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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1904
Page
7
A father recites a bedtime routine inviting his child to sleep on his knee. He hints at Mother Goose tales and classic fables like Little Piggies and Rapunzel as a gentle, affectionate end to the day. The piece ends with the child asleep and the father cherishing the moment.
A wagon meeting reveals a secret council planning dynamite attacks led by Councillor Number Two. The group discusses a plan to blow Lord Cranthorpe's house and to secure explosives from Fassett Square while avoiding arrest. The narrator foils an extraction attempt and uncovers further conspiratorial plans.
The Hagenbecks run two collecting stations in Calcutta and Aden to supply traveling reps who capture and ship big cats and other wild animals to Hamburg for global sale. Agents claim captive animals fear humans. vigilance with a whip is needed to avoid attacks.
The poem recalls Jasper John dreaming of a bright moon night with the sun shining while facing Ted as others sleep. Theodore narrates a monstrous twenty legged horse with green eyes and yellow black fur. Bobby claims a boy who hates football would rather be a girl, as aunt Agreed.
Modern railroading reduces the passenger conductor’s lantern use as better lighted cars lessen the need for hand held illumination. Twenty years ago conductors prized lanterns and some bought costly blue glass and gold plated casings. Ten years ago prices and displays rose at conductor association meetings. Today lanterns remain on trains but are rarely essential for ticket inspection.
A conversation with a prominent hatter reveals a belief that growing cranium size after middle life may correlate with better eyesight in men. The claim ties to reports from hat makers observing head growth patterns in aging male customers.
A brief description praising Senegal as a peanut producing country in Africa, noting the difficulty of remembering its location and its strong association with peanuts, with a hint of continued exploration.
Miss Maud Pottle of New York trains Bob a 15 month old greyhound as a golf caddy. The dog carries three clubs each side and may soon wear a leather pouch for balls. Bob’s harness patent is being pursued in Washington. He’s popular at the Marine and Field club and compared with Lillian Russell’s cat.
A New York Sun note explains an auction trick where a teapot is shown with a slender bulb lit inside. The auctioneer emphasizes the glow and pattern as the light reveals the teapot’s fine walls.
The Epworth Herald recounts a parrot that could mimic each family member’s voice, finally producing the master’s deep bass by speaking from inside its seed cup. The bird learns by placing its head in the cup, proving remarkable vocal imitation.
The Jewelers' Circular Weekly notes that large affairs demand executive skill and mental stamina. An investigation of metropolitan hatters using automatic measuring devices found cranial outlines often enlarge after middle age, potentially enlarging the eyeball and offsetting certain visual defects.
An exchange quips that Senegal grew over 125000 tons of peanuts in a year with France consuming most, while Holland and Germany receive sizable shares. In France and the Low Countries the crop is crushed into oil, not eaten by children. Only England buys Senegal peanuts for confectioners, not oil, while Senegal also grows sesame noted for its open sesame.
The Meyer girl of Grambeke near Bremen awoke after a 17 year trance begun by a 19 year old fall. She remained largely unconscious, fed by minimal movements, with perfect memory of pre trance events. Doctors deem her healthy but cannot explain the cause and note eye color shifted from brown to greenish blue. She appears aged but retains a girl’s voice.
Toby a white fox terrier belonging to J. M. Spencer of Sioux City Iowa climbs a 50 foot ladder and dives into a net. He walks a rope, tight rope, walks on barrels and jumps rope. Spencer calls him the most versatile best trained dog in the world.
In Peking four mandarins supervise street care with soldiers and hired coolies. They direct tidying in dry weather and filling puddles during rain. All household rubbish is dumped onto the streets and remains there.
The first demonstration of electric current propulsion for street cars occurred in Richmond, Virginia, about fifteen years ago. Since then the number of systems has grown to nearly 1,000 with more than 25,000 miles of track in operation.
The London Outlook notes naturalist W H Hudson kept a snake skin as a book marker. It changed color and shed scales for ten years with each set shrinking. The piece imagines a future literary world where a book marker could blush or pale with emotion and even bears a possible title Some Emotions of a Moral Book Marker.
A light exchange in a Cincinnati Enquirer item has a young mother asking how to quiet a baby. Her bachelor brother, absorbed in his paper, quips with a grimly dark suggestion of arsenic.
A brief Detroit Free Press dialogue notes a family scene where a reveal triggers tension. Clarence comments that the speaker lacked their usual company voice when summoned, hinting at changes within the household or business context.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune note recalls a man who married the woman he loved and questions why readers still seek old-fashioned stories. The brief reflects on nostalgia and enduring romance in a dated context.
All fowls should be fasted 24 to 36 hours before killing. If this is not done, food decays in the crop and intestines, tainting the flesh and shortening shelf life. A recent bulletin from Ontario agricultural college notes this practice.
The guide outlines two approved methods for killing poultry: bleeding via a deep knife incision under the upper beak and neck wringing with a quick twist. Weighting the fowl is favored by exporters for cleaner flesh and longer shelf life. Plucking should start immediately with head down to prevent skin tearing, leaving about two inches of feather near the head.
The article outlines methods to shape chickens for a compact look using weights, cautions against hanging by the legs, and stresses cooling for 12 hours before packing. It describes export and local packing boxes, parchment lining, and individual wrapping to prevent bruising and moisture loss.
The Live Stock Journal advises clean pens and beds to prevent lice and disease, with careful feeding for pigs. Young pigs should start eating early and receive skim milk, fattening hogs get all the grain they will eat, and no excess. Cross sows should be fattened and shipped promptly.
An agricultural college test in Maine compared pullets kept in 12 by 38 foot rooms. Sixty birds yielded 109 eggs in eleven months, while ninety birds in the same space averaged 103. A warmer quarter produced 144 eggs in ten months, but half the birds were stolen, halting the trial.
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