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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
7
A poem by James Herbert Morse from the Atlantic recalls a Yellow beauty island named Phyllis Isle. The verse follows ocean tides and gulls as a shoreside memory, then depicts a cataclysm by a Death-king and the island’s destruction. The final image returns the speaker to the shore and to a distant voice from the sea.
Major Webb confronts Beverly Field asking for leeway as he notices Field plans a morning ride with Esther Dade and Nanette Flower at Fort Frayne. Field’s blunt wit exposes the major’s concern over discipline and personal temptations from the officers’ club amid a September 1880s frontier setting. The post trader Bill Hay and his niece Nanette Flower stir social currents as Esther captivates the garrison. The major’s concern centers on fielding indiscipline while Field challenges authority, hinting at a brewing clash over duty and romance at Fort Frayne.
Poem contrasts a mother caring for sick dolls with her own self sacrificing stance. The speaker, a self described careful young mother, claims to swallow pills herself rather than force a child, and imagines tender care, winter straw rides, and keeping a joyful exterior while managing others’ needs.
The narrator watches thousands of herring surge toward a four foot dam as water pours over the gates. The fish display unusual numbers and heightened competition, with many attempting the fall and a higher than usual jump, suggesting a potential record.
Dallas Love Sharp describes a dramatic fish race above a dam where a nimble winner repeatedly leaps the fall amid foam. The passage notes a second fish, a paradox of weather and migration, and ends with a wry remark on herrings needing umbrellas.
The piece describes the kiwi Apteryx mantelli as the lowest form of bird. It has no wings or tail, short strong legs for digging, coarse hair like feathers, and fights when threatened. It hides under rocks by day and resembles a rolled hedgehog at rest. Breeding in captivity fails and few museums own specimens. today it is very rare in northern New Zealand forests and swamps.
Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America announce a new Brooklyn home for unprotected children. The facility will house about 30 to 35 youngsters, offering a temporary refuge from unhappy surroundings and harmful influences while they await potential placements.
A brief Harvard Lampoon quip contrasts a student and a college man with a tailor as the punchline, highlighting campus humor in a witty exchange.
A Brooklyn Eagle report describes turning a lamp chimney into an electrical machine by rubbing a silk wrapped brush inside a tin foil lined chimney. Friction generates sparks between foil strips and can power paper cats by static force, best in dry weather with warm chimney and handkerchief.
In the Third brigade near Oxford Mississippi the Ninety third Illinois stood well equipped with new knapsacks and clothes before Col Murphy's surrender at Holly Springs. The brigade cheered as the other regiments followed behind this marked as a brigade of tender feet.
An anecdote recalls a sutler’s half barrel that travels through Civil War camp life. A soldier trades twenty dollars to save the beerless supply, while later accounts note how war reshaped women’s roles as they took on men’s tasks and embraced farm and market labor.
A ten year old girl from a northern Union family brings a white kitten to a hillside camp near Stanton river as soldiers return from battle. The colonel accepts both child and pet with affection. the kitten becomes the regiment’s cherished mascot, symbolizing reconciliation amid conflict.
H P Patterson of Aurora Indiana a Civil War veteran found a large six to eight ton boulder behind which he sheltered at Gettysburg during a Confederate assault He bought the rock from the Culp estate and had it shipped west to mark his grave as a monument after his death The Chicago Chronicle reports this plan.
A summer hotel keeper laments the dry spell as he fears no rain will cooperate with a late lake. He notes the season begins next week and the lake remains dry, threatening business and prospects for fishing customers.
A vivid anecdote from Lippincott’s recounts Sherman’s march to the sea through Savannah as a jagged gate releases a curious boy, a ragged negro urchin, and a strikingly calm trained dog. The boy warns, Oh mammy, mammy dont let Tige bite the army, as the pageant rolls by in dramatic pomp.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a man who condemns betting on another man's game calling it the rankest kind of a rank sucker. The exchange frames gambling as a low form of sportmanship and reflects press stance of the period.
A humorous exchange describes a child’s fear of loud nocturnal sounds. Mrs Hogan-Oh notes the boy’s “terrible nightmares” while Mrs Grogan jokes the culprit is night motors, reflecting a light domestic anecdote from a 19th century paper.
A reader describes building a simple cow stall to keep livestock clear of feed and enable easier milking. The design includes a front head entry, a four foot wide rack, a bottom board, side slats, and a grain box. The owner reports year round confinement from November to April without moving the cow.
An old fashioned sieve attached to a crooked stick is used to apply Paris green poison to potato hills. The setup allows one hand to carry the sieve while the other taps over each hill, delivering an economical, rapid treatment.
The Wells two side by side hive with a perforated divider has been tested for years. Critics say it causes cross swarming and can leave one side queenless while the other side remains occupied by a queen, hindering queen rearing.
A Midland Farmer note explains U S dairy growth in the last decade stems from higher per cow yield rather than more cows. It urges farmers to improve culling accuracy to boost average herd productivity and heredity of dairy cows for future gains.
Farmers are advised to spread manure on meadows using a manure spreader. A spreader operated by two men can distribute about 40 loads a day, ensuring even distribution and avoiding overfertilization spots that occur with hand spreading.
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