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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
6
Poem excerpt reflecting on memory and presence of living friends versus the departed. The speaker contrasts sighing for a vanished hand with the ongoing need for support from those near, questioning whether living friends receive the same heartfelt regard and efforts. John Troland is cited as the author.
A languid Stuyvesant recognizes two wounded troopers aboard the ship. They recount the car fire and Murray the foe who left bite marks on one man. Mr. Ray and Foster’s story intersect as Stuyvesant longs for Miss Ray and nurses, while officers prepare to take the sun.
On a sea voyage the Red Cross party watches Miss Ray gain a bridge invitation as Captain Butt fails to fulfill a promise to host the nurse group up front. A gale disrupts plans and Miss Ray’s leadership is tested amid shipboard tensions and looming Manila Bay arrival.
The Sacramento neared Corregidor and Manila Bay as Dewey’s guns held the harbor. Passengers awaited news of the city while Aguinaldo’s plans loomed, lights on Corregidor signaling American control and hopes of swift victory.
A Macon Telegraph recounted a third man’s remark about preferring not to fish, then tells of a friend in Texas who fished before dawn, hauled a wagonload of fish, and later learned he had fished in dense fog half a mile from a creek. The amusing lapse underscores how mist and misperception can mislead even seasoned anglers.
A collection of light quips from Philadelphia Times Cleveland Plain Dealer Philadelphia Press Town and Country Philadelphia Record Ohio State Journal Boston Transcript Modern Society and others. The jokes span love, mistaken intentions, family opposition and playful banter about daily life and small absurdities in a late 19th or early 20th century style.
A French traveler recalls that ducks persist in the Sahara where water is scarce. Sahara ducks are water birds adapted to dry conditions, with webbed feet used as snowshoes in sandy seas. An ornithologist suggests these ducks are remnants of a race that once lived where the Atlantic Ocean met the desert.
The refining of petroleum uses distillation to separate it into marketable products. Two methods are in vacuo and cracking, the former under partial vacuum and the latter with superheated steam. The term cracking comes from the crackling sound of steam as it enters the crude.
The 60 946 police of the United Kingdom cost nearly £7 000 000 a year. The figure reflects the annual expenditure on policing across the country as reported in the source.
A Chicago American feature advises on whitening and smoothing hands through circulation, hot baths when possible, towel friction, and daily pomade treatments. It recommends nightly soaks with hot soapy water and oil, finger exercises, and bed time pomade plus gloves for winter care.
Practical tips from Country Gentleman on sealing hot jelly with egg-white paper for airtight storage. Cover jelly when piping hot to prevent mold and germ survival, cut multiple paper circles, and store in a dry dark cupboard to protect flavor from light.
A New York Sun report quotes a motorman who warns that umbrella and cane tips often vanish in streetcar slots. He notes frequent near misses as pedestrians cross tracks with poles and dampens, predicting more losses without warning signs.
A plain white bag filled with hops gives a sleep aiding present. Create two linen pillow cases with hemstitched borders and optional flourish thread work above the border. No work on the head area. The aroma is said to help induce sleep and offers a charming gift for troubled sleepers.
Instructions from the Washington Star on making paper rose shells to present creams and sherbets. Use thin edged glasses, crepe petals, flour paste, and mold technique to form edible rose cups. Provide color variety, optional real or artificial leaves, and hard set creams for pyramid servings to enhance presentation.
Advice from the Detroit Free Press on packing for travel emphasizes comfort for all ages. Essential items include a drinking cup, plain cologne water, a small fan, sewing supplies, and lavender salts for upset stomachs. Carry modest cash in a neck pouch, and pack a nightdress in the hand satchel to guard against lost trunks.
Fragments of unfermented cakes found in Swiss lake dwellings are dated to the neolithic era, suggesting crackers are the oldest bread form. Though replaced by fermented bread, they proved useful for long storage and portable, nutritious sustenance.
London hosts 37 000 girls in cooking classes while Paris shows fewer carriage owners relative to population. Galveston boards secures Beaumont oil to fight mosquitoes. England city dwellers exceed 100 000 in 29 percent of cases. U S 19 percent, Germany 17, France 12, Austria 8, Russia 5. Night work common in big cities. London has 100 000 who work after dark. A New York dime museum fire eater collapses after inhaling gas. A runaway Denver horse ends its flight inside a moving trolley car.
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