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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
3
A fragmented verse mosaic echoes oceanic imagery and classical diction. It invokes the sea gods, monumental feats, and imperial tone, mentioning Her Majesty’s scholars and a signature as proof of publication in Scribner's.
Deucalion uses guile to infiltrate the Sacred Mountain as an army besieges Atlantis. A messenger directs a grass signal and a night ascent as priests and Phorenice loom, while survivors distress over lost fighters and a land ruined by war.
The narrator returns to the Sacred Mountain fortress after years of war, finding a ruined defense with a dwindling garrison and a lack of priests. Phorenice’s siege continues as gates hold, grain stores endure, and old rites guide a stubborn vow to restore worship and reclaim Atlantis.
The article describes a method approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for burning lime in heaps in Center County. A level ground is prepared, cordwood, straw, and kindling are stacked with stones forming layered charges, with coal distributed to concentrate heat in lower layers, and temporary flues used to vent.
Detailed description of lime burning in heap kilns with earth covering to control drafts and heat. Includes steps for building and maintaining the pile, venting steam, rates of coal to lime, and the chemical change converting calcium carbonate to calcium oxide. Notes practical fuel usage and expected temperatures during the process.
Two Michigan farmers J E Blum and J Grumper visited Calgary Edmonton Regina Saskatoon and districts and praised Western Canada noting abundant hay water and good crops. They plan to relocate urging others to consider the region as a promising farming country for successful farming operations. They cite Shantz of Ontario who prospered after moving seven years ago with 24 dollars. A second item reports a wild scene at Budapest university where 20 students faced harsh oral exams and one drew a revolver at examiners.
An engraving shows a light easily made framework that slips over the chimney top without nailing to shingles. It can be assembled in a moment and used as a table or bench for farm tasks.
An advertisement promotes $25 round trips and extremely low March and April rates to California with later summer specials under one cent per mile one way. It invites readers to request details from W H Connor Union Pacific Southern Pacific in Cincinnati and to mail a postcard with names for educational and business value. The piece mentions other stray quotes about eggs and a Yonkers joke.
The column lists commodity prices across cities with flour patents wheat and corn values, oats and butter figures, eggs and cheese, potatoes, and cattle and hog prices. It records varied coats for cattle, hogs, and sheep with specifics for steers calves wethers lambs and pigs and notes regional price ranges for multiple markets.
The Good Roads association remains active boosting highway improvements across the United States. Winter and spring are seen as prime times to gain converts to the cause as roads deteriorate, with aims to create firm smooth and economical routes for year round use. The piece notes vast rural expansion and the link between better roads and rural mail delivery.
In Wellington Iroquois county Illinois three youths suffer an odd laughter epidemic. Effie Hamilton 15 Rosa Butts 15 and John Kimberlin laugh for days unable to eat or sleep. A cold water “cure” temporarily quelled the fit for two, while doctors remain baffled and the town suppresses any amusement.
James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, warns at the Central Shorthorn Breeders’ meeting in Kansas City that tuberculosis spreads via pure bred imported cattle and proposes halting cattle and sheep imports. He also flags glanders as an imported disease and suggests excluding foreign horses from U.S. markets. Rommel reads his paper in place of Wilson.
The American Clay-Working Machine Co of Bucyrus Ohio applies for machinery to make artificial fuel from ordinary clay treated with chemicals. The inventor, an Omaha railway engineer, says the fuel burns cleanly in stoves and furnaces, leaves white ash, and a ton delivers five times the heat of coal yet requires less ash than two tons of coal.
Dr. R Robbins of Muskogee Oklahoma reports rapid recovery for his daughter after Peruna treatment for grip. He and others describe coughs, fevers, croup and digestive issues improving quickly with Peruna. Letters from Mrs Shafer Mrs Long Mrs Heard and Abs W Heard praise the remedy and urge others to seek Hartman guidance if needed.
A collage of brief quotations and ads spans humorous exchanges about letters dialects and insurance policy quirks. Notable bits include a Chicago Evening Post jab about punctuation, a Philadelphia line on life policy payouts, and many one liners from city papers.
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