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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1878
Page
4
Fragmented verse explores a dream of winding threads of love and longing. The speaker addresses a beloved in shifting visions, seeking release from entanglement as feelings surge and fade. The piece concludes with a defiant, aching vow to bear the ache of parting or possession.
Mrs Bennet, overwhelmed by domestic duties and illness, receives help from Mrs Gay who urges moving to brighter, sunnier spaces and reorganizing the home. The reform includes dispersing plants, repurposing rooms, and using simple clothes and open fire to improve health and family cheer. The Bennets adopt the plan, with Florida no longer needed.
A Ulitarian Review summary notes Lecky’s depiction of Fleet marriages as clandestine unions by disreputable clergy in taverns and chapels around May Fair. Clergymen often married with no license or knowledge of couples, enabling large yearly totals and numerosas frauds. The piece cites a chaplain averaging 6000 marriages annually and records of thousands in a short period, with many couples strangers to each other. It emphasizes the legal and moral harm and the political importance of their eventual extinction.
The piece discusses Afghan Jews who call themselves Bani Israel and their alleged Israelite origins. It contrasts their traditions with their lack of Hebrew language, cites terms Aron and Tabovt i Sakina, and notes debate over identity. It then shifts to a humorous, lengthy physics-like calculation about boot jacks killing a cat at various distances, ending with an absurd cost estimate and a claim of divine providence.
In the Norristown Herald critique, Rev. Joseph Cook is mocked for lacking insight into newsroom ethics while a fiery passage questions editors who accept ads for patent medicines as payment. The column contrasts this with a 25 cent Dr Bull's Cough Syrup endorsement and a wry quip about a grass widow.
A former physician at Perkiomen’s poorhouse is accused of horrific experiments on paupers. He allegedly dosed them with paregoric and ipecac, trepanned skulls, and pumped out meals to bankrupt the charity. His departure follows suspicions of double dealings with victual contracts and a gruesome bedside manner.
A roadside note imagines sealed Himalayan mail carriers where saddles and mail are fixed to riders. Carriers ride with ropes and safeties, and breaking seals invites punishment, highlighting the harsh, cliffside routes and the hard life of mountain postmen.
A critique of modern slang decries its spread from upper classes to the middle and lower ranks. The piece laments vulgar expletives replacing mild phrases and cites phrases like awfully pretty and dreadfully bored as signs of cultural decline.
A LondonSocial Notes excerpt critiques changing manners and language in 1878. It contrasts genteel discourse with vulgar slang, noting affection, friendship, and love are rarely spoken of in polite circles. The piece cites terms from stables and street culture, urging restraint and proper form.
A Scientific American note argues that free throws in purchases, such as cheap chromes and hats with tea, mislead the intelligent public. It cites England and Wales cases, noting how such tricks inflate prices and leave buyers with unnecessary goods while the seller gains.
Mississippi leads in cotton. California tops native wines and barley. Kentucky grows over half national hemp. Ohio and Indiana share sorghum molasses. Illinois yields the oat crop leader with 43,789,581 bushels. New York raises one fifth of peas and beans and dominates buckwheat.
A collection of culinary instructions and home tips including batter cakes and rice pancakes, a nutmeg flavored mock mince pie, feather cake and macaroni usage notes. Also includes cleaning advice for corsets and oil stain removal, cautions on boiling, and a discussion of mustard plasters and the term holocaust in newspaper headlines. John Jackson elopes from Muncie with Mrs. Decker and their five children.
An old newspaper column extols Hop Bitters as a cure for sickness and suffering, claiming strong healthy people were raised from beds of illness. The text cites a quote about truth and includes a reference to a second column titled Truthe.
A cabinet or parlor organ is valuable, Mason and Ham offer quality superior to post organs, and though costly at first, the best instrument proves cheaper in the end than cheaper models.
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