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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1902
Page
7
The poem laments money as a pervasive blight in urban life. A couple walks past amid traffic and disaster while the crowd shouts money. A mother bereaved by poverty also voices money as its fatal refrain. The speaker vows to flee from greed toward the West Wind and its cricket hymn.
A vast crowd surrounds the Sun Temple as Phorenice defies old rites. She summons a sacrifice, calls for divine fire, and is hailed by the masses as goddess of Atlantis while Deucalion merges with her plans and a wooing unfolds.
Sentence fragments describe personal defiance and a stance against apostasy, mentioning standing firm and awaiting fats.
A Chicago Post quotation shows a superintendent testing a streetcar conductor applicant by asking him to call out street names, then rejects the claim that voice quality matters and emphasizes the need to shout clear crowd commands to pack a car.
Dialogue shows a fortune teller offering readings for one dollar, with Mr. Gull and a dreaming speaker discussing money and rags. The Philadelphia Press fragment captures a playful bargaining moment centered on paying for fate.
A detailed description of a bee house measuring 14 by 20 feet with two stories and 12 feet to the roof. Hives sit in an upper sergy along the south and east walls while north and west faces are avoided. Spacing, sawdust insulation, and seasonal dusting practices are explained.
A farmer describes keeping beehives in a two story bee house with wall openings and a turf roof to shade the hives. Hives sit on sawdust over a 2x4 framework, with fly holes and dust packing, improving air flow and keeping bees cooler in summer. The author notes one drawback: swarms may misdirectedly drift to neighboring hives, though the system has 15 years of use with few problems.
The design emphasizes convenience and compact footprint with internal layout that maximizes usable space and accommodates multiple functions, offering advantages often missing in larger structures.
The article describes a two story poultry house with nest boxes under the window and a droppings board at the back for easy cleaning. It specifies a front height of nine feet, back six feet, upper front six feet, lower scratching room three feet, with length and width adjusted to the size of flocks kept.
The article advises against ordinary ladder perches as birds struggle to reach the top and suffer for drafts and frost exposure. It favors air perches set within two feet of the ground to keep fowls from injuring themselves when landing and to reduce lameness in a good house.
Thoroughly dry and cold poultry before packing. do not freeze. Remove animal heat, pack in boxes or barrels holding 100 to 200 pounds, pack snugly with legs straight. Barrels suit chickens and ducks better. avoid mixing kinds. mark kind and weight on each package and place shipping directions on the cover.
Plump large oysters drained and cooled, mix fresh mushrooms minced onion parsley and brown sauce, cook until thick. Place a spoonful on an oyster, top with another, secure with a skewer, broil quickly, serve hot with bacon slices. Recipe style from Linda Hull Larned in Woman's Home Companion.
Cook a sugar syrup with water cloves and cinnamon then simmer bananas sliced crosswise until the syrup thickens. Add orange and lemon juice and optional sherry. Serve on toast or sponge cake with whipped cream. For breakfast avoid sweet cake and pair with cereal or zwieback.
Take the hard end of the oyster and use the other end for soup or stew. Scald the oysters, chop finely, and mix with an equal weight of potatoes rubbed through a colander. To one pound mix two ounces butter one teaspoon salt half teaspoon pepper half teaspoon mace and a half gill cream. Shape into small rolls coat with egg and bread crumbs, then fry in deep lard.
Mix one fourth cupful sugar one cupful flour and one cupful cold milk stir into one cupful boiling milk stir till thickened add one fourth cupful butter cool stir in beaten yolk of four eggs then stiffly beaten whites turn into a buttered shallow dish set in a pan of hot water and bake in a moderate oven half an hour Serve at once.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes onions as a remedy for a weak breath while joking about nerves. The cartoonish exchange features Miss Ascurn-Doctor and Mr. Bright reflecting playful attitudes toward home remedies.
A quoted exchange from the Tammany Times shows a woman anxious over two hours of searching for her husband while another woman calmly notes she has spent 25 years seeking her own husband, highlighting contrasting patience and persistence.
A compact collection notes how few people speak well or are graceful and urges cultivation of manners. It cites a witty exchange about lateness and a passerby stopping, alongside aphorisms on argument and study from sources like Smart Set and Puck.
New York markets list flour, wheat, corn, oats and livestock prices with bids for beef calves sheep and hogs. Cleveland reports similar grain prices and cattle sheep hog ranges, Chicago shows futures for wheat corn oats pork lard and cattle, while Toledo and Cincinnati share cash prices for wheat corn oats hogs cattle and lambs.
A noted household parlor game from the Louisville Courier-Journal involves one person leaving the room and performing a simple, assigned act upon return. The group uses a metal-tapped music cue to guide actions, with loud or soft tones signaling correct or incorrect moves as the player tests sofas, pillows, chairs, and players until the target is reached.
The Brooklyn Eagle describes a wedding going-away gown in biscuit colored cloth with a golden silk embroidered bodice and Venetian lace. It highlights pale blue beaver hats with matching feathers, Grace silk evening cloaks with ermine borders, quilted silk linings, and new quilted linings with tiny silk buttons. Extravagant wraps in silk satin or chiffon feature gold thread and brocade, plus lace capes and boleros. A Louisine brocade wrap with basket flower motifs, sable trim, and sable collar is praised, while tortoise shell hair ornaments remain fashionable.
A Carthage Illinois Sunday school teacher asks her little girls to quote a verse to illustrate a weekly incident. She recounts a cruel boy who harms animals and a girl responds with the biblical line Whatsoever God hath joined together let no man put asunder. Detroit Free Press.
A noted remark highlights that most people's life work centers on earning a living, and it laments the scarcity of true specialists in the trade. The quote underscores the view that expertise is rare compared to routine labor.
Ex Senator John M. Thurston of Omaha writes to The Peruna Medicine Co praising Peruna for curing his cough linked to campaign stress. The piece touts catarrh as a national issue discussed in Congress and among senators, with Peruna promoted as a permanent systemic cure and endorsed by leaders.
A satirical piece on using rental furs and stage style to impress a date. It riffs on buying time with borrowed sealskin gear and grand boasts about owners and places, ending with the mock futility of fashion showmanship.
A woman recounts a quarrel and reconciliation, noting her husband planted a tree to remember it. The minister’s wife sighs that an avenue might have been created if they had done the same.
Advertising pitch claims Cascarets cure all ailments by restoring bowel function. It touts natural, painless relief with regular use, pricing at 10 cents to start, and warns against imitations. Each tablet bears a C. 6c stamp on metal boxes.
The Philadelphia Press notes a conversation at home about a copper company the man in the house mentions a lot, hinting it may be a police union matter and capturing local curiosity about industrial unions and public issues.
A historical snippet notes the Putnam brand faces dyeing goods at higher color yield per package than competitors. The brief claims efficiency and market prominence in textile dyeing.
A quip from Chicago Daily News about Cholly lingering in a Turkish bath as steam brings to mind a London fog. The ad copy promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Pike's Toothache Drops as cures.
A playful remark on Miss Dashaway who has a notable military air due to participation in seventeen engagements, noted by the Chicago Daily News.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents promise cough relief and bowel cleansing as a quick remedy. This short item notes the product and cost without additional context.
Mrs Cumso says Miss Frocks bought a birdless hat and they joke about naming it Audubonnet while Mrs Cawker, the judge, weighs the quip. The exchange reflects a humorous, lighthearted moment in a social setting.
A garbled exchange features a speaker mispronouncing Berth and berthing words. The text includes names like Mrs Blunt and Mrs Bembazine-O and references a sleeping car berth with careless spelling. The piece reads as a transcription quirk rather than a full article.
Drug stores report strong interest in the Peruna almanac with astrology articles. A competent astrologist provides monthly signs and lucky and unlucky days, creating a popular horoscope style feature. Early purchase urged before stock runs out.
A letter from Mrs. These Robbins of Maple Street Norwich dated February 17 1900 asks where a missionary should locate and which natives to reach with vegetarian customs. She mentions Brooke lyn Eagle and notes Piso's Cure for Consumption as life saving three years ago.
A humorous exchange features a daughter and her father while Puck quips on luck favoring those who leave little to chance. The dialogue reflects playful, era tones and scattered literary witticisms.
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