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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
2
The piece argues for funding Lieut Peary to reach the north pole as a patriotic motive and morale booster. It reflects on aging eras and the charm of pursuits without practical use, notes wigs versus hair trends, and surveys centennial celebrations and fashion shifts as society ages and diversifies.
A critical look at Gorman as he courts Southern and Wall Street backing in Maryland. He argues for a white man’s government and harsher anti trust measures, challenging Cleveland and Roosevelt while courting Democratic factions and Bryanism. The piece notes northern fears of race tension and the potential for a split vote in 1904.
The piece surveys Republican and Democratic stances on Cuba trade relations and the sugar duty amendment. It cites Speaker Cannon’s remark that Democrats shift blame while Republicans do the work, and notes Ohio election victories as a rebuke to Bryanism. It also contrasts silver prices and Bryanist politics in coverage from the Washington Post, Indianapolis News, and Boston Herald.
A justification of American policy on recognizing Panama's provisional government amid the Colombian revolt. The piece argues US duties to protect citizens and property, notes the canal as a national interest, and dismisses the idea of treating the affair as a political issue, while predicting canal benefits for multiple regions.
A critical editorial roundup questions the Democratic Party for opposing the Panama Canal and criticizes Bryan and Johnson. It contrasts Republican support for Roosevelt and Hanna with Democratic calls for purity and legality, arguing the party threatens national progress. The piece cites presses including the Indianapolis News and Indianapolis Journal.
An account traces Panama from its sixteenth century wealth when Balboa found pearls and gold, through Pedrarias founding the city, to Morgan’s 1670 raid that burned and ruined the old town. It covers fortifications, trade shifts around Cape Horn, and the rise of the rebuilt Panama near Cerro de los Buccaneros with churches and towers standing as reminders of a once mighty Pacific entrepôt.
A fox drifts across a river and fights flies while stranded on the far bank. A nearby hedgehog offers to drive away the pests, but the fox declines, warning that removing one danger invites a worse harm, ending with a moral about enduring a known evil.
A plan to grant 1 150 000 acres of prime agricultural and grazing land to Montana settlers emerges if a Crow treaty bill fails in Congress. Senator William A. Clark, wealth near 200 million, would finance a personal purchase of the tract and present it as a fee simple gift. He has informed Crow Chief Plenty Redux, with a council ready to back the project, estimated cost around 2 million.
Talcott Williams argues in a Chicago Chronicle magazine piece that American scientists rarely make first discoveries. He cites reliance on abroad discoveries, strong emphasis on application over original theory, and limited American breakthroughs in chemistry physics and mathematics. He notes Carnegie support and flaws in education as factors.
A World’s Work writer recalls joining a private commercial room in a renowned English inn. He is gently corrected for entering the private space, learns the custom of the “commercial” table, and overhears banter about being “shopworn” and travel fatigue amid a formal dining ritual.
A Washington Post tale recalls a reforming government printer who was once seized as a burglar in Kansas. Dragged by a mob, he insisted he was a printer and later landed a job with a country editor. He avoided further trouble after proving his trade and identity.
Grant Davis explains ditch drainage methods from the Royal New Yorker article. A water level approach is unreliable. engineers fix grade lines with stakes and targets, using a six foot reference to achieve uniform bottoms.
A detailed description outlines a stock shelter with stalls for six horses, a grain area, hay troughs, fenced yards, gates for horse runs, and connected passages. Also included are cow tie ups, mangers, feed boxes on tracks, and doors to pasture or wood lots. The piece notes sheepfold and hog lots, brood sow paddocks, and a fattening hog area. W H Stumpe provides the barn plan in Farm and Home. Preparing Land for Corn advises fall tillage, field selection, double plowing, winter manure spreading, and early spring cultivation for corn. Edward Curts offers Farmers' Review guidance.
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