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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1901
Page
6
Weekly Express- same rates as Daily Express Local Reapers
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Weekly Express
Daily Express
Want Column Twenty Words or Less
A short want column item priced at 25 cents for the first twenty words. Each additional word costs one cent.
Britain and Europe Rank Military Readiness and Conscription
The piece notes range data for Boer Mauser Lee-Metford and Lebel rifles, cites literacy among conscripts in Denmark and Sweden, and compares 1870s British and French military spending. It mentions a Britain war office “recruitograph” moving picture device and recalls France’s tiny conscript Emile Mayor from Cunel, Meuse, a three foot ninety three percent tall youth deemed sound and healthy.
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Denmark
Sweden
Great Britain
France
England
War Office
Cunel
Montfaucon
Department of the Meuse
Emile Mayor
Grand Vision of Progress and Faith for Young People
A poetic exhortation to youth to endure hardship and work for progress and peace. It contrasts earthly fame with lasting values, urging patient effort under divine guidance as empires rise and fall and future generations flourish. The piece speaks to perseverance and hope in a religious, universal frame.
Wealth and a Washerwoman’s Son Love Tale
Ibrahim reveals his birth secret to Lillian Ingram as they prepare to wed on St Valentine’s Day. A street Apple boy once saved a little girl who fell from a Brooklyn ferry gangway and received a leather purse as thanks. The rescued child grew to wealth and position, though he remains the washerwoman’s son in Ibrahim’s telling.
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Ibrahim
Lillian Ingram
New York
Hercules
Apollo
Lenox Ingram
Lillian
Jbrahim
Stock Exchange
Brooklyn
Mr. Ingram
Ibrahim's Vow and the Washerwoman's Daughter
In Radford Review style a dramatic tale unfolds as Ibrahim reveals his past, explains his revenge, and finally earns Lillian's hand. He confesses the boy saved at the Brooklyn ferry grew into a wealthy man who used a vow to win Lillian’s love. The couple wed on a sunny Valentine morning, uniting class and wealth.
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St. Valentine’s
Ibrahim
Radford Review
Repeated Tale Reveals Street Vendor and Husband Wife Scene
A young married couple on a street corner refuse to buy matches from a boy peddler. The sparring spouses mock the boy’s tale about needing shoes, while the husband buys two boxes for five cents. The wife later claims the vendor’s story proves his affection is lacking.
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Bath
Washington Star
Jack
Irish bull and Virgin image tale from New York paper
A listener recalls a joke after an Irish bull and recounts a homecoming from Europe. Mrs B s purchases gifts, a Virgin picture from Paris intrigues the maid Mary who proclaims eyes seem to open with repeated viewing. The sense of wonder ends with the cook’s reaction.
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Europe
Paris
N. Y
No Dance No Supper Policy Reported in Australia
A Detroit Free Press note describes an Australian practice where men who attend dances yet do not dance are barred from the refreshment or supper room. The system uses coupons issued with each dance programme to enforce the rule.
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Australia
Detroit Free Press
Coffee's Global Trail Through Mexico and Beyond
An extended look at how coffee spread from Arabia to Europe and the Americas, highlighting Mexico as a key link via rail and port routes. The piece details cultivation, processing, labor, and the role of plantations in shaping world markets, with notes on native practices, technology, and the regional economy.
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Cromwell
London
Arabia
Yemen
Mocha
Red Sea
Strait of Babel Mandeb
France
West Indies
Brazil
Ceylon
United States
Mexico
Europe
Manana
Vera Cruz
China
Coffee growing in Mexico a patient risky venture
A detailed report on Mexican coffee farming traces origins from the West Indies, notes workers largely of mixed Indian blood, and explains regional success, cultivation steps, pruning debates, and the five year wait for returns. It ends with rising Mexico coffee imports and firm prices.
