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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1887
Page
7
Lucy sits by the window mending her husband Richard's worn socks as a kettle sings and children play outside. She threads each stitch with love and patience, hoping he notices the care in every mend and the heart behind the work.
Henry Richmond’s nephews plot a joke by forging a love note to Mary Harrington. The note prompts a public invitation to drive, causing Mary to meet Henry, who denies writing the letter. The faux note leads to an engagement with Mary, revealing her aristocratic Boston lineage and Henry’s surprise match.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a man joking after being asked if he was suffering and misreading a pun about carrying a light of glass along Congress Street. The humorous exchange ends with the speaker acknowledging the joke.
The piece notes that Confucius descendants retain hereditary status only outside the Imperial system and comments on speculative titles bought with American money. It includes a quoted dialogue about a deflected insult and a joke about a sister, ending with a line on the principle of the thing.
A rambling Civil War era reminiscence recounts the Voltigeur voyage from Port Royal to New Orleans. Officers and sailors barter stories aboard Captain Bly’s ship amid Bahamas waters, Alabama threats, typhoid deaths, and a comic pay dispute over enlistment bonuses.
The Adjutant General appoints Col. John C. Entrekin Lt Col James E. Shellenberger and Maj A B Coit to lead a board revising the Ohio National Guard code under Section 3058. The 1876 regulations are outdated and the effort aims to align with state and federal statutes and Army rules. no compensation, expenses only.
A fragment notes the summer of 1564 when Union army gains momentum and foes retreat. The text references soldiers and civilians amid a period of military success and morale shifts during ongoing conflicts.
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