. It circles back to a witty jab at old constraints on young love.
An assortment of 19th century patent medicine pitches and household products. Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer promises color restoration and new growth with no health harm, while other lines tout tonics, salves, and cleaners from various brands. The clumped ad text juxtaposes cures for hair, skin, kidneys, rats, boils, and coins with bold claims and sales language.
G F Bowzes of 24 Common Street Lynn Massachusetts recalls being wounded at Spottsylvania and left for dead. He says his back and kidneys suffered severe injury but after using Hunt's Remedy he regained ability to work and praises its relief for kidney and liver troubles. Dated April 25, 1888.
John F. Cox reports severe kidney pains and gravel relief after using Hunt's Remedy. He notes back pain, weakness, and sediment in urine, with marked improvement from the start and eventual permanent cure. He recommends the remedy to others in Boston and Pleasant Street.
Advertorial testimonials claim Hop Bitters cured varied ailments from liver pains to neuralgia and kidney issues. Sufferers from Dublin to Malden praise the remedy, saying it restored appetite, eased agony, and even reversed long illness. A final taunt advises readers to stop doctors and nostrums and simply take Hop Bitters.
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