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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1879
Page
5
Fragmentary verse describes a world of wonder and doubt. Images of the autumn moon, red moon over strand and town, and voices from long ago rise from a lovers walk as a stormy tide begins to sow.
Adela, a sheltered heiress, resists guardianship and isolation after her father’s death. A mysterious Scottish wise woman warns of three perils as Adela discovers her beloved Edgar Neville is the hopeful groom many expect. A dramatic New Year’s revelation binds Adela to Edgar, with gratitude to Elspa guiding her from danger.
The War Office and Admiralty are invited to observe the Meppen trials of a 72 ton Krupp steel gun with a 40 cm calibre. The weapon features a two‑part tube, four jackets, a breech loading system, and a 385 pound powder charge for a 1,660 pound chilled iron projectile. Projected muzzle velocity reaches about 1,646 feet per second with ranges up to 11 miles.
The article discusses gun angles and ranges, noting an angle of 43 degrees could project a shot fifteen miles. It highlights Krupp breech-loading guns for accuracy, mentions forthcoming placements, and references Krupp two-ton breech-loaders in Constantinople and Cronstadt as the largest steel guns previously made.
John H. Thomas of Laporte California, a leading hydraulic miner, visits New York after twenty three years. He outlines the Blue Lead field near Pilot Peak and Little Grizzly, claiming the head of the channel yields the bulk of California gold and that much of the gravel beds remain unexplored with vast potential. He cites production figures, mining methods, and reasons for slow stock market interest, noting large gains from drift and hydraulic operations and the infancy of gravel mining compared to quartz mining.
Citizens near Locust Grove cemeteries report a persistent foul odor and swarms of flies entering nearby homes. The Times notes partial burials and diverse inmate burials including parish prisons Boys' House of Refuge City Insane Asylum Smallpox Hospital and several colored institutions.
The New Orleans Times reports cemeteries overwhelmed with burials as two city burial grounds face disinterment to free space for the dead. Lack of staff and no alternate burial options cause a foul stench and unsafe conditions, with de facto neglect of cemetery management.
On February 3 the Greifeld family of 184 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn fell ill with trichinosis. Mrs. Greifeld and her mother in law died. Mr. Greifeld recovered briefly then died suddenly. Coroner’s inquest cited post mortem findings of trichinae in intercostal and laryngeal muscles. Mrs. Greifeld remained gravely ill.
Commander Cheyne of the Royal Navy plans an Arctic voyage using balloons to reach the North Pole. The ship would navigate Davis Strait to Lancaster Sound, deploy three 60 foot balloons forming a lifting trio, and establish two winter observing stations to guide a year long tethered ascent strategy.
Report from the Norristown Herald notes Tommy and his younger brother Johnny returned home in torn, soiled clothes after a scuffle. Tommy received a slap on the ear before the siblings sat to supper, where he whispered a taunt about Jack.
Lord Ronald Gower departed for a swift tour of New York and the American cities, praising civility, equality, and refined conduct among Americans. He contrasts American ease with British snobbery, noting hospitable service, freedom from pretension, and mutual respect across social classes, asking Englishmen to visit and learn.
A professional beggar in Berlin has died leaving an estate valued at over 1.5 million marks to his heirs. He had many children and grandchildren and hosted lavish winter entertainments where champagne flowed abundantly. His summer routine involved four to five months away from home. The full details of the will and heirs are now becoming known.
An aged NHS principal figure in Baden Baden is described as shabby yet influential, a legend of the gaming halls. He purportedly accepted charity from players who had a lucky stroke, a practice said to have lasted thirty seasons amid the prosperous towns and Berlin week rumors.
A well-dressed musician traveled from Des Moines to Council Bluffs Atlantic and St Joe amid repeated moves. Convicted on questionable testimony, he played in a prison church, earned aid to resume teaching, and fled exposure until returning to the penitentiary town where he now teaches music and serves as organist, reportedly reformed and content.
The Austrian Arsenal at Zamky reports experiments on a gelatine based explosive that dissolves nitro glycerine, resists water, and requires high heat to ignite. When camphor is added in four percent to ninety six percent gelatine, the mixture becomes usable as a powerful, less smoky explosive with safer handling.
A peculiar compilation of culinary instructions and garden lore includes a lemon juice enhanced onion mixture with corn starch cake ingredients and a Berry Floating Island method. It also covers Potato Puffs using mashed potatoes and roast meat, Baked Macaroni with milk, a method for making good vinegar from molasses, and theory on Canada thistles as an undercrop fertilizer with plowing steps.
A Providence Rhode Island woman aged over seventy describes long neuralgia and general system dullness. She reports no relief from doctors or medicines until three months of Hop Bitters, which she says has restored her health and energy, claiming no other medicine fits the family.
The article argues that cleansing lotions and snuffs only provide temporary relief and do not cure catarrh. It recommends a combined approach using Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to cleanse the blood and heal inflamed membranes for a radical, lasting cure.
A brief explanation in a vintage pamphlet describes butter composition, factors leading to rancidity, why white butter is produced year round and in winter, and why some butter feels greasy. It notes remedies and points readers to a valuable book titled Hints to Butter-Makers, available free via storekeepers or mailed by Allan Manufacturing Co. Buffalo, NY, proprietors of Orange County Butter Powder.
Until you have applied either by letter postal card or in person to A. J. Smith General Ticket Agent Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Railway Cleveland Ohio for lowest rates of fare to all points in Missouri Texas Arkansas Kansas Nebraska Colorado and California Room No 11 3d floor Railroad Block corner Water and St Clair streets.
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