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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1902
Page
4
Robert Seyboth of the United States Weather Bureau recounts a ball of fire detached from a thundercloud during a Hudson Bay storm in 1867. The event knocked the writer unconscious, paralyzed his right side briefly, and caused crew to battle wreckage as the vessel ride out the gale.
Berlin inventor Katharina Wegner introduces a vertical ladder based apparatus to treat hunchbacks pigeon chests and other deformities. The frame suspends patients to apply pressure and prompt muscle and bone movement toward normal position with gradual increase in pressure and movement during treatment.
Lucius L. Robbins of Chelsea Massachusetts dies at 71. He created a monumental clock hailed as the greatest made in the United States. The piece features a perpetual calendar, moon age, tides of Boston harbor, four ages of man, cuckoo chimes, Father Time hourly strikes, and a marching infantry each quarter hour. Robbins spent ten years funding the project.
The article argues Greenland is the largest island, with Australia as a continent, and recent expeditions place Baffin Island as the second largest after Greenland in extent.
Lectures pour Tous describes a vast salt mountain near Cardona in the Pyrenees. Accessible only by a 25 mile mule ride, the private mine supplies salt to France and yields crosses and cups from its crystal veneer. Underground watercourses threaten its caves and salt stalactites dot the ceilings.
The article surveys global ocean behavior with dozens of currents and bore phenomena. It notes warm Pacific and Atlantic currents, equatorial inflows to the Caribbean, currents around Cape Horn and Gibraltar, and mysterious flows near Luzon, plus tidal bores on the Severn and Hooghly regions and the Bay of Fundy.
The Berlin Reichsanzeiger reports rewards from the ministries of war and agriculture for German alcohol motors. First prize 10 000 marks, second 5 000, third 2 500 for engines under eight tons able to draw 0.6 tons on roads and cross fields, meadows and water. Machines must be ready for testing by February 1903, an Emperor William initiative aimed at military logistics and artillery moves, with farmers supportive due to potato-based alcohol.
A nervy suitor declares he will marry Miss Alice, prompting her wry response about two remarkable statements. She asks how two, and he answers with a double entendre about marriage and belief, as reported by the Baltimore News.
A child admires his brother Fred for strength kindness and skill. Fred fixes nails mends breaks carries him home and inspires the narrator to become a protective man when grown. The vignette, by Emma F Bailey in St. Nicholas, celebrates fraternal admiration and aspiration.
An article reprints Country Life in America’s account of the gila monster Heloderma suspectum noting myths and cautious truths. It covers habitat in the southwestern United States, behavior, diet, and the belief in deadly breath, while contrasting rattlesnakes and detailing the creature’s browsing habits and limited size.
A Baltimore report describes a rare bond between a cat and a parrot. The two are often seen together with the bird perched on the cat’s shoulder after earlier conflicts where the cat was outmatched. The cat may be wiser now, if not stronger.
Crocodiles swallow small stones and pebbles to aid digestion by grinding food. This behavior mirrors similar feeding tricks seen in ostriches and other reptiles as a natural adaptation for processing tough meals.
A feature on plant mechanisms shows how witch hazel launches seeds up to 40 feet, wood-sorrel shoots many seeds through side slits, cranes-bill uses spring-powered catapult action, and vetch pods explosively unfold to eject seeds, per St Louis Globe-Democrat.
A troop of trained elephants visiting Hartford, based on a report from the Courant, frolicked in fresh snow after a heavy storm. Prof. Lockhardt invited observers to view the stables. elephants slid, trunkfuls of snow flew, and a large animal was buried and later freed amid trumpeting and cheers.
Edwin Grasse an 11 year old blind violinist from New York who trained in Brussels impressed Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall with a Sinding concerto. The electrified orchestra and audience watched him bow 12 times as crowds pressed forward to greet the talented child amid moving applause from Europe’s top judges.
A winter morning tale recounts a little girl who pays a thaler to Jacob Grimm after asking a servant to deliver it to him when he returns. She says she does not believe the wolf story, and confesses the debt herself.
An eastern visitor challenges a western mining town in a terse exchange. A resident counters, claiming the Red Eye saloon holds seven-year-old rye, highlighting local lore and contrasts between old and new in the region.
