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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1880
Page
4
A rustic speaker describes accompanying his father to shear sheep and tend cattle. Robin and Thrush whistle as the narrator drives a team and shares a simple, contented farm day.
Delilah Winters sacrifices eight chickens to buy a two dollar and fifty cent hat with red roses, while Aunt Rebecca urges thrift. Delilah weighs shame from a rival girl’s taunts against care for Granny Hynson, aiming to help her instead of keeping the birds.
In Swamptown Lilah Winters helps a dying Granny Jynson by baking chicken soup from rescued ingredients. She sacrifices a hat to obtain the meal, then shares the soup and care, prompting a church Sunday school fundraiser that gifts her a modest new hat. The act stirs community pride and a quiet moral about charity.
Springfield Republic reports Bell and Sumner Tainter of Watertown Mass plan to transmit sound via light through selenium. A plane mirror and a distant concave mirror focus light onto selenium, changing electric current to reproduce voice at the distant station.
The narrative describes four months aboard in St Bartholomew's alias Turtle Bay collecting abalones and curing them for Europe, with live abalone held in stacks, and the crew noting English wars affecting prices. It also recalls a lone day on deck observing bold gulls and a humorous comparison to married life, ending with a quoted reminiscence from Prentice Mulford in the San Francisco Chronicle.
A collage of kitchen tips and household advice on remedies for sleeplessness and sprains, plus recipes for stews, desserts, rolls, veal loaf, and white or silver cake. Includes a note on mutton favored over pork and a brief horse care anecdote.
A French correspondent reports on horse feeding, noting possible 40 percent ration savings for the French cavalry and a lightening of the national budget. The piece covers oats, hay, Lucerne, clover, straw types, and alternative feeds such as carrots, turnips, Jerusalem artichokes, potatoes, bran, linseed cake, and sawdust, with cautions about palatability and digestion.
A devotional meditation by Martin Farquhar Tupper reflecting on trust in God the Father and Christ as savior. The speaker urges steadfast faith amid atheistic doubt, praising divine self sacrifice and the Spirit’s guidance toward eternal salvation.
A list of weekly lessons from October to December covering Isaac prosperity Jacob Esau Bethel Jacob prevailing prayer Joseph in Egypt and prison Joseph the wise ruler Jacob and Pharaoh and the last days of Jacob Joseph and his brethren with a year ending review and school selected lesson.
The author argues that true religion is daily growth in Christ-like life, not mere professing faith, church attendance, or Bible reading. Change of habits, ongoing effort, and living with love, truth, and virtue define real Christianity beyond inflexible certainty or worldly cynicism. The piece ends with the Golden Rule as guiding thought.
Cardinal Manning asserts society rests on God and that without divine authority there is no binding law or moral order. He argues daily virtue comes from serving through gentle ministry and that human power derives from God.
Hugo Mallinsess reflects on constant personal struggle against falsehood and misery in daily life. He argues loyalty to truth as the ultimate measure of manhood, inspired by Christ’s life and example.
A stranger posed as messenger of a fatal blow to George Woolbert in Bear Creek near White Haven. He collected money from the Woolberts and a neighbor, arranged a funeral, and even stockpiled grave measures before the deception collapsed. George was found alive at work, sparking outrage at the attempt to extort funds. Neighbor Anthony Miller aided the ruse and later exposed the fraud. The town sought the culprit, who vanished.
E Steinbacher, a leading Akron druggist, praises Hamburg Drops as the most satisfactory item he ever sold, attributing unprecedented demand to its merit. The article notes Japanese copper casting under water yields a rose tinted metal unaffected by air.
Edwin A Wadleigh Esq Clerk Superior Court Boston adds his name to the joyous army praising St Jacobs Oil as a cure for neuralgia and rheumatic pains. The young physician returns from vacation to find patients lively as crickets and vows to stay at home to attend to business.
The Evening Dispatch of York Pa commends Warner's Safe Remedies from H H Warner & Co praising their efficiency and truth of claims. The citation affirms strong confidence in the preparations and the laudatory statements about them.
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