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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
7
At a riverside estate, Miss Weston fears a second note and a ghostly ruse. Mr. Ware and Miss Carney investigate the notes tied to Mrs. Bruce and the Widow, while Annie weakens and Miss Weston pleads for secrecy about the letter.
A village post delivers a letter to Miss Weston, traced to the Bruce household, as the narrator notes the woman’s tearful plea and insistence of innocence. She begs trust while hinting at a growing, unfathomable mystery surrounding her.
A young Illinois boy walking six miles to a Memorial Day ceremony is offered a ride by two elderly gentlemen in a buggy. They reveal they are Gen. Sherman and Gov. Oglesby and cheerfully share stories of Sherman and Lincoln as the crowd welcomes them at the town square. The tale emphasizes small acts of kindness shaping memory.
Miss Carney worries over Annie Weston who locked herself in her room after a troubling note from Mrs. Bruce. Annie shows distress, refuses meals, and cries, while Carney suspects a collapse at the table but believes Annie knows nothing of the letter.
A visiting old fashioned minister and his son attend a fashionable New York church. The son praises the sermon while the father notes it failed to touch a sore spot, implying the homily lacked impact on deeper, personal issues.
The Royal Museum of Dresden reveals an eighteenth century glass vase in its showcase that appears to be wasting away and is said to have infected nearby glass vessels. Experts have examined the vase and prescribed external medicines to halt the malady, but none have succeeded.
A study of the new London Directory notes many famous literary names across trades. Shakespeare, Bunyan, Blake, Chaucer, Milton, Keats, Defoe, Bronte appear as merchants and shopkeepers in various London streets and districts.
A large Filipino Methodist Episcopal church is being erected in a prominent location in Manila city, signaling a major religious development for the Filipino community.
The Swiss army will gain strength from a new organizational plan. Infantry recruits in the future will serve 65 days yearly with the colors, up from 45. The Swiss navy will see no changes.
In the war department yard facing Pennsyl vania avenue a sunken garden houses a collection of captured ordnance. Guns range from a 1760 six inch bronze howitzer bearing George II’s monogram to a Seville made bronze seacoast rifle captured at Santiago in 1898. The display includes Texas gift guns, Mexican and French pieces, and ship’s guns from 1760, illustrating American military achievement and weapon evolution.
Seret Joseph Miller of the King's Royal Rifles has been commissioned lieutenant in the King's African Rifles Second battalion, becoming the first Jew to win the Distinguished Conduct Medal. During Somaliland action he rode through dense enemy swarms, four Somalis fell to his revolver, and his solo charge drew aid to rescue a besieged party and bring relief to the British camp.
A sharp indictment describes corruption, fraud, and tyranny infiltrating public life like cancer, accusing hidden schemers of eroding trust and institutions. The piece frames the issue as a moral crisis, urging vigilance and reform.
Farm and Home advises returning corn stalks to the soil rather than burning them. Decayed stalks supply available plant food and improve soil texture. plowing under half decayed stalks after fall husking and short cattle hog grazing anchors moisture and reduces soil washing on hilly land.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes using an old corn planter wheel with a chain to lift fence posts. The setup attaches at the post base, passes over the wheel, and to the whiffle-trees, making post pulling easier with less effort.
Decaying vegetable matter releases ammonia, a valuable nitrogen source. To prevent loss, farmers should incorporate manure into soil where soil organisms fix nitrogen into plant food. Weathering horse manure stacks waste valuable fertilizer, especially in warm seasons, causing costly losses at commercial nitrogen rates.
The Southwest Magazine describes a coal and clay burning method used in Yazoo Valley Mississippi to convert gumbo roads into dry, dust-free, long lasting surfaces. The process involves staged flues, cribs of wood, clay layers, and thorough burning to form a six to eight inch burnt clay road with a high crown.
A Missouri builder constructs a full concrete milk house with ground-embedded walls and multi-layer concrete walls. Posts form corners, boards shape walls, and the roof uses semicircular rafters with a central cement chimney. The floor slopes to drain into an eight-gallon jar. Double doors seal to keep heat out in summer and cold in winter.
The article weighs seasonal dairy timing, noting some favor spring fresh cows for summer work, others prefer fall fresh cows for winter dairying. It suggests the best approach mixes both to keep year round workload even, easing hired help planning.
Government aid in road building will eventually come in this country though progress seems slow. Other nations have recognized highway importance and the United States may soon receive federal appropriations. Cuba has authorized $5,000,000 for general highway improvements.
Instructions to start harrowing immediately after planting using the illustrated harrow type from several weeks ago. Warns against using the common harrow that ignores row locations and risks damaging planted seeds.
The article notes the practical value of box stalls in stables for tending sick horses, other stock, and calves. It also asks whether Spain will still have a king in 21 years, reflecting on royal succession and long term prospects.
The piece outlines transforming a shabby bridge into a safer better crossing. It discusses potential upgrades for hundreds of unsightly crossings, detailing methods to improve safety and appearance.
A rugged bridge rebuilt with rough stone and hard work becomes a landmark. Farm and Home attributes success to material quality and local gumption, turning ugly into a thing of beauty and joy.
The article extols cows as essential for family welfare praising milk as perfect for babies and beverages for all, providing cream for coffee and cheese for lunch. It argues cows can clothe children, pay taxes, lift mortgage, and enrich a household if given a fair chance.
The article advises using paris green or other arsenical insecticides to prevent fruit worm in cranberries when applied early in July. It notes spraying is less effective after the worm gains a foothold and recommends spraying a small strip for vine worms to check injury as they advance.
The Orchard Site advises avoiding very moist land and sheltered sunny spots as both hinder fruit set and cause tree decay. It recommends good air and frost drainage with adequate but not excessive water to ensure long term orchard health.
The Holstein Friesian cattle trace to the low lying European lands near the North Sea centered in Friesland and Holland. Foundation stock about 10 000 head came to America. Friesian peoples sustain dairy farming as their main industry and cattle rearers. They spoke Friesian and Dutch while passing cattle breeding through generations. Tacitus noted cattle breeding in antiquity. today the Friesians remain highly developed as an all around dairy breed.
Practical guidance for dairy farmers emphasizing clean stables and proper dairy room conditions, warmth for skim milk fed to calves, and the value of good judgment. It argues that effort, not mere intentions, shapes outcomes, and likens cow vitality to alert, bright eyes and a lively nervous system.
Dairy buyers with separators report higher profits by selling cream to one group and skim milk to another. Some customers buy both products, and the separation enables higher prices for each item.
Farmers are urged to consider horse raising as a money making venture at current prices. Choose a suitable size and secure a quality serviceable animal to ensure profitable results.
Corn meal is an excellent feed for young lambs to fatten quickly. After this comes bran. Linseed meal may be fed in small quantities.
Bernard Shaw comments that people do not like great plays and asserts he knows what audiences want, supplying it with his own works. He emphasizes the difference between critical ideals and popular appetite in theater.
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