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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1884
Page
7
A defiant attic scene shows a shop girl exhausted by weekday toil seeking Sunday rest. She imagines tea, sleep, and memories of family, then dies softly in her bed as the sun rises. The piece ends with a tribute to her fatigue and longing.
Cecil Anstruther meets Una and Geoffrey Carew at a concert, befriends them, and helps Geoffrey recover from hardship through music. Lorina, Una’s sister, inspires Geoffrey’s redemption. Cecil's painting of Una and a lion wins praise, ending with a romantic twist in which Cecil proclaims himself a knightly suitor.
The German wert tered credit associations or people’s banks formed from unpretentious beginnings have grown into a prosperous system. They provide advances, credit, raw materials, wholesale and retail goods, and aim to build dwellings and cultivate land. Members subscribe for shares forming capital. deposits and debts are jointly and separately liable. No bankruptcies occurred in 1882, signaling strong credit and falling deposit rates. Associations in districts coordinate operations and mutual credit, plus a general association unites all.
Rev W L McGrew a western Pennsylvania minister famed for rifle marksmanship He replicated feats by Bogardus and Carver including breaking two glass goblets midair and shooting through bottle mouths Ex Governor Hoyt witnessed and called it the most phenomenal display of marksmanship.
The excerpt highlights W P Eliott of Lewiston Pa still editing at ninety one. Pauline Roe beginning story writing at seventeen. Henry Irving praising Joe Jefferson. Macon Mason in Massowah Egypt. West Point graduate with Civil War losses later in Egypt. Senator Morrill's long service in Congress. Elizabeth Cady Stanton moving to Johnstown NY. Minister Hunt family dispersed after a St Petersburg death. Dr C C Graham’s flood writings at age one hundred. wealth figures for Grant Hayes Johnson Lincoln Pierce Van Buren. London Times editor Chenery praised by Labouchere.
The Sorbonne audience cheered as Marcel Deprez explained using thin wire to reduce energy loss in long distance electricity. He cited experiments in Munich Paris and Grenoble and announced a 100 horsepower test from Creil to Paris thirty six miles next October with funding from Baron Rothschild.
The Melbourne Age notes that The Waltham Watch Company supplied two watches for explorer G E Morrison. On advice from Government Astronomer R L J Ellery the watches were tested at the Melbourne Observatory for a fortnight and deemed superior to a chronometer for Morrison’s needs.
Within the past four months ten men have been shot and killed in Washington County Mississippi according to Chicago link.
A collage of brief comic vignettes and witticisms from various papers. Jokes range from a misread shadow on a curtain to overcoats and petting hus, with quips about streets, editors and fish chowder. The tone stays light as editorials glance at everyday absurdities.
The article describes how ordinary anvils are forged in six or seven pieces and cast anvils hardened in a float or swung into a tank by crane. It notes steel blocks for gold beaters, marble anvils, and expanding uses from watchmakers to cannons, with large steam-hammer anvils weighing hundreds of tons and pyramid shapes for stability.
A young boy John pleads to stay up all night but his father insists he keep his seat at the table. After hours of wakefulness the boy tires and asks to bed, learning a lesson about bedtime obedience. The nurse and mother fade from the scene as the moral lands: staying awake isn’t worth the trouble.
A war era tale follows Mary Tighte as she visits the bride Mrs Stillings, wearing mud on her hands and dress. She recounts her bold call at the wedding home and the cake, sparking family laughter at supper about growing up and courtship.
A family council discusses Jack's future prospects noting his disinterest in books and fears about careers. Parents and uncles debate viable paths from grocery, tobacco, to retail drugs, marking concerns over profits and advancement for a boy of his age.
A classroom piece explains soap bubble formation and the science of matter. It describes the mixture for Platean's solution, the nature of a bubble as air encased by a soap film, and how bubble motion relates to air density and pressure. It also notes carbon dioxide release from vinegar with chalk and cites related experiments.
In a playful jab at rival ad tactics a French inventor of a face wash entices a reporter to visit a family gathering. The reporter then inspects the inventor’s wife daughter and mother in law and prints impressions praising the product naming all family members.
The Newbury spider lived 204 days without food or water, prompting calls to stuff and mount the specimen for preservation. California spiders are sought for collections at fifty cents each, and the Tanner spider could fetch a high museum price.
Seven boys about ten years old at a Philadelphia school were disarmed of pistols they habitually carried. They intended to go west and shoot Indians, according to the Philadelphia Times.
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