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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
9
Millie W Carpenter writes from Springfield Massachusetts in the Republican about a silent infant arriving at life. The piece reflects a child soul gifted with love and tears as Life first greets the newborn and the parent questions the meaning of existence and joy.
Nanette's trial unfolds amid secret letters, betrayal, and tragic passion as Field and Kennedy expose her links to Moreau, Eagle Wing, and village moves. A celebratory sleigh ride ends in peril as Nanette's death song and a looming cliff terrorize Fort Frayne, culminating in a fatal fall and funeral.
The description outlines a brick laid residence with cedar cement mortar superstructure, shingle exterior, moss green roof, and silvery gray shingles. It notes dimensions, ceilings, and underpinnings, with interior finishes in ash pine birch quartered oak and white enamel. The second floor has four bedrooms with ample closets, a wainscoted bathroom, paneled hall, beamed ceiling, and an ornamental staircase. The living, dining, pantry, and reception rooms feature birch, quartered oak, china white paint, and leaded glass. a bay window, brick fireplace, and marble-like mantels are described.
Real estate item declares a house construction plan with cedar shingles for the roof four inch siding carved details terrace and veranda floors four inch boards first and second floors double furnace in cellar American glass and three coats of paint. Creosote stained roof gray brick chimneys sliding pocket doors primed with yellow ochre and total cost not to exceed 2300 dollars in any locality. GEO A W KINTZ
A North Carolina company develops durable bed quilts made from two sheets of crimped paper with cloth outsides. The quilts are airtight, reportedly warmer than wool, and may improve health by using disinfected paper. They will be quilted on a sewing machine and aim for patentable novelty.
Sir Oliver Lodge cites evident sun eruptions with enormous sun spots and surrounding vapors, claiming ejected calcium and hydrogen form a vast area far larger than Europe. He notes electrified particles and carthode rays creating a magnetic current that could disturb telegraph systems and cause aurora phenomena. In East London, working men die younger on average than those in West London.
London doctors weigh a new cancer treatment discovered by Dr. Otto Schmidt of Cologne and studied by Dr. Jesse Johnson in London. Results show tumors shrink with a scarred shell and spread is limited. Past disappointments tempered the cautious welcome, with indications the method merits trial amid favorable cases.
A piece discusses the enduring appeal of antique furniture and faithful reproductions, noting the refined workmanship of Chippen Dale and Heppelwhite chairs. It contrasts old masters’ leisurely craft with modern mass production, while recognizing modern designers’ originality and the English shift toward a restrained French influence.
The piece profiles Mrs Reed Smoot wife of Utah Senator Reed Smoot, detailing opposition from women and church groups as Congress nears its December session. It traces Smoots' family wealth origins in Salt Lake City and his rise from bobbin boy to senator, highlighting his 1900 apostleship and monogamous stance.
An Ottawa reader rebukes English ignorance about Canada with Lord Roberts remarks on ground and forests. The piece notes Canada’s 3,000,000 plus square miles and open prairies, arguing large empty spaces amid five to twenty million people. It also cites a Chicago Post opinion praising tidiness at home as essential to virtue.
A Chicago News guide on trunk packing advises a slow, careful approach. Start with books and music as a base, then layer dresses and petticoats, folding skirts flat to avoid creases, stuffing sleeves with tissue, and pinning lingerie to prevent movement. Use soft paper to puff out delicate parts and fill all corners with stockings and small items.
The lowest paid U S government employee Charles H Gibbs longtime Bug Light keeper on Nantucket Island resigns and moves to Sailors Snug Harbor Staten Island. He earned one dollar yearly by tending the cottage and lighthouse while raising hens and cats. The property will be sold to the highest bidder after his departure. Gibbs 73, spent 27 years on whaling ships.
A government bulletin outlines construction of a well drained pigeon house not exceeding 250 pairs total and 50 per section. The illustrated 40 by 12 by nine foot house includes a north passage, five pens, wire netting, and self closing doors. windows on gables and south sides. secure internal and external doors. options to store feed or expand length by ten feet if needed.
Elmer Holland, in Epitomist, describes a fence that replaces post and rail with woven pickets and barb wire. Pickets are three feet long and one inch thick, split like shakes. Two workmen can build two thousand pickets in a day with timber lasting longer than rails. Posts stand ten feet apart, rails are sharpened, and tension is set at a blacksmith shop.
A discussion on producing firm bacon in pigs notes barley as food, exercise and buttermilk as aids, and six to ten months as possible market ages. Roots and bulky feeds help prevent fat, while oats are preferred for young pigs and grinding aids digestion. Prof. G. By Day notes in Farmers' Review.
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