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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
2
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The German public grows weary of the small war in German Southwest Africa which has cost about 2,000 lives and more than 12 million dollars. The emperor of Prussia enjoys smoking but is not a slave to it, unlike his English royal uncle King Edward who is inseparable from his cigar. Over 10,000 photographs of birds in their natural habitat were taken by an English naturalist with some images requiring up to a week of waiting.
The king of England receives 2 830 000 dollars annually while the Prince and Princess of Wales are officially credited with 150 000 dollars per year combined, though their actual earnings are higher.
Dr. Suckling of Birmingham England says many insanity and nervous disease cases stem from movable kidney and may be cured in months by a simple operation.
The Salvation Army begins a new project forming a club for workingmen to counteract saloons and serve as a people's palace. Boston will host the first institution with plans to expand the concept to other cities later.
Nickel in its pure state is silver white hard and tough yet fusible and slightly magnetic. It loses magnetism when heated and regains it when cooled a property exploited in making certain alloys for electrical uses.
Miss Bertha Krupp of Essen, famed as a heiress, has become an avid florist. She spends much time in a Florentine garden her father prepared, collecting rare orchids from England and South America and plans a school in Essen to train girls in ornamental gardening. The dismissed suitor is no longer pursuing marriage.
The piece notes Chancellor von Bülow as Europe’s best decorated man with 115 stars orders and ribbons. It adds that if worn at once his decorations would cover his chest waist back and extend down to his knees.
Necessity drives Europe to seek coal substitutes as supplies tighten and prices rise. Consul General Mason in Berlin reported on peat bricks pressed from brown peat as a low cost, practical fuel. These peat bricks are oval black and sourced from vast U S peat deposits.
A San Diego community group started a coffee club to fund a recreation space where intoxicants and tobacco are banned. The venture aims to reinvest profits into expanding similar establishments. a second club has already opened in the city.
The defeat of Senator Gorman’s grandfather clause in Maryland is hailed as a rebuke to racial disenfranchisement efforts and signals a shift in leadership dynamics. The piece argues the clause would have displaced both Black and white voters and critiques Gorman as a political tactician rather than a principled statesman.
A Carthage Missouri editorial argues tariffs should be fixed policy like the Dingley bill. It contends protection raises American wages and skill, explains labor value gaps with England, and notes tariffs fund national expenses while avoiding direct taxation.
Canada debates tariff revisions and may postpone the report to 1907 while considering installment plan style. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes the issue as a cautious move amid broader trade questions.
The exchange notes mice drawn by music and a skeptic who doubts a paper. McDuff replies rice is scarce when the piano plays. The humor hinges on a playful contrast and a paper’s claim. The snippet conveys light literary whimsy rather than news.
Chicago observers note apathy in voting where no broad issue split voters. The piece reports uprisings against entrenched Boss systems in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and New York City. Voters punished boss candidates including Cox and Gorman, with Hearst’s strong showing signaling a broader anti-boss sentiment.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes a 1904 export surplus and a rise in the fiscal year totals, citing a rise of 60 million plus and an overall 82 million when silver trade is added. It warns that only tariff interference could prevent continued expansion, stressing that U S prosperity hinges on domestic demand and the ability to compete with cheaper foreign labor.
A compilation of quoted editorials from multiple papers criticizing Roosevelt, the tariff debate, reciprocity, and political reform. It highlights calls for independence, clean government, and opposition to corrupt bossism, noting recent election results and public sentiment.
The Lima National Bank robbery of 1898, totaling 18 232 dollars, was solved when janitor Elijah Bowsher and insurance agent Thomas Wilkins confessed. A divorced wife of Wilkins provided key evidence by arranging a garret sting with deputies and a stenographer to capture the suspects discussing the plan and alimony payments.
A city woman wrote to a country farmer about returning for this summer. She praised family time but objected to the kitchen help and pigs near the house. The farmer replied that Hannah has left and no hogs have been on the place since last summer.
Dr Plehn at the German colonial conference cites brutal excesses by German and Belgian officials toward Black men as due to tropical frenzy. He argues officials with tropical frenzy are not responsible for their actions, however criminal, likening the condition to a creeping paralysis.
John R. Gorden, separated from his parents at age seven, returned to Marion Ohio after 25 years. He had lived in West Virginia, enlisted in the Spanish American War, served in the Philippines, then found work in the United States. He found his mother now married to Robert Thomas, and they embraced as she collapsed from the emotion.
Washington reports a $500 Hodkins fund grant from the Smithsonian to Dr. A F Zahm of the Catholic University for atmospheric resistance experiments on moving bodies. Zahm says Secretary Langley proved the aerodrome will fly and bear a man, now to determine air handling. He also notes the balloon shape resembles a modern submarine torpedo.
A scientist argues it is a mistake to view recent animals as universally small. Modern horses are larger than extinct ones and their multi-toed ancestors, and elephants reach sizes rivaling or exceeding ancient forms. Whales far surpass many earlier creatures in scale.
The article notes the soil in Siberia remains frozen at 56 inches deep even after summer. It reports coffins from 150 years ago being unearthed without any apparent alteration, highlighting remarkable preservation in permafrost conditions.
On the Miller and Lux ranch at Buttonwillow, 30 miles south of Bakersfield, 23 elk were captured with a lariat during the second day of the drive. Twenty nine of the captured animals survived to be moved to the Sequoia government reserve, while at least 175 remain at large and the transfer task is being paused.
Baltimore American reports on Second Insurance Magnate naming Other People's Money as his favorite theatrical production.
Old Plainsman remembers Jock Morgan who crossed the plains with his parents in 1850 and reached Albany after seven months. He began as a driver for the California Stage Company at age sixteen and led the coach until the locomotive arrived at Salem in 1872 before becoming a ranchman.
The president advocates tempering the after game revelry to reduce brutality, hoping to advance civilized behavior.
A reflective note suggests mood improves when considering how many people monitor insurance agents and premium payments, implying attention from the public could ease the burden of costs.
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