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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1887
Page
8
The Dakota Beil reminiscences a trip to a traveling show in a big tent at Sentinel Butte. The group encounters a mummy titled Pharaoh Salt Peter and jokingly hold a mock inquest on the supposed death. They end by collecting fifty dollars from the Greatest Show on Earth’s treasurer.
Kitty Bell narrates a village romance about a shallow flirt who loses Charlie Ellis after he is spurned for another man. Years later a handsome lawyer, James Wilbraham, wins her heart only after she confesses she loves the old suitor who never loved back.
Kitty and the speaker declare their deep love and plan to marry in a month. He expresses belief in his own enduring appeal, while Kitty, radiant and certain, commits to the engagement as friends remark that some had guessed the outcome after the event.
In Harper's Magazine Charles Dudley Warner describes a transformed South focused on metalwork, coal, timber, marbles, and fertilizers. He notes Virginia iron and coal feeding Northern mills, Alabama and Tennessee iron thriving, and Southern shops producing engines and mill machinery. He highlights Roanoke and Richmond efforts, small urban industries, and expanding trade with the North and West.
An article reviews light on milk fever and prevention through gradual udder emptying after birth. It cites Kemp Bourne of England and suggests letting calves nurse freely or follow a staged milking schedule to avoid chilling the udder.
The article traces rings as eternal tokens from ancient Greek and Jewish betrothals to modern affection gifts. It notes inscriptions like May you live long and I bring good fortune, and describes betrothal rings in Jewish law and medieval binding customs. It also blends in quick notes on canal pilots and ship fees in global transit contexts.
A Saturday Review writer describes how traffic in the Suez Canal is managed from Terreplein near Suez. A desk model with toy ships represents real vessels, with flags for nations and signals guiding movements through gates and sidings to avoid collisions.
The article traces the origins of pedal powered wheels from 1693 to the 1810s and notes key milestones. It cites Ozanam and Richard of Rochelle for early four wheel prototypes, Blanchard’s experiments, Niepce’s 1815 pedalled hobbyhorse, and the 1819 ladies hobby with front wheel pedals. It mentions London riding schools and Cruikshank's 1819 caricature, noting a revival after 1820 and substantial later improvements.
A vivid scene portrays Apache women tucking goods in clothing while a busy crowd laughs at mishaps, dogs bark, and ponies stamp and collide. The piece notes spirited talk, musical squaws, and a carnival like atmosphere amid the bustling rows and windows.
New photographic instruments by the Brothers Henry at the Paris observatory place the sensitive plate in the telescope focus for three exposures. The plate shifts very slightly between exposures so star images appear as a single dot upon magnification, helping distinguish stars from plate spots. The method records dimmer stars and aids in spotting small planets by triangular motion during a 15 minute exposure. It demands long, exacting, hours long operation and immense patience.
The article argues that North America shows limited long term seismic records and uses natural rock formations to infer resistance to earthquakes. It explains glacially formed blocks and pillar rocks as indicators of immunity, and discusses slow continental uplift balancing erosion over millions of years.
A humorous Omaha World excerpt shows Jake teaching Mrs Blueblood city manners with a spittoon demand and polite retorts. The piece then riffs on friends as shadows, loyal in sunlit paths but quick to vanish in rough terrain.
Edward M. Stanton welcomed individuals in a daily public reception room where Col. Hardie ran the desk and private access was controlled. He prioritized soldiers and disabled officers, then plainclothes civilians, often delivering aloud moral comments on gallantry or suffering. He could also move embarrassed women to a more private setting for hearings.
Prof Mouchot's solar cooking apparatus uses concave mirrors to focus sunlight for boiling, distilling, and roasting. Tests in Paris show beef roasted in minutes and water boiled quickly, with potential for use in dry sunny regions and even military field kitchens. Russians order portable Solar cookers for Army use under Gen Kauffmann.
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