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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1880
Page
5
A fragmented verse by Juliet C. Marsh from May Scrilmer speaks of sorrow and love, the toll of time, and a plea for forgiveness. It aches with grief yet seeks release as death and memory mingle with rueful tenderness. The speaker longs for a kiss of peace tomorrow.
A nine year old boy named Dave inspires a charity surge after losing the use of his legs in a fall. He gathers six pairs of trousers for poor boys, inspiring a wealthy uncle to donate and transform his outlook. Dave’s resilience and small acts of generosity spark wider giving as a philanthropist funds a Children’s Home and a new medical approach promises recovery.
A columnist critiques newspaper practices and the urge to fill pages with notices, ads, and sensational items. He lampoons editors accepting reader pitches, publishers counting on free publicity, and the public’s appetite for news while noting the industry’s cash flow via advertising and the long reliance on mass distribution.
A Chronicle and a family journal reporter narrate an odd scene with M Ferdinand de Lesseps at the Palace Hotel. An offer of three dollars a day to dig ditches leads to a scuffle, and the Post reports a man fell from the Palace roof that afternoon.
A buyer, an expert, sorts through wholesale diamond parcels on white paper. Defective stones are rejected, and matched pairs are set by a tin plate with holes to fit sizes. After rigid examination for flaws, the sale distributes inferior stones to jewelers, with Paris buyers often receiving showy but lower purity gems.
A playful critique of soups contrasts frugal modern versions with rich vegetable and beef broths. It favors substantial soups with real ingredients over thin bone juice, detailing a hearty vegetable soup template and practical preparation steps using beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, tomatoes, turnips, cauliflower, celery, and rice.
A fragment discusses house cleaning methods emphasizing a reserved system with one or two on task at a time. It recommends planning meals like a ham and roasted meat to sustain workers, warns against cold food, and notes carpets should not be moved constantly but kept in place during cleaning.
A correspondent recounts how Van Bibber, pursued by Indians, escaped from a cliff above a raging whirlpool. His wife, leaping into a skiff with their baby, guided the rescue as arrows felled around them. He was carried ashore and survived to see his grandchild. the rock became known as Van Bibber’s Rock.
A selection of measurements defines a miner s inch of water and its discharge under six inches pressure. It notes an aperture size of 12 1 4 by 15 3 4 inches yielding 200 inches, basis for California and Nevada retail water. It equates one miner s inch to 22 00 cubic feet per day and 17 000 gallons weighing 139 500 pounds. It cites Nevada County operations moving tailings and a Nevada mine powering an 80 stamp mill with 100 miner s inches water. It ends with a Paris Bourse quip about trustworthiness and a Mrs Julia Smith Parker of Glastonbury.
A damaged OCR fragment presents lines of a poem credited to Margaret in 8S Times. The text speaks of martyrdom of yearning and dawn, urging the aching heart to endure until God keeps watchful eyes open and Heaven sleeps.
May 16 Marriage Feast Matt 22 1 14 May 2 Judgment Matt 25 31 46 May 20 Gethsemane Matt 26 30 June 6 Crucifixion June 13 After Resurrection Matt 28 8 20 June 20 Review of Lessons June 21 Lesson chosen by the School.
A speaker argues that belief in miracles rests not only on biblical events but on the transformative power of faith. He cites Lazarus and Peter as examples of outward signs and emphasizes a deeper change in character as the strongest evidence for Christianity. The passage frames faith as compelling through personal renewal rather than solely through corporeal miracles.
A writer argues that depreciation of wealth and fame cannot deter pursuit. He asserts that to stop the restless heart, one must offer a positive object for worship since the human spirit cannot live without an idea. Mere condemnation leaves the soul vacant and unfulfilled.
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