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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
7
A poem by Mrs. M. L. Rayne printed in the Chicago Record Herald portrays a once-honored man sinking into poverty and isolation. It laments social neglect, calls for remorse and divine forgiveness, and ends with hope that God will care for him despite his failings.
The narrator recounts a dangerous scheme by a seven man syndicate to murder and cover the crime, detailing disguises, a planned meeting at a gipsy wagon near Leigh and the use of a weighted chain. He resolves to impersonate the dead councillor at the next meeting and explains his motivation and theories on crime and storytelling.
The Boston Herald recounts Civil War era skedaddlers from Hereford Quebec Pequetville and West Stewartstown escaping draft by crossing into Canada. They built huts in woods and fields near the border while wives ferried supplies to the line before returning.
Osceola Democrat recites a rare rescue at Wilsons Creek where George Macdonald, a black Confederate veteran, was wounded and saved by Lt. Owen Snuffer. Facing fire, Snuffer descended a deep well, retrieved water, and carried aid to Macdonald, sharing water and tending injuries.
A veteran recalls a Civil War era tale of boyish humor amid siege near Petersburg. Union and Confederate troops exchanged playful taunts and pranks, including a mounted shirt line shot down by a colonel who cheered like a home run. The colonel, aging now, would seem out of place as a college junior in his youthful days.
A Chicago Int Ocean report recalls Buell’s hungry soldiers at West Point Ky in September 1862 marching on half rations when officers stacked army fare. Generals Smith and other officers invited troops to help themselves as ham and bacon vanished into haversacks. A private bayoneted a ham, many ate beyond use, and one man says he was worse hurt than in Stone River. The piece also includes jokes from Philadelphia Bulletin and Chicago Post.
A New York Weekly piece extols eye health and vision as essential to life and character. It argues eyes are the windows of the soul, shaping perception, confidence, and leadership, and notes eyes’ role in intellectual and sensory enjoyment.
A Brooklyn Eagle feature extols French china work as a new embroidery style. It uses multiple threads of filo and embroidery silk on linen for table covers and boudoir accessories, highlighting a lace edged table cover with rose and foliage motifs and subtle color blends. Also included are fashion notes on corset use and light fragments from society chatter and decor ideas.
A Frenchwoman Mrs Pierre Vigny devises a parasol and walking stick self defense system for Englishwomen amid rising hooliganism in London. The method blends fencing, boxing, German and Japanese techniques and promises effective restraint after three months training. Miss Baden-Powell and Mme Vigny demonstrate the umbrella art, teaching trips, throws, and dynamics to counter possible assaults on city streets.
A circular from the New York City Board of Health outlines measures for sanitary supervision of pulmonary tuberculosis since 1881. Rates fell from 4.2 to 2.29 per 1000, a over 40 percent drop, due to case registration, infection prevention, disinfecting premises, charitable aid, hospital care, and public education. Also includes lace curtain cleaning tips and a cartoonish exchange about a new cook-book, with regional dialect anecdotes.
Children are misled to eat water hemlock mistaken for wild parsnips. Cicuta maculataknown as wild hemlock or cowbane grows in swamps from the Atlantic states to Minnesota. It is highly poisonous to humans and animals, with roots especially dangerous. poisoning causes colicky pains vomiting staggering unconsciousness and convulsions ending in death.
Farmers and breeders embrace advertising like merchants, using reputable papers to reach their markets. Advertisers should know distribution, mimic merchant copy, present a clear sell, and envision print appeal. Publishers offer help to craft effective, attractive announcements for better results.
A practical note from Orange Judd Farmer shows how to conceal manure heaps seen from stable windows. A tight painted board fence on two sides hides the unsightly pile, reducing eye sore for owners and neighbors.
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