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Mexico
West Indies
Republic
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Vera Cruz
Oaxaca
Edward Julian
Stable for six cows and four horses for small farms
A compact stable design measures 40 by 30 feet with a rear shed and covered barnyard, suited to small dairy herds. It outlines stalls, water supply options, and flexible layout, with figures and a floor plan noted for a Wheat, Ohio reader.
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A. F
C. H. Hickox
Ohio
Oneida Chapmans Sailor Serves Aboard Atlanta Cruiser
Chapman Schenandoah, a full blood Oneida and member of the Atlanta's crew, born on the Oneida reservation 29 years ago, is described by friends as a fine stalwart Indian sailor. He is the grandson of Shhenandoah "The Deer" a notable tribal figure who practiced medicine and built a steam engine after seeing a locomotive. He attended Hampton Institute, worked in the school machine shop, served as a fireman on the San Francisco and the New York during the Spanish American War, then reenlisted and joined the Atlanta.
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United States
Atlanta
Chapman Schenandoah
Shhenandoah
Deer
Hampton Institute
Hampton
Spain
Navy
San Francisco
New York
Chadwick
Turkish woman rides cycle in Washington park
Mme Ali Ferrouh wife of the Turkish minister leads a new fashion trend as she rides a bicycle in Cleveland Park Washington. Once veiled she now appears in an up to date American costume and is accompanied by her sister Mme Ferrouh.
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Cleveland Park
Washington City
Mme
Ali Ferrouh
Ferrouh
What One Man Can Do
A historical note states that in a single day a workman can hand cut 6000 watch-glasses. The detail emphasizes human skill and production pace in traditional crafts.
Managing A Garden A Time Saving Method Described
Ohio farmer outlines a garden redesign to save time and labor reducing back breaking work. He notes some farmers quit gardening and that women often help, then describes extending beds and paths and planting grapes berries currants and strawberries.
How to Plant a Garden with Horse Powered Cultivation
An Ohio farmer explains a garden plan relying on horse work and a cultivator. Ground is deeply plowed and harrowed in spring, furrowed by horse, with wheel hoe for light hand work. A sod space at ends allows easy turning, weekly cultivating stays shallow and even.
Uncongenial Occupations Suppress Beechers and Beehives
A satirical Success column notes half the world misfits into wrong trades domestic workers teaching farms cheating law and farming congress while politicians and tradesmen swap roles and fail to inspire progress across professions.
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Caoates
Websters
Congress
Beechers
Grain-O offers coffee substitute from pure grains
An old grocery notice promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute touted to be gentle on delicate stomachs and suitable for children. It claims similar taste to coffee and low cost around 15 to 25 cents per package.
Fortune teller figures love fate in Philadelphia banter
In a witty exchange Miss Coy questions if a girl can learn her future husband by fortune telling. Miss Wise recalls learning who her husband would not be through that method, mentioning Bradstreet as the source of a humorous retort.
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Miss Coy
Miss Wise
Bradstreet
Philadelphia Press
Cough Remedy Promises Immediate Relief and Free Samples
An advertised cough medicine Kemp's Balsam claims to stop coughing at once. It urges readers to visit their druggist for two sample bottles free, with large bottles priced at 25 and 30 cents and warns delays are dangerous.
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Kemp
Misheard Sermon Leads to Choir Claim
A Detroit Free article notes a quip about Miss Swansdown never listening to a sermon yet being part of the choir. The exchange underscores assumptions about church attendance and participation.
Economical Insecticide Promoted by Eben E Rexford
Eben E Rexford extols a cheap home made insecticide using ordinary soap and water. Mix a quarter pound soap to ten to twelve quarts water, melt soft soap, add to water, dip plants for at least 30 seconds. Claims it keeps aphids away and outperforms expensive products.
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Eben E. Rexford
The Top Bushel Profits in Crop Growth Says Midland Farms
Plain business view argues profit lies in net after costs. Higher yield per acre reduces cost per bushel. extra 50 bushels from the same ground pay for cultivation and fertilizer. Emphasizes that producing 100 bushels is more profitable than 50.
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