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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
3
A narrator extols his pedigree dog as a gentleman through birth breeding pride tenderness loyalty and countenance. The dog never harms, smiles at children, and remains faithful to his master, who hopes to live up to the animal's noble standard on his lifeboat log.
Captain Ray and Lt Field lead a scout to relieve a stage station as Sioux warriors under Stabber and Lame Wolf maneuver to trap the troops. Ray detects tricks, uses discipline, and presses toward the cottonwoods while wary signals from the Elk Tooth landmark signal larger forces gathering to oppose them. Field earns renewed confidence amid cautious pursuit and renewed tension.
France and Spain hosts geese like birds that form flocks of 300 to 400, nesting in mud hillocks with a top hole. Flamingos act as sentinels at flock ends, not feeding until others finish, while wings and long necks aid graceful flight. They stand on one leg, tucking the other.
An old farmer recounts Nesbitt and Ferguson asking him questions for an advertisement directing non residents to appear in a land suit. The lawyer explains the cost, and the farmer learns a blunt truth about lawsuits: if you try to calculate expenses, stay out of litigation.
A star streaks westward and leaves a glowing trail that marks the paths men have trod through time. The verse by S. E. Kiser in the Chicago Record-Herald likens human journeys to a meteor’s brief blaze across God’s wide eternity, then fades from sight.
The skeletal remains of Herman Kratz, a homesteader from 17 miles northwest of Ely, Minnesota, were found in a bear trap five or six miles from his farm. The flesh had decayed, hair remained partly, and the scene suggested terror and a torturous death. His mother, Theodora Kratz of Elroy, Wisconsin, reportedly became insane over his disappearance.
The item cites a joke from Town Topics about a man named Gayboy whose stenographer left him after uncovering letters from his wife in his desk, suggesting a domestic scandal or marital trouble as the punchline.
A robin nest in a Scranton saw mill causes a manager to halt the mill as a nesting pair defends their site. The male robin scolds the owner while the female incubates four eggs, then a second brood arrives and the birds continue to raise their young before leaving the mill.
Amelia Sulzbacher outlines a pineapple shell dessert with raspberry filling and vanilla ice cream. Scoop pulp, reserve juice, mash raspberries with pineapple juice, cook, strain, whip cream with sugar, flavor, freeze, and fill the pineapple shell before chilling in ice and salt.
The St Marys and Saratoga join Enterprise as Atlantic coast nautical schools. St Marys, run by New York City Board of Education, is United States supervised with a navy officer as captain. The program blends navigation and seaman ship with high school studies, issuing graduation certificates qualifying graduates as quartermasters or junior officers on transatlantic liners.
During a severe thunderstorm in Chambersburg Pa a bolt struck a rooster in the center of the public square killing it instantly. The strike proved feathers are not immune to electricity as the bird’s plumage was burned away.
A Little Chronicle reminiscence recalls Baby Alice laughing at a cow with a neck bell She guards the cow as it moves away and bursts into delight when the bell rings Then she asks her mother if the cow rings the bell to call the calf to supper
A small creature claps with joy at sight and follows a dream fulfilled. He leaves on the very day and swims to join a larger school of fishes.
A father offers a simple nursery method using a small table near a fire and a tub of rubber cloth or enamel. Prepare warm water at 100 degrees, gather soap, sponge, towels, and a dry towel for the table. Wash the baby's face first, then the body, dry briskly, avoid powder, and finish with feeding advice for a soothing, sleep inducing bath routine.
During summer weather, give children a good bath each night and let them explore outdoors by day. Encourage acquainting with growing things, babbling brooks, and nature’s secrets that await the little child.
A Detroit Free Press quote describes Fosdick as aiming to distinguish himself as an encourager of pedestrianism. Thornton questions what he has done, and the answer is that he has entered the automobile manufacturing field.
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a reader remark about Chariey Nippersons popularity with women noting he rarely speaks. A counter suggestion urges studying ladies more closely, reflecting humorous social chatter of the era.
The best treatment for a bruise is to apply heat immediately then use hazel vinegar and hot water or alcohol and water. Apply with a bandage and keep it moist as needed.
The Chicago News praises bananas as versatile when fruit is scarce and outlines three dishes. Banana fritters soak banana slices in rum flavored batter and fry golden. Baked bananas bake until skins split and are served with cream and glace cherries. Bananas with syrup simmer peeled fruit in red currant and raspberry juice, then pour thickened syrup over.
A smooth talking Newark umbrella agent swindled Vailsburg residents, taking about 30 serviceable umbrellas claimed for repair. Commuters woke to damp streets and missing protection as wives warned neighbors. Police in Newark were alerted to track the fictitious agent.
In a case of poison ivy try a solution of baking soda or a weak solution of sugar or lead. Mackerel brine from the kit in the farm cellar or a tomato from the vines will also be found effectual.
A courtroom quip appears in Yonkers Statesman with the judge charging a prisoner over two laundered shirts and the prisoner replying that his doctor advised he must take something starchy. The exchange underscores the dry wit amid legal proceedings.
J G Allshouse describes self locking pulleys in Ohio Farmer as versatile farm tools. The method uses rope slings and movable blocks to lift a wagon box onto a hay rack or transfer loads. Configurations include barn or ground setups for different shed heights and uses.
An analysis arguing weeds, human and vegetable, are parasitic and must earn existence through toil. The piece condemns alms as enabling idleness and urges the fittest to survive, echoing Rural World. It equates welfare to social failure and stresses hard work as cure.
Rotation preserves soil fertility and manures beat bought fertilizer. Keep fields weeded to prevent burdock purslane and goldenrod seeding themselves. Grub thoroughly in August for lasting results or elsewhere for lighter annual effort. Maintain farmyard order to improve prices. use cowpeas with corn and sow rye after harvest to prevent leaching and provide future pasture or soil humus.
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