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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1903
Page
3
In Boston Watchman, Beardsley reflects on fallen human hearts and the need to seek divine guidance beyond fear and doubt. The author urges nightly and daily prayer to move toward beauty, justice, and the spirit’s growth beyond mere bread and luxuries.
The Great Mystery of six wealthy men vanishing is chronicled as detectives chase clues. Palmer J Morton reappears with a letter proclaiming safety, ending a stock panic but deepening the intrigue behind the disappearances. Chapter VII follows Helen Carmody seeking help from Van Horne's associate.
A recipe method describes peeling and coring apples, rolling a cracker biscuit dough, wrapping each fruit with a spiced butter filling, sealing, pricking, and baking slowly. Finish with sugar butter cream and hard sauce, then serve hot for a simple practical dessert.
The excerpt advises guests to limit their stay, follow household rules, be punctual, join in activities without overindulging, and avoid contentious topics. It suggests bringing toiletries, sharing in work, and offering to cover incidental costs without insisting, all framed as practical etiquette for considerate hosting.
An orange Judd Farmer note describes linen book covers in brown linen for Emerson's essays and poems. It praises a pansy motif tied to "America's greatest thinker" and explains edge finishing and painting ideas for adaptable designs.
The New York City board of education warned that women teachers cannot marry while in service, with penalties including reporting charges and possible dismissal. A Brooklyn case previously challenged the policy, prompting the amendment proposal. Also noted is Edward J. Eiselbrunner’s publicity stunt offering 1,000 raffle tickets for a wife, specifying strict criteria.
Profile of Mrs. Katharine Case La Follette 47, wife of Wisconsin Governor Robert M. La Follette. A longtime partner in law and politics, she met him at the University of Wisconsin, won major oratorical honors in 1879, and helped found the Madison Emily Bishop League promoting physical culture and dress reform. She leads a measured social life as the governor’s wife.
The article outlines two egg shampoo formulations. A soap paste is made from transparent soap carbonate of potash water and glycerine, with heating and testing for firmness. A genuine egg shampoo blends three fresh eggs with rosewater ammonia water carbonate of potash and soap, plus multiple essential oils and perfumes.
The U S Treasury outlines appointing women inspectors at the New York port to board incoming steamers and investigate suspicious cases in cabins one and two. They will advise passengers about employment risks with a salary of 1200 a year and face challenging duties in all weather and hours. The experiment aims to uncover potential trafficking despite uncertain success. A Chicago couple, Mr and Mrs John Stift, report twins born in different years within minutes of each other, December 31 1902 and January 1 1903, sparking local curiosity.
A noted statement asserts lemons in the Tolle Lemons batch support women's toilet use and health. It claims lemon juice in warm water removes hand stains and makes nails soft, facilitating polishing and grooming.
A narrator recalls punishing a doll for misbehaving then feeling remorse. The tale reveals the mother figure as a larger version of a child, with the speaker realizing the doll and mother share a bond. The piece frames empathy and understanding within a domestic scene from a historical Boston publication.
Frank Hinkey recalls a 1892 hazing incident at Yale where sophomores surprised two country boys in need. The room was furnished lavishly, with a bedstead carpet stove and books, ending with sufficient provisions for a week. He calls it hazing to a blessed purpose, unmatched in his view.
A writer recalls taming many wild animals only to see them escape back to the woods. Pinky the possum, the runt of nine, refused domestication and was left at his birth stump with a motherless milk-fed start. The tale ends with Br’er Rab entertaining the brier patch.
A game invites players to write a short opinion about a well known person using a paper and pencil. Each participant lists a few adjectives describing the person, in a concise sentence. The activity resembles consequences and suits many readers seeking simple, engaging parlour fun.
A reader recalls Pinky the possum slipping back into a home through a pump-box trough then sleeping by the milk. After several episodes he is eventually returned to the woods, but wanders to a neighbor and ends up asleep in a bucket of water.
A public school youth receives a medal for amiability as Harper's Weekly notes his unremarkable academic progress. Arch ie B Lueder, Cornell class of 1899, fought a large African lion in equatorial Africa. he and companion Smith survived with Lueder badly scratched.
A description of 477 acres with a 30 by 60 cattle shed a 12 by 24 stable and a lumber coop. The writer details chicken housing nests roosts and run space plus breed types Brown Leghorn Black Spanish Plymouth Rocks and Brahmas. He notes strong egg and chicken sales and references Orange Judd Farmer.
A Farm and Home note by H C Aldrich extols a manure carrier as key to cleaner stables and less labor. With proper track and four wheel trucks, it can move half a ton directly to the field, reducing double handling and improving manure quality while saving expenses.
The piece discusses soil fertility and the role of fertilizers including manure and legumes in supplying nitrogen and humus while improving moisture use. It notes the need for a return to soil and the value of well fertilized farms for sustaining life and crops. It also reports on Belgian hares, their limited demand in America, and breeder disillusionment amid a past craze.
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