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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1879
Page
5
A war poem portrays a child’s longing for his father as dawn reveals casualties on a hillside. The boy clings to a letter in a fallen soldier’s hand, asking if his papa will return. The scene shifts from tender memory to brutal war, ending with the child’s whispered plea.
Ruth Dysart inspires Sam Sherburne and local youths to swap old vices for learning by hosting storytelling walks and collective study. A village library rises in the old shoe shop, funded by Deacon Sherburne and donors, transforming a stagnant town into a hopeful, shared space.
Ruth longs for rapid travel of a village day but stays patient, as Aunt Mercury urges steady effort. The plan emphasizes planting and watering by Paul, with Helen Campbell noted in a Union context.
In Youngstown speech President Hayes argues the Civil War settled national supremacy, liberty, and equal rights. He cites Lincoln, Gettysburg, and the Constitution, urges enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment, and warns against state sovereignty undermining universal suffrage. He links suffrage to labor and national prosperity.
A Civil War exchange describes Lee and Grant agreeing to a flag of truce as Sheridan nears. A sharpshooter nearly fires on Sheridan but relents. Lee refuses surrender and cavalry clash continues. The scene ends with exhausted, loyal troops facing annihilation rather than surrender.
A camp wedding in Chicago era notes a cook marries a 16 year old Native woman for 40 in goods. The ceremony includes a blanket binding and a kiss, followed by family dispute, prosthetic leg humor, and warnings about Native women leaving white husbands.
The excerpt describes a white man in Yankton who marries a young squaw, spends his last dollar to protect her, and ends in lunacy while his wife travels with an Indian lover. The piece, cited from a Chicago paper, contrasts white and native relationships and the ruin they bring.
The General Assembly proposes to submit on October second Tuesday 1879 a constitutional amendment altering sections 3 and 5 of article 4 Judicial. It outlines nine common pleas districts including Hamilton County districts divided into sub-divisions with at least one judge per subdivision and annual district court sessions. It also allows up to three district court judges per district a pro tempore judge mechanism and fixed court times by law. Voters to mark Yes or No on the ballot. a majority approves the amendment. Milton Barn es Secretary of State certifies the copy from the April 10 1879 session and April 11 1879 seal.
The document records a joint resolution from Ohio's legislature proposing amendments to Article II Section 2 Article III Section 1 and Article X Section 4. It details election timing term starts township terms form of ballot and the 1880 trustee terms. It lists voting phrases for Yes or No on each amendment and is signed by Speaker James E. Neal and President pro tem James W. Owens, and notes passage date April 12 1879.
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