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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1883
Page
2
Poetic meditation on graves and afterlife. Four mounds rest side by side as summers glow and flowers guard the sacred sod. Birds sing and roses breathe joy, uplifting the departed to heavenly ascent where calm, undying song precludes death’s gloom and spirits rise to eternal peace.
Phileas Fogg distributes rewards to soldiers while Passepartout frets over lost time. Fix calls on the group as Mrs Aoada clings to Fogg. Passepartout searches for a train at the station hoping to reach Omaha though the next train won’t arrive until evening.
Detectives, ships, and a rambling sledge voyage propel Phileas Fogg toward a fast Atlantic crossing. Fix, Passepartout, and Mudge push a wind driven land craft across Nebraska toward Omaha while Fogg negotiates passage with Captain Speedy on the Henrietta bound for Bordeaux.
The Boston Transcript notes a contrast between English and American hospitality. In England the host defers to the guest and the house serves as the guest’s domain, with freedom to use services and even arrange activities. In America hosts press guests with constant attention, and guests feel bound to follow plans or craft excuses to avoid imposing.
Anecdotal tale from Nye’s Hooomerang about Tim Foley the Leadville millionaire staging a cattle sale ruse to duplicitly inflate herd value. The Frewen Brothers from England are depicted as refined yet comically miscast on the Wyoming frontier. The piece flags disbelief yet treats the yarn as worth noting for its wit and potential money‑making angle.
A Boston Post snippet recalls a night watchman declining coffee at dusk with the remark it would keep him awake. He soon sees the gaffe, grows embarrassed, and attempts to explain, but the remark stands.
A silver cradle has been presented to the Mayor of Liverpool, England, celebrating the birth of his son. The gesture honors the new arrival and marks a civic acknowledgment from the city.
A compilation of brief notices mentions the Osbornes and seven children felled by diphtheria, C M Lamson of London a seal trade figure born in Massachusetts, and a Wilton wedding linked to a funeral. It also notes Oliver Bridges’s death at ninety, military lineage of the Bridges and Kent families, Allen or Davy Crockett kin, Thurlow Weed memory habits, Lillie Devereux Blake era remarks, Felix de Fontaine on stage nerves, and a review of Concord and Paul Revere.
A collage of quips and short items from newspapers including Detroit Free Press Providence Press Yonkers Gazette and Boston Post. Humorous vignettes cover odd sayings misheard phrases and a Connecticut murder trial sleeping in court plus a farmer opposing the woman’s movement and other lighthearted clips.
A Hazelhurst Mississippi shopkeeper ordered fifty dollars in pennies to circulate but the town's people rejected the plan and the coins were returned to him.
A poem by Mary A. Barr tells of a small boy named Master Quig who runs from school to seek sea life. He treks to a bar and is unable to pass, the night darkens, waves rise, and the boat sinks. He is found dead in the morning with no further sighting.
William Henderson faces a girls' snowball assault after defying Miss Varick the schoolteacher. Polly Burbank leads the attack while other pupils join, until Mrs. Henderson steps in with family support. William’s mother and aunts confront the girls and vow to intervene, ending the spate of harassment during Miss Varick's tenure.
A children story recounts Mattie ignoring warnings to meddle with a bee hive a well and a loaded gun. Bees sting her so badly she is bedridden a week with medicine and a cold. A near fall into a well leaves her soaked and ill. A gun accident injures her knee forcing weeks of crutch use. The tale ends with Mattie cured of meddling.
A Augusta Chronicle reprint recalls Mark Hopkins after a huge Pacific Railroad fortune adopting his cook’s child. The boy, later called Timothy, grows to be heir presumptive through a blend of family plots and social maneuvering. The tale contrasts fortune with humility and mythic romance.
Washington Star notes at Chinese minister dinners in Washington he must refrain from addressing anyone at table due to native etiquette, giving guests a chance to focus on business matters.
In Prince Edward Island a lecture at a hall was disrupted when the car and windows were nailed from the outside forcing the audience to escape through second story windows.
If the kd gloves rest on a damp towel for two or three minutes they warm and become more flexible, reducing the chance of tearing during use.
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