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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1902
Page
3
Paul Terhune reflects in Banner of Gold on a reunion that spans school days to manhood. The narrator and a friend share memories of relatives, first loves, May Day celebrations, and voyages, noting the gentleness of time and the friend’s quiet sorrow for those now gone.
In the final chaos of a sinking continent, Phorenice rides in a gilded litter with her children as loyal guards fight off a mutinous crowd. Deucalion confronts her threats while Zaemon channels a divine symbol to avert destruction, and the ark survives only by the mountain’s edge as the world drowns.
The narrator closes a vast chronicle within the ark revealing forbidden writings about life and death learned in Atlantis. He destroys the original sheets with hot irons to prevent further knowledge, then rewrites them for the final record before the ark reaches land and the tale ends.
In the rudderless ark the narrator endures seven days of monstrous sea turmoil with Nais. They glimpse the sunlit oily seas, wreckage of Atlantis, and drift with the gods' current as they seek mercy and rest. Sleep finally comes, renewing their strength for the journey ahead.
Mrs. Mary Martin, a virtuous mayor of vegetables, recalls a Milwaukee Avenue incident where a bicycle messenger shouts Look at your wheel while a wagon approaches. The tale ends with the messenger falling headfirst as the bicycle collides with a wagon, illustrating the fate of the disrespectful.
The London Answers Munchausen tale recounts two Rocky Mountain brothers using one rifle, one bullet, and one powder keg to kill 27 buffalo daily by firing through a buffalo into the other’s barrel. A cousin supposedly did 30 by repeating a wraparound bullet trick.
A Tyrol traveler profiles women who gather edelweiss on perilous alpine crags for decades. A self declared champion rests baskets high in danger, trading peril for livelihood as the flower remains scarce to cultivation. Edelweiss recalls Emperor William and endures as a prized, fragile emblem of mountain life.
The Chicago Daily News notes that standard dictionaries define purple as Tyrian crimson while royal purple refers to the historic Tyrian dye. It cites cardinal robes and Prussian heraldry where deep red appears as royal purple in state coats and emblems.
Miss Susie Sorabji arrives in New York from Bombay. She belongs to a Parsee family that embraced Christianity, with a history of missionary work in Poonah. The Sorabji sisters run four schools, care for famine orphans, and lead the Little Volunteers evangelistic band across India.
A Chicago American excerpt advises women to adopt a graceful posture to preserve figure slimness. It explains posture details like chest forward, back flat, shoulders aligned, and hips bearing weight. It adds measurements linking facial and body proportions to overall stature.
The text notes that on a full moon in Zululand objects become visible up to seven miles away and that starlight allows easy reading.
Wash hairbrushes weekly to prevent spoilage. Use a quart of hot water with a teaspoonful of ammonia, dip bristles downward in and out until clean, rinse in cold water, shake dry, and air dry on a window sill. Do not dampen the back and avoid using soap.
A dialogue excerpt shows a veteran attorney asking if absolute honesty can coexist with legal success. The exchange, dated to Puck’s contemporary humor, suggests skepticism about ethics and career advancement in law.
A playful exchange notes a rival cook never matches the narrator’s mother. The mother’s roasting of the rival’s father is cheekily referenced, signaling a sharp taunt in a New York Sun style quip.
A. N. Springer argues for strict crop rotation to improve yield and soil texture. He warns against breaking rotation for short term gains, noting that poor soil areas suffer most and clover needs careful seeding and manure. Soil, climate and market dictate rotation, which must be respected once set.
Instructions from Farmers' Voice cover tightening barbed wire fences with a four foot limb tool and split end lever. They advise trimming for leverage and preserving barbs outward. The lawn section argues for continuous green turf, proper preparation, pure bluegrass seed with red-top and clover optional, and avoiding cheap mixtures.
B F Clisby reports three years of beet raising at a state public school yielding good results. He says beets mix well with grain chopped feed and bran for high milk flow and quality. He notes uncertain profit without grain and praises the Golden Tankard variety.
Chicago and Toledo market notes report cash and futures prices for wheat corn oats and related livestock. Prices shown include Chicago cash wheat 701, corn 59e, oats 40%c. cattle and hogs ranges with steers 36.50 7.00 and heavy hogs 6.75 6.95. Toledo wheat cash Tc and corn May 60c. oats May 41%4e. cloverseed April 5.20.
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