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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1884
Page
8
The Defiance County Express notes the Democratic House plans to audit the treasury. Itcomments on cautious spending and cites a Boston Herald quip about fiscal curiosity. The piece also references Ben Butler’s quiet period and likens it to a child awaiting trouble in Evening Wisconsin.
The Rochester Democrat laments the Democratic Congress for its bluster and inaction, arguing it has not justified its existence and shows no signs of delivering meaningful deeds.
The Virginia Democrat who presented a resolution favoring a territorial reservation for African Americans is criticized as out of touch with the era. The New York Tribune mocks his timing and calls the move a relic of the nineteenth century.
The proposal to let a testator prove his will and sanity in life gains wide support. It is law in Michigan and Maryland, with a push to extend to New York and Maryland. Michigan and Maryland bills allow secrecy. the New York measure would disclose contents for proof.
The Toledo Blade argues the House must respond firmly to Bismark's insult toward the United States. It warns of grave consequences and a possible clash with Europe, urging decisive action rather than backing down.
A meeting at the Boody house forms a spring trotting circuit named Northwestern Circuit. Members from Toledo Columbia East Saginaw Detroit Kalamazoo Kalamazoo and Erie draft a report on circuits and classes with races scheduled May to July and officials named including H Coleman secretary with $15 compensation from each society.
Hundreds write they owe their life and present good health to Acker's English Remedy for Consumption Coughs Cols and coughs. Sold by N G Woodyard.
The product boasts forty years of use and claims to be the best known remedy for colds coughs and ailments. It emphasizes its popularity among discerning individuals as proof of effectiveness.
Advertised tips cover plant ventilation for winter, drainage for swampy land, a DIY shoe bag for bedrooms, apiary guidance stressing strong surplus-producing colonies, cracked wheat pudding recipes, and arguments for barefoot horse care over shoeing noting fewer leg problems and safer footing.
C R Barnes of Purdue University warns that barberry hedges enable wheat rust by providing one of the two required hosts. The fungus spreads from cluster cup spores to barley, oats, and other grasses, with windborne sporidia sustaining the cycle. Preventive steps include avoiding barberry plantings and soaking grain in blue vitriol to reduce spore spread.
A St. Louis Republican report warns that small amounts of metal dissolved in juice from canned fruits vegetables and meats can cause nausea and poisoning. While tin is common and cheap it may color taste signaling contamination. glass could be safer but costlier despite avoiding metal leaching.
San Francisco Chronicle notes corns arise from poor shoeing and foot shape. It advises dressing the foot to natural shape, opening heel angles, removing pressure, then carefully fitting a shoe with one inner nail left out to relieve pressure. For contracted or flat feet, use light knife work and bar shoes as needed.
The article describes ball dress construction with colored tulle and white fabrics, gilt and silver embroidery, velvet corsages, satin borders, and stripes of silver gauze. It notes preferred laces, satin and tulle combinations, plume-like back drapery, and minimal artificial flowers, with a single bouquet worn high on the left side.
A Youth's Companion excerpt defines dyspepsia as a system wide digestion issue not limited to the stomach. It lists causes such as overfeeding, poor digestion of certain foods, rushed meals, stress, worry, and lack of rest, noting treatment requires addressing underlying causes.
The essay notes Alaskan belles and Thlinket women masking their faces with soot ink and soot and seal oil to avoid tan and sunburn. On feast days the women wash off the black to reveal pale complexions, lighter than their tan or coffee colored kin, reflecting evolving beauty standards. The piece cites a Youth's Companion excerpt and reports eighteen Kentucky murders in November compared with thirty in October and a figure for September.
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