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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
7
Ezra B. Newcomb's vivid dialect poem expresses homesickness for Indiany and the Wabash region. The speaker longs to return to rustic fields, rivers, and skies, mourning the prairies' emptiness while praising the two cherished places as Heaven and Indiany, beyond reach.
In the chapter, Chalmers invites Miss Carmody to a guessing game. The clue reads a neatly engraved card passed to Mr. Chalmers, with Miss Helen eagerly declaring the word Twin as the answer. The scene centers on intrigue and a clever puzzle setup.
In a cluttered newsroom scene Miss Carmody, Mr. Chalmers, and others weigh clues linking L Sylvester Vincent to a father’s disappearance. Seymour and Hestor figures surface as potential leads while a French dinner party may reveal alibis and connections with Miss Le Roy, Miss Le Roy.
In a New York Record society scene Miss Carmody and Miss Le Roy discuss a missing man hunt as William Chalmers assigns detectives to track Walter Hester. Jack Stevens traces furniture, a billiard table, and a piano to a yacht, while Mr. Hester’s coachman reveals trips to the Battery and the ship Shark.
The piece recalls the toll of marching for Civil War soldiers, detailing gear weights and rations, daily distances, and the grueling July 1863 march toward Gettysburg. It notes extreme heat, worn feet, and the lifesaving aid of civilians who provided cold water.
A man explains he is not affiliated with any secret order after another man assumes he is an Elk from a handshake. The accuser recalls the grip and learns the gesture stems from a bruised hand that makes him grip differently, revealing an accidental habit rather than any secret sign.
At Antietam General Lee pauses as Confederate Rockbridge battery stands ready. A 17 year old driver asks if he will be sent in again. Lee greets him kindly and learns the boy is his son Bob, previously believed safe at Virginia Military Institute. The moment ends with Lee blessing his son to do his duty.
The National Tribune reports B. W. Loring, a U.S. Navy lieutenant who witnessed Lincoln’s assassination and helped carry him to the death house, has died in Oswego New York. Loring stood among Lincoln’s body servants and others who saw the attack near the theater.
A Baltimore American meditation contrasts quick flash with steady reasoning. It quotes the original philosopher noting some see more at first sight yet cling to brilliance and miss the value of sober second thought gained by those less gifted.
In the Civil War era Gen John M Palmer’s family faced a band of about 30 masked men seeking a black boy named Martin. An 18 year old Bettie Palmer answered the door with a pistol, refused entry, and ordered Martin to his room. The intruders withdrew after her firm stand, and Bettie later received a pistol as a token of recognition.
Secretary Root forwarded Ludington’s memorandum to the senate military committee about Foraker’s bill to mark Confederate graves and locate graves of confederate prisoners who died in federal prisons and hospitals in the north. Ludington says 30,152 prisoners were buried in 89 localities, many in trenches, and that individual graves are impracticable to identify. He deems $100,000 inadequate and estimates $200,000 needed for headstones and handling.
A rare Antarctic fish lives in depths around 1500 yards and rarely rises. It has 24 luminous organs lighting its dark world, with a crown around the eyes and organs on the stomach and back. Light ranges from red to white, each organ a speck shielded by black pigment.
A New Orleans group including Representative Meyer and former Confederate soldiers exchange war stories in the Democratic cloak room. Meyer retells an incident in which Butler's soldiers invaded his home, leading to a heated joke about spoons, dinner, and a stove.
Paris medical circles debate Dr Garrigne from the Paris Faculty of Medicine who asserts a method to cure microbes disease including tuberculosis cancer diphtheria and hydrophobia by reversing cell decay with oxygen produced via formic acid. St Louis hospital authorities bar him from treating lepers at his own expense and many physicians doubt his therapy though some endorse it.
Profs Panichi and Tizzoni inform the Academy of Sciences of Bologna that they discovered the pneumonia bacillus and claim their rabbit serum destroys bacilli in pneumonia patients. The Vienna Tageblatt credits Dr Margarek of Pasteur Institute Paris with tuberculosis serum. others testify to his seriousness and note the serum's potential.
M Perrotin describes improved Fizeau toothed wheel tests to fix light speed. Light traveled to a mirror 46 kilometers away and back from 1109 observations the velocity is 299880 kilometers per second with probable error under 50 kilometers.
A new glass reflector device by William T. S. Diggins of Centralia West Virginia lets a mill sawyer view both ends of a log from his station beside the saw. The reflector shows the log ends with guiding lines to identify splits and indicate optimal cutting angles, reducing time and movement.
German scientist Dr. Friedrich Prinzing cites global divorce patterns from reports across nations. He notes voluntary separations show 54 percent of couples without children and that divorces rise with young marriage, but decline as marriage ages. Berlin data for 1897-98 shows most divorces involve no surviving children, arguing for larger families.
A German military interest centers on Birkland's electro magnetic cannon now refined for fort use. The device fires a 50 pound shell over three miles with precision and, according to Birkland, could reach four times that distance. Considered the first practicable electric gun by German experts, it signals a new era in ordnance.
A Magdeburg plant converts beet leaf waste into cattle fodder by drying leaves, turning a prior byproduct into a profitable venture. The venture shows strong financial returns for the sugar beet processing industry.
A report highlights women who hold exclusive responsibility for overseeing numerous stations across Australia, illustrating growing gender leadership in remote and regional operations.
Sergeant Mason once tried to kill Guiteau, Garfield’s assassin, and was court martialed for a 20 year term. President Arthur later pardoned him and he now lives in the Dayton soldiers home awaiting his remaining days.
The Detroit Free Press describes a hand wheel driven rotary device with a water filled cylinder. A wooden clamp slows rotation causing heating until steam drives the top plug out, illustrating a form of cooking without flame.
A Chicago Post remark notes that a wealthy man avoids high taxes by circulating prints claiming gifts to charities. The tactic aims to lower assessed value and make his finances appear more charitable and thus more favorable.
George Waterhouse long mourned as dead by Middletown relatives since 1863 unexpectedly reappears at his home after being reported killed in battle. He says he currently resides in Pennsylvania.
The author describes six by six foot portable hog houses using under 150 feet of lumber. No floor is laid. if a floor is needed, place boards on the ground and set the pen atop them. To clean, tip the pen on its side. A railing inside the outer edge helps protect piglets from crushing by sows. A six inch hole is noted for ventilation.
I N Cowdrey explains a movable hog house built on a stone boat for shifting by horse. The six foot square pen houses four to five hogs weighing 200 pounds, with a top hung door that drops gently to avoid injury. The pair built eight pens in two days, noting carpentry skill aids speed.
The Farmers Voice urges testing seed before planting to ensure vitality and germination. Delays risk late sowing and poor stands. A simple test uses two plates and a moist cloth, maintaining 58 F at night and 65–70 F by day, checking daily sprout counts for cereals alfalfa and grass seeds over 10 to 30 days.
O W Blackwall reports that using tobacco plant bed cloth as bed protection improves strawberry blooms and yields. The cloth raises warmth slightly, aids pollenization, and can boost production 50 to 100 percent annually. Caution against thick cloth. tar-treated fabric is preferred. Cloth costs about 150 dollars per acre, lasts three years. stakes endure 5 to 10 years.
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