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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
3
In a London Society piece set during an orchard outing, a narrator recalls climbing with cousin Joan for apples. A toppled ladder leads to a fall and a broken arm, but Joan’s pity blossoms into love as the narrator finally receives a kiss and the start of a romance that lasts beyond that harvest day.
Bessie summers with grandparents in the country and longs for a Jack o Lantern night. She slips out against a cold wind, encounters a fearsome gate monster, faints in the woods, and is rescued by Carlo the dog and Mr. Spencer’s family. Carlo leads to her safe return, and Bessie learns caution while Carlo earns town hero praise and a silver collar from her father.
A fire-escape expert at an exposition explains its life saving potential but shares a sensational tale from the Kimball House fire in Atlanta. The witness describes a man who survived by using an umbrella as a makeshift descent, noting a yet unpatented safety valve idea from his wife.
The clipping reports a whirl of humorous bits about Edison and a Waterbury maker, including a talking spelling block baby, a 365 shirt garment hoax from Vienna, and various gossipy quips. It cites European origins for many tales and notes skepticism from Edison’s secretary. The humor shifts through exchanges about jealousy, duels, rain at Coney Island, and playful newspaper gags from multiple papers.
Ina D. Coolbrith serves as public librarian in Oakland while Miss Fletcher finishes another novel. Miss Mira Compton of Hancock County elopes after multiple engagements. Emily McTavish, Baltimore heiress, joins the Sisters of Charity. Harper’s London agent touts strong magazine sales. Blaine refuses $100,000 for From Lincoln to Garfield. Montague helped map the Central Pacific routes through impossible terrain. The American publishing houses announce 966 forthcoming titles with New York, Boston and Philadelphia as major centers. Jules Verne, about fifty, remains in vigorous literary form after Journey Round the World in Eighty Days.
Foote jeered Macklin after a memory lecture in the Great Piazza Room now Tavistock Hotel. He recited silly lines ending with Grand Panjandrum and a gunpowder joke. The century has echoed Foote’s mockery of Macklin’s memory feats.
The article argues that pressure shapes character, comparing enduring hardship to refining pulp into strong railroad wheels. It claims virtue and strength come from external or internal pressure, citing that many strong people began as pulp. It urges embracing pressure to avoid remaining useless pulp, noting the need for tougher trials to mold true character.
A London society figure Edward Gibbon Wakefield schemes to wed sixteen year old Ellen Turner to escape debts and secure an annual allowance. With a Paris ambiance, a French valet, deceitful letters, Gretna Green marriage, Calais travel, and Turner family fraud, Wakefield is jailed for three years after legal action by the Turners.
A dog owned by Mr. Alexander Barber of Sylvania Georgia named Killbuck pursued a deer with other hounds. All but Killbuck gave up, but he continued the chase until two o'clock in the afternoon and finally overhauled and killed the deer in view of a mixed crowd of spectators. This is noted as the first recorded instance of a dog running down and catching a deer under such conditions.
Sulphuric acid diluted with water is said to be an excellent disinfectant for use in poultry yards which have been visited with cholera. N. Times.
The New Haven Register reports that P. T. Barnum, aging yet vigorous, declares he has never felt better in his life. He emphasizes his strong health as he continues his public career.
The property's estimated value is 1,389,696 dollars. The figure reflects the seminary's real estate asset size as reported. Officials indicate no further context or adjustments available in the excerpt.
Poem attributed to George Cooper from Golden Days asks if sunshine, roses, and bird songs lose their purpose without being shared. It urges readers to consider whether smiles, kind deeds, and hopeful words bless the needy and fulfill our mission on earth.
In a schoolgirl tale Susie claims grand status for a cousin from Europe who has not done chores. The others defend industrious work as a Bible virtue and a lesson in pride, while a careful girl Edith learns responsibility after breakage of heirloom china. May Strong narrates the domestic classroom tale with letters and games.
A fragment from a little girl's letter to her aunt in St. Nicholas describes the Kitchen- Garden School where lessons are sugarcoated with fun. The writer begins My Dear Aunt Katie and mentions having saved something as part of the playful education described.
A German man in eastern Detroit reported his wife, aged roughly forty, missing after she left for a sick sister and did not return. The caller described her as tall, with dark hair and black eyes, possibly with a catlike yellow pupil appearance, and noted she wore a green dress. He urged police to look for a stout woman seen as five to seven feet tall, missing a toe, and with a boil on her neck in spring.
The English crop is described as among the best on record with reports of extraordinarily good yield nationwide. Prices in Chester market were just over a farthing per pound. Disease spreads in Scotland among older varieties and Regents, risking potential impact on the otherwise strong outlook south of the border.
The late Dr. William Miller of New York deeded real estate to his second wife and left her all personal property totaling $50,000. The widow adopted a child and gave that child everything. All three are dead, and Brooklyn Surrogate Court ruled the estate reverts to four daughters from the doctor’s first wife.
The Boston Advertiser notes the city’s public garden flowers have a four month lifespan, contrasting with Florentine, Marseillais, and Toulouse blooms that flower nearly all year, despite Boston being further north.
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