Defiance Express and World Clippings Digest Highlights
A compact page notes American tourists returning from Europe report paternal police oversight in Germany. It also shares home care tips for woodwork with whiting polish and a Chicago Daily Now item on a Japanese war drama benefiting war widows. Casual curiosities include hat fashion, snail senses, a humor strip about salary advances, and Guiana peanut field notes.
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Europe
Germany
San Francisco
Greatness in Patience and White Sheets Debate in Japan
A fragment discusses Japan's surprise at white hospital bed sheets and nurses’ uniforms. It notes initial objections to white garments since white symbolizes mourning in Japanese culture, influencing attitudes toward hospital decor and attire.
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Japan
Belgian Swimmer Janssens Baffles Odds In Ten Hour Swim
The well known Belgian swimmer Janssens wagered he could stay in the water for ten hours while swimming the entire time. He won the bet performing the feat at the Antwerp baths.
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Janssens
Antwerp
Mammoth Apples and Tall Building News
The note highlights a Wolf river apple weighing about two pounds with a probable 20 inch circumference, and a Culinary Hint warns against butter or oil when browning salted almonds. It also reports San Francisco lifting height limits from 201 to 221 feet, alongside a Chicago Tribune health line on miner lung disease and a general warning to heedless readers.
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Old
Missouri
Wolf River
Frisco
San Francisco
Edict Curbs Tobacco Chewing in Early Colonial Towns
A nearly 20 year old town law from Windsor Hartford and Wethersfield in 1738 39 bans tobacco use by anyone under 21 unless they hold a physician certified license. It prohibits public use in streets and open places with sixpence fines and requires constables to report violators to the court.
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Windsor
Hartford
Wethersfield
Oil Settles Desert Dust on Mojave Rail Route
California crude oil bathed the railroad through the Mojave from Needles to Barstow, coating the roadbed with an asphaltum layer. The oil binds sand, preventing dust even at high speeds, reducing the desert’s irritants for passengers. Heat remains a summer issue, but night travel offers comfort.
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California
Mojave
Needles
Barstow
Pullmans
Pacific
Desert
Queen’s Thimble Worth Seventy Five Thousand Dollars
An ornate thimble gifted to the queen of Siam is described as the costliest in the world, reportedly valued at 75000 dollars. The piece sparked attention for its wealth of ornament and historical significance.
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Ng of
Siam
Sandwich Island mourning custom shocks tourist in death tale
A tourist relates a bizarre reaction to grief saying he would smash his front teeth and paint his lower face black the way Sandwich Islanders mourn their dead. His companion urges him to stop as they discuss the scene at death.
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Sailor
Sandwich
Turkey
Exquisite gold thimble costs and global mourning customs
A rich thimble made of pure gold in the shape of a half opened lotus bears diamonds and stones that spell the queen's name and marriage date, costing over $75,000. The article also notes diverse mourning customs, a new white potato variety, iceberg drift dynamics near Newfoundland, and sealers using icebergs to anchor ships.
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Royal House of
Siam
Paris
West End
Croesus
The Use of Face Powders and Skin Effects
A discussion on cosmetic powders notes starch forms the base and can dry skin, clog pores, and cause blackheads. Borax or boracic acid aid moisture balance but may dry, while zinc oxide and bismuth compounds risk a greyish blue tint on greasy skin and an enamelled look.
Frames Made of Willow Reflect Framing Art Trend
Picture framing as an art has become widely studied with willow frames. The craft now involves matching frames to the pictures they enclose rather than relying on brush artists alone.
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Boston Herald
Brush
Pretty willow frames become new framing trend
A Brooklyn Eagle note extols willow framed pictures as a fresh decorative idea. They describe frames woven from willow, with intricate patterns suited to country houses and rooms furnished in willow. The approach is pictured as a popular novelty in home decor.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Man Finds Own Grave On Family Lot In Cemetery
William P. Walsh of Troy visited a rural cemetery and found a freshly made grave marked William Walsh. He learned the interred man was a stranger who died about six weeks earlier in a city hospital, prompting a near fainting by the cemetery keeper and undertaker. The tale includes household hints on dough pastry and cleaning copper utensils.
