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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1879
Page
4
A fictional exchange of letters between Maud and Hugh recalls childhood summers. Maud longs for the past amid lilac trees and seaside memories, while Hugh reveals he is married and cannot return. The imagery centers on old stone walls, wildflowers, and the feel of long-gone days.
Victor Parlenon, a bachelor who loses his speech to aphasia, moves to the country for rest and romance. He befriends Beatrice Beaton, a pension guest, and spends moonlit evenings by a brook with her, while her mother eagerly plans a marriage that Victor fears he may not have promised. The trio heads toward a mistaken betrothal as miscommunication and longing collide.
The article summarizes scientific reflections on suicide, its causes, and societal influences. It cites Dr Gray and Dr Moret, noting education and publicity can encourage imitation, while conscience and accountability to the Creator defend against self harm. French statistics show rising rates across periods, with age and gender patterns.
A teenaged operator at the War Department received a historic Richmond to Washington telegram on April 3 1865 reporting the Union entry into Richmond at eight in the morning. President Lincoln and cipher clerk Tinker rushed to Stanton's room after the extraordinary dispatch.
In Washington the news of Richmond’s fall sparks wild reaction as officials and operatives, including President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton, crowd the Department of War. Kettles, the messenger, is hailed by Stanton and delivers a brief speech before crowds erupt in cheers and illuminations. Andrew Johnson attends amid the festive chaos.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent describes the Wilderness area along the old Civil War path from the Rapidan to Richmond. The piece notes no prewar railroad, a rough thirty mile narrow gauge line now near Chancellorsville, and Meade and Grant routes. It details ruined ore pits, poor soil, and mass graves moved to Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg cemeteries.
A farmer market scene shows a woman admiring grass and sunrise while recalling muddy wagons and a hog under a hen-house. A physician notes indigestion as a lack of nutrition causing disease, in a May issue of Dr Foote's Monthly.
A first person recounting the fatal assault led by Cardigan at the Baltic Crimea retreat. The narrator describes riding into Russian fire, the battery, and the brutal melee that left many dead or wounded, including his brother, as the six hundred endured unseen carnage and vowed to return.
The Agave grows widely in Southwestern Texas between the Nueces and Rio Grande. It blooms after twelve to fifteen years in warm southern soil, earlier in Mexico, but dies after seeds mature. A single seven year plant in a yard stands eight feet tall with a broad leaf span, and can sustain extensive propagation. It thrives in dry to rich soils, tolerates extreme heat, and only suffers from cold.
A compilation of household advice covers ulcerated teeth remedies, hog feeding with peas, salt and charcoal for hog health, sick headache remedies with ice lemon juice and sugar, tomato baking dish ideas, pork fillets with onions, borers in trees and preventative methods, a decorative table ornament from flannel and flaxseed, canker worm barriers, use of Paris green on foliage, and recipes for Rice Fritters and Stuffed Eggs.
The World outlines that soil depth determines plowing depth and recommends gradual deepening using suitable materials. It notes exposing sub soil only in limited periods and emphasizes breaking up beyond plow reach to loosen hard layers, improving drainage, aeration, and drought resilience.
From Henry I to the Bank of England era a portion of England’s money was made as wooden tallies. The tally formed half a staff carved with sums, one half given to the payee and the other kept safe, later evolving into exchequer bills and early bank notes. Soldiers were paid with wooden tallies and the term billet derives from bille meaning a staff.
The narrative traces Pete McCartney from a Mattoon Illinois youth employed by a local gentleman to a self-made counterfeiter. He devised methods to alter one dollar bills into larger denominations, moved from Covington to Indianapolis, learned engraving informally, and built a counterfeit enterprise with help from allies in Cincinnati. He describes methods, attempts to quit, a period posing as a professor, and eventual resumed activity after Congress delayed support.
A historical survey traces Voltaire and Rousseau remains from Paris to Pantheon burial and later upheaval with heart and brain fate. The Cornishman reports a St Ives netting incident where 400 gulls and kittiwakes filled a boat with 100 alive, 300 dead sold for 2s 6d. German law notes a language teacher jailed four months for disrespecting the Crown Prince.
It seems impossible that a remedy made from common plants like hops buchu mandrake and dandelion could cure many ailments. Yet old and young rich and poor pastor and doctor lawyer and editor all testify to being cured by Hop Bitters. See other column.
Notorious depredator Kate Arrh finally captured in Buffalo New York after years eluding top detectives. Advertisement urges readers to ask for J Sage Catarrh Remedy and Dr F Wilhoff Anti Periodic Fever Tonic claimed to cure catarrh chronic chills and ague without quinine.
A Chicago shop displays a new grain transport car by Treat T. Prosser, a two-cylinder design holding 225 bushels per cylinder, totaling twelve tons per pair, with a three-ton frame. Inventor claims lower weight per load, less oil, easier draft, and reduced track wear, while Morgan calls it noteworthy.
The proposal lists amendments to Section Two of Article Two, Section One of Article Three, and Section Four of Article Ten of the Ohio Constitution. It outlines ballot wording and the formal process for approving changes to state governance.
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