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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1887
Page
7
A playful tale recalls novice archers and Cupid’s trickery as a young woman pines for Damon. The physician offers aid, but Cupid reveals a smile as the ultimate charm. Arrows, fever, and a fluttering heart fade when the merriest weapon wins.
In Arizona Territory Captain Raton fights off red marauders who seize his daughter Neleta. Old Scout, Dick Arguson, and the Captain pursue, rescue Neleta, and the scout sacrifices himself while guiding a perilous escape to safety. Final tragedy and reunion follow at the settlement.
A fable where a Wolf begs mercy from a Hare who boasts magnanimity. The Wolf laments past losses of hares eaten, stating his restraint comes from memory of earlier hunts. The piece ends with a moral about experience shaping deeds and words and the impact of actions over idle talk.
The sermon by Rev. T De Witt Talmage argues that small annoyances are sent by God to prod character, comparing life’s irritants to hornets. He portrays troubles as fitness for usefulness and heaven, urging patient, incremental growth and view of trials as shaping a virtuous life.
A Detroit Tribune tale recounts Duncan McLachlan a Scotch master of the Idlewild and Will Campau the 8 F. Hodge. in Buffalo they argue how to move a large water-cask. Campau lowers into the cask and it overbalances trapping him under it. Duncan retrieves Campau’s straw hat with a pike and quips about shifting the ballot by fate.
San Antonio District Court judge and Medina County stock ranch proprietor heard a horse theft case. The exchange included a plea asserting the horse did not belong to the thief, claiming concession should be considered and a lenient sentence. The source notes the judge’s official role and the thief’s remark amid the hot weather.
The piece surveys Genesis themes, Jacob's night at Peniel, and the shift from Jacob the supplanter to Israel the prince of God. It notes Esau and Edom's traits, the Jordan's descents, and a sermonizing outline on prevailing prayer, blessing, and divine revelation.
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