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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1887
Page
7
A satirical poem critiques each month from January to December as severe or perilous, with personified weather and winds blamed for woes. The speaker laments deep snow, roaring winds, cold fronts, and deadly fogs, ending with resignations to death as year’s end approaches.
Ruth Waldron aids Indigenous captives in seventeenth century Virginia. Reuben Hayes, captured and condemned to death, is freed by Ruth who calls herself The White Lily. They plan escape, reunite at Jamestown, marry, and reflect on the era’s brutality and romance amid frontier hardship.
The article describes an Alaska cremation at high tide on the beach for two individuals named Frank and Jennie, detailing the potlatch mourning rites, songs, and the wooden pyre setup. It also notes later scenes of native gathering, offerings, and a woman’s body in a house as part of the observances.
A Chicago traveler recalls a Globe Arizona encounter where a sharpshooter’s dramatic drinks payoff after pistol shots, and a discussion on artificial ice advances from New York to ammonia cooling. The piece also surveys Abraham Lincoln’s rise and the slavery controversy, plus anecdotes about Stephen Field and population estimates in Manitoba.
A fragmented humorous collage from a 19th century paper features witty exchanges, political quips, schoolroom riffs, pirate puns, and brief anecdotes. The piece blends jokes about lovers, misheard lines, a sailor tale, and satirical snippets from critics and publishers.
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