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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
3
A gusty dusty frosty day unfolds with copper sun behind gray skies. A long path leads through withered clover and leafless pines while hedge grows bare. sparrow chirps blue jay complains and crows fly overhead.
Three explorers push deep into Sengkor Wat ruins seeking the fabled Three Elephants' Heads courtyard. After a tense ascent and quarrel, they uncover a hidden chamber beneath a stone slab containing uncut rubies, sapphires, gold, and other gems, promising a fortune beyond their wildest dreams.
C H Hickox describes building a hot bed with a frame a foot larger than the pit, using fermenting horse manure, soil banks, and sash for warmth. Preparation spans March to sow radishes lettuce onions and cabbages with daily ventilation and straw matting for cold nights, plus an improved shutter to save labor.
An English firm offered to buy an LL D for a client aiming for Parliament. The University of Idaho President replied caustically that the principal represents has disgraced his nationality and the bar. He noted that a cad’s ambitions, unless limited, are unrealizable.
Harlem Life notes Charlie Munford with a mystery young lady as Tom De Witt questions who had his arm around him. Bessie Floyd suggests the closest young woman.
A farmer suggests a tile plant protector to lift low straggling gooseberry branches from the ground. It keeps fruit and stems off soil, aids weed control and soil stirring, helps moisture retention at roots, and eases harvest.
Farmers' Voice suggests preparing pea brush for summer, plant rhubarb for pie timber, start currant and gooseberry bushes, set beans and tomato stakes, and stock seeds. It advises consulting the spouse on flower and vegetable seed choices and offers a cloth and linseed oil bed cover as a substitute when glass is unavailable.
Fragmentary humorous note shows a flirtatious scene with a woman and man at play, where a racket strike leads to a vow and a punchy final line about aching consequences. The passage references ping pong and repeated gestures as the man endures playful punishment.
A Leeds Saturday Journal note tells how Mr. George Hodge of Orchard Grove New ton Abbott was cured of indigestion and pepsia after using Vogeler's Compound. The letter claims the remedy revived his health and urges others to try it, noting sizes 25c and 50c and free samples by the St Jacobs Oil proprietors in Baltimore.
A visitor at the capitol asked a senate doorkeeper about senate discussions. The doorkeeper joked that the bill under discussion would make it illegal to kill the president. Kansas City Star reports the quip.
The Inter Ocean denounces layered wallpaper as a health hazard, citing filth and germs in baked paste and glue. It quotes sanitarians urging legal bans and promotes Alabastine as a durable sanitary wall coating, warning the cost of prevention is nil.
A reader reports that their employer plans a salary increase next month to cover the prior month. The worker says the raise has not yet been paid. The Philadelphia Record notes the exchange between employee and supervisor.
Advertisement from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wis promoting Earliest Russian Millet as a prolific hay source claiming 5 to 8 tons rich hay per acre. Prices listed 50 lbs for $1.90 and 100 lbs for $3.00 with low freights. includes a Smart Set quote about cynicism.
A collage of 1900 era drug ads citing Allen's Foot-Ease for swollen feet and Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with free samples and trial offers. Includes testimonial quotes and occurrence of miscellaneous ad lines from newspapers.
A span of letters and testimonials tout Peruna as an effective cure for pelvic catarrh and female ailments. Anna B Fleharty recounts health gains after using Peruna and lauds Dr Hartman's approach while other women, including Mrs E L Brown and Mrs Esther M Milner, describe relief from nervous prostration headaches insomnia and weakness. Congressman Thad M Mahon also commends Peruna as a tonic and catarrh remedy.
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