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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1878
Page
4
A note explains the malapent pantoum form and cites Austin Dobson's 1876 In town as the first English example. The piece includes fragmentary lines from the poem about riding a train, heat and dust, and children selling papers, capturing mood and rhythm of the era.
A West Point correspondent recalls a Civil War episode at Cedar Creek where General Sheridan arrived on the field and a dying Union officer confided a romantic obsession with a Boston opera singer. The dying officer asks for a lock of hair and a note to be delivered to the singer, with messages to family and friends, ending with a Boston delivery of the keepsakes.
Biographical notes trace Charles Nobiling born April 10 1848 on Kollo near Birnbaum Posen province. Education spans Zullichau Halle and Leipzig with degrees in agriculture and political economy. Career includes government work in Berlin Saxony offices and travels through Europe. Character described as ambitious socialist with varied reading and interest in stocks.
Captain Goff reports the Jabez Howes picked up seven sailors from the Charles Shearer stranded on Diego Ramirez Islands near Cape Horn. The crew, aboard the Shearer since October with three months of rations, faced scurvy and starvation until rescued. The Jabez Howes then withstood a hurricane before reaching San Francisco in 120 days from New York. The owners arrange a free passage for second mate Joseph Rudington to New York aboard another vessel.
The article lauds Judge Grant of Davenport Iowa as the greatest benefactor of women in the country. It states he adopted seventeen girls, raised them, and married many off with generous endowments.
A whimsical note from the West identifies a variety of corn as Indian, calling it toddy-seed in a playful cultural aside. The remark reflects regional slang and stereotypes of the era, highlighting how a term for corn entered local vernacular.
A collage of brief quotes and humorous notes from New York to California covers politics, society, and oddities. It mentions Evarts, beer consumption, weddings, boots, and curious anecdotes about animals, inventions, and everyday life.
Norrris notes the case of Hathaway who allegedly stole money and lived frugally. He hid funds during years of spongeing and earned a yearly salary of 87 while supporting his wife. Personal debts total over 150, with little spending on art or luxuries and no obvious vices.
Telegraphic notice from Newport, R. I., reports the death of Thomas Winans, famed Baltimore industrialist and inventor. Born 1820, he built a West Baltimore street mansion, funded a soup-house chapel, supported art and literature, and mentored workers. He leaves a son, a daughter, and three brothers in England. Ex-Mayor Latrobe travels to Newport for the funeral.
A Pennsylvanian Railroad depot scene near New York became a comic drama as a young couple on their wedding trip drew attention. The bride paraded a bloodstained dress while the father struck the groom, sending him to the floor. After a chaotic scene, the trio sought medical help and reconciliation. The episode moved to a hotel and court, with a humorous bystander narration in the Graphic style.
A diver in the Moyne River Belfast barely escaped when a sea creature, later identified as a devil fish, wrapped its tentacles around his arm as he moved stones at the river bottom. He had been using dynamite to clear a reef and was lifting stones by chains into a punt when contact occurred. He freed himself and informed others, ending the immediate danger.
A discussion of Mr. Bryant using an expurgated index to shape journalism by listing banned terms. The piece notes pairs of preferred substitutes such as Aspirant for candidate and Obituary for death, highlighting a cautious, ethically loaded approach to language in reporting.
A Detroit couple quarrels after the wife admits visiting a fortune teller. The husband resents the claim and vows to jail the teller, then concedes the fortune may be true and plans a downtown carriage ride and a new bonnet after supper. The tale satirizes belief in fortune telling.
The article explains crib-biting in horses and notes it stems from idleness and indigestion. It advises housing in a simple stall, regular feeding and exercise, and placing hay on the floor with oats in a trough. It warns against a neck strap due to risk of windpipe distortion and notes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a remedy for infant disorders.
The page lists recipes including pieplant jelly fried cake ginger cake and cream pie plus grape preserves and fig candy. It includes a note advising gardeners to save toads and a section on comb foundation for bees noting starters and drone foundation for surplus boxes with practical tips.
In Detroit a test compares a traditional dash churn with a patent churn. Cream in the dash churn yields butter in seven minutes with deeper color firmer texture and finer grain. The patent churn claims three minutes but proves slower and less impressive. The agent retreats, unable to explain the superior dash churn result.
A Boston physician Dr Waters describes using bicarbonate of soda to treat burns. He says wet burns get powdered soda, dry burns get a soda paste, with lime water emulsion for broken skin. He notes soda or potash substitutes and vaseline as a bland dressing, and cites cases of rapid relief. An artist along railways is seen selling poetic legends about corn and bunion liniments.
An advertisement touts a “greatest blessing” remedy Hop Bitters as a universal cure and kidney liver tonic. It also promotes Wilhart’s Fever and Ague Tonic for malarial districts used by construction companies and praised by contractors and presidents in the South and West. Posted by Finlay & Co., New Orleans. sold by all druggists.
A recipe ad touts Doo- Lgy's Yeast Powder as nearest to perfect in articles for use. It promises delicious biscuits rolls bread and cake every time with little expense.
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