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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1886
Page
3
Poem imagery recalls reapers at dusk and the harvest of memory. The speaker reflects on summers past, love and happiness under crimson skies as twilight weaves gold. Harpers Magazine presents nostalgic lines about seasons, youth, and enduring affection.
A seaside scene from a New Jersey resort contrasts summer joy with danger as Ned Denton rescues Harry Fielding from a drowning, Elma Warriner faces fear, and amid cheers the trio's fates unfold. Denton is hailed a hero while Elma grapples with a shift in love and loyalty.
A Sunday school teacher uses the cat paw as a cautionary example of temptation. Students compare the velvet appearance with hidden harms while noting the dog bites and the cat scratches. A boy’s whiskers punchline ends the session with light humor.
An evening exchange in Chicago links a Tyrian purple craving to a Bacon controversy sparked by Donnelly cypher leaks. A pork merchant notes Bacon is rising while lard sinks as talk of reform fades with illness recovery. The piece ends with a household observation about families and daily bread.
A sermon extols Jesus's completion of his mission despite wealth, power, and social barriers. It contrasts Christ's poverty, lack of schooling, and humble life with worldly criteria, arguing that his decisive triumph over nature, death, and doubt proves his divine mission and calls readers to faith.
A New York letter describes Gertrude Garrison scanning newspapers rapidly to uncover hidden paragraphs, provoked by a belief that editors oppress women. She ignores headlines and telegraph lines, devours local news, loves marriages and deaths, notices quoted text, and distrusts editor opinions. She reads poetry and fiction, then closes the paper convinced newspapers are failures yet could be perfect with her touch. Little-themed maxims contrast old adages with modern remedies for indigestion using buttermilk without beer.
A reminiscence recalls 1827 prices for clothes bricks lumber and food in Rochester New York. Calico 31 cents a yard dress silks $1 to $ per yard, shoes $1.50, boots $3 to $5, bread and meat costs, and laundry at 50 cents a dozen. Wage and living costs listed, plus postage and barter as money scarce.
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