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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1884
Page
4
Vanity Fair mocks the phrase prime of life and flags forties as a mixed time, noting grey hair, broadened figures, stilted speech, and clever attempts at romance. true prime arrives with strength, youth’s bravado, and a judge of wine, before aging dulls the arena.
General John Pope plans to relocate permanently to Milwaukee Wisconsin next fall. His wife and children will spend the summer there to prepare a house for him.
The essay argues self-reliance grows from responsible home duties and independent judgment. It cites childhood practice, measured criticism, and patient guidance to foster tenacity. It notes women on shipboard show courage in distress and claims disciplined self-trust drives lasting success.
A veteran magician warns that tricks now rely on simple mechanisms rather than skillful sleight of hand. He describes the Indian box routine using a hidden watch, a two-bag confinement, and a ticking lid. Spiritual padlocks and self-opening devices also feature, enabling ghostly tricks with little caster effort.
The Cathedral City lauds the Mexico City cathedral as unmatched in the Western Hemisphere while praising the Villa cathedral designed by Cristóbal de Villa. It notes the Mexico City edifice cost about one million dollars, with labor contributions raising roughly another quarter million, and cites its grand scale, seating 6,000, twin western domes, and a Doric front facade adorned with apostles and San Francisco de Asís.
A New Yorker visiting Virginia City last summer received a cash discount pitch for government bonds from a wiry man claiming to have bonds to sell. The teller from the leading local bank would know the scam, and the story notes the stranger admitted the bonds were obtained by robbing coaches. The New Yorker refused to invest even at 50 cents on the dollar.
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