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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1880
Page
4
The speaker contemplates bonnet decorating options from bollyhocks to sunflowers and dandelions, considering ripe cherries and other fruits as adornments. They muse on tinsel chains beaded fringe and gilt balls, weighing whether simple chaste taste fits a poet's sonnetry.
Angie Converse fears a quiet heartbreak as Sidney Alden returns home to announce his engagement to Bertha Huntress while Angie contemplates an early morning sleigh ride and a painful choice between love and duty in a snowbound village.
Angie Converse seeks shelter at a depot during a winter night as Sidney Alden pursues her. He confronts her about an unwanted escort, reveals a farce involving Bertha, and declares his long love. The pair reconcile as the election scene resolves with mutual consent.
In Roubaix district sixty six mills halted and about fifteen thousand workers idle as strikes spread across the north. Workers demand higher pay or shorter hours while authorities curb disturbances. In Tourcoing twenty three masters meet to resist wages and hours reforms, retailing concern that strikes may broaden. A separate strike looms among Liile braziers and iron-founders, with general business hurt in affected districts.
The Somnity Episcopal Church in Rochester was sold for secular use after Bishop Coxe declared the consecrated building cannot be returned to secular use without a counteracting bishop’s sentence, delivered during a solemn service.
A mix of agricultural advice and kitchen lore covers pest control with borax and ammonia, wart remedies using copper scraps and cider vinegar, gingerbread nut preparation, lemon preserve, butter preservation with borax, bird behavior for orchard health, and a traveler's note on superior rice cooking in Japan.
J S Woodard of Lockport New York describes a step by step grape vine training method at the Michigan Pomological Society meeting in Hillsdale. The process spans six years, detailing pruning to three eyes, selective cane development, and wiring the trellis to maximize fruit with reduced labor for households.
The Germantown Telegraph urges timely sharpening of spades, scythes, hoes, chisels, saws, and other farm implements. It cites savings from using sharp tools, noting a sharp scythe doubles daily output and a ten-cent file can save ten dollars in labor. It advocates oiling machinery and maintaining a full set of well repaired tools in advance.
The column lists June lessons including a meditation on faith and death, followed by a schedule for the SECOND and THIRD QUARTERS. July to Sept. lessons cover Genesis stories from Creation to Abraham’s faith, intercession, and covenants, with dates for each topic and a fall review.
A Baptist Weekly editorial urges churches to grant pastors regular vacations for rest and renewed efficiency. It notes the strain on clergy in cities and the value of offering support funds or travel purse to enable a seasonal break for ministers.
A Cincinnati Sunday program featured Bishop Simpson preaching at Music Hall to ten thousand and Col Robert Ingersoll lecturing at Pike’s Opera House. The Enquirer critiques Ingersoll’s secularism, arguing his aim to undermine Christianity contrasts with centuries of Christian history and faith.
A collection of aphorisms and reflections from various voices. The lines praise habit, trust in divine guidance, and the healing power of kind words, contrasting lenient conduct with sarcasm and emphasizing spiritual perspective and restraint.
A Hungarian nobleman offers two percent of a young heiress fortune to a police contact for securing a wife. He requires a fifteen to twenty year old, very pretty, healthy girl with millions, and may hire a marriage procurer for a few hundred pounds. The letter suggests sending a photograph and promises to press on, despite American officials’ likely refusals. The piece warns readers that such schemes often hide lackeys rather than nobles and urges caution to avoid dangerous matches.
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