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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
7
A religious reflection by Phebe A. Holder in United Presbyterian urges earnest souls to accept life’s burden as daily duty moral lessons. It emphasizes kindness, useful talents, and walking in Christ’s footsteps toward heaven, with lines of loving kindness guiding the path.
In a royal pyramid setting Empress Phorenice hosts a lavish feast for Deucalion and nobles while Ylga, Zaemon's daughter, warns of hidden motives. The old mountain priests' rites loom over a city roiled by rebellion as Deucalion confronts power and peril.
A light quip notes a Boston girl who resists elopement but later yields, with a play on ice and melting. The exchange riffs on romance during a hot spell and endures as a witty, period style cartoon caption.
The article advises on turkey market presentation including roomy light coops allowing each bird to stand, fattening, and clean conditions. It warns dirty cramped pens reduce sales, notes dressing quality when overpacked, and stresses shipping after feeding and before peak demand periods such as prior to Thanksgiving. It cites J. C. Clipp of National Stockman.
Robert M Graves, a large farmer in southern Macon county Missouri, reports feeding cattle elm leaves and young branches after pastures failed. Twenty head were sustained for over a month, showing better condition once rains returned and grass grew again.
The article extols constant and clean cultivation as the best defense against drought. It notes rapid shallow work with modern implements and a light team, with immediate reapplication of the dust blanket after rain to conserve soil moisture for crops.
A dense compilation of aphorisms and witticisms from various sources including Ram’s Horn Puck Chicago Daily News Atchison Globe and Philadelphia Record plus brief humorous exchanges about bread egotism and manners. The items read as a collage of sayings and light quotes with no single event.
A brief exchange shows Nurvy urging E. Z. Mark to buy a pair of benefit tickets for their club at the opera house. Mark declines, saying he would not get involved in such an affair despite Nurvy insisting the act is simply purchasing tickets.
A church long without a pastor heard many aspirants preach for the sabbath post. An ambitious young man opened with See that ye refuse not him that speaketh and the crowd reacted in opposition, leading to an unintentional misread of the text. The young man was not called.
A Chicago Post quips that the new bankruptcy law lets a man beat his creditors without hiring a lawyer, highlighting the ease of exploiting the process. The casual speaker and lawyer comment on the law’s impact and reason.
An advertorial noting St Jacobs Oil penetrates to the bronchial cause of colds bronchitis croup and pleurisy claims it loosens adhesions aids expectoration and soothes mucous membranes asserts superiority for croup and whooping cough in children and universal use worldwide with magical sure effects.
A New Jersey man harmed himself amid worries over providing for his wife and five children. The Washington Post notes the extreme action reflects desperate family stress and the lengths some will go to make life easier for kin.
A San Francisco Bulletin line recalls a tender exchange where a couple share affectionate words as box suppers carnations and chocolates illustrate a modest romance and a young man’s devotion, highlighting small town charm and youthful affection.
An outspoken reformer tells a large audience that a man is known by his works while a heckler from the rear derides the idea with a jab about gas works. The Baltimore American reports the exchange as part of a broader public discussion.
A physician notes a patient dying calmly, while a widow remarks that he was an easy going man. An ad promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar to ward off pneumonia and Pike's Toothache Drops claim a cure in one minute.
A collection of terse quotes from 19th and early 20th century papers. Topics include virtue punishment and old age in sharp aphorisms. Notable lines mention fear of punishment Colton and comments from Indianapolis News and Atchison Globe.
Prudence and Endurance Place, 14 year old twins in New Hampshire, hid in a potato pit with two carved Jack o lanterns when three Indians approached their log house. The eerie faces frightened the intruders into flight, leaving a tomahawk and three eagle feathers as signs, and the Indians never returned.
Instructions describe trimming celery into six inch lengths and shredding one end. Tie into bundles, boil with mace onion pepper and salt, drain, keep warm, and serve with white sauce. Stir in beaten egg yolk and lemon juice, remove strings before sauce.
A Philadelphia Times quips that Wagner concert certificates are redeeming for their raucous volume making it hard to hear a man whistling his accompaniment. An Atchison Globe remark wonders if men with overly long pants would be laughed at by women crossing a street.
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