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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
7
A reflective verse by H. T. Miller in the New York Observer describes climbing a cliff at dawn in pursuit of thought and inspiration. The speaker seeks deeper life, healing and rest, aided by imagery of clouds, waves, and delicate dew. The piece contemplates thought as a source beyond ordinary acts and words.
In a tense throne room scene Zaemon denounces Phorenice and claims a weapon from the Ark of the Mysteries. She retorts with defiance as priests plot to purge Atlantis while guards falter and Taren is ordered to whip. Zaemon departs leaving Phorenice stunned by looming peril.
A fragment suggests Atlantis and its potential survival are tied to a long debated claim. The text hints at an ancient preserved knowledge or artifact that could have influenced historical outcomes, but details remain unclear.
The narrator tours the Atlantean walls after a banquet scene. He observes a brutal circus baiting against prisoners using cave tigers under Empress Phorenice and notes the grim spectacle as a test of allegiance and policy.
A brief item captures a metropolitan moment as a policeman consoles a frightened child among a crowd. The girl offers endearing nicknames such as Pretty Mousie and Sweet Lamb while calling a parental figure Papa, illustrating a poignant scene in New York.
An Italian journal, Mondo Che Ride, offered prizes for the best three answers to learning a woman's age without offense. Winners advise asking a woman her age via lottery-age math, remarking on marriage age, and asking how much younger she is than her husband, then calculating the man’s age.
Guide from the New York Tribune advises simple scalp care over products. Daily brushing, rare washing, and a basic practice routine help keep hair healthy, with a specific home remedy using tincture of cantharides rosemary elderflower water for scalp glow.
A veteran housekeeper reports a tea leaf poultice cures a sty when applied early. Use a half spoonful of black tea steeped in minimal water, apply in muslin to the eyelid, keep closed for thirty minutes, rewet with cold tea as it dries, and repeat as needed before the sty forms a head.
A London press exchange questions race manners toward women and notes an appeal to county council for women only street cars. It suggests busy times leave women without seats in the council’s cars and cites Anglo American contrasts in chivalry.
A Town Topics item notes a fortune loss being attributed to his daughter marrying a nobleman. The brief remark frames social status as a cause and reflects era views on wealth and marriage.
A Senegalese chief Obendaga with 55 wives, who claims deep study of women, presents a string of provocative maxims. He suggests wives are weeds to choke or poison, and asserts women should be managed with condescension, silence, and fear, while commenting on cosmetics, dress, and domestic roles.
A Long Island photographer notes a nationwide craze as amateurs buy cameras and undercut gallery business. He sells his wagon and shifts to peddling cameras and supplies, predicting few peers will reopen next year while tintype shops at beaches suffer alike.
George H. Ketcham’s dog Cresceus, named after the 100000 dollar trotter, hides a 30000 dollar diamond bag in the horse’s stall after Ketcham reports a hotel burglary. the dog retrieves the bag while Cresceus stands as guardian of the valuables.
A papyrus volume dating to about 1700 B C shows early Egyptian arithmetic used for home teaching. It demonstrates addition and multiplication for units and fractions, with subtraction and division not in their modern forms, yet producing correct results. Equations appear in the text.
The Times lauds the annual report as a grand volume by the greatest bureau of animal industry. It notes slight delays but expresses praise, saying American stock breeders’ interests are well served by the Washington Department of Agriculture and that the volume contains many highly practical articles.
In Streatham 42 Ferrar Road resident Pope recounts a tale of a cabman killed when a horse bolted. He credits half a bottle of St Jacobs Oil with curing his rheumatism and sciatica after years of pain, saying the remedy prevented pain from returning and helped a friend with a lame back.
A late night Ninth street car carries a Chinaman with a large bundle. He offers his seat to a tired middle aged woman, she thanks him, while two clergymen and others watch in surprise. The conductor notes the man as a good example of civility amid remarks on civilization.
A collage of quips from Indianapolis News Town Topics Puck and others jokes on wealth debt virtue and miserliness. It mixes light witticisms about money debt forgiveness and cleverness with a playful exchange about placing a wreath for Casey in a quarry setting.
A warning on pinheads and pencil points finds disease germs lurking on their surfaces. The text describes how germs entering the mouth can spread through the body, causing illness or death.
A reflective line notes memory engraving of good deeds and the lingering impression of bad actions, attributed to Charles Reade. It contrasts how virtues linger positively while misdeeds stubbornly persist in memory.
A humorous exchange questions if diet shapes character with references to sugar in coffee beefsteak lobsters and beets. The speakers joke that even lenders or prize fighters would rethink meals if the theory held true, citing a Pittsburg Gazette quip.
A tourist meets a local on a quiet road and learns the neighborhood is lifeless most of the year. The native quips that the area only wakes for occasional funerals, suggesting persistent dullness and a morbid atmosphere.
Hon. Joigt Wing of the Federal Court of Cleveland issues a permanent injunction with costs and damages against lawyer Gorey for manufacturing and selling an imitation Cascarets. The case warns dealers and readers against substitutes or “just as good” claims that profit at customers’ health. Cascarets are described as widely advertised, sold in metal boxes with a long tail C on the cover and tablets stamped C C C. Readers are advised to report substitutes to Sterling Remedy Company in New York or Chicago.
A storm battered traveler pleads for a dry room and a hot drink. The landlord complies, offering fire and brandy and soda to restore the damp traveler, in a brief street corner tableau reported by the Philadelphia Press.
The judges at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo awarded Walter Baker & Co. Limited three gold medals for their Breakfast Cocoa and all cocoa and chocolate preparations and the exhibit’s excellence. This marks the thirty-seventh high award they have received from major expositions in Europe and America.
A Baltimore American note recalls Boomville offering a subsidy to encourage manufacturing, with a rhubarb field planted to qualify for funds, aimed at promoting several pie plants.
Public health advertorial claims any illness from headache to cancer can improve once bowels are right. It touts Cascarets as a natural, gentle cathartic cure costing 10 cents to start, with genuine metal-box packaging and C C C stamped on each tablet, warning against imitators.
A humorous exchange from Stray Stories contrasts a desire for wealth with affection, while a travel advertisement touts Nickel Plate Road low rates, attentive service, and dining car meals from 35 cents to $1.00, advertising semi weekly transcontinental tourist cars and urging readers to consult a local agent.
A customer asks for a dog collar while a distracted salesman, recently transferred to the Sa department, answers with a question about shirt size. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Press.
The New York to Chicago Lackawanna line offers scenic views and superb roadbeds with excellent cars. Dining car service follows the European plan, letting passengers pay for meals as they choose. Club breakfasts or suppers are available at a minimum of 35 cents.
Norfolk and Western Railway reports sale of greatly reduced round trip tickets from Cincinnati and Columbus to Virginia and Carolina destinations on December 3 and December 17. For rates and details contact Allen Hull, district passenger agent, 45 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati.
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