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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1883
Page
3
Defiance County Express identifies Prank C Culley as editor of the Defiance Ohio publication. The note lists the newspaper's location and editorial leadership details for readers seeking masthead confirmation.
A narrator recalls a summer illness in New York where Helen Froment, a nurse and gifted artist, becomes his imagined wife. The fever dream blends art, memory, and a haunting Bertha-like obsession as a governess from a railway scare and Arthur Clark complicate the love story. The ending reveals Helen was only a fever dream.
Mrs. Jones and Mr. Jones quarrel over neighbors and diamonds then seek peace. A bat sighting leads to comic bedtime scare as he reveals it is merely a base-ball bat, ending with a playful good night in Detroit.
Fountain Club treasurer Harry Miller unveils Fountain Club Bob a tame four year old quail kept for three years. A bet of one hundred dollars to ten hinged on whether the bird has a mate in the county. Bob sits in a large cage with no perches and enjoys gentle handling by visitors.
A Piute Indian near Rock Creek was driven from his home by a robber with a pistol after returning from a deer hunt. The thief looted his hut and now harvests the Indian’s crop while the victim seeks redress, raising calls for government investigation to protect peaceful, self supporting Indians.
German journals report Prof Fisher of Munich discovering kairin a white crystalline powder from coal tar that lowers fever quickly with less stomach upset than quinine It may help reduce ice use and fever management while moving toward understanding quinine chemically A factory is run under Prof Landenheimer Giessen cost about £15 per kilogram with patent in place General Ketchum oversees smugglers at New York Suggestive name Indianapolis Journal
A child named Sammie Green plans to run away after imagining life with no chores. He fears his sister Bridget and recalls danger from Red Riding Hood and a giant as he retreats home. He cleans up, kisses his mother, and asks for morning pastries, ending the scene with a hopeful return.
Teddy at Aunt Penelope's longs for home and cake, hides to watch a leaf cake bake, and sneaks a bite. Accused by Miss Hannah, he fakes illness. Aunt Penelope fears scarlet fever as the tea cake mishap ends with a stubborn, sticky confession and a lifelong leaf cake ban. Florida chameleons intrigue but transform into a science lesson about lizard feet and color change.
A fat man and his wife—described as lightweights—tour Es City and demand grand sights. They denounce the town for lacking statehouse, morgue, aquarium, catacombs, ruins, mountains, and the Cooper Institute, crying of swindle as they retreat to the depot. The Detroit Free Press reports the comic encounter.
Practical guidance on using wooden tubing for short water runs, detailing bore sizes from 1.25 to 2 inches, iron-bound ends to prevent splitting, oil coatings for durability, underground placement for drinking water, tar treatment at joints, and pressure testing before covering. Also notes cigarette smoking by messenger boys as a nuisance in New York brokerage offices.
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