In Ashtabula Ohio a conflict between the city and the Pennsylvania Railway Co. escalated as slag was dumped into the harbor despite an injunction. Police arrested twelve as work continued, with city officials vowing to press the dispute further.
Findlay Ohio April 12 John Boyles a blacksmith at McComb eight miles away shot and killed his wife at 2 o'clock Friday morning. The couple had been in trouble for some time and Boyles says she drew two revolvers and a weapon discharged during a scuffle. Neighbors captured him trying to escape.
Mrs Mary Clayton files habeas corpus in probate court to recover her daughter Grace Clayton aged 12 from the theatrical company Uncle Toni's Cabin where she plays Little Eva under the stage name Florence Washburn. Clayton says the agreement to send the child to school 12 weeks yearly was broken.
Edward Focht night watchman for six national banks on Third street from Jefferson to Main killed himself Wednesday night in the Merchants National Bank directors room located in the Odd Fellows Temple. He had complained of not feeling well with no other cause given for the act.
In Cleveland on April 12 Attorney General Sheets delays action to oust the school director and council until the supreme court rules on the board of control case. He says a federal plan failure would likely doom the Cleveland school government as both cases rest on the same basis.
Andrew Carnegie offered to donate 180 000 dollars to Cincinnati for six branch public libraries. The city must appropriate 18 000 dollars yearly for maintenance and provide the sites. The library board met and accepted the gift.
Samuel Miller, aged 84, dies at his home just north of Bucyrus. He was one of the county’s oldest resident pioneers and a leading man in his neighborhood.
Fire consumed a central city block in McArthur yesterday causing losses exceeding $50,000. The blaze began at Sniveley's dry goods store and, with no waterworks available, could not be controlled until it razed the square where it started.
A blast at the Austin Powder Co. mill in Glenn Willow near Solon on Wednesday leveled the plant. Twenty six hundred pounds of powder exploded during compression, killing two men, injuring a boy, and causing extensive damage.
Cleveland report says burglars entered the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co offices on the ninth floor of the New England building by prying the door. The safe was opened with chisels and about $300 taken.
Rev. Dr. David Stanton Tappan, president of Miami University, tendered his resignation yesterday to take effect July 1 and the trustees accepted the move.
In Columbus on April 12 Harry Wilson a 13 year old boy killed himself at his East Side home after being told a truant officer would arrest him. A stranger’s arrival prompted the youth to rush to the stairs and swallow four ounces of carbolic acid.
William England died at his home eight miles up Tygart Creek Kentucky on Thursday. He was 101 years old.
John Farron, a veteran officer in the Cleveland force, died Tuesday at St. John’s hospital. He was 72, served 30 years as a policeman, and retired ten years ago.
Ashtabula April 9 a remarkable political contest ended in a sweeping victory for the union labor ticket the first ever placed in the city indicating strong labor support and a decisive local mandate.
Columbus April 11 Gov Nash appointed Lieut Gov Carl I Nippert probate judge of Hamilton county Senator Frank B Archer president pro tem of the senate will succeed Nippert as lieutenant governor
Ten men were trapped in the mud break mine near Massillon Ohio yesterday afternoon. After hours of hard labor rescuers freed them and saved all lives, ending a dangerous incident with their survival secured.
The lesson declares God shows no favoritism and that those who fear Him and practice righteousness are acceptable. Peter preaches Jesus’ peace and resurrection to Cornelius and his household, and the Holy Spirit falls on them, confirming Gentile inclusion and prompting baptism.
A real estate firm pledges fair dealing with owners and buyers while opposing inflated trader prices and extraordinary commissions, signaling a stance against price gouging in property transactions.
Classified listing of numerous Michigan and Ohio farms for sale or exchange. Properties range from 20 to 430 acres near towns, with details on soil, timber, improvements, dwellings, barns, orchards, water supply, and proximity to schools, churches, railroads, and riverfronts. Prices vary from 400 to 10 000 dollars, with many offered for partial exchange or land swaps.
A catalog of city and near city properties lists houses ranging from four to ten rooms, with features such as barns, wells, cisterns, fruit trees, and paved streets. Prices span from about 4600 to 700, with exchanges noted for several listings in Putnam County and Indianatown areas.
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