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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1904
Page
7
Poetic fragment reflects a plea for enduring affection and guidance as death nears. Imagery centers on devotion, embrace, and fate, with lines invoking waiting for death to teach love’s path and a gentle walk toward parting.
An underground group of conspirators plots a grand assassination during the royal Jubilee. Number Two reveals a bomb device in a colored celluloid ball and seeks a trusted ally to carry out the strike on the Strand and the queen’s procession, with meetings set at a Tarborough shed afterward.
The article traces early ski sports from Norway to Switzerland and Britain. It highlights Norwegian ski jumping and the Telemark heritage, notes Dr. Nansen’s role, and describes Lilienfeld skis and Zdarsky’s innovations. It mentions Arthur Conan Doyle’s winter expedition and the growing Ski Club of Great Britain with late-season skiing near Loch Ness.
The article covers billiards experts debate forearm motion versus wrist movement, balk line rules history, and Chicago’s Jake Schaefer. It also reports Highball the eastern derby favorite with bets between Sam Hildreth and George Bennett, and notes Colonel Bill the racehorse dead at Sheepshead Bay. Joe Gans defends lightweight crown in Detroit before 4,000 fans.
At nine o'clock the narrator returns to meet a fellow conspirator planning an instrument to kill the royal family. He describes hiding a deception in his cape a celluloid ball filled with sawdust and sand as part of a scheme shown by Number Two. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as the plan continues.
Miss Elderly notes men attempting dangerous stunts on New Year’s morning as two men climb telegraph poles and one nearly falls while jumping a fence. Miss Pert explains the behavior as tied to leap year superstitions and novelty in town.
A KC Journal humor item riffs on the classic rule of three in marriage. A speaker declares he will wed in seven days and jokes that the three elements involved are wife mother in law and hired girl.
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mr. Jones questions a mendicant about being a professional beggar. The mendicant denies the claim, prompting the judge to intervene with a cautious remark about not rewarding the act.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Daily News compares a man to a carpet and to dust. One says people walk over him. the other argues dust protects him from being shaken.
A Tit-Bits quotation shows a customer accusing a druggist of overcharging and asking for honor. The clerk responds that he lacks honor but possesses something similar, reflecting a humorous exchange about integrity and service.
A poem-like reminiscence by Lilla Thomas Elder notes how a child grows overnight while clothes feel tight each morning and adults overlook slow growth. It contrasts a pupil named Tommy Pitt who seemingly stays the same in class despite time passing.
A mistletoe seed dropped by a bird takes root on an apple tree and feeds from it. The plant grows rooted in the branch, living on the host tree and asking readers to name plants that live on others. The tale ends with the plant thriving and nearly choking the tree.
A mistletoe tale recounts its sacred status and a myth in which Baldur the son of Odin and Freyja is killed. A blind god Hoder, guided by mischief, strikes Baldur with a mistletoe spear, fulfilling a doomed prophecy. Longfellow’s line echoes the tragedy and the plant’s grim fate.
A king asks a professor to solve a number trick to deduce his birth month and age. The process yields 1260, revealing December as the birth month and 60 as the age, showcasing the clever arithmetic ploy as a polite approach to learn a person’s age.
A centuries old vellum scrapbook with 190 leaves and 207 miniatures sold in London for a record £2500 from the Rev Walter Sneyd collection. The small volume, about 4 by 3 inches, features monk life and religious scenes with grotesque marginal drawings and a monk possibly playing golf. Purchaser was Mr Quaritch after a competitive bidding from £200.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Tom states the Stimilers have only $5,000 a year. They plan to go abroad because they cannot afford to stay home and keep up with their social set.
A fragment from a period piece shows Clara expressing frustration at gendered roles and Mother suggesting divine plans differ. The dialogue hints at social expectations and searched identity within a家庭 newspaper snippet.
Prince the big white home dog of Frederick Otto in a Brooklyn brownstone on Hicks Street aroused his sleeping family and alerted Bridget McCarren and neighbors to a hallway fire. Otto chased through smoke to rescue Prince after the alarm, bringing the dog downstairs to safety as residents fled the blaze.
Miss Ella a Danish lion tamer at Royal Music hall Holborn conducts sensational acts with seven African lions. She throws away her whip and allows a lion to mouth her head and arm, arguing fatal accidents are rare when lions are rested and not forced to tricks.
An essay defending paternalism as a humane, efficient approach in free government. It cites the Brownlow bill and cites California’s hydraulic mining dam aid as a precedent where federal backing enabled state self help, suggesting lasting lessons for governance and public works.
Bright girls learn to craft chrysanthemums from tissue paper in white and yellow. Use three sheets folded to twelve layers, cut twelve circles per group, form petals, add wire for a stem, and twist with leaf-green tissue for foliage, as shown by Cincinnati Enquirer.
A bear entered the Miner's farm woods at Beaverhill Pennsylvania and seized a fat pig from the pigpen. Mrs. Miner witnessed the theft from the porch as the farm dog chased the bear who escaped up a tree and fled.
A Kansas girl found a nest of young rabbits and planned to feed them to the family cat. Instead she raised the rabbits herself, and the cat treated them like her own kittens. The unusual story highlights an unlikely bond between cat and rabbits.
The dialogue shows a character known as Old Grim-Remember advising a young man that there is always room at the top while another figure, Young Sprawley, acknowledges awaiting an elevator. The exchange captures a moment of ambition and anticipation.
W S Fraser notes farmers doubted early bacon hogs would feed well but experiments across breeds show no single superior type. Individual performance matters more than breed and selling hogs at 160 to 180 pounds does not guarantee loss. cost per pound rises with each additional 50 pounds.
Stables for cows in Holland are attached to owner residence with front facing stalls. They are sturdy but lack light and ventilation. Cleanliness is essential since cows occupy stalls throughout the winter despite labor required.
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