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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1903
Page
3
A nostalgic poem recalling farm life and memories of mother. The speaker describes haymows, sparrows, dust motes, cattle, calves, a willow switch, and a knot hole where sunlight streams in. He longs to relive those scenes and hear his mother’s tenderness, as reshaped memory returns.
In CHAPTER XXIV of the serialized tale Capt. Waters is shot in the head and hospitalized with a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage. Doctors show little hope while Chalmers secures top specialists in New Jeans and informs a New York expert as the hospital scene unfolds. The afternoon papers recount the incident and Waters's heroic actions.
Capt Waters agrees to post bail amid a tense standoff. In New Orleans the saga centers on Walter B Hester and Sidney Hammond as doctors reveal amnesia and a brain clot removal efficiency. A series of financial maneuvers ties to Hesters vast securities holdings as the Shark sails toward the South Pacific with Hester and Hammond aboard.
A quirky exchange quotes a Philadelphia Press joke about hens and roosters at night. The humor centers on whether hens lay eggs after dark and a playful remark about roosters during nighttime.
The article surveys summer dress trends with emphasis on linen foundations for embroidery, original stitchwork, and the rise of trimmed fabrics. It notes mingled textures such as foulard, embroidered batiste, and dyed silks, plus lace medallions and touches of black to highlight embroidery. It mentions Chinese crepe, grenadines, gauzes, and basket-woven materials as season favorites.
A fashion write up describes white Delaine blouses with box plait and pale blue silk, collar and cuffs edged in silk, and matching belts and buckles. It covers lace trends from Yak to Italian lace, layered trims on coats and bodices, and the evolving style of skirts with hip yokes and box plaits amid gauging and long shoulder lines.
A fashion report describes fashionable coats with Alencon lace and tucked net sleeves, deep lace collars, and velvet ribbon rosettes. It notes the Russian blouse remains popular, trim details on petticoats, and varied bo quick silhouettes. Ellen Osmond e.
An overview of germ theory, antitoxins, and the process of producing them in horses and tested on animals. It covers cultivation of bacilli, preparation of bouillon, the extraction of serums, and hopeful advances in typhoid and cholera treatments, including Rockefeller and Flexner's roles.
Medical advances by Prof Behring in Vienna reduce diphtheria deaths to 4 6 percent with antitoxin and ongoing work on tuberculosis immunity. A monument to Count John Butler unveils in Budapest amid notes on his charities and a 36 year divorce case. Light humor ends with a Pennsylvania town named Husband and a quip about resort choices.
Floy V. Gilmore, 28, Indiana born, becomes assistant attorney general of the Philippines. First woman named to a high DOJ post, noted for ability and ambition. Former clerk and secretary to Prof. E. Finley Johnson, she studied law at Michigan and joined the Philippine civil service, rising from stenographer to a top appointment with a $1,400 salary, now doubled. Her career began when accompanying Johnson to a 1901 court post, earning Taft's approval and a unanimous commission.
The article surveys magnetism from small lifting aids to industrial giants. Edison’s magnetic ore separator deflects iron from crushed ore. magnets lift hot plates in steel works. a tack hammer aids berry basket production. It notes large cranes lift four to twelve ton plates with rectangular magnets, chains, and cranes. It then shifts to a chicken’s leg tendon roost grip and finally peat fuel trials in Swedish locomotives mixed with coal to cut fireman costs and tested on passenger trains.
The article explains how tree age is determined by counting growth rings after cutting the trunk. It notes that straight trees reveal clear rings, while gnarled ones blur the rings, and describes bark changes as the tree enlarges. It also mentions birch bark peeling and compares rings to onion layers on a cut surface.
The design describes a 24^1/2 foot wide small home with four foot side passages, a brick foundation, wood above, cypress interior wood, white pine exterior, and a 12 foot ceiling. Heating by fireplaces in each room and octagon shaped parlor and dining room improve light and ventilation. Cost estimated at 1200 to 1500 dollars. A Payne.
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