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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1886
Page
7
A humorous coastal column on angling tastes and misadventures. The narrator admits small catches, prefers land fishing to boats, and lastures a string of puns about fish and fishing lore while reflecting on Izaak Walton and dog antics.
Col. Higginson recalls poets Baude laire Browning and Lamb ascribing human presence to mountains. Americans cite mountain reverence from Indian and Hebrew traditions and Ethan Allen’s defiant reply about hills as strength. A Percheron cross Breton origin notes Napoleon’s role. The farmer’s pun on crows closes the piece.
A Georgia woman finds a skull needed by a headless specter in her bed and a haunted Walton County house yields a chained woman and a missing man and girl. Sumter lore recalls a tragic daughter’s death by the Muckabee River and a ghost seen on anniversaries. Other notes mention a Schenectady hop-picking machine, a strict New Jersey girl over kissing, and Paris graves.
Visitors are urged to use baggage and expressage services and a $3 carriage hire when arriving or leaving New York City. The Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot offers 613 rooms at rates starting $1 daily, with European elevator service and a restaurant.
A sampling of odd quotations from German and Irish writings includes a scene of a soft footstep dousing a lamp, a Vienna revolutionary leader foretelling a gnashing chariot, shoe donations easing tears, a coffee table interruption by a gentle voice, doctors failing to revive the dead, a man failing to shoot his wife and being jailed, and an emigrant blind woman seeking one last visit to her son in America.
An examination of constipation as an impediment to bodily welfare notes that digestion biliary secretion and blood circulation are affected. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a prompt remedy for symptoms and related debilities opposing heavy laxatives and liver-focused pills.
A Rochester Post-Express interview promotes Warner’s safe cure as the universal remedy against narcotic and stimulant addictions. It cites Dr J S Stephens and M D Hall as authorities, claims immense global use, and links kidney and liver health to addiction recovery, asserting higher disease cure potential through the remedy.
Bill Arp criticizes mixed bathing and promiscuous swimming, arguing it harms female modesty and shocks men. He ridicules a Rome bathing club said to include orphans and mocks evolving social norms with classic Southern wit.
Fragmentary lines describe social scenes and product endorsements with wry humor. The text mentions a man with a baby, a dramatic line about a chest shot, a jab at Misery on a monument, references to Prence Favorite Prescription and Ayer's Ague Cure, and a stray note about an ode to a goat titled nanny reary.
A Philadelphia livery manager credits Red Star Cough Cure with rapid relief from a heavy chest cold and severe cough after trying other remedies. A separate notice reports sleeping-car porters objecting to railroad advertising for passenger carriage without a fare change. Louisville official James Harlan lauds St Jacob’s Oil as an extraordinary rheumatism cure.
In the Buston Globe Lucy Stone notes that in most states the father holds sole legal custody of children, a fact unknown to many mothers and fathers. The article warns that even decent fathers may not assert this right, while a few misuse legal authority.
A short promotional verse extols small items like Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as easy remedies for headaches and liver issues. It claims vegetable ingredients prevent harm and notes availability at druggists. The piece ends with an ironic refrain about marital oaths and public propriety.
Prickley Asn Brerrers is described as a tonic that warms, invigorates the stomach, strengthens digestive organs, opens pores, promotes perspiration, and equalizes circulation. It is hailed as an unmatched corrector of disorder. A quip follows as Jack asks where someone is going and replies to visit a friend.
Descriptive ad copy touts Brown's Bronchian Trexties for asthma bronchial ailments with a 25 cent price. It then promotes Purr Cod Liver Oil from Caswell Hazard & Co New York praised as pure and preferred by patients. A closing quip about an unsuccessful lover notes a witty farewell.
A quirky local item notes a watch dog who is not a dentist yet runs a notable business in inserting teeth, drawing attention in the neighborhood column.
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