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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
10
Fashion notes describe plaid waist designs in silk and wool for everyday and dressy wear, with long sleeves on simple models and short puffed sleeves on elaborate ones. Patterns for waist and skirt ensembles, including square yokes lace trims and three part suits, priced 15 cents each. Patterns numbered 2101 1490 2155 2156 and 1125 offered by mail order with sizes and prices.
Augustus Riley a War Department clerk aged seventy four says he spends less than twelve cents daily for five years. He lives on 4.11 dollars a month eating apples eggs and rice avoiding meat and alcohol. He saves 95 percent of salary and promotes thrift after early losses shaping his frugal life.
A U S Army artillery officer proposes a shutter based signaling method as a substitute for wireless telegraphy limited by cost. Maurice Chaulin, a French inventor, details a lamp hung between two rings with chains carrying current to electrocute a mosquito when two rings are touched, drawing insects to the death by light.
At breakfast George teases, praising the doughnuts yet criticizes the holes for being too small. The light exchange reveals domestic humor and a playful couple.
The article reflects on the late Romanoffs, highlighting Alexander II and Alexander III as devoted fathers and husbands, and Nicholas II as a loving father though controversial. It recalls intimate moments, such as Alexander III rescuing his son from a bog, and anecdotes of family tenderness, humor, and the tension between public duty and private life.
A Boston lawyer named George Marsh loses sense of self after a phony police encounter and a staged search in Philadelphia. The ruse unravels when his son Harold and Dr Wrangle reveal the deception, and Marsh wakes to his own home with his wife Helena and child restored.
An advertisement touts Cancerol a home remedy claiming to cure all cancers and tumors with essential oils. It promises safety no pain or disfigurement and offers a free book from Dr. L T Leach Box 88K Indianapolis Indiana.
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