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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1883
Page
3
Susan Coolidge reflects on a lost child in a contemplative poem. The speaker weighs alternate futures from joyous motherhood to bereavement, acknowledges unknowns, and finds comfort in divine choice. The verse ends with faith that God chose what was best, restoring peace in Paradise.
A Luxembourg native recalls his boyhood apprenticing as a thrifty shoemaker. He emigrates to Paris then the United States, where hardship in San Francisco and Sacramento yields to a booming boot trade. He reunites with his father, brings him to California, and recounts trials of fire, robbery, and recovery, ending with family joy and a lasting labor ethic.
A roundup of brief notices: John Cockerell becomes managing editor of the New York World. Charles Reade wrote about biblical lives. General Grant life most published after Washington. B P Shillaker improves in health. George W. Childs adds Napoleon’s clock for 1500. Polk’s widow honored on 80th birthday in Nashville. L N Fowler, aral phrenologist, arrives for winter lecture. Mrs E Lys Litton, English story writer, a Rome winter socialite. widow of Phillip Speed dies in Coburg Ontario. Keats family ties noted. the Chinese toast to the first Chinese child born in...
A collage of quips and wry observations from Philadelphia Herald Boston Bulletin Chicago Times Detroit papers. Jests about mosquitos roosters and Sleepy Hollows mix with tongue in cheek editor replies and a postcard style humor column.
The late Joshua Sears of Boston, a millionaire grocer, had three romances. A poor youth chase with a rich railroad beauty ended in a breach of promise scare resolved by a bribe to a widow. In his old age he sought marriage, guided by Alpheus Hardy who arranged the match. Hardy stood by him at the ceremony to prevent mishap.
A Little Rock rail line recounts a strange deer story from its wood pasture near the city. A deer allegedly carried a lantern on its horns, guided by a red rag and clay, helped remove a fallen log, and even shook hands with trainmen before a fatal confrontation with an immigrant, after which the deer and immigrant were buried together. The tale ends with the engine still haunted by the event.
The piece recalls Tigers as silent stalkers that move without a sound and sometimes backtrack to escape detection. It notes tigers swimming, fighting with wild dogs and bears, and occasional deaths in their clashes, with a London Telegraph attribution and a final note that Francis Murphy has returned from Europe.
An enthusiastic guide to making giant soap bubbles using saturated soap solutions with palm oil or Castile soap, glycerine, and rainwater. Instructions cover large pipes, funnels, and a tethered bubble display, plus using bubbles as lantern slides and a playful bubble harness for indoor experiments. Includes safety notes and a closing reflection on beauty and science.
The Chicago Times notes Mexico has strong sugar potential aided by railways and reciprocity with the US. It suggests cultivating the nopal prickly pear for juice sugar and mentions sugars from beets, sorghum, rock maple, and even watermelons. It adds Emerson on weeds and praises henequen and Arabi Pasha’s exile writings.
A nostalgic verse contrasts a city girl and a country girl in playful rimes. The city girl dresses in finery for daily walks while the country girl runs barefoot in fields, eager for a more carefree life. The speaker asks which image they prefer.
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