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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1885
Page
1
A fragment from a piece titled Cradle Songs of Many Nations features a mother figure rocking a child named Caineo while a line about never complaining appears, suggesting a lullaby or poetic vignette in an archival newspaper fragment.
Evelyn Seaforth navigates romance with Lord Hanley and Fred Lurline at Seaforthlea as her grandfather worries over marriage plans. A gypsy encounter sparks flirtation and hints at prophecies while Evelyn toys with suitors and questions heiress expectations. Lord Hanley declares deep feeling while Lurline struggles for a dance and a chance. TO BE CONTINUED.
A collage of small city quotes from Chicago papers note trends in foot fashion and public attitudes toward Chicago women. The items reference shoe and glove sales, absurd exaggerated libel about a skating rink seating dozens of Chicago girls, and cross-regional comparisons, illustrating playful press banter and urban style talk of the era.
In notes from Cincinnati and Washington, a Pendleton interview criticizes Gen. Hazen’s fit for signal service head and exposes Mr. McLean’s push for a favorable letter. The piece argues the Democratic party’s habit of angry opposition harms governance and urges unity with the new presidency as the party takes charge.
The dialogue recalls Boss Tweed detailing how political rings used subsidies to influence the public press in Albany. A check from the Tenth National Bank to the National Bank of Albany is cited, showing Argus payments of 334,500 over two years. Manning later becomes U S Treasury chief.
The Albany Evening Journal tabulated results from 46 counties where Republicans won 574 Supervisors to Democrats 401, a net gain of 43. Democrats held 16 County Boards in 1884 but 11 in 1885. Republicans rose from 29 to 34. Counties gaining include Broome Dutchess Herkimer Kings Lewis Seneca Steuben Sullivan.
Fire at the Langham Hotel on Wabash and Adams, Chicago, killed four and injured several. The rapid blaze trapped guests and workers as upper floors collapsed and debris buried victims. Rescue crews recovered two bodies and rescued survivors, with total loss estimated at $250,000 and $120,000 insured.
A hotel blaze trapped Mrs Murray and her party. The boy operating the elevator alerted fifth floor occupants, forced a door, and guided them to safety via the elevator. Night fireman and Shaw, son of the proprietor, aided others through smoke to stairs. Maids were helped down as flames raged. some guests nearly suffocated. Mrs Sears of Salt Lake City considered chloroform to avoid a fiery death.
British forces near Suakin engaged Arabs on March 20 near Hasheen. Lieut O Connor and four men killed, Captain Birch wounded. British line held as regiments and marines repelled ambush. Arabs pressed then retreated toward Tamil. many casualties on both sides with British and Indian troops suffering. Marines and artillery aided by Krupp mortars and machine guns restored control.
Sir Henry Green remarks on Sudan climate and Indian sepoy service. He notes Scinde heat with extreme dryness reduces sunstroke risk, while damp air causes heat apoplexy. He recalls Scinde campaigns, Pax Peshawar experiences, and argues dry heat is bearable. He discusses failed Suakin Berber railway and Granville’s influence, plus desert sand and water challenges in Scinde.
Fragments report on diverse topics including Munson Misoula gunfire alarms, Frank France as editor and undertaker in Wickliffe, Ky, and 100 plus women on Massachusetts school boards. Also notes Norway’s low population density, Naval Academy nomination, Rothschild taxation figures, Moscow schools capacity, a Rockford millionaire Chinaman, and Florida strawberry prices in Baltimore.
A sweeping session summary lists bills passed in March including authorizations for bond issues by Canton Springfield and Cincinnati and a $25 000 bridge across the Scioto River in Hamilton Township. It notes the creation of a three member Police Commission in Cincinnati and a statue commission for Oliver Hazard Perry, plus measures on land weed control and railroad and school funding.
Lieutenant Tinley inspects the Signal office in Columbus while Novelty Iron and Steel Works suffers a $150 fire loss. A 90 plus year old woman, Mrs Sechrist, fatally burns after falling into an open grate in Zanesville. Portsmouth sees three prisoners escape jail. Canton notes a butcher contest winner Wil lam Metzgar dressed a beef in five minutes forty five seconds. Barnesville’s Thomas Hance, a one armed man, suffers a serious fall on icy boards. Clarke County imposes a turnpike weight ordinance from November through May to protect the road surface.
The text depicts Alaska Indians as 40000 in number and declining, living in canoes and miserable huts. It portrays them as indolent and squalid, with clear-eyed old sinners and half-clad women willing to sell even their daughters for money, and families owning filthy dogs.
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