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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1887
Page
8
In a humorous, stylized account a shy candidate recalls arriving at a school event with a fence surrounding the area. He anticipates how fellow attendees will react and suspects local candidates will press for his vote as he greets people with politeness. The piece notes the crowd looks for his support at the picnic and his cautious response.
In Kokomo on the Fourth, Jake Perkins wins a gold prize after riding Barnum’s trick mule Pedro three times. Barnum himself commends Jake for pluck and horsemanship, crowning him Pedro Jake, the hero of his neighborhood as word spreads across Howard County.
The Fourth of June celebration at Bolney's Grove in Burley Oak featured Colonel Joe Swagerty and Miles Brewer amid mishaps as the Declaration of Independence was to be read. A mislaid document, a rigged stand, and a band involved in a condemned- Negro transport sparked chaos. Dogs chased the crowd, forcing the Colonel to climb a tree as relief arrived. Miles Brewer later praised bloodhounds while noting the reading never occurred.
Eight year old Jacob Poe, a fair backwoods Hoosier, spots a Barnum circus poster in Kokomo on the eve of the Fourth. He plots to ride the show after supper, while his father frets over wheat harvest. The boy's daydreams collide with farm toil as summer duties loom.
A child asks if a dog's heaven exists on Bone street and explains a glue factory is where dead dogs go. The father struggles to answer while trying not to laugh at the boy's earnest reasoning about heaven and work.
Rev Mr Vul pit jokes with Deacon Longhair and his young son Tommy about going to the circus. The Deacon confirms plans to take Tommy to see the menagerie. The minister quips he would rather have no Tommy to take to see the animals.
Mrs De Mot curses her gardener Terrence after he amputated a cat’s tail. The gardener protests, blaming the owner for asking for cat tails to decorate the parlor wall amid a row over the filthy stains.
A granger greets his city nephew visiting the farm for Independence Day. They discuss the celebration and a mishap involving a dog borrowed by the city relative, leading to a tense exchange and admissions of regret.
A collage of jokes and quips on fashion, real estate, letters, marriage, and clubs, with satirical asides from Boston Courier and New York Sun. It blends light anecdotes about letters, weddings, and cab rides with brief notes on pantaloons for the heathen and a promotional item praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic against malaria and general ills.
Various efforts plan to obtain heat along with water from artesian wells. In France machinery runs on pressure and deeper wells raise temperature. Grenelle reports a 1502 foot well yielding 500000 gallons daily with 60 psi heat used to warm nearby hospitals. Pesth Hungary is boring a well to supply hot water for public baths, currently 176000 gallons daily at 158 degrees with boring continuing toward 176 degrees.
In Hartwell Georgia the tale tells of a massive mule that died three years earlier and allegedly killed a nine year old black boy when its skull, hung in a mulberry tree to ward hawks, fell during a summer berry gathering. The incident occurred on the exact anniversary of the mule’s death.
A bejeweled attendee accuses a visiting journalist of writing horrid notes about her circle. The editor insists on a brief ball notice while a card is traded and threats of name accuracy arise. The piece then shifts to praise for St Jacobs Oil from figures in journalism and sport.
A Lake Worth gentleman arrived in the city with health certificates before leaving. He recounted that on the way to Enterprise the train stopped and a negro demanded the health papers. The man held his certificate upside down, the viewer supposedly read it as valid, and the observer noted the person’s ignorance about orientation.
A humorous exchange about coat length leads to reflections on health remedies. The piece cites Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription, iron tonics, and calisaya bark as aids for weakness, with sensational claims. It notes the strict medical laws in Virani and a coroner’s contradictory view on morphia and alcohol.
A Danish woman explains she is engaged at her Danish club for the evening and uses the excuse to read her native literature. She notes that declaring engagement to the club always grants the request, so she can be left alone.
A fragmented page advertises a 500 dollar reward for a catarrh cure, touts the Dr Sage’s Ca tarrh Remedy and Douche, and urges readers to try Prickly Ash Bitters for digestion and general health. It also notes Hazard & Co.’s Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir as a premier tonic and ends with a blunt remark about marital fidelity.
A newly published tale set in the Isle of Man describes a Manx custom in capital trials. Until 1845, and perhaps beyond, bishops and archdeacons sat on the bench and the jury answered whether the man of the chancel may remain seated with yes or no. If the clergy left, the sentence was death.
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