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William P. Walsh
Troy
Citizens
New York
Walsh
William Walsh
Hints for Dressmakers and Skirt Styles This Season
The season favors two main silhouettes the princess and the cowboy walking skirt with gores forming a peasant waist. Skirts must be very full at the foot to ripple and end just above the ankle with hair cloth trim. Plain gored skirts replace overdone plaited designs and short house skirts are discouraged as too fussy.
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Godet
Paris
Fashion Hints From Dr maker on Skirts and Wears
The article discusses graceful and ungraceful street wear noting the necessity of a narrow front gore in most skirts and inspecting costumes by Rejane. It describes evening gowns with violet tulle over pink silk, white mousseline with blue trim, a brown velveteen suit with linen tape trim, and four waists suited for different up-to-date skirts.
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Rejane
Redingote
Mme. Baker
Bruges
Do Your Own Manicuring For Seasonal Nail Care
The article guides do it yourself manicuring to maintain nails while outdoors and active. It details soaking hands in hot soapy water, gently pushing back skin with orange wood, avoiding overpressure to prevent white spots, using lemon juice and a brisk rub to polish, and repeating weekly for improved appearance.
Young Russia in Schools Brings Hopeful Migrant Children
Principal Veith cites eager uptake of education by newcomers as Catharine and Henry streets Public School No 1 reports a group of Russian Jewish children seeking admission. When asked for a home, they answered they had none, arriving from the steamer via an interpreter and migrant agent.
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Veith
Catharine and Henry Streets
New York Times
The Order of the Smiling Face Guiding Rules
A poem promoting a cheerful club called The Order of the Smiling Face. Members are urged to keep a bright, merry expression, resist sulky frowns, and practice a cheerful smile for at least an hour. Lucy Foster, in St Nicholas.
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Order of the Smiling Face
Lucy Foster
St Nicholas
Building a Doll's House From an Empty Box and Simple Tools
A practical guide shows youngsters how to construct a doll's house from a grocery box three feet by two by one and a half, with partition boards, floors, rooms, and doors. It covers roofing styles, windows, and papered interiors with gilded molding for decoration.
Crafting a Dollhouse From Everyday Materials
The article guides creating a detailed dollhouse with white painted ceilings stained floors drapery window panes and small fittings. It suggests using glass panes repurposed from bottles and cheap pencils for curtain poles plus rings, tacks and cigar boxes for furniture while describing painting roofing and brick-like chimney details.
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Chicago Tribune
Terrier Traced Checks by Clever Fox Terrier Jack
Dexter H. Walker of Jamaica New York credits his fox terrier Nottingham Jack with locating lost checks after a supposed disappearance. The dog’s training by kind words and patient patience reportedly helped recover the money, with Jack earning praise from his owner and interest from buyers, though Walker remains wary of prices.
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Dexter H. Walker
Jamaica
L. I
Jack
Walker
England
Thomas W. Lamar
Nottingham
Mr. Bergh
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Hyde Park
Mr. Walker
London
The
New York Times
Conifer Hedge Recovery Shows Shape From Smart Pruning
A 1903 Ohio Farmer note by L B Pierce details reclaiming a hem lock hedge cut back from 14 to 6 feet. It explains how outer foliage returns, inner sprays enable regrowth, and how conifers resist water sprouts unlike deciduous trees. It also covers shaping via spring or summer pruning and examples of artificial forms.
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L. B. Pierce
Ohio
Monkey Steals Crow In Clever Indian Prank
An Englishman in India keeps a mischievous monkey. The simian pretends to be dead while a crow nears danger. The bird is seized by the monkey who then swaps the crow for the cook’s plucked fowl, leaving the cook shocked at the apparent miracle. Detroit News Tribune.
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India
Detroit News Tribune
Loyal Indians get back pay from Joyal Creek claim
After over four decades, Creek Nation citizens and heirs receive government sums from the Joyal Creek civil war claims. Muskogee payouts total 12500 dollars with eight recipients over 1000. Moosena Harkey of Tulsa tops at 2205.65 dollars. smallest check is five dollars.
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Joyal Creek
Muskogee
I. T
Mooserna Harkey
Tulsa
J. T
Destroying Stumps and Winter Protection of Trees
Large stump removal is cheapest with a stout stump puller capable of treating substantial areas per setting. For large or stray stumps dynamite, placed in a drilled hole, can be effective. proper burial of the charge directs force downward and outward. Winter protection emphasizes root preservation by preventing surface soil freeze through late autumn plowing, litter or manure under the tree, and timely spring replanting.
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Autman
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