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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1887
Page
4
The poem recalls a tale of a Arab poet who pleases a Sultan with endless rhymes earning gold, until fatigue and failure lead to the ruler demanding severest punishment. Poets everywhere face danger when skill wanes as the harsh line ends with beheading threats.
A Irish setting centers on Denny and his dying mother Honor O Donoghue at St Anne s Well near a ruined church. The old woman asks to be buried with prayers in her grave and is found hoarding treasure. Denny digs the grave, discovers thirty gold coins, and uses the wealth for a grand wake. The lovers marry, share the fortune, and learn money should serve instead of ruin.
Dr Talmage defends his sermon against a fake circulating text and then expounds on the Biblical warning in Jeremiah. He asks how one can endure life’s lesser trials without Christ and foresees greater temptations, urging faith, repentance, and gratitude as one faces the swelling of Jordan. He cites Napoleon, Bunyan, and modern deathbed scenes to emphasize immortality and the need for Christ in all trials.
Prominent wartime reflections warn that war destroys cities and lives while moral law remains the judge of nations. The speaker cites liberty, tyranny, and divine wrath, urging restraint and humane policy against aggression. Corwin’s thunderous images contrast military force with reverence for life and justice.
A daring Fourth Street theft in Newark saw two strangers grab two pairs of pants from J. K. Buckel and J. Hiser’s clothing shop with a third man watching the door, as Buckel clung to a suspect. The report also lists nine trustees named by the governor for Miami University for nine-year terms starting March 1, 1887, to fill a vacancy.
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