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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1878
Page
4
A reflective piece compares trees to music in childhood memories. The Maple and its lad share a dreamlike courtship as youthful imagination blends with nature. Manhood brings change and loss, the Pine’s echo fading to mournful tones while the speaker hears a whisper of hope and heaven.
A destitute acrobat Duval enters Sir William Windus park to perform for children. Windus menacingly orders him off, a confrontation ensues, and a later rescue on a perilous sea rock redefines revenge and humility as Duval saves Windus' children before vanishing.
The article describes large scale bird lime manufacturing in southern Japan using a rugged bark pulp from an evergreen tree. The process spans months from June, with maceration, pounding, and repeated washing to produce a sticky, pale lime. It details methods for catching birds and animals, including monkeys, ducks, and small birds, using lime-coated plants, decoys, and bamboo tools.
A lady quips that she had no role in shaping her nose, saying it was a birthday present. The humorous line implies a light personal anecdote without further context or details.
The Rio de Janeiro Board of Health report shows 53 146 deaths in four years among 299 000 people, with yellow fever killing 9 256, other fevers 4 325, and smallpox 2 835. Foreigners, crews of foreign ships, and seamen contributed markedly to mortality, while births reached 33 814.
The article notes that few women earn a living in journalism, though opportunities exist. It argues journalism demands rigorous training, steady work, and perseverance, warning that many face failure while a lucky few reach reliable earnings, with rewards often modest.
The article extols the U S patent system as democratic open to all ideas from richest to poorest and emphasizes trial over a priori judgment. It notes many minor or humorous patents and lauds liberal grant practice while acknowledging some inventions are impractical or funny to observers.
The article surveys patent 205313 for preventing eggs from bursting when boiled by a tiny hole over the air blister. It also discusses patent 170670 by Joseph A Griffin for an egg substitute used in foods, claiming cheaper, longer lasting results. The piece notes skepticism about broad culinary uses and details Griffin’s compound components.
The piece contrasts Bengal laborers’ meager subsistence under salt taxes with English laborers who enjoy beer tea and better living. It details daily rations for Hindoo and Bengalee workers, salt shortages and smuggling, and how salt tax harms industry, fish curing, and livelihoods, ending with a critique of colonial policy and thoughts on prosperity.
Farmers delay threshing wheat until it is stacked and sweated for three to four weeks. Sweating yields brighter, plumper grain with more gluten, but wet conditions and poor binding at harvest have caused widespread losses. Damp threshing during frequent rains leads to moulding in bins and reduced stocks, dampening the crop outlook for the year. Iowa State Register notes a vexatious season that left farmers blue.
Napa's John Finnell, a leading farmer, purchases 19 000 acres known as the Thomas estate in Tehama County for 350 000 dollars. The tract includes a 25000 dollar residence, about 100000 dollars in fencing, and supports 2200 cattle 1240 hogs and many horses mules. He plans to move his family to the Tehama property next spring and keep his 1000 acre home place in Napa Valley while renting 35000 dollars annual Colusa County land for four years.
The Culpepper merchant argued that advertising benefits no one but newspapers. The Piedmont News offered a test ad paying 1.50 per bushel for wheat in a distant paper corner if the merchant would honor readers with the offer, but he declined, illustrating skepticism about advertising effectiveness.
A Times correspondent notes a shift from pork and poultry to mutton hams for variety. He suggests slaughtering a sheep occasionally to obtain fresh meat for a week, with legs and shoulders avoided. Hams can be cured and served sliced raw or lightly broiled.
The article describes salting and smoking ham and shoulder meat with bay salt brown sugar and a pickle recipe including bay salt white salt saltpetre and brown sugar plus instructions to dry wipe hang and smoke. It notes army doctors face high death rates with 355 deaths among 2839 surgeons in the Russian army during the late war and compares surgeon and combatant officer fatalities.
A church figure praises Hop Bitters as a meritorious remedy known to physicians and suitable for fam ily use. The ad extols Wilhoft’s tonic, claims it cures chills without doctors, saves money, and aids earning a living, with WheeLock Finlay & Co. as proprietors and druggists selling it nationwide.
A warning for buyers to avoid bulk or loose DooLey s Yeast Powders as unscrupulous grocers mix cheap inferior powder and sell it as the genuine product. Buy only in cans. bulk sales are not legitimate.
H A Rufts of Woodhull Illinois writes Botanic Medicine Co Buffalo NY on June 22 1878 enclosing 35.00 for Anti Fat. He reports taking one bottle and losing five and a quarter pounds.
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