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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1884
Page
7
In this dialogue a couple named Jonan Joan and Sally bid each other farewell as Sally must depart before mother awakens. They exchange kisses and anxious pleas to stay, then prepare to leave quietly and meet again tomorrow noon while noting the late hour and parental presence. The scene ends with a hushed goodbye as a mother’s footsteps approach.
The babiroussa is an aggressive forest hog with long curved upper tusks, a gray wrinkled body, and a habit of living in wet marshy areas. It swims well and can cause severe wounds when cornered. Accounts by Funk and Brun describe encounters with the herd in Malacca and the peril faced by hunters and natives.
An unnamed hunter shot a full grown hog estimated at 150 pounds after its fore leg was hit and the animal collapsed. His companions frightened the other hogs, allowing the hunter to examine the prize at leisure. The hog measured about three feet long and over two feet high.
The Louisiana Swamp is praised as a secluded, beautiful wilderness far from cities. It describes vast prairies, towering cypresses, blooming flowers, and abundant wildlife, inviting botanists, hunters, and nature lovers to revel in its scenery and wonders.
A collage of home farming and kitchen notes from various papers. Advice covers corn fodder, butter making, rust in cedar trees, grapevines, copper teakettle cleaning, garden care, melted butter sauce, glanders detection in horses, and a method to fry onions for beefsteak. Includes rural and urban tips for daily homestead tasks.
The article explains how the Earth’s atmospheric ocean distributes carbonic acid, miasma, and pests through vast air currents. It stresses the air’s practical purity due to circulation and warns that poor ventilation in homes, tenements, and hotels can spread indoors-sourced pollution and disease.
A New York store incident features Nellie Walton, once a celebrated Broadway ingénue, collapsing on the floor and exposing a career ruined by opium use. The report depicts her as a beauty turned habitual user, now besotted by the habit.
The author describes a method for rearing young chicks with the hen confined during the pleasant part of the day to allow the brood to forage. A tethered hen is kept in a sunny area, with chicks in a basket initially, then fed and sheltered. The process, while simple, aims to minimize harm, protect delicate chicks, and gradually wean the brood before reuniting with layers.
A St. Louis Post report notes a change in Alabama law prohibiting husbands from conducting business in their wives names, affecting small enterprises and filing practices.
Practical hints from the New York Journal on crafting home touches. Readers can make wooden boxes with carpet lining, crimson velveteen cushions, a portable hammock cradle, and dresser wardrobes from boards and muslin curtains. Velvet photo albums and monogrammed linens round out low cost decor ideas.
A. C. Varney designs a morning feeding device for his horse that lets him feed from bed. A cord hidden in the headboard releases a weight to drop grain into the stall box, with pulleys guiding the line from the barn to his bed. The scheme avoids reliance on a possibly unreliable hired man.
The Current notes ongoing unrest in Haiti after a long line of revolts and weak governance. President Salomon remains in power amid arrears, debt, and a revenue system plagued by embezzlement, with repeated rapid changes in leaders since Toussaint l'Ouverture.
A Maryland G A R officer from Baltimore recounts using St Jacobs Oil for pains and an ulcerated tooth, claiming instant relief and cessation of suffering. A remark about a "free-spoken" young lady town nicknamed electricity notes how it shocks many people.
An 19th century promotion extols Tippecanoe as the revived fortifying tonic used by frontiersmen. It credits H. H. Warner & Co. of Rochester New York with manufacturing the medicine and claims it strengthens digestion, boosts vigor, and prevents malarial disorders.
Witt J. Coruesini of Somerville Massachusetts narrates a 1876 lung bleeding and 1877 hospital admission with a hole in his lung. A friend recommended Dr Hall's Balsam For The Lungs. after taking a bottle he improved and now feels better than three years ago.
A Georgia reader reports a woman with a cancerous shoulder ulcer five inches in circumference found healing after consuming five bottles of Swift's Specific. The ulcer fully closed with minor scaly skin remaining and improved overall health. The testimonial is attributed to Rev. Jesse H. Campsecy of Columbus, Ga.
Universal praise proclaims Kidney Wort a priceless cure for kidney liver and bowel disorders. It is said to cure obstinate cases after doctors have given up and a moro treatment will never fail. Sold by all druggists. See advertisement.
An advertisement extols Ely's Cream Balm as a non liquid, non snuff remedy for colds in the head. It claims to cure chronic catarrh and hay fever with a radical cure and pleasant, quick relief.
Dr Banning asserts the hydra metaphor for multifarious disease. He urges persistent readiness with Mrs Pins Vegetable Compound as a remedy, claiming it helps in battling a many headed monster of illness.
A note predicts the invention of artificial cork and the forthcoming use of adulterated life-preservers, signaling advances in preservation technologies and safety gear.
A quoted authority states oranges should not be eaten in company and humorously claims they belong only in a bathtub. The remark underscores a playful or satirical take on dining etiquette and private space.
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