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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1904
Page
7
A reflective verse about a worker’s day and night, balancing pride and fatigue. The speaker longs for rest after heroic effort, imagining triumphs and future dreams as evening turns to night, with weary steps seeking a bed to end the day’s cares.
An 1903 excerpt recounts four investigators, a primitive hut, and a gray semibearer hermit. They inspect tools and garden signs in a wild wood cabin, noting a mysterious resident with wild hair and stark clothing emerging from the shelter.
Martin and Levi land near a secluded cabin and meet a suspicious hermit. The harsh greeting and closed door spark curiosity about the man’s past and the lake settlement. As night approaches the trio debates camping nearby while probing the hermit’s wary, enigmatic silence.
An old hermit near Mizzy Lake amuses and perplexes two men with his tame squirrels and moral reckonings. Martin Frisbie and a doctor learn of his strange solitude and hear his haunting hymn, while a broader tale of Greenvale unfolds from The Forks to a growing village shaped by brothers Curtis, community affairs, mills, a feud, and Angeline.
Chapter X recounts the origin of Greenvale from three streams. The Mizzy stream rises in Misery swamp between mountain ranges, winding through shaded rock walls and hemlock forests until it reaches sunlight at the valley head. It is joined there by Fall Brook and another smaller stream, beginning the town’s waters.
A Chicago Post summary warns shoppers that many so called bargains come from seconds made of inferior material. Buyers often miss the label and pay full value for second quality underwear gowns and hosiery. The piece urges asking for the grade of goods to avoid overpaying for weaker fabrics.
Southern California horticulturalists led by Charles Richardson cultivate dish rags in gardens. vines produce fibrous sponges used for bathing and cleaning, growing over orange trees and palms. vines resemble cucumbers, hang until brown and dry, then harvest revealing a strong sponge with seeds. Pasadena yields report eight inch sponges, suggesting eventual popularity over stores.
A whimsical excerpt from Good Housekeeping where a child imagines building a village around a tree. The narrator describes placing a church, a house for mamma, a blacksmith shop, a spire, a garden with a fence, and doll tea tables while cows return driven by Nell as the supper bell rings.
The article explains inexpensive, easy to sew handkerchief stocks matching neckbands. It guides selecting sizes, edge treatments such as hemstitched or scalloped borders, and describes figures showing how to form the neck piece and tab by trimming borders and folding.
Step by step directions describe assembling a handkerchief stock with border pieces, hems, and a tab. It covers neck piece construction, cutting pieces e c d and b, forming a double tab, and finishing with a cascade folded square option and neat hems, attributed to Farm and Home.
A brief tale centers on a young girl once unseen who transforms into the nicest figure on Eukin Street. Her kindness earns admiration from neighbors and shapes community goodwill.
Tales of remarkable dogs earning collars and saving trains or fending off smugglers, a courtly pardon for a street dog, plus a heartwarming tale of Drusilla the new girl who wins neighbors over after kindness. The piece weaves animal valor with small-town child drama in a Chicago Record-Herald style.
A London fad spreads as wearers name dresses to reflect mood or occasion. Makers sparked the trend, now clients propose names like Second Thoughts for a plain gray suit worn after a lively party. Some fear more risqué titles may follow, though Divorce Suit has not appeared.
A gem expert notes rings are less worn daily yet still popular for full dress. Five years ago pawn-hip displays were common even in mourning, but now married women prefer wedding rings and single women opt for plain seal rings. Rings appear with evening attire, not daytime wear.
Expose hair to the sun for as many hours weekly as possible to stay light. Soda or borax lightens but makes hair brittle. avoid as shampoos. A tonic with bay rum castor oil cantharides tincture and ammonia carbonate is recommended three times weekly at first, then reduce. Egg shampoos are an option.
A historical recipe describes a whitening hand cream made from white wax spermaceti nut oil camphor gum olive oil melted and beaten into a cream. Apply after bathing and sleep in loose kid gloves to prevent rubbing off and encourage slight perspiration for whitening.
A humorous quip from the Cincinnati Enquirer features a suitor confessing fake practice proposals to four other women in a single month. He asks Clara to marry, while she teases about his prior engagements as mere practice.
The Chicago Tribune notes both olive crops in Spain failing this year and a cotton seed shortage. These issues could trigger two separate price boosts for pure olive oil, signaling tighter supplies and higher costs for consumers.
Mrs. John Biddle of Mine Hill NJ recovered a lost watch from a pickerel she caught at Budd's lake near Morristown. The elderly jewelry theft at the Biddle home three years earlier had seen the burglar discard the loot in the lake after his arrest and conviction, never recovered until now.
A two year old girl, daughter of Edward F. Watson of Mechanics Grove near Lancaster Pennsylvania, was found almost lifeless in a swamp two miles from home. Neighbors scoured the area after she wandered off with a big dog, and the dog bark led rescuers to her. The child was saved from drowning and exhaustion when pulled from mud and water with the dog still tugging at her clothes. It is believed she followed the dog away from home.
Brooklyn Life notes a witty exchange on brainless frogs and humans. The remark suggests some people resemble the creature in thought while sparking a sharper jab at behavior.
The New York World reports city children will be cared for through a playroom attachment at a department store and a church checkroom for babies, with one caveat: landlords may not permit living spaces for them.
The green ants of Australia bend leaves to make nests and seal them with a glue they secrete. Hundreds are seen on a seaf drawing it to the ground, where an equal number wait to receive, hold and fasten it.
A brief Tit-Bits item dramatizes a domestic quarrel as Mrs Cerbity objects to Henry while her daughter notes mutual disapproval, revealing social tensions and opinion within a household in a compact snapshot.
The Rhine is described as the most picturesque and ancient river with 725 venerable castles along its banks.
In Siam a sacred white elephant is interred with a grand funeral. Buddhist priests officiate as thousands of mourners accompany the animal to the grave. Jewels and wealth are buried with the elephant, reflecting the creature’s royal significance.
The author argues for planting in smaller blocks of 40 to 90 acres with 1 yard wide avenues to improve fruit quality and ease pest control. Smaller plots allow better light and air, reduce insect and fungus problems, and make harvesting and cultivation more efficient. George T. Tippin, Wisconsin Horticultural Society.
In response to a Journal of Agriculture inquiry, Jacob Faith explains grafting Early Richmond cherries on plum rootstock. He details a nursery trial, sprout behavior, and how plum sprouts were destroyed while cherry sprouts grew, noting grafting nuances among stone fruits and a bird deterrent plan using mulberry trees within 100 feet.
Dairymen increasingly provide shade in treeless pastures using shed styles built from reclaimed lumber or poles covered with sturdy materials. The practice highlights rising costs and growing awareness of cattle comfort in pasture management.
A rural tip explains building shade for cows using boughs straw or green fodder when lumber is costly. A cotton cover stretched over a pasture fence serves as a shed roof, with cross-pieces placed along the fence to keep pests at convenient distances.
O E Barehill details a home built evaporator in a 6 by 3 foot box by E H Mish of West Virginia. Slate lining bottom galvanized wire screen trays heat from a box stove. corn and apples dry in 12 hours while peaches take three days. Spring heating with an oven to kill worms, then fruit stored in ventilated barrels to keep out mice.
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