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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
7
Poem fragment praising God’s patient love seen in suffering on Calvary. It speaks of misunderstood hearts, waiting for heaven’s light to reveal how all things work for good and to bring the Heavenly Kingdom with joy and light.
Plotted here is a detective tale of peculiar intrigue by Guy Boothby. A narrator recounts a baffling mystery featuring odd clues and surprising twists that challenge truth and superstition within a London setting.
Hayle and Fairfax plan a high risk settlement over a quarter million in gems while Fairfax schemes to shadow the cunning thief. A dinner rendezvous at a Paris restaurant turns into a delicate exchange as both men test trust and ruse.
On a night trek to a distant spring in South Africa Rennie Stevenson and a comrade hear a warning of a lurking predator. A gun is fired at the supposed lion, only to reveal the gleaming eyes belong to two glowworms. The danger turns into a harmless misperception.
A veteran recounts Civil War hardship from Missionary Ridge to Chattanooga. Haynes and a Unionist slave son escape Confederate capture, cross the Tennessee river after a night in hiding, while a calf theft saga ends with payment to the owner.
Comrade Jacob Miller of Braidwood Illinois served in Company K Ninth Indiana. A musket ball shattered his forehead at Chickamauga September 19 1863 leaving him for dead. He crawled to a field hospital and later reached Chattanooga with the aid of comrades. Two surgeons later removed about a third of the lead. Miller retained memory of details but cannot recall names. He lived to tell of the extraordinary escape and long recovery.
Buff Jersey recounts building a compact South Dakota creamery cooler in 1892. The 600 pound butter room kept 42 degrees with an improvised chest, using ice racks and layered flooring to create dead air spaces, costing only 11.05 in materials.
An old man recalls a postwar Arkansas anecdote about a wealthy Union supporter who writes by George in a note to a farmer. The illiterate farmer replies Yours, So and so, by golly, and misreads it as a threat before the misunderstanding is cleared. The two men laugh and remain friends.
A Rural New Yorker description outlines a fruit package for California plums. The carton measures 16x16x4% inches inside, with a two-piece top, slatted bottom and sides, air circulation cleats, and 40 114-inch nails. Four ventilated baskets form a unit, each basket about 6 14 inches square at the bottom, 8 at the top, 4 inches deep, holding under three quarts.
The passage argues best milkers are those yielding moderate amounts across most months, not high single bursts. It emphasizes yearlong records over 12 months to judge total yield and include milk quality tests periodically for accurate breeding decisions.
W F Aldrich of Alabama writes from Washington to certify Peruna, made by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus Ohio, as a successful tonic that builds a depleted system. H S Emory of Omaha adds praise, noting Peruna tones the system, aids digestion, aids sleep, and helps catarrh and kidney complaints.
In a suburban train car a thin man reveals a basket that meows then clucks and whistles. A little girl asks about cats and chickens as the man calmly explains the basket contains a mockingbird. The scene unfolds with puzzled passengers aboard.
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