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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1903
Page
7
Poem excerpt by Charles W Stevenson in the New York Independent urges joy through sorrow and calm under pain. It contrasts sunshine and melody with fretful care and urges open hearts to love, truth, and hopeful light as life’s troubles fade.
Chapter continues as Jack Stevens and Chalmers weigh Hester’s possible motive and track. They map a trail from Provincetown to Boston and Philadelphia, guess a yacht drop, and plan a build of a house. Telegrams reveal a false correspondent and a real chase toward New Orleans, with a stake in missing Seymour.
Chalmers informs Miss Carmody and Miss Hammond that Sidney Hammond may be innocent as papers show Hester planned a European voyage. Reporters scour cities for the architect of the Walter B Hester residence while telegraph evidence points to Hester forging a telegram. The Carmody yacht Helen Carmody is prepared for a possible long cruise if no lead emerges by May 16.
In a witty exchange from the Chicago Daily News Mrs Jabberly notes money talks but she never heard it while Jabberly replies that even money cannot interrupt when she is present. The lighthearted dialogue showcases sharp social humor from the era.
Eva Williams Malone advises in the Atlanta Constitution to “whistle” away anger and suppress harsh thoughts. She urges the boy to whistle loudly, outshining angry impulses and replacing them with calmer, purer thoughts.
A man using a new sound magnifier distinctively heard voices of ants trapped under a glass cup. Initial faint whispers grew as ants reacted, creating a roar like noise to the confined insects, though the sounds are inaudible to human ears without aid.
A top official in the Bernese ministry of justice bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to the zoological gardens for the bears permanent keep. The transfer received official sanction despite hopes the council of state would veto it.
The king of Spain displays an extensive array of given names led by Alfonso Leon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidor Pascal Martial Antoing, illustrating a tradition of lengthy royal titulatures.
The sea cucumber is a peculiar animal its shape resembles a cucumber with a leaf bundle at one end. They inhabit all seas especially the region between Asia and Australia and the Red Sea. Their skin is leathery and tough with some specimens appearing black and wrinkled like old shoe leather.
A Sea cucumber, a tropical species, boasts splendid colors and adds beauty to the sea bottom. About a foot long when resting, it can extend several times its length. The Chinese favor it in soups and stews, and a large trade exists in these sea delicacies. They are opened, cleansed, salted with lime, and dried in the sun or over fires for market.
A young former teacher reflects on miscommunication with children and recounts a boy named David Perl from the slums who mangled Whittier in a recital. She recalls testing students with a verse from Old Ironsides and noting how pride and pennies followed.
An anecdote from The Deserts of North America recounts an Indian who tests a preacher by making vows to Heaven to dine and sleep in the preacher’s house. The minister obliges each vow, but the Indian insists a fresh vow to leave tomorrow. The exchange ends with the Indian leaving content, having made the minister’s vows come true.
In India China Japan and nearby regions about 400 million people rarely eat meat yet stay strong and long lived. Darwin cites Andean natives who perform twice ordinary labor and subsist mainly on bananas.
A fragment from Tit-Bits where a speaker exclaims a guarder in hand and calls someone German as the scene unfolds with astonishment. The odd exchange captures a quirky wartime or social snippet from the period.
An exchange reveals a couple seeking union against disapproval as the father’s stance remains uncertain. The brief note from the New York Herald hints at familial conflict over elopement and possible reconciliation.
Dialogue excerpt from Chicago American noting a sharp exchange between two speakers. The line reveals a confidential remark about a person named Jack and the confirmation that it was repeated. The fragment captures a tense interpersonal moment with no broader context provided.
A fragment presents Uncle Gabe: Wisdom is knowing how to keep folks from being blamed, the Chicago Tribune notes. The line frames a moral about restraint and understanding in social relations.
A Milwaukee Sentinel anecdote recalls a newlywed learning domestic basics from scratch. A poor, unworldly wife battles cooking mishaps as she learns to baste and follow a recipe, improvising with a darning needle and thread until the chicken finally yields to her efforts.
New Year's Day 1903 marks 133rd year for Mother Mary McDonald at West Philadelphia Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People. She remembers Washington Jefferson and the Continental Army, recalls winter suffered near Valley Forge, and recalls carrying food baskets to soldiers, with Washington patting her on the head. She attributes longevity to tobacco and her pipe.
The Chicago Tribune reports the official directory of Chicago women’s clubs shows growth and resilience. From 66 clubs in 1899 1900 to 112 in 1900 1901, then 97 in 1901 1902 and 95 in 1902 1903, with many clubs merging under single names rather than dying.
The season offers cheerful decor with flowers and foliage plants. Hyacinths tulips lilies crocus brighten windows soon after planting. Palm ferns rubber plants add ornament, with shelves or stands to display them in city and farm homes.
Miss Ethel Smyth arrives in New York to stage her one act opera Der Wald at the Metropolitan Opera House. She notes she is among four women who wrote grand operas and the only one produced, with Fantasio earlier work deemed poor by her. She recounts past struggles and plans another opera, aided by Empress Eugenie’s support for the first printing of Der Wald’s book.
A Strand Magazine description by W. W. Gould details a steel camp wagon used to confine convicts while working roads away from the county seat. The 20 by 8.5 foot cage sits eight feet high, with twelve inmate bunks and two guard bunks, and requires six horses to move across country roads.
A New York Tribune farmer warns against using barnyard manure on potato ground due to scab risk. He notes past patches showing tubers free of scab where lime mortar shards lay, questions fertilizer effects, and suggests thorough incorporation but cautions against manure use with potatoes.
During rainy sugar seasons farmers face trouble from rain. A simple cover is made from a small board or shingle and a stiff wire bent to fit the tree. The rounded end is adapted to the tree and fastened with staples to provide shelter for sap pails.
F Jahnke writes in Farmers' Voice promoting wide wagon tires to carry heavy loads and reduce draft. He describes converting old wheels to three and four inch tires, noting the wagon becomes as good as new and travels smoother as tires act like a road roller.
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