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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1887
Page
7
Night in the Snow Strikes a Quiet Town Doctor
A widow in a small western city fears her son James Edgerton will not return from a storm bound call. He arrives as a spectral visitation in the freezing night, dies thereafter, and his mother’s grief blends dream with stark reality as townsfolk confirm his death in the cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
James Edgerton
Dr. Edgerton
Coals of Fire and a Forger's Daughter Marriage
Reginald Hart, driven by love, marries Annie Grant despite his uncle Dr. Wilton’s disapproval. Years pass with quiet happiness in modest quarters as rumors of wealth and a looming auction threaten the family. A moral crisis unfolds when Wilton faces ruin and a hopeful note from Reginald’s former ally hints at possible reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Grant
Annie
Grant
Reginald Hart
Dr. Wilton
Reginald
Regy
Dean Andy
RegnaLp Hart
Retribution Comes As Angelic Guise
In a tense domestic scene Annie guides her daughter Belle to help Reginald. Belle’s innocent kiss saves Reginald from danger, and the old man’s anxious memory hints at a hidden tragedy revealed as Retribution arrives in gentlest form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald
Annie
Belle
A Catilee Stampede Describes Outlaw Herd Run
The narrative portrays a catilee stampede driven by riders chasing leaders across treacherous ground. Cattle fall or are trampled, bunches stray, and cowboys push on in darkness with spur and whip, risking death. dawn reveals new dangers and possible Indian encounters.
Laughing horse and political mix in a newspaper tale
A man bets a dollar he can make a horse laugh, using a fly to win again as the animal laughs and wheezes. The scene is paired with a Thomasville politics anecdote about a preacher misled by a candidate’s Whig ploy, stirring the fury of a reformer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Thomasville
van Zandt
Fox
Brethen
Massa Blank
Eder
New York Tribune
Bingham
Butler
Charleston
Massachusetts
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Ohio
Wilkes Booth
Washington
Booth
Baker
M. Alexander Majors
Great West
Aubrey
Sante Ie
N. M
Independence
Pacific Slope
Santa Fe
St. Louis
Elaborate Affair Dinner Reflected in Letter Exchange
A Cincinnati wife questions if the public dinner was truly elaborate as her husband returns from the event. The New York Sun notes seven beer glasses set at each cover, while a later reflection cites sorrow and humility as deep lessons in human nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
New York Sun
Milligan ruling and era debates mark year end
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Indiana had no authority to try Lamden P. Milligan by military commission, freeing him under the 1863 Habeas Corpus suspension. The piece also notes radical anger, Blair and Wilson figures, and House debates over politics and slavery era tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Lamden P. Milligan
Circuit Court of the United States
District of
Indiana
Milligan
Congress
Thad Stevens
Francis P. Blair
Montgomery
Gen
Frank Blair
Washington
Gen. Jackson
Fremont
Silver Springs
United States
Lincoln
Blair
James Monroe
Andrew Johnson
Democratic Party
Andrew Jackson
James Buchanan
Henry Wilson
Coldbath
Congressional Temperance Society
Senator Yates
Mississippi
Kate
Senate
Chevalier
Kentucky
Garrett Davis
Temperance
Surrat
Bingham
Fort Fisher
Charleston
Butler
Wilkes Booth
Giants in bone and myth through Europe and beyond
The article surveys historic giant legends from Europe and the Middle East, citing finds of colossal bones and teeth linked to figures like Orestes, Ajax, and Polyph EMUS. It notes medieval displays, church relic associations, dubious exhumations, and skeptical reactions from Falloppio and Kircher, with Don Quixote lending satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Orestes
Tegea
Antilus
Mauritania
Ajax
Asia Minor
Crete
Herodotus
Strabo
Pliny
Philostratus
St. Augustine
Utica
England
Polyphemus
Sicily
St. Christopher
Teutobocchus
Teutons
Jerusalem
Lambecius
Don Quixote
Padua
Falloppio
Father Kircher
Swift
W. B. Scott
Scribner's Magazine
Surprise Gift Brings Laughs to Teacher at School
A Boston Herald tale recalls a popular public school teacher whose desk overflows with student gifts. A shy pupil brings a box containing his mother’s false teeth saying they are prettier than hers. The anecdote highlights childlike gallantry and school discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Hunters Paradise on the Pacific Coast and Whistling Gaffe
Excerpt describes a trek five hours from Los Angeles through mountain tracks and abundant wildlife including rabbits, hares, squirrels, geese, cranes, brant, swan, and California quail. The piece contrasts this with a Boston Herald critic mocking girls and a Minnesota Tribune remark on lips in a whistling pose inviting mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Pacific Sea
California
Joaquim Miller
Aaron and Passover Teachings From Exodus Lesson
The May 22 Sunday School lesson outlines Aaron as Moses’s brother and assistant, his priestly role, and his life of service. It details Passover practices, the religious meaning, and connected biblical chronology, with reflections on miracles and the law within God’s deliverance narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Standard
J. M. Coon
B. C
Egypt
Aaron
Moses
Canaan
Mount
Hor
Elisheba
Judah
Nisan
Israel
A. J. Lyman
I/om
Zif
Sivan
Tammug
Elul
Trishi
Bul
Kislen
Tebeth
Shebat
Adar
Goshen
Pharaoh
Ney
Murphy
Horeb
Vharaoh
God
Also Mentioned on This Page
Somerville Journal
W. T. Rouse
Will M. Murray
Charles Buxton
Cecil
Ben
Perley Poore
Rubken
Minneapolis Uribune
the Sunday School
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