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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1883
Page
7
A fragment from J. E. Mackay in The Cont describes lovers meeting beneath moon and stars. The secret they share stays untold, whispered softly yet never confessed, as the moon and stars hear but do not reveal.
A lively tale set in Pembrokeshire describes a balloon ascent attended by Sir George’s daughter Fanny and her suitor Tom Jenkyns. He engineers a playful revenge by forcing her to approve a marriage proposal during the perilous ascent, ending with a public graft of honor and a witty twist on the hand in marriage.
The piece argues against large landholdings by capitalists and for diversified, smallhold farming in New England. It warns that bonanza farming drains labor and citizenry, urging steadier cultivation by individual owners. It cites depopulation of farming towns, praises a Rhode Island farmer turning acres into a profitable village garden, and calls for locals to defend patrimonial acres over Western migration.
A Boston Chestnut Street incident started as a private carriage ride plan by a gentleman and a female resident. A mistaken coachman drove the carriage away, sparking a citywide hunt. Detectives tracked the rogue, who was captured and forced to return the carriage amid public relief.
A New York Times piece profiles Dr Dro Lewis a renowned health reformer at sixty with plans to launch a large monthly magazine in New York titled Dio Lewis's Monthly devoted to Sanitary and Social Science. He outlines a life of public health work including the Lexington Ladies Seminary the Boston Normal Institute for Physical Training and decades of physical education advocacy.
Mrs Winstam Downes of Uxbridge writes that after three years of severe illness resisted by doctors she found relief with Hunts Remedy. Within weeks her back pain subsided and strength returned, enabling her to resume housework. She also notes her husband’s health improved from using the medicine.
Augusta Maine resident Ma B Loxorecrow writes in April 1883 of kidney and urinary difficulties that laid her up for weeks. After using Hunt's Remedy, half the bottle healed her completely and the other half restored a neighbor to health, claiming the remedy has been of great possible worth.
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