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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1887
Page
3
A romantic farewell poem fragment expresses final good-nights and tears as lovers part. The speaker notes distance and duty, with lines about men at work and bards writing, ending with adieu and sleep.
After a barn fire, Susan French tends to her injured husband Henry and guards their savings hidden in a melted pocket-book. A single pumpkin hides eggs and a miraculous fallback: Henry’s bonds and cash survive unseen. Susan’s steadfast faith and a harvest of pumpkin and pork restore the family.
A fragment from the Lincoln Journal mixes a rural dialect dialogue about illness and work with moral maxims. It weaves humorous lines about a father laid up with imagined ailments and doctors’ varying predictions, then shifts to reflective proverbs on hope, imagination, family strength, and resilience.
The article outlines early type making from hand casting to the punch and matrix system. It details punch creation, testing, drive, matrix, mould, and the casting machine, including hand and steam powered operations, finishing, kerning, and sorting before page assembly.
The piece recounts Henry C. Work, author of Marching Through Georgia, as a poor journeyman printer who formed connections with Dr. George F. Root after delivering the manuscript for Kingdom Coming. It also notes Mrs. Cruger’s long Washington winters, her willful fortitude, and the broader pioneer era’s notable but eccentric figures.
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