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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1883
Page
3
A vivid account of a folk tune sung along the railways with lovers named such as Gertrude Hurd Nell Minton Lulu Gray and others, tied to trains and whistles. The poem notes the towns Berlin Bristol Hartford Woodbury and the Boston Express as it travels past each scene. It reflects local sentiment about courtship voiced through railway whistle imagery and intimate calls across the line.
A shy university man recalls a childhood party where a kiss for postage not stated led to a lifelong romance with Mabel Byrne. Years later in Switzerland he reunites with Tom Byrne and Mabel, now an accomplished artist, and realizes his deep love as they reconnect in a passionate, transformative three-way reunion.
A Boston Globe feature discusses female and male telegraph operators noting women send strong messages and that many operators in cities are young men from country offices. It details the training start ages and the allure of city pay, plus remarks on operator styles and recognition. Also a Germantown telegraph item mentions trimming fruit trees in early autumn.
Albany readers learn of women turning leisure time into income through embroidery, painting, and decorative arts. The piece notes kitchens, menu cards, and fruit preserves as growing, profitable ventures, with examples from Albany and other cities. It references an Angel’s Food cake pioneer and a canning entrepreneur, highlighting social shifts in women’s work and finances.
A slender man with blond hair visits a warehouse, items slip into his cart including self cocking seven shooters cannons daggers sabers cutlasses Turkish cimetars and bayonets. He asks for rifles harpoons and dynamite then asks to have the entire order sent to his hotel C O D. He reveals he is a journalist observing a sensational dramatic company.
A St Louis tale unfolds a melodramatic watch theft after a boarding school girl entrusts a watch to a man who drops it. The owner of the shop and a drunken accomplice become entwined in a scam that nets the thief cash and the store’s till. The shopkeeper props up a rescue by returning a similar watch while the crime provokes police inquiry. A second note warns of sharpers who despoil young women at dressmaking lessons and of mildew on grape leaves prompting leaf burning.
A Victorian style fable recounts Miss Pussy sitting on a tree bough plotting to catch a robin. The robin quips back, boasting its two legs and wings as Pussy boasts claws and strength and the chase ensues with the bird escaping.
A mother tells her sons a magical tale of a distant country where trees yield milk and strange plants feed people. Rob, Harry, and the narrator learn at supper that a cow tree in the Cordilleras could supply cream like milk. The tale blends wonder with a gentle lesson on curiosity and imagination.
The piece describes Skye isles dwellings where timber is scarce and precious. Driftwood and wreckage supply cherished rafters and furniture as couples save for thatch roofs. Homes are two rooms with central fire or rooftop smoke, sheltered by rope nets and stones to withstand gales. Some cottages appear picturesque when painted, yet most inhabitant lives are austere. Temple Bar.
A Bangor newspaper unearthed a curious 1890 letter from Joseph May to General David Cobb detailing weights of West Point officers a century earlier. The list includes General Washington 209 pounds General Lincoln 222 pounds General Knox 280 pounds Colonel Swift 219 pounds and other officers with weights, noted within a long personal letter full of period diction and affection.
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