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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1904
Page
7
A reflective poem by S E Kiser from the Chicago Record-Herald compares success to a distant hill. It describes the hill looming through haze and the effort required to reach it, noting scars and trials along the climb and the need for personal striving to fulfill future promises.
A covert meeting on a railway carriage turns tense as Councillor Number One confronts Councillor Number Seven. A staged disguise, a loaded gun misfire, and a fatal fall undercut the ambush as the narrator escapes with the evidence and heads toward the gypsy wagon to confront the remaining five.
The Louisville Courier Journal reports an apparatus for shipping horses to races abroad. The device fits in stall floors and converts to an endless walk, lifting the floor on a weight inclined plane to exercise the horse. It aims to preserve form during long voyages, shortening acclimatization time upon arrival.
Alfred South of Cockspur Street pioneers tattooing, claiming to have treated over 15 000 people including about 900 English women. Designs range from The Crucifixion and Ecce Homo to monograms, regimental crests, languages, wedding ring inscriptions, motor cars, and a Cupid figure titled Love Gone to Pot.
George E Rounds of Plymouth Mass unveils a Winchester model 1895 style rifle using a .405 bore and 52 grains of cordite. The cartridge reportedly yields 2 204 fps muzzle velocity and 3 235 foot pounds of energy at 100 yards, with ten miles range at 45 degrees and vastly superior pine penetration, outpacing standard high velocity rounds.
Dr George F Kunz of New York begins experiments with actinium a rival to radium. A Buffalo philanthropist funds hospital testing, while M Dererine of Paris sent ore containing the element. Kunz notes actinium differs from radium being less penetrating yet more potent on screens and emanations resemble vapor.
Edward Atkinson’s peat coke process gains ground as Peat & Fuel Company of America secures about 500 acres at Brookfield Mass to access peat beds eight to 30 feet deep. The firm plans a 25 ton daily plant in ten days, with expansion to 150 tons, and will build a cable railroad to cooling furnaces near the Kimball mill. Porto Rican coffee exports lead in value among Puerto Rico products.
The attempt by S F Cody to cross the English Channel in a 12 foot boat drawn by 16 foot kites fails as wind shifts and the kite line drags the craft under. The venture shows a kite can pull a small boat, though the voyage ends short of France.
A stylized verse describes a powerful roaming figure sweeping across land sea and air with playful imagery. It references ships breathing and weathercocks, a runaway hat, and a fondness for Dean Bridge, credited to Henry Johnstone in St Nicholas.
A hungry rooster mistakes a bouncing ball for the moon and chases it in a storm, then learns the real moon returns to its place. The tale shifts to science and superstition about sneezing across cultures with notes from The Scientific American and a Roman frontier site sale.
A performer demonstrates a tied band fetter illusion. He binds wrists with a long band, speaks, removes his coat, appears fettered again, then requests help to cut the band. A cutaway coat hides a second fetter and scissors in back pockets to perform the reveal.
The Boston Globe describes a magician showing chained fetters that are cut and replaced unseen. The performer ties his hands, slips a new band from the pocket, and uses loops to tighten and loosen around the wrists. The audience never sees the manipulation until the final pseudo band is cut.
A small brown creeper at the Field Museum in Chicago captured a spider’s web entangling its wing and tail. After being snared in the large web the bird recovered, freed itself, and darted away across the lagoon, leaving authorities amused yet puzzled by the clever trap.
The fence around the Lower Brule Indian reservation on the Missouri in central South Dakota will span 63 miles with four wires on cedar and ash posts. It uses 250 miles of wire and 76 000 pounds, requiring 19 000 posts and only three gateways. Indians build it under agency supervision earning 2 50 a day for man and team and 1 25 for men. Next spring the government will issue stock cattle to graze inside to promote self sufficiency in stock raising.
Instructions describe a durable method to construct wells that resist quicksand, using four-by-four scantling, one-inch boards, and four-inch nails. Build two tiers with boards overlapping edges, then continue with break joints to form a stable well frame suitable for long use and easy cleaning.
A detailed method explains building a boxed water well using tiered boards and a box tube. Dig a square hole larger than the box, drop the box into the shaft, pile boards to form a platform, and continue until water is reached. Wells are durable and safe when crowned and covered. This is credited to M. Kains in Ohio Farmer.
Prof A H Wheaton provides a table for valuing dairy cows by butter yields while Prairie Farmer argues net returns, not gross production, determine a cow’s value. A Jersey herd example shows cows with higher total product can have lower net profit after feed costs.
A reader requests a stanchion that swings sideways not forward and back. The Farm and Home section explains an ordinary hanging stanchion with a floor bloc and crosspiece blocks to limit movement, letting the unit move sideways. The piece notes an alternative harsh method by necking cats rather than this setup.
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