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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
7
Poem excerpt from the Atlanta Constitution praising the Silence as a spiritual refuge. It contrasts distant quiet with the world’s noise, envisioning peace, God’s light, and a dream of a better earth and heaven.
In this installment, Griswold and Griffin evade a mob siege at the Wa baska iron works. Griswold's gunfrontdoor stand-off delays rioters while deputies and guards restore order. Griffin reveals his chief sent him for the strike, deepening griswold's trust versus suspicion. Margery confronts Jasper Grierson over quitting his fight and warns of switching sides if he does not relent.
An early morning newspaper version of the iron works riot presents a more sensational portrayal than the known facts, with the Griffin episode referenced but not fully dramatized, as Margery and Grierson discuss over their cups.
The piece notes Japan appointing a commission to align Japanese writing with Roman forms, China showing progress, and missionaries observing a shift away from sign-writing. Germany increases Roman type publications while Russian maintains its distinct alphabet, suggesting Roman will eventually dominate global literature.
A detailed home cooking guide advises boiling vegetables briefly in small amounts of water to retain flavor. It covers potatoes asparagus peas and cauliflower and warns against over boiling. It also details cabbage beets carrots and string beans preparation and timing for best results.
Lady Herbert, American Leila Wilson before marriage, will lead the ambassadorial social circle as Britain’s envoy's wife. Her prominence in New York, London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin foreshadows a capital society shift. Three mega families Astor Vanderbilt Ogden Goelet loom as next season’s social core, expanding White House circles.
The piece asserts flint is sponge turned to stone formed when sea sponges lived. It describes how sponges grew on the sea bottom ages ago and later became flint buried under layers of rock. Under a microscope flint reveals sponge fibers and sometimes shells of the sponge’s prey.
This profile highlights Miss Mollie O'Bryan of Cripple Creek Colorado as a pioneering woman in mining. It notes her presidency of Teutonic Consolidated Gold Mining, her patient persistent approach, and her success reinvesting in mining properties while managing claims and advising projects.
Pilgrim notes women should maintain hair with daily brushing thorough washing with tepid water roots washed to prevent gray hair. Moderation and frequent cold-water washes help, while worry and grief accelerate graying. Curling irons and oily preparations harm hair, soap can fade color, white soap in spirit of wine can remove dust oil.
A dreamy, lyrical scene unfolds under a crescent moon as a man and a maiden stroll beneath stars. He pours out his heart while she weighs his wealth, overheard rivals claiming he earns $75,000 a year and lacks rich kin, heightening romantic tension.
A man with a cinnamon colored beard asked a druggist about an Epworth league named after John Wesley's home. The exchange reveals his search led to Epworth salts, and the scene unfolds with perplexity over the bottles on the shelves.
The Passenger Department of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway issues a 60 page beautiful book on California and the Pacific Coast route. It is artistically arranged, printed, and illustrated with scenic beauty, hotel and transportation benefits, and outdoor life highlights. Available for four cents in stamps from W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago.
A grim aside from a Philadelphia Press item recalls a sick father and his daughter in a quip about death and heaven. The piece then mentions Dr August Koenig’s Hamburg Drops as a longstanding blood purifier and health restorer trusted by Germany’s vast population, claiming sixty years of production and broad sales.
Quads Funnyman stopped writing jokes on a typewriter and returned to his fountain pen as the bell rang too often. the Manila American notes the nuisance.
J F Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana endorses Piso's Cure for Consy tion as unmatched for coughs and colds in a February 15 1900 letter.
A syndicated comic mashup from the Kansas Editor features quips about hunting, Native imagery, reg Indian girls, butter color in creameries, and a short dialogue where a girl begs for a nickel and the father parries with a quarter offer, reflecting early 20th century humor.
An old Chicago Daily News ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to stop coughs and fight a cold. It notes a price of 25 cents and ends with a quip about fame versus a regular income for the average man.
Miss Maggie Welch of the Betsey Ross Educational and Benevolent Society writes from 328 North State Street Chicago Ul about Peruna curing her severe fall cold. She suffered coughing night and day with lung and throat soreness until a doctor suggested Peruna. After starting the remedy relief began first day and the cough diminished as treatment continued.
A Louisville Courier Journal note cites an entomologist stating one female fly lays about 120 eggs in 10 to 15 days. With 12 or 13 generations per summer, descendants from a single fly would reach billions and trillions, implying about 3.25 flies per person on Earth.
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