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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
3
The Defiance Express publishes a daily evening edition and a weekly issue. Subscriptions include city delivery and mail options with rates for six months and three months, plus annual pricing. Contact numbers are listed for the press and telephones.
A state census cited by the Springfield Republican shows Iowa’s rural population fell about two percent since 1900 as land hunger prompts wealthier farmers to buy neighboring farms. The trend mirrors central Illinois where land consolidations and tenant farming expand, with 80 to 320 acre leases and improved farm capital. As farms enlarge, vacant houses appear and tenants invest in better implements and livestock.
A traveler recounts a Dakota region tale where a man faces a breach of promise suit with no letters of recommendation or written proof. The settler notes the case hinges on the woman's testimony and a remembered assault, suggesting Dakota law will decide the dispute despite weak evidence.
The Chickasaw nation in Indian Territory has sold coal lands for 25 million dollars. Lawyers who closed the deal seek a 2.5 million fee, with locals inclined to pass a bill enabling the payment unless outside influence intervenes.
A Texas prisoner already serving two life terms for murder was sentenced to death for a second murder inside the prison. The case underscores a brutal intra-prison killing and the courts continuing to pursue the ultimate penalty.
The piece argues that Democratic gains in Ohio Pennsylvania and Maryland do not signal a national collapse for Republicans. It notes past elections where Democrats claimed momentum but Republicans still won nationally, asserting the party remains strong with potential to carry all states won in 1904 if a presidential election were held today.
The piece notes Western sheep raisers suffer from wool tariffs while Eastern farmers stay largely unaffected. It cites rising wool prices and imports as drivers, with 1903 to 1904 growth in northern Rocky Mountain flocks to 11.6 million sheep. Democrats favor removing tariffs to boost foreign wool and curb shoddy production.
A collage of quotes from Chicago Daily News St Louis Globe Democrat and other papers discusses tariff policy debates Roosevelt era protectionism and political maneuvers. It references Boss Smoot Uncle Joe Cannon Tammany and New York ballot counting amid reform rhetoric.
The Troy Times reports Roosevelt handled visitors from Massachusetts with tact and declined tariff talks. The piece argues tariff reform must serve all states, not one, and cites the Springfield Union on balanced protection for raw materials and finished goods. Massachusetts cannot seek exclusive benefits and must accept a national, symmetrical policy.
The Portland press notes that protectionists now admit possible sales gains with lower tariffs, while asserting tariffs may raise domestic prices via trusts. It cites data showing over a third of U.S. exports are manufactured goods and Europe seeks U.S. jobs, valuing high wages and abundant raw materials amid price concerns.
A 1905 sermon excerpt retells Genesis chapters 42 to 45 where Joseph tests his brothers who come to Egypt to buy food. The governor recognizes them while they do not recognize him, recalling his earlier dreams of dominion.
Joseph, now ruler in Egypt, tests his brothers who travel from Canaan to buy grain. He detains them, discovers Benjamin, and forces repentance before revealing his identity, guiding their return to their father with a divine plan to preserve life and a future for their people.
The narrator and his father join a traveling circus, detailing chaotic setup, racial tensions at breakfast, and the first day’s mishaps. They witness a fat woman and bearded woman, a midget, and a giant amid parade tents, rides, and a windstorm at Peoria Illinois. The Bad Boy notes busy crew, comic misadventures, and Pa’s attempts to stay popular with patrons.
Troy Times notes the surge in American foreign trade with exports outpacing rivals Britain and Germany. It cites nine months of data showing imports rising faster than any full year previously and forecasts record totals for the current fiscal year, arguing against tariff critics.
The Roosevelt administration's vigorous enforcement against public land grabbers has yielded several convictions and signals more. Some offenders who had seized large tracts have removed fences and are rushing to record as compliant with official requirements, according to the Troy Times.
London Chronicle cites 1823 Herald describing Dr Church’s Birmingham project a new printing machine. A compositor uses a keyboardlike device to place types rapidly into form then the type is melted and recast without material loss and redistributed into the case for reuse.
Despised periwinkles overrunning Long Sound waters gain value as codfish develop a taste for them. Eastern fishermen ship periwinkles west for market as a new wholesale bait industry forms, with oysters, starfish, and drills noted as pests once killed for bait.
A Chicago Law Journal note describes a Burman divorce ritual where a wife buys two candles from a tallow chandler and both spouses light them. The one whose candle goes out first leaves the home with only their clothes, while the longer burning candle owner stays with the house and belongings, with the wife always choosing the candles.
The French authorities in western Africa ban adulteration and restrict incisions on rubber trees. They plan professional schools to teach harvesting and coagulation methods, and set limits during sap rising months.
In Abyssinia a man’s wife is described as his beast of burden with many regions selling wood by the woman’s load, highlighting a practice where wives are treated as labor power and resources are measured by female work.
On a long train ride a Quakeress in a plain dress overhears two young commercial travelers boasting of their orders. She quietly rebukes them saying if their parents had used sweeter Quaker yeast and avoided bad beer and tobacco they would be better raised. The car falls silent as the lesson sinks in.
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