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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1884
Page
3
The passage quotes Fr. K Munkittrick in Puck recounting a tall tale about a man born in Maine Aroostook with a split stature. It features odd measurements of five feet eight inches and five feet three inches, and a long leg versus a shorter one, framed as a comic vignette from the distant State of Maine where the moose roam.
A lavish wedding plan collapses after a tainted note, exposing a plan to force a fortune. In the Chicago retail scene a new cashier and a glove counter girl endure a sweltering, high pressure day as their lives intertwine and a budding romance unfolds amid a chaotic family uproar.
The article argues that Arctic exploration aims to advance into unknown regions for scientific observation rather than reach the North Pole. It cites Captain Fares and geographers, notes Arctic findings from magnetic poles to cryolite, and highlights relatively low explorer mortality compared with Africa.
A collage of quips and light satire from several newspapers. Jokes about babies hats and shoes, a lame tramp dialogue, a catamount encounters a sewing machine agent, mother in law pockets teeth, a five-dollar tongue in cheek pledge, and a wedding tour misfortune.
Exact toll from last year’s disaster on Ischia shows 3075 killed or wounded, with 2112 killed and 762 maimed. Casamicciola alone suffered heavy losses where 1734 residents killed and 445 wounded. Of 672 homes there, 537 crushed, 134 damaged, only one intact. Fifty four foreigners killed.
A collage of brief remarks cites Josh Billings on Artemus Ward’s will and sixty cents, a monument for William Tyndale on the Thames bank, Washburn’s $10,000 gift to Greenfield’s Literary Association, and notes on editors Stevens Fortune Madison Page and T. Thomas Fortune. Also mentions Mme Patti and Alboni’s pay wisdom via Chicago Journal.
On a blowing day on Clifton street a woman tried to empty ashes on the icy sidewalk. A passing man offered a wind facing method, but a gust sent ash dust over him. He demonstrated with the ash-pan, then police identified him and took him home. He quipped about wind directions in advice.
A collage of practical notes on fruit trees and animal care, home cooking hints, and seasonal gardening tips. Includes advice on pudding toppings, cough remedies, cabbage stumps, horse scratches remedy, apple storage, plum pudding recipe, hair covers, chair covers, winter radish cultivation, and turnip timing from various papers.
The article laments neglected home gardens among farmers distant from markets. It argues gardens receive little attention while larger crops dominate labor, leading to weeded beds and poor yields. It contrasts city farmers with rural households and urges better planning, variety, and care for early and plentiful produce.
A seven year old boy Tom Brown defies fear and pride to protect classmate Daisy from punishment in Miss Linnet's school. He volunteers to be whipped instead, taking the punishment and earning forgiveness and a quiet romance with Daisy as Dick Ray faces consequences.
Excerpt from Harper's Young People where Jack and May discuss gender roles and restrictions. It contrasts boys and girls with references to fishing shooting and tools, highlighting imagined limitations.
A Morganton youth Robert T. Claywell with support from Prof J T Humphrey and others reports a tin vein near King's Mountain Station in Cleveland County North Carolina. Analyses show tin content around forty five percent with vein extensions and quartz rutile tourmaline in slate. Development is preliminary but results suggest a true vein in place.
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