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Defiance Weekly Express in Defiance, Ohio

15 Feb 1907

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Defiance Weekly Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1907

Page

3

Man seeks name for nameless life in detective tale

In a Chicago office Col Cheney of the secret service helps Duluth magnate Charles Farwell discover his true identity. Farwell, found as a baby on a doorstep with a note from a departed mother, tracks down the roots of his birth from Exmoor to Detroit to Montreal and Los Angeles, locating the possible parents and ending with a confrontation that yields his rightful name.

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Cheney Secret Service Col Jack Cheney United States State War Navy Post Office Col Cheney Chicago New York St. Louis Frisco Guthrie Kunnel Jeff Col. Cheney Jef Christopher Columbus Warwell Miss Wood Mr. Farwell Farwell Charles B. Farwell Duluth Baskee Charley Exmoor Ontario Charley West Detroit the Post Office Blanche Davis Blanche Lucifer Miss Davis Sid Guthrie Iss Wood Russell House London Ont Mrs. Farwell Basket Charley Jane Maggie Jane Reyburn Chatham Rogers Reyburn Roy Belcher Belcher Montreal Ilinois Palvo Reyburns Ill Belchers House Mr. Belcher Canada Tye James Eastman Eastman California Los Angeles Mr. Eastman Maggie Reyburn Colonel W. G. Chapman
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The Radford House Plans for Eight Rooms and Septic System

William A. Radford outlines an eight room two story farm house with attic and veranda. He discusses heating with hot air, ventilation, water supply and drainage including septic tank systems, plus layout features from cellar to attic and practical tips for farmers building in rural areas.

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Great Sahara Rail Plan Moves Toward Timbuktu Prospect

French explorations press forward from Algeria toward Niger with a Taodeni salt mine find and a proposed 1000 mile line from Algiers to Timbuktu. Paris to Timbuktu travel would soon be feasible as survey work drives the Sahara railroad project forward.

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Sahara Algeria Niger Camel Corps Laperrine Taodeni Nigeria Oran Figig Twat Timbuktu Algiers Paris
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One Language for All It Requires More Than One Tongue

McClure's argues no single language should be the world’s lingua franca as it would crush national pride and create vast advantage for speakers. The piece notes rising international rivalry in trade and law, with arbitration hopes growing but no single language inevitable. It cites Andrew Carnegie’s vision of justice and contrasts a world tribunal with a universal language plan. A separate item highlights 15 year old Mabel Jackson’s cotton picking record of 705 pounds in a day near Temple Texas, with plans for exhibition at Coney Island.

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Irish wit and logic in a workman’s quiet reply

A Celtic joke from Youth’s Companion recounts Patrick the workman silencing his foreman by reasoning with a casual shrug. The foreman scolds him for resting, but Patrick wittily suggests that keeping the foreman constantly talking would leave him with nothing to say and no reason to exist.

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Mort Patrick Morthar
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