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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1901
Page
8
A poetical reflection is quoted by the Chicago Evening Post describing a broad crisis caused by a single excuse I did not mean to do it. The verse links damaged ware to personal scandal and business schemes as a moral warning.
Audrey Glendower, Bostonian, finds Mesquite's world alluring on a ranch in the desert. A desert storm deepens their bond as a perilous ride ends with Mesquite saving her, a kiss, and a revelation of romance before Lawrence Irving arrives.
The San Francisco Argonaut recalls Miss Glendower now Mrs. Lawrence Irving who, while emotionally composed, cannot meet the sight of a westering red star at dusk or the scent of tube roses jasmine or syringe without a deathly sick feeling, reflecting lingering horror.
In a Lewiston Journal fragment retold from Mr Kell’s classics a tale describes a barn wreck where a cow is tied and cows, tools, and furniture lie strewn about. Simeon recalls the scene and a man boasts he alone can manage that cow amid the chaos.
A London Chronicle tale recalls how Goorkhas replaced English sentries at the commissariat tents. One Goorkha recounts catching a Pathan thief and thrusting with his bayonet after the intruder leaned into the tent, shouting a challenge.
In Tit-Bits a husband plans to cry loudly at his uncle’s funeral to claim £10,000. His wife warns if the will yields nothing, he should cry even harder, joking she would add three tears to inflame the reading, a sly gag on inheritance schemes.
A survey of strange stats and notes from north Europe covers violent deaths by category, travel for archaeologists in Greece, patent cost risks, Austrian banknote languages, Millais auctioning of a portrait, population spacing thought experiments, King Edward VII coin portrait, sovereigns turning head directions, Gibraltar reservoirs, and mosquito proof water tanks for siege defense aiding troops and the poor.
A largely readable prophecy from Nathaniel Ames’s 1758 almanack foresees vast material wealth and progress in America. It envisions the East to West spread of knowledge, Gospel light driving heathen darkness, and future American cities and industries built from ore and stone, to honor heroes and unseen generations.
A historical note details royal privileges including the head of every whale and the right to a sturgeon from the Thames. It lists curios such as a tablecloth, doves, hares, catapult, cuminseed, horse and halter, scarlet hose, currycomb, tongs, crossbar, gray coat, nightcap, falcon, knives, a Lance, and a silver needle as royal perquisites cited by the St James Gazette.
England's Scapa advocates oppose bright business announcements on rocks, roadsides, buses and billboards. They argue newspapers are better for news ads and offer clearer information, citing superior results from newspaper campaigns over outdoor signs.
A Philadelphia Record cartoon depicts a bank examiner being summoned after a bank employee is caught eating strawberries at breakfast. The banter questions loss of position during a race betting scene and includes exchanges about drinking and poker.
A wee girl sits on a doorstep in a storm with a doll that is merely a bottle found in an ash heap. Despite rain and loneliness she feels love and contentment as the doll is cradled and cherished, illustrating a quiet, tender moment from Youth's Companion by Margaret E. Sangster.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune description explains how the clusia grows from the treetops. Birds disperse its pulp filled seeds, which sprout roots down the trunk forming a network that binds the host tree, suffocating and eventually rotting it while leaving a column of tangled roots.
A Cuban bag-worm or housebuilder moth caterpillar weaves a silken sac and carries a portable home made of wood splinters. It moves by crawling with the sac, then matures into a moth with striped white markings, while natives attribute superstition and legends to the wood-carrying insect.
A Scribner's Magazine piece narrates how a young lark learns to hop with mother guidance and then attempts flight. Rain glues wings, sun reveals music, and the baby bird finally rises to sing and fly, shouting gratitude to the sun and mother.
A Ram's Horn note claims high authority states that Japanese has no oath or profane word. It notes no native or imported profanity exists in ten years of foreign word additions, suggesting Japan stands alone among nations in this respect.
The Chicago Record notes that in Spain markets draw crowds on foot weekly in every town. Aged vendors travel long distances to sell small goods while customs officers levy duties on eggs bread radishes and candy. Smuggling grows as many poor sellers cannot pay duties and goods are sometimes hidden in milk cans.
Humorous exchange from period papers notes Maud Ethel unable to attend a party due to delayed equipment. Other banter mentions arranging a family departure by bringing in Prof Howlington to give Alice vocal lessons three times weekly.
The author describes building large 25 by 100 feet poultry sheds from poles and old hay to reduce heat in summer and vermin infestation. Sides are lined with six foot mesh netting, tar paper covers the hay, and wire and pole framework secure the structure. The south side is closed for winter with heavy coverings as cold weather approaches.
The author describes a hay duck house with a duck shaped frame, hinged entrance flap, and leather or wire ties to secure a bright light tolerant shed. In warm months the duck is removed, north walls vent, fall relocates sheds, and new gardens are prepared. Winter heating uses steam from two old cookers routed through 2 inch pipes. Orange Judd Farmer notes the system improved poultry care and prices.
The illustration shows a shipping crate with interior layout. Guidance gives sizes: a three month old pig 40 by 23 by 11 inches, an eight week old pig 32 by 18 by 9 inches. Crates for express shipping must be light yet safe from breakage.
A Breeder's Gazette excerpt details a pig crate for a two month old purchaser. It specifies materials for ends, sides, and top, a feed trough at the front, a sloping board, a sliding top with a bag of meal inside, and optional tight boarding in cold weather. For 75 pound pigs a half inch panel is nailed at the center of the sides. Shavings from a shingle mill serve as bedding.
Professor Henry cites Theodore Louis directions for making corncob charcoal. Dig a five foot deep pit with a one foot bottom and five foot top, burn cobs inward, seal with a sheet iron lid, and after 12 hours uncover for a sample. Mix six bushels cob charcoal with lime and ashes, add copperas solution, and feed to hogs via self feeding boxes.
W R Corser of Higginsville Missouri reports impressions from Western Canada’s new districts. He cites high yields: 600 bushels wheat from 15 acres 30 bushels per acre. 600 bushels barley from 10 acres 60 bushels per acre. 15 000 bushels oats from 180 acres 83 1 3 bushels per acre. He notes healthy stock, fat cattle, and appeals for government agent information.
A short humorous exchange from Chicago Daily News features a beggar asking a woman about her busy husband and her reply that he is trusting in Providence.
Advert promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. Claims it tastes like rich mocha but is easier on the stomach, suitable for both children and adults, priced 25 cents per package and sold by grocers.
A short dialogue from the Chicago Daily News shows a man asking if she objects to cigarettes and she replies she does not blame cigarettes but objects to people who smoke them. The exchange underlines attitudes toward smoking.
An early advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine pills claimed to move the bowels daily for health. It asserts gentle action on the liver and kidneys and notes cure for headaches with a price of 25 and ie.
A St Louis girl asks if the Boston author Emerson has been read, while a Colorado weekly Times item notes a girl claiming red spots on her face are just common pimples.
A vintage advertisement invites readers to obtain a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted in Leroy New York. It claims to cure chilblains sweating and damp swollen feet and eases new or tight shoes and also treats corns and bunions.
An old Chicago Daily News ad touts Kemp's Balsam as a cough remedy with sample bottles free from druggists. It promotes large bottles for 25 and 50 cents and urges immediate use to avoid delays. It also includes a quotation about missed opportunities after the race.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Times quotes theater chatter about two remaining acts. It cites a testimonial praising Piso's Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung ailments, attributed to W. O. Endsley of Van Buren Indiana dated February 10, 1900.
A vignette notes home remedies with Pike’s Toothache Drops and hat honey of horehound and tar as quick cures. The text frames remedies as practical aids in business and daily life, mentioning knowledge temper and time as key factors.
The letter describes severe headaches backaches hysteria weight loss and pelvic pain as a common complaint Mrs Pinkham hears daily about an inflamed ulcerated neck of the womb causing widespread suffering and requests help.
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