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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1887
Page
7
A fragment from a gossip page recounts social intrigues with Misses and matrons, including a vow to marry and a request for divorce. The dialog-like snippets feature George and Grace, Clorinda and Rudolph, and Tid Bils in a mirror of melodramatic society chatter with wit and light humor.
The New York Sun advises timid suitors to balance bashfulness with manly self assertion. Modesty courtesy and consideration win a girl's respect while bold but gentle manners show worthiness to love and protect. The piece promises a sweet response from a girl who will encourage friendship and affection.
A fashion trend at Saratoga shows women creating dedicated gown rooms with fireproof wardrobes and extensive closet and rack space. Mrs. William Lawton of New York reportedly kept eighty outdoor gowns and many more gowns, with Chicago and Kansas City socialites also maintaining large wardrobes as they plan appearances in numerous outfits this season.
Clara Lanza in the Albany Express argues women should limit wardrobe changes to two or three times daily, favoring modest hygiene and health. She contrasts simple daily routines like sponge baths and coffee without cream with the vanity of showy resort dress, criticizing ignorance of vulgar parvenus and urging refinement over ostentation.
A San Francisco Post report describes a leg and arm stretching exercise done slowly then rising, with repeated movements for thirteen minutes to impart color and vitality. After a flat couch rest, the subject recovers, noting that frequent tennis players reduce exercise by half.
A mature man would not insult a woman yet a young man forces vanity on a partner. He carries rouge and powder to the theater and urges a makeup bargain that ends in mutual washing off. She agrees, choosing simplicity and prettiness over showy vanity.
A correspondence from the New York Mail and Express describes Scottish road use with Brakes on all vehicles and notes ponies and horses, their pace and temper. It observes Scots and English horses as strong but lacking spirit, and praises the toughness of Scotch ponies while noting the rarity of mules and donkeys.
A sea voyage tale frames health as a chain with a weak link, warning that unseen kidney and liver trouble can wreck life. It cites a doctor’s praise of Warner's Safe Cure and a Servia storm anecdote to stress silent illness and blood pollution as leading death causes.
Two prospecting brothers near the Stinking Water River headwaters faced a chase when a huge female grizzly attacked the younger, weaker-minded brother. The elder shot the bear after the younger attacked with a camp kettle, and the otter saved. The survivor kept striking the bear’s head with the kettle even after it died.
The Buffalo Express profile portrays Mulberry street block known as the Bend as a dense, dangerous, crowded immigrant district. It cites thousands of prisoners and hundreds of arrests in two years, with two parallel streets of tenements and rear rows of hive-like rooms. Italians dominate, while non Italians are depicted as wrecks fending toward madhouse and morgue.
A jumbled media excerpt discusses taste limits with examples from quinine to castor oil and even a banana. It contrasts untrained senses with educated taste, mocks a scientist’s precision, and riffs on literary quips about Hawthorne and Donnelly while noting a Baltimore American humor tone.
A London Housewife article recounts the rise and fall of buttons in fashion from William III to late eras. It notes large gilt buttons on tail coats, breeches, and garters, the Peel era repeal of duties, rare brass buttons with microscopic lines, and iridescent effects. It covers covered buttons by M Sander, flexible shank improvements, and color matching through coroze nut ivory substitutes.
Describes how Heutetter’s Stomach Bitters cures indigestion by correcting stomach revolt and dyspepsia. After a course the liver and bowels regain function, constipation and biliousness fade, and the whole digestive system gains vigor and regularity.
In a Danube tent news tale a Turkish shell forces Gen Skobeleff to praise a sentry who saves him from anger. He offers either the St George's cross or 100 rubles. The soldier chooses 95 rubles and the cross, valuing honor over money.
A carpenter describes years of debilitating illness and says Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cured him. He asserts the remedy restored his health, strengthens the system, and outperforms other treatments he tried without relief.
The Tombstone Epitaph asserts Arizona's timbered territory rivals New Jersey in size with a 200 mile long forest in Yavapai County spanning about 6,400,000 acres. It notes high quality lumber and growing demand as shipping facilities improve.
An ad fragment touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy for dizziness indigestion eye inflammation headache and fatigue and claims relief from respiratory symptoms. It also mentions saccharine production near Magdeburg Prussia and remarks on rights and courage attributed to Voltair. Additional ad blurbs cite Brown's Bronchial Trockdis for coughs and a Beecher motto urging perseverance.
An old timey medical advertorial extols Mrs Peters healing with Dr Pierce's Pellets and Scott's Emulsion. It touts purgatives and tonics for fever, liver and bronchial complaints, plus a humorous cat bite quip. It highlights Eighteen era remedies and testimonials from Alabama and Boston.
Doctor David Kennedy of Rondout New York presents a new medical work valued for its lessons and life illustrations. Included are two writings by Col FE Z Judson Ned Buntline and a mail offer for free copies with stamps. Also advertised are The Companion annual numbers and a Wisconsin Central Line rail service feature praising punctual trains and dining cars.
Catarrh often affects the head and arises from colds and impure blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised for curing catarrh by purifying blood and invigorating the body. Testimonies from J L Roort of Marksburg Kentucky and Lotuxn Kopnixs support its effectiveness